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SAPPHIRE SHEPHERDS NEWS |
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Hello Everyone! In response to requests we
have received for more updates I will be making this web page my "News
Letter" and attempt to update it the 1st week of each month with news
that friends and viewers may fine interesting. Hope you enjoy - Ramona |
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~MAY 2008~ |
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A very busy month! Thanks to all for sending in updates on what you and your dogs have been up to. It is great to hear so many have been busy training and having success and fun!!! |
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SANTO of Sapphire Mountain ( Rocky/Oresta son), enjoying a couple hours of play with the family at the Mission Dam. Santo is Chip' dog. He is certified in Narcotics and Cadaver and will be replacing Rocky as stud dog. |
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BROOK, a 4 month old (Rocky/Ajsa female) fun photos playing with Brook taken after a
evening tracking session. |
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Congratulations go out to Dave MacDougall and OTTO of Sapphire Mountain ( Rocky/Petra son) on passing their AD. Was very good to hear all the positive comments the judge had to say about Otto! |
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Below is a recent email and photo submitted by Julie T. Chapman, MT about SUKA of Sapphire Mountain (Rocky/Oresta female). |
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Ramona, It’s been
forever since I’ve written, and I thought you might like to hear more
about how Suka is doing.
Short story:
we’ve found our calling in agility. Suka is AWESOME at it! Photo attached.
Longer story:
everywhere we go to trial, we get compliments – people want to know about
her, what her breeding is, and so on. We are doing really, really well!
We’re now competing at the top levels of AKC agility (in the Excellent
classes), since Suka blew through Novice and Open with tremendous ease.
She’s fast enough that we even sometimes beat border collies – the breed
of choice for agility!! But generally, when we run clean, we win – unless
my instructor is competing in the same class with her BC
J.
My instructor, Wendy Parciak, has been to the Nationals twice now, so it’s
an honor to compete in the same classes with her!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iK-xesPM34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_fR6VD2PmI
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A recent email and
photo from Steve and his dog ODIN of Sapphire Mountain ( Rocky/Petra
son).
Hope all is well.
Steve
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Mark of AZ, submitted these photos of his dogs.
He owns 4 of our dogs and uses a couple of them for detection work in AZ.
These 2 photos show his male KID ( a Rocky/Pearl son), playing around in
the back yard. |
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~APRIL 2008~ |
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Congratulations go out to Glenn McDonald of OR,
owner/trainer/handler of SKY of Sapphire Mountain, Rocky/ Pearl
son. Follows is a recent email I received from Glenn: Ramona! Just wanted to let you know that Sky and I certified last Friday to Oregon State Sheriff's Association Standards for Wilderness Trailing. We were tested on a 1 1/2 mile track that was 18 hrs old. He did the trail off lead, and showed me precise foot prints on most of the trail.
Thanks again for your part in making it possible for me to work with
Sky. He is a great dog.
Glenn
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~MARCH 2008~ |
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Daughter of our Rocky Venusina Sopka and Varna z Pohranicni straze; RHEA of Sapphire Mountain has just received an EXCELLENT Hip rating from OFA! |
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We have just imported an excellent, breeding female for DIAMOND H LIVESTOCK; EMISE. She is a proven producer of working Police and healthy offspring. She will be an excellent foundation breeding female for our friends. Information to be posted soon. |
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~FEBRUARY 2008~ |
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I received an email from Jiri Novotny in regards to Mambo. It gave me great news on Mambo's hip and elbow production for the past year. According to the Czech registry, Mambo is one of the best producers of healthy hips and elbows!! |
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Diamond H Livestock was in Brazil during this month. We thank them for the great job in promoting our dogs! |
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~JANUARY 2008~ |
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A beautiful photo
to get us through the next couple months of winter.. |
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~DECEMBER 2007~ |
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All of us at Sapphire Shepherds send wishes to all our friends and clients across the globe for a very Prosperous and Healthy year ahead! Happy New Year!! |
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| Congratulations go out to Lenore, a Balli / Petra daughter on her very healthy set of hips. At close to 6 years of age her hips certified OFA GOOD!! OFA number is GS-77539G71F-PI. | |
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Congratulations also go out to OTTO of Sapphire Mountain. A Rocky/Petra son who certified OFA GOOD hips also received the highest hip rating after having the same x-rays submitted to Germany, a NORMAL. It is very interesting to get two different ratings on the same set of x-rays. I was able to see the x-rays before they where submitted and they are a beautiful set of hips. |
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Condolences go out to Amy on the loss of her year old Lary/Pearl female. Amy was close to certification in Wilderness Trailing and Cadaver with her dog when an unexpected accident happened. Much time and effort goes into raising and training these dogs. Words cannot express how we feel. |
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New information that you may find interesting on our ABOUT US web page. |
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~NOVEMBER 2007~ |
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WINTER IS HERE!! |
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The following email and photos have been submitted by Mr. Lloyd Dorfman of NJ. Lloyd purchased one of our young started dogs for family companionship and protection. I "Thank" Lloyd and his family for providing a great home for ZARAH and his brother, Mr. Eric Dorfman of Dorfman K9 for helping us place some of our young started dogs this past year.
