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CHAY-DA of Sapphire Mountain: male
Parents: Rocky Venusian Sopka x Varna z Pohranicni straze
Date of Birth:  March 14, 2005
Certifications: Cadaver 1, Cadaver 2, Water Shore, Water Open, Avalanche, Wilderness Search, Trailing 1, Trailing 2, Trailing 3, HRD, Evidence, Building, Urban, Area.
Working Certified Narcotics & Tracking dog for the Grand Teton National Park & Teton County Law Enforcement Departments.
Hips/Elbows: OFA GOOD  Hips: # GS-76062G24M-NOPI 
                      OFA NORMAL Elbows: # GS-EL20277M24-N0P1
Owner: Janet Wilts (Instructor / Trainer / Certified Search Dog Handler).

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RHEA of Sapphire Mountain: female
Parents: Rocky Venusina Sopka x Varna z Pohranicni straze
Rhea's Certification: Cadaver Level 1
(bred/trained/handled by; Ramona Helmer)
Hips/Elbows: OFA Hips: EXCELLENT # GS-78250E26F-VPI
                       OFA Elbows:  NORMAL # GS-EL21638F26-VPI
Owner:  Sapphire Shepherds
Rhea has been purchased by the RCMP 
(Royal Canadian Mounted Police Dog Breeding Program).  She will be used as a breeding female for the production of Police dogs.

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CD: Companion Dog: The letters CD may be added after a dog's name when it has been certified by 3 different judges to have received qualifying scores in Novice classes at 3  licensed or member obedience trials. (Obedience Trial). OA: Open Agility: For a title, dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Open Agility class under at least 2 different judges. (Agility Trial). NAJ: Novice Agility Jumper: For a title, dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Novice A and / or B Jumpers With Weaves class under at least 2 different judges. (Agility Trial). RE: The letters RE may be added after a dog's name when it has been certified by 2 different judges to have received qualifying scores in Excellent classes at 3 licensed or member rally trials. [Rally Trial]
#1: Earned her first CD leg with a 195 and a High Scoring Herding Breed the same day. 
#2: Earned her CD title with all 1st or 2nd place ribbons at the extremely young age of 16 months.
#3: Titled RN in Spokane WA and the next day qualified for the first leg of her Rally Advanced title. 

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Mira completed a 4 day Comprehensive Trailing Seminar with Ramona as a young dog.  She was then purchased by Rimrock Shepherds as a foundation breeding female for their kennel.  Mira is a very strong drive female.  Super nerves, prey, hunt and retrieve drive. A very athletic, medium large female with full mouth strong grips. She is very well proportioned and carries her fathers beautiful dark pigment.  She has since produced a healthy, large litter from our Lary Bret-Bett.  These pups tested out strong, a curious, active, on-the-go group of pups.

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Amara is extremely agile female with huge energy for work.  She has huge hunt and prey drive.  Great temperament, nerves and high trainability on this female.  She should produce excellent working offspring and family dogs with dark pigment and medium strong builds.

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QUINN of SAPPHIRE MOUNTAIN: female
Parents: Rocky Venusina Sopka x Black Pearl of Sapphire Mountain
Date of Birth: October 28, 2005
Owner:  Michalle McMillan, MT
Certification: Cadaver 1, Cadaver 2, Trailing 1, Trailing 2,  Water Open, Water Shore.




Quinn working a water-cadaver problem in WY.

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Email from Julie; Kaia at only 5 months old, this incredible puppy is showing outstanding drives and work ethic for all three phases of the sport! Her barking is very intense and compliments her genetic full and calm grips! Her natural tracking ability is very advanced for a pup her age. Kaia's obedience is already very flashy and focused! Kaia is a very stunning, extremely black sable with very nice  structure We are very excited to title this female and add her to our breeding program!

Please go to Client Reference # 9 to read more on KAIA.

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Megan is a female well started in tracking and obedience. Megan and Ramona completed a 4 day Comprehensive Trailing Seminar. She is a dog that is very balanced with nice working drives. She is very solid in character and loves to work. And with further training, is a female that will succeed in a number of areas. She is medium sized, agile, well put together and carries her fathers beautiful dark pigment

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8-18-06; Hi guys, Just wanted to send along a pic of Sky working a 200 foot trail with 2 corners and a cross trail.  He did great.  I had to stop him once where the trail entered some tall weeds, he diverted a couple of feet. But did not pay any attention to the cross trail.  Made both 90 degree corner with out a hitch.  He loves to trail and is working totally for his toy on trails. Glenn.

8-16-06; Ramona! Were doing great. Sky is running Scent discriminating trails every other day now and working cadaver on the alternate days.  He went along on a cadaver search today to follow along and was very mature. He is a pleasure to work with.  Acts very grown up. Not hardly any goofy puppy stuff.  Is getting very reliable on recall. Stays with me like glue out in the brush. Glenn
8-2-06; Hey!  This is a picture from our second session with cadaver scent at the scent board at age 10 1/2 weeks.  I think part of the reason we are getting such a good indication is the height of the source, and the fact that we have been working on the sit command.  So far he has sat every time and has correctly located 10 of 10 source placements  with a little encouragement needed twice.  His trails are better without any food in the trail. He takes the scent article very well.  Still swings between toy and food for reward. Glenn

Showing indication at the scent board 10 1/2 weeks.

