Veronica training Worthy's Arwin BH with the Alaska
Schutzhund Club. Arwin is a "BHOT"dog...Veronica is the
Breeder, Handler, Owner and Trainer of Arwin.
Eric and Worthy's Devona--
Zidane v.h. Sevens, SchH3, IPO3, KKL2, WUSVx 2
X SG Fina von der Haumuhle, SchH3,IPO3,KKL2, ZW61.
Autumn with Anouk during our camping trip>>>>>>>>>>
All of our breeding dogs have had their hips evaluated either by OFA, PennHip, or by the country of their origion, to
have hip ratings that are either OFA Excellent or OFA Good, or equivalent to that in evaluative rating in their country of
origin.
We offer a three-year guarantee against hip and elbow dysplasia,
and a two year guarantee against genetically caused diseases.
Check out our Health Guarantee and Awards page.
Compare our awards and guarantees to other
guarantees and awards out there. We could not offer these
guarantees and awards if our dogs were not of the highest quality.
You are welcome to come to our home to visit. We will gladly
supply you with references if you request them.
Call us a little ahead of time so we can put on the coffee or tea
kettle for you!
Our puppies are raised with the expectation of being work
performance dogs, imprinted with motivation in play and prey
drive, and life experiences.
Worthy's Farouk at nine months, owned by
Francisco G, Mexico. Francisco's goal is to compete
at the WUSV (World Schutzhund Championships Trials)
on the Mexico team.
Photo by Francisco G.
Above: Worthy's Enchanting Denali at four weeks.
Owned by the Samuel family.
< < Samuel S. took this picture of his wife and children
playing with the E Litter puppies when they were four
weeks old. Samuel and his family had put a deposit on a
sable female and came once or twice a week to play
with the pups until they took their puppy Worthy's
Enchanting Denali home to be a part of their wonderful
family.
Below: Enchanting Denali at 1 1/2 years of age:
Although we live well within Anchorage city limits,
we also live very close to the Chugach State Park,
which has 495,000 acres of forests, lakes, mountains
and valleys are at Anchorage's doorstep.
There are bears, wolves, moose, mountain goats,
foxes, lynx, etc that live in the natural beauty of
the park. The Hillside area, where we live,
sometimes has bears that make a regular
habit of perusing the neighborhood, checking
for goodies to eat.
On June 2, 2007, I took Worthy's Arwin out the
front door to do her business. She gave a little
bark, a serious growl, puffed out her chest and
trotted down the front steps towards the front
yard area with an attitude--- to apparently kick an
intruder's butt out of our yard. I looked over to
where she was headed, and I saw a 600 pound
brown bear, about the size of a large welsh
pony. Thank God Arwin has a super recall! I got
my camera, with just the regular lens on it, darn
it, and I came with 40 feet of the bear to take
pictures. After he'd had enough of his picture
being taken, he looked at me, snorted, and ran
off.
My husband says that if I am going to do a Tim Treadwell on him, then he's going to double my life insurance policy!
(Tim Treadwell was a bold grizzly bear researcher who was killed and eaten, along with his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard,
by grizzly bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Mr. Treadwell is a controversial subject in Alaska. Though somewhat
revered elsewhere, many Alaskans feel Mr. Treadwell did not follow accepted scientific nor reasonably cautious
methods.)
Chugach State Park: http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/chugach/hillside.htm
We welcome any questions concerning vacationing in Alaska, about Alaska,--the "Final Frontier" or even questions
about moving here.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful
and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." Author unknown.
Welcome to Worthy Kennels.
Our stud dog at Worthy Kennels:
SG Athos vom haus Sevens SchH3, GHP3, KKL1 for
life, Belgium Regional Schutzhund Champion x 2, ETC.>>
We have world renowned bloodlines through imported
European working-line breeding stock, most of whom
are work titled. We try to live up to our "Worthy" name
by producing the best working GSD puppies available,
pups which come with our 3 year hip and elbow
guarantees, and a two year general health guarantee.
In 2007 we went to Europe in person to select some
of the best working line German Shepherds available
in the world for our breeding program. Several of our
dogs are daughters, a son, or a litter brother or sister
of world famous working dog sires and/or competitors
noted for their ability to work and produce excellent
offspring.