Hi Ramona/Sarah!
Apologies for the length of time in sending you an update on Zarah. She
is a wonderful dog, growing very fast and very very affectionate. My 7
Y.O. girl and 10 Y.O. boy lover her so much and Zarah is very protective
of them as well as my wife. Of all the reasons I can think of for
owning this dog, waking the kids up in the morning for school seems so
much easier now as she SLIMES the kids into busting a move! She's also
great with our cat although she doesn't realize her own size and
strength of course.
We had scheduled her for spaying approx 3 weeks ago and naturally, she
went in to her first heat so. It seems to be over now but, we'll wait a
few more weeks so she's completely ready for that procedure.
I can't thank you enough for breeding these incredible dogs. I will
continue to update forever and check your site for news and
information. Attached are a few pics of our girl...we've kept her name
of course and she is becoming the most popular dog in town.
Best of luck to you!
Lloyd P. Dorfman
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~OCTOBER 2007~ |
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Mr. Bill
Caporali, owner of Beartooth K9 submitted
these photos from their recent litter sired by Rocky. A very
nice litter of 6 pups, one male placed as a prospect for Police work, and
a female in this litter was retained by Bill and will be prepared for
detection work for his company. Bill had very nice comments about this litters
working ability and temperament! I want to "Thank" Bill again for
his interest in our dogs! |
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![]() Ajsa is now confirmed pregnant. Oh joy, more Rocky puppies on the way!!!! |
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An interesting article sent in from SAR K9 handler Glenn about his young dog SKY and their first find. Sky is a Rocky/Pearl son. Click here to read: Page 1 of 2. |
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Big congratulation go out to Dave MacDougall and his dog OTTO of Sapphire Mountain for passing their BH!!! |
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Natasha'
OFA results on her hips and elbows are in: Hips; GOOD and Elbows;
NORMAL.
Natasha is a daughter of Rocky and Oresta. Natasha has now been bred
to Czar. Recent photos of Natasha and Czar: |
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![]() A very nice action shot submitted by Steve of his dog ODIN ( a Rocky / Petra son). |
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![]() Dave and Shasta Dave, Shasta and Daniel, getting ready to work dogs. |
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Dave
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Dave
and Ajsa |
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Dave
and Rocky Rocky
retrieve.
![]() Dave giving young Daniel a handlers lesson with Rocky. |
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![]() Rhea early protection work. |
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Natasha protection work. |
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![]() Dave, Lary, Ramona. Dave, Ajsa, Ramona |
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![]() Ajsa protection work. ![]() Ajsa giving Dave some attitude. |
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Dave
and Shasta after an evening training session. |
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~SEPTEMBER 2007~ |
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Congratulations go out to OTTO of Sapphire Mountain (Rocky/Petra son) and AMARA of Sapphire Mountain (Rocky/Varna daughter), both dogs certified OFA Hips GOOD and Elbows NEGATIVE !!!!! |
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RHEA of Sapphire Mountain
& SANTO of
Sapphire Mountain are now |
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A couple of photos we thought you all would enjoy that have been submitted
by owners of our pups. The first is a photo taken of the PAWS SAR group in Alaska.
