Fruhlingsbach
German Shepherd Dogs

Grandma Cora vom Haus Drexel, SchH2, KKL 2 (Life)

Cora is the first dog that I trained, from a puppy and obtained Schutzhund titles on. She is a very tough little bitch. At age 5, I bred her to Tarzan Tiekerhook. This breeding was so impressive that I repeated it 2 more times for 18 puppies in all. I did my best to place most of the puppies in working homes and did a pretty good job of it. There is a consistency in this breeding that has rarely been seen, in that all of those who went to working homes showed very consistent, serious protection drive, with full, calm grips. At the same time they are very clear headed and have great social temperaments. I also want to mention that the dogs in this breeding have excellent health, at least in all of the reports I have received.

queencora

Cora, born in 1997 is now retired and living as the queen of our house. She has always had incredible, natural herding drive that obsesses her. Her favorite pastime is herding our goats. As soon as I turn my back on her, she heads over their and finds a way to get into their fenced in area. I have a Llama named Lenny that protects the goats, but he doesn't seem to mind Cora. She thinks it's great fun!

Here is a bit of an overview of puppies from these 3 litters that went to working homes:

The 'G' litter

Born November 17, 2001, the litter consisted of 3 pups, 2 girls and 1 boy. Each of these puppies showed excellent temperament and super protection drive. Here is some information on the 'G' pups:

Gipper: I kept Gipper and have trained him to National and World competition. He is my very special boy and I've written about him throughout this website.
Galina (Gali): Is owned by Colleen Gorgas. She trained Gali to a SchH3 and received her KKL 1. Gali is now bred to Wagner vom Welzbachtal, owned by David Deleissegues. Puppies are expected in June, 2007.
Giana (Annie): I kept her until she was about 9 months old. She showed excellent drives. I sold her to a working home but have not been able to keep up with her.

The 'H' litter

Born October 31, 2003, the litter consisted of 4 pups, all boys. All of these pups were placed in working homes:

Hutch is owned by Colleen Gorgas. She obtained the BH on him. He then went to train Jessy Gabriel, who I admire as one of the best dog trainers I know. She kept him for about 1 year and got his SchH 1, 2 and 3. Hutch then went back to Colleen. Colleen showed him in the South Central Regional Championship in 2007 where he was awarded 'Youngest SchH 3'
Haegan, owned and trained by Victor Armendariz, is currently a SchH 1. Victor is hoping to get his SchH2 and SchH3 soon. He shows great promise as a future national competitor.
Havik is owned by Tom and Nancy Wright. He has received his BH and Nancy is planning to move forward and obtain all of his Schutzhund titles.
Hank is last but not least. My husband, Dave and I are joint owners. I have been training him (Hank, not Dave) and should hopefully get his BH and SchH1 this year. He shows great promise to be a national competitor.

The 'I' litter

Consisted of 10 pups, 4 boys and 6 girls. I wish I could say that they were all placed in working homes but there were just toooooo many. Here is what I've been keeping up with:

Ikoe is owned by Sandrine Clark. She began training in schutzhund but decided to move to Mondio Ring. Ikoe has received his Mondio 1 (2 legs). Sandrine and Ikoe are working toward national and international championship levels.
Izzy is owned by Claudia Howard. She has trained Izzy to a SchH 1 and is planning to compete at the SchH2 level in the USA H.O.T. Championship in June 2007.
IBrina is owned by me. I received her BH in 2006. She shows great working potential.

Here are some pictures we took along the way....

Cora - Stacked

Cora with Litter I

Count them, there really were 10 and all sables!

Cora has a Litter I 1 year Birthday Bite

Cora gets a Birthday Bite

While celebrating the 1 year birthday of the I litter vom Fruhlingsbach, Cora received a birthday bite from Colleen Gorgas. Unfortunately, Colleen needs to hold the sleeve a little straighter ;-)

Cora and Izzy

Picture of Claudia and Izzie, Donna and Cora, while celebrating the 1 year birthday of the I litter vom Fruhlingsbach

Donna with Cora and Gipper

Again, while celebrating the 1 year birthday of the I litter vom Fruhlingsbach

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