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Kendal and Sprite!

Well, it is offical and we are over the moon to announce that sweet Spritely Sprite has joined her home with Kendal. Sprite will be training with Doug at Elite Dog Training in Carmel and will serve as Kendal’s medical detection dog. While in training she will join Kendal at Manchester College. This was all made possible by the Indiana Wish Foundation and we were delighted to meet Julie, who represented the Foundation.
It was an amazing day and we can’t express enough gratitude for our dear friend Suzanne who was Spritely’s foster Mom for the past 2 weeks and who was hostess for today’s festivities.
We can’t wait to hear the updates from Kendal and Doug! [9/24]
Sprite with Kendall and her new family!
Sprite with Kendal and Julie, of the Indiana Wish Foundation!
Our good friend Suzanne and Sprite! Suzanne and her two Goldens fostered Sprite for two weeks. There were goodbye tears.

Josh & Libbby Belle!

Libby is off to her new home! We are so very excited for her and Josh, who is quite knowledgeable about Sheps. Great, great home for our sweet Libs. Lovely match. [9/24]

Pedersens pick up Marilyn!

Marilyn has joined her furever home, the Pedersen family here in Indiana. These great folks and great pup will give each other the most wonderful life! Thank you Kimberly! ❤️ [9/24]

Candi and Amani!

We are just delighted that Mickey (now Amani) has found his perfect home with Candi. These two are going to have so many fun adventures, we can’t wait to see! Thank you Candi for trusting us for your perfect companion.  ❤️ [9/24]

Carrie’s Patti G, Luna (visiting) and Timmy D, poolside! Can you guess which 2 are Stony Lonesome pups? [8/24]

G litter pups at the Columbus Farmer’s Market – meeting lots of people of all ages! [7/24]

Minnie and Cha Cha. [7/24]

Roxy, F, poolside. [7/24]

This morning I was starting the sticks game with Rory and Kitz. That’s where I throw a stick every 5 or 10 seconds and they race around and pick up or count coup on the sticks. It’s a good way to burn off some energy.
GSDs are a very energetic breed. Even in between delivering pups Kitz insists on playing the stick game – of course I don’t throw the sticks quite so far.
Anyway, I couldn’t see many sticks so I asked Rory “where are the sticks?” Her eyes glazed over for a couple of seconds like she was lost in throught and then she raced over to some bushes. She glanced around as if thinking “I was sure I left one over here yesterday”. She poked around a bit, found a good stick and raced back and dropped it at my feet as she shot by.
I threw it and the game was on! [6/24]

 

The “Born in the USA” litter had visitors! [6/24]

Final countdown to whelping the G litter and Lennie wants to be where the action is. [6/24] And speaking of Lennie, he’s watching the mouse pointer move on the screen right now. Hope he doesn’t attack the monitor.

Genesee meets “Knobby” the sheep at the farmer’s market. Of course Knobby plays by playful butting, which was new for Gen. [6/24]

Callie’s F first visit to the salon! [5/24]

Natasha F and best friend! [5/24]

Keggs C peeking around the corner! [5/24]

Judi’s Onyx A & friends indulge in a little trampoline time. [4/24]

Today I was working from home and in a meeting. Rory had finished eating and was ready to get out of her kennel so she barked but I shushed her and gave her the “wait” sign.
The meeting dragged on and on for 15 or 20 minutes, long enough so that I was no longer focused on her. She knew this, and the moment the meeting ended and I took my headset off she reminded me with a single bark.
Rory understands when I have the headset on and am talking with people she can’t see that I don’t want to be disturbed! GSDs sure are smart.
I let her out and she took a long drink – kibble makes dogs thirsty. Then I let her outside and she bounced around with Chach and Polina.

Judi’s Onyx A is serious about play! [4/24]

Judi’s Onyx A tears up the turf at Fastcat! [4/24]

Brent’s Cheyenne F at her first Car Cruise! [4/24]

Good news for Loki, B, boating season has begun! [4/24]

Sometime there’s a little dirt in dog games. Onyx A. [4/24]

Ashleigh’s Callie F did just fine at her first restaurant! [4/24]

Dogs aren’t people, and life is easier if everyone remembers that! G. K. Chesterton’s family-friendly murder mystery series, Father Brown, makes that point superbly in “The Oracle of the Dog” (link), toward the end mostly. Then it wraps up with a Chestertonian Christian Apologetics tour de force.

Rory and Polina out at Jennie’s. [4/24]

A block of stamps featuring “Patron”, the famous Ukranian bomb-sniffing Jack Russel. He works both in the field and in the classroom, educating children to avoid explosives. These stamps were on a package we received recently from the woman who bred Paddy.
Politics aside, the center stamp appears to show booby-trapped toys (Russian stacking dolls) near a playground. In the Russian/Afghan war (1980s), the Russians dropped brightly colored booby-trapped toys on evacuation routes of fleeing Afghans, all too frequently with the desired effect.
The greatness of dogs shines through, especially against the dark backdrop of human nature. [4/24]

Onyx A at naptime [4/24]

Onyx’s A other bed. [4/24]

The M7 litter’s April collage! Thanks to the Cybulski’s, Loki’s owners B. [4/24]

Roxy, B, poolside. [4/24]

Chelsea’s Zero B doing elegant paws! [3/24]

Alyssa’s Rip B, is “becoming more and more cuddley as he is getting older!” [3/24]

Megan’s Natasha F drops a hint. [3/24]

Alice’s Roxy F & company poolside. [2/23]

Great bonding often results in a tired pup not being far from your feet. This little heart and footwamer is Ashleigh’s Callie, F. Keep up the great work Ashleigh! [2/24]

Rip, gazing out the window. [2/24]

Natasha is learning to use the bells to go out. She sits nicely for treats, and is pretty good at taking them gently too. Also, she could care less about nail trims.

- Megan

"We are so grateful for Stony Lonesome GSD. Not only do we have our amazing pup added to the family from the experience but we’re also a part of a shared community of individuals who love German shepherds. I was a rookie going into this but I got incredible support from Judy and Brian from beginning to end. These people are not your typical breeders-they care immensely and that makes all of the difference."

- Chelsea from Indiana, and Zero!

Thomas and Shadow (Cash), F, meet for the first time. [1/24]

Cheyenne (Loretta), F, settles in. [1/24]

Alice and family open their amazing home to Roxy (Tanya), F! [1/24]

Bennie, B, & Cash (Willie), F, hit it off! [1/24]

Brent & Brandy & their sweet, happy daughter meet Cheyenne (Loretta), F! [1/24]

Congratulations to Kevin and his family! Jethro (Willie), F, is joining a very experienced GSD family! [1/24]

Ahh, the elusive double paw tuck (Rory, A). [1/24]

The Eggleston family adds another SL pup to their family. Raven (Reba), F, will be keeping Mike company at work! [1/24]

Raven (Reba), F, snuggles with Mike! [1/24]

Lady (Tammy), F, now has a great home with Amanda, Ricky and Rudy the GSD! [1/24]

Loki, B, and Shawn snooze. [1/24]

Cash (Waylon), F, on the ride home. [1/24]

Bennie, B, gazes at his new playmate, Cash (Waylon), F. [1/24]

Lucky Cash (Waylon), F, goes home with Abbigale and family, and also Bennie the GSD! [1/24]

Congratulations to Michele and Patsy, F! [1/24]

Lady, F, in her new home! [1/24]

Finley (Dolly), F, and her new family! [1/24]

Callie (Miss Kitty), F, has joined Ashleigh, Tyler and their wonderful family! [1/24]

Crystal, F, is going to a wonderful home with Eric & Megan! [1/24]