These beautiful photos of dogs and
their handlers was sent to me from Rebecca Bullman, she owns NIKE
(certified
Cadaver, Trailing, Air Scenting , Water and a littermate to our NATASHA) shown seated in front left-dark
black sable female. please click on this link to view photos:
http://www.akinthemomentphoto.com/-/akinthemomentphoto/slideshow.asp?cat=65580 |
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Early this month we had an enjoyable visit from Dave MacDougall of Prairie Shepherds. We enjoyed several days of working dogs, much fun and had the pleasure of seeing OTTO again and the very nice dog he has grown to be! I will soon be posting many photos within the next week of this visit. |
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~AUGUST 2007~ |
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On August 29th. both SANTO of Sapphire Mountain and RHEA of Sapphire Mountain passed the first part of the Tri-State Cadaver Area Search test. I hope to pass both dogs on the 2nd part of this certification (Bone Discrimination test), by the end of September for completion of Tri-State Cadaver Certification. |
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~JULY 2007~ |
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July has
been a very busy month. Temperatures have been exceptionally hot,
even had a tornado touch down just 15 miles to the north of us, pretty
unheard of for Montana. So its up early and
out late in the evening for working dogs. Rhea, Natasha and Santo
are close to testing for certification in cadaver and I hope to accomplish
this in the coming month. Oresta, even though she is retired from our
breeding program is active as ever and still being worked. She
occasionally runs tracks and enjoys being worked in cadaver. Natasha is coming along fine in cadaver
and is a blast to run trails with! I hope to certify her soon in cadaver and
later on in wilderness trailing. Many thanks to Chip, Sarah and Daniel for putting
up with my persistent bugging to help in hiding sources and laying trails
for me!! |
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New trained dogs posted for sale on OUR YOUNG ADULTS web page!! |
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For all of you asking for more ROCKY pups - A new breeding female to be posted soon and she will breed to ROCKY by years end!! |
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New litters to be posted soon!!!! |
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Congratulations Rimrock Shepherds on Mira of Sapphire Mountain ( Rocky/Warna) OFA GOOD Hip rating!!! |
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The Rocky/Petra "O"
litter turned 2 years this month. Happy Birthday to all! |
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These are a variety of photos taken the past month: Hope you enjoy! |
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~JUNE 2007~ |
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Big congratulations to MICHALLE McMILLAN and QUINN of Sapphire Mountain ( a Rocky / Pearl daughter ) on passing Cadaver certification!!!! Michalle and Quinn tested under Tri-State requirements and are members of Lake County SAR. Congratulations are also in order to Ann Wilson of Idaho and her dog SASHA on their Cadaver certification also! |
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Mr. Bill
Caporali, owner of Bear Tooth K9 has purchased stud
service to ROCKY VENUSIA SOPKA. Bill owns a very nice,
working narcotic detection female "ZAHRA VALTARA of
SAPPHIRE MOUNTAIN" from our Chasinta z Pohranicni straze.
We "Thank" Bill for looking to our bloodlines to add more working dogs to
his business. We are looking forward to seeing this litter! Should be some very
nice working prospects! |
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~MAY 2007~ |
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SANTO of SAPPHIRE MOUNTAIN (Rocky x Oresta male)
DOB: 3-21-2006
passed his Narcotics dog evaluation. A big "THANK YOU" to
trainer Cris Goodhue of High Country K9 for the excellent job of training
and caring for Santo!! Santo was also given a 90% in a evaluation of
making a good patrol dog given his age. We plan to pursue training for
patrol work in the fall and to bring Santo into or breeding program of
working dogs within the next 2 years. Santo is owned by Chip Helmer.
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Congratulations to
Glenn MacDonald and Sky of Sapphire Mountain (Rocky/Pearl
male) on their
certification in Cadaver !!!!!! |
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~APRIL 2007~ |
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A big "THANK YOU" to Bacardi Rum for their purchase of a Sapphire Shepherd
pup, and their donation of this pup, along with the cost of training, to the
very lucky MICHALLE MCMILLAN of LAKE COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE!!!!!
We would also like to say 'Thank you" to Chuck of K9 Recourses in Colorado
for the recommendation of our kennel. |
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~ MARCH 2007~ |
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New information on
ROCKY'S mother
Hobby Venusina sopka
that you may or
may not know about. |
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New update on our
Stud Service web
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Thank You & Congratulations to Mr.& Mrs. Eenhuis on the purchase of Stud Service to LARY BRET-BETT for their wonderful female MIRA, a (Rocky/Warna daughter). We can't wait to see these pups!! There will be some very strong working pups in this litter!!! |
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And, Thank You & Congratulations to Mr.& Mrs. Zink on the purchase of Stud Service to LARY BRET-BETT for their wonderful female AMARA, a (Rocky/Warna daughter). Another litter that we will look forward to seeing!! There will be some very strong working pups in this litter also!!! |
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A big congratulations to Rebecca Bullman and NIKE ( Rocky/Oresta-daughter) of Alaska on certification in Cadaver, Trailing, Water and Air Scent. And to Rebecca a even bigger congratulation on the "other" great news:) !! |
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SANTO of SAPPHIRE MOUNTAIN:
( Rocky/Oresta son) has started training for certification in Narcotics with
trainer Cris Goodhue. He is alot of dog, very confident, dominate
and full of working drives. Santo is my husbands dog, they go everywhere
together. Santo is a very nice male who will be brought into our
breeding program at a future date. |
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![]() Chip and Santo greeting each other after a few weeks absence from each other!! Wish I got hugs like that!:) |
![]() Santo bringing Chip an invitation to go play!! |
![]() Santo indication drugs. |
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Photos below are taken from a recent day of training with friends. I brought 2 pups along, RUCAS (Lary/Pearl male), and his brother SAMSON (purchased by Betty Stoudt of www.amulettk9.com for a detection prospect in PA). I worked them in tracking, no photos of them. Fun Day had by all. |
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Cris-Ann
& Sasha working a trail. Very strong tracking dog! |
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Cris-Michelle
& Quinn (ROCKY/PEARL female) working a trail. |
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![]() Nancy & Izzy ( Rocky/Warna granddaughter) trailing. VERY strong tracking dog! |
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OK
!!Who threw the Kong in the tree!!! ANN??? |
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