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LEO
LEO
Leo, our foundation sire and the reason for Stark Mountain Shepherds existence. His physical conformation and intelligence are outstanding. Leo is a larger German Shepherd weighing around 90-95 pounds with large square features. He has an amazing temperament and compliance with training. He is great with our young children, a very loving dog and not mean in any way. Yet is very protective when the moment calls for it. Since he was six months old he began tracking game and has become an incredible blood tracker. Against all preconceived notions of German Shepherds he also tracks and hunts as well. He has also been very successful in some human search and rescue training. Our mission is to pair him with female German Shepherds that will do his genes justice and pass on these most desirable traits. His offspring have exhibited his personality, intelligence, and obedience very heavily and it shines through very well in the next generation as well.
REX
Rex is our newest sire and Leo's replacement. He is the son of Leo and Mini and exemplifies the perfect mixture of the two. He carries the size and bulk of his father with the straighter back and longer hind leg angles of his mother. Rex is extremely intelligent, calm, and obedient. Everything that the everyday outdoorsman and/or family is looking for in a GSD. Like his father, Rex has shown great interest in hunting and tracking and will continue to pile on successful hunts and recoveries.
MINI
MINI
Mini is one of our females. She is a smaller, finer style of German Shepherd that much more resembles the original composition when the breed originated in Germany in the late 1800's. She weighs in at around 55-60 pounds. What she lacks in size she makes up for in energy and tenacity. She is a very high drive animal. She has also performed well with blood tracking and has accompanied Leo on a couple of hunts with promising results. We chose her for a couple of reasons. Her size and shorter hair makes for offspring better suited for people who want an inside German Shepherd and her drive breeds a bit of intensity into her pups. She also breeds in an even straighter back and hind leg angle for