Below are some of the sires of our breeding dogs:
V Lasco Westfallenspross SchH3,IPO3, FH2, KKL1, SG-BSPx 2
Sirk vom Haus Sevens SCHH3 IPO3 VH3 KKL1, WUSV x 2
Dago vom Schwarzen Pegasus, SchH3, IP3, LGA,SG-BSPx 2,
FCI, KKL2, ZW 81
Zidane v.h. Sevens SchH3, IPO3, KKL2, WUSV x 2
Ufo van Guys Hof, SchH3 (world renowned sire of champions)
Urzo van't Quentawald, SchH3, IPO3, KKL2, WUSV x 3
Worthy Kennels pups that have titled from our breeding program:
Click here to see Titled WK Pups and Cash Award Winners page.
Whether you are looking for a puppy to be a prospective: protective family companion, Police
candidate, top Schutzhund sports competitor, obedience, agility, or a Search and Rescue dog,
please contact us. We are also reasonably priced on our puppies, often more so than kennels whose
dogs are of lesser quality and whose pups do not come with guarantees that are as comprehensive
as our health guarantees are.
The dogs, the kennels, and all of my litters are my full time job. The puppies are very well socialized
by myself, my family, my daughter and her friends. The puppies are tested many times from the age
of about three weeks until the leave for their new homes. Puppies are born in the house and kept
there until the age of three weeks when they are often moved out to a heated dog barn that have
doggie doors that lead out to large outdoor runs. While living in the house, they become accustomed
to the sounds of the washer and dryer, vaccum cleaner, television, music, family life in general, and
our constant visits to play with them.
I-Litter pup above owned by Donna C., a member of Above: Worthy's Fenja at five weeks of age, ready to
an SAR group based in Wasilla, AK. Pic. by Josh. work. Fenja is one of my two training partners.
We screen potential buyers carefully to make Below: Pup from the I litter and the young intrepid son of
sure that a working-bred German Shepherd is Jess and Raechel.
the right dog for you, and so that our dogs will
be happy dogs contributing to our society.
We are members of Schutzhund USA, and we
have a registered kennel name through them.
We are also members of the Alaska
Schutzhund Club located in Anchorage.
You can see a picture of most of us right
after the 2007 trial with Judge Nikki Banfield
on our "More Alaska Pictures" page.
Worthy Kennels is a contributor to the
Alaska German Shepherd Rescue Group
(see our links page).
I am currently training with Worthy's Arwin,
my three year old female from my own A litter,
and Worthy's Fenja, 15 months of age, from my
F litter, with the Alaska Schutzhund Club.
Thanks to the great support from our club and
my husband, Arwin and I earned our BH last
Summer. Our 12 year old daughter Autumn
is working with Effi vom Banholz, SchH1.
Eric is in-between dogs.
What is Schutzhund?
http://www.workingdogs.com/working_titles.htm
Here is a video of three of the pups from our F litter at 13 months of age training
in Schutzhund ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNYnrSwGyM
We have purchased a handsome and very masculine looking stud dog, an internationally
name-recognized Schutzhund competitor--- SG Athos vom haus Sevens SchH3, GHP3, KKL1----
Belgium Regional Champion (twice), placed third in the
Belgium National Championship trials
(VVDH Kampioenschap). Athos has also placed very high
in several WUSV qualifying trials, and other International
Schutzhund trials. Thank you Johan Vangerven and
Johan Clauwert of Vom Haus Jadevin, Belgium for
allowing us to purchase Athos.
We searched for almost a year to find a dog like Athos
who has all the characteristics of what we (and most
people) think of as the ideal German Shepherd--
good with children, intelligent, easy to train, social towards other dogs, protective of home and family
while having good common sense, and yet also a high level International Schutzhund competitor and
champion.
Video of Athos in the 2007 WUSV
qualification trials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhU-IkYfZgk
Anchorage, Alaska is an International destination, with direct flights
to many places in the USA and Canada, and even the world. It may cost much less than what you
may imagine to send a super puppy to you. Shipping costs to anywhere in the USA and much of
Canada. Shipping of an 8 week old puppy to the East Coast is about $125, and shipping to the West
Coast about $225. Anything in between falls somewhere between those two prices. Shipping to
almost anywhere in Alaska is about $125.
Our daughter Autumn, holding our family
cat and "dog manners instructor"--Fluffy.