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The following emails are yet another testimony of the many we have received, from outside trainers, evaluators and owners stating the ROCKY/PETRA breeding is truly Police Dog Breeding:

Hi Ramona, Just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that Odin is doing really well in his pp training. Attached is a picture from this evening (nice action shot) during his first real civil agitation session. This is our second session following the evaluation. The trainer described Odin as a police dog, not a sport dog, as the threat to him is real, and also that he will easily be trained to re-direct, not just to grip and hold. I'll be sure to get more photos as we progress, but this one came out particularly well. I'm really psyched about this training. Talk to you soon. Steve

Hi Ramona, I just had to drop you a note this evening, as tonight was Odin's first time on a sleeve. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of it (as I was there alone with the trainer), but will get pictures in the near future. Odin is really coming out very strong - amazing being worked like this and backing off on the obedience. I honestly was wondering if he would be able to come out at first. Tonight he was absolutely amazing. He is getting the meaning of "watch him" and activates with a really deep, repetitive bark focused on the the decoy. The trainer is primarily activating Odin in defense (through psychological threats) as he says Odin has lots of defensive aggression. Tonight, the trainer activated Odin with this approach, but then added more body movement and animation on top of it and Odin really lit up. His lunges on the leash rivaled the rottweiler we are working with in force (and the rott weighs 20 lbs more) that is how intense he was. I was surprised to see the trainer went right to the sleeve tonight as Odin only did very brief rag work last time. Anyhow, first time with the sleeve and he hit it like a freight train with a nice high strike and full mouth. The first time, the bite itself was pretty good, according to the trainer. The second bite tonight was different. The trainer described that second bite coming with complete attitude and determination. Odin was really fired up and nailed the sleeve and after a brief struggle (like a little whip of the neck) he got the sleeve and I ran him in circles twice, then about 500 feet back to the car and was told to slowly pet him - so I did and he still had the sleeve in his mouth and the trainer came over, said not to take it from him, let him give it up when he wants to. So...I stood their petting Odin slowly while he was standing with the sleeve, then Odin decided to sit - with the sleeve of course - and then FINALLY dropped it. No kidding, he held on to that damn sleeve very calmly for almost 10 minutes and I am not making that up or exaggerating about that. The trainer told me he really like what he saw, that Odin activates with defense aggression and then he can get his prey out of him - as Odin is all about aggression and the prey he has is an off shoot of that aggression, but when he learned to take the bite and get the sleeve, he was very calm and stayed calm. Says Odin will make a very good protection dog based on his character. I am so happy the way things are going and it is also so early too in the training. It's clear he is made for this stuff. Anyway, I just felt really compelled to share this experience with you - it was a great night! Thanks for a great dog - you should know that everything that you said he would be, he is truly turning out to be just that. Talk to you soon. Steve

Hi Ramona, Well not to worry, I'm not going to update you after every training session we have, but felt compelled to tell you about last night. Recall that I told you about the previous session where Odin had his first time on a sleeve and held the sleeve calmly for 10 minutes after we ran him off the field. Last night we did something a little different - Odin got his bite and I ran him in circles twice. The trainer then asked me to bring Odin with the sleeve towards him, so we did and then stopped about 20-30 feet in front of the trainer. Odin held the sleeve calmly and I petted him. The trainer approached Odin slowly and at about 10 feet, Odin dropped the sleeve and stared right at the trainer. Trainer's response was that "he is no dummy". Based on that reaction, we kicked the sleeve away from our area and I then was on the field with Odin and we repeated the exercise that we just did, but with no equipment to see Odin's reaction to this civil agitation. The reaction was no different at all - he would have no issue biting without equipment. The trainer really liked what he saw and said that Odin would make a "great police dog, excellent, excellent patrol dog", as many dogs for law enforcement training aren't as civil as Odin - they are more fixed on the object rather than the threat (which to me is speaking of too much prey, too little defense in those other dogs). Odin has no issue with any of this - and this was his first session under those agitation circumstances. I think that all says allot - needless to say, I am thrilled. Talk to you soon - with pictures to follow.  Steve

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Below are photos from a few pups placed into person/family homes:
 

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6 weeks

1 yr. 10 months.

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11 weeks

11 weeks

6 months

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Via phone conversations, Margot has stated that Gunda demonstrates endless drive and nerve level needed to do police work.  Her tracking instinct is very strong.  She is heavy boned, dark and gorgeous.

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Yes, perfect.  Took her to our vet today and you got the highest compliment.  He was very impressed.  We are too. Max, our husky, loves her.  She, of course, has already stood her ground with him and won. They play good together. I am very pleased on how the transition has been.  She seems to be potty trained as well?  She cries when she needs to use the bathroom so we take her out.  I am surprised about that.  Thank you again.  I will keep you posted on her. By the way, how much does her mother and father weigh?  If it was in the paperwork than I am sorry.  My husband took it to work today.  I am just curious on how big she will get.

The puppy (Margaux) is doing wonderful.  My husband and I are so pleased with her.  She is so calm. Max, the husky, adores her.  I take her to obedience class every Tuesday. She gets one on one with the instructor and she has also paid you and Margaux multiple compliments.  Thank you again for our Margaux.  I will forward you a new picture soon.

We have enjoyed Margaux very much.  We have a creek on our land that we take the two dogs to, and Margaux just loves the water!  She is finally the alpha male...ha.  She has made herself the queen bee already. Which that is what we wanted.  I had her going to obedience school since I adopted her and she did so well that the teacher dismissed her for a while.  Good news to us. We will start her training back up soon. Kellina Ceola

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More Rocky offspring below:

Alin pups.

A 4 week old Oresta male pup climbing up a wooden pallet.

Oresta male pup.

Pearl female.

Alin pups.

Petra pups.

Sam and Petra pup Skateboarding.

Alin pup.

Petra pups.

Alin pup.

Alin pup.

Alin pups.

Petra female.

Petra pups

Sarah and pups.

Petra female.

Alin  male pup.

Petra pups.

Alin pups.

Sam and pup.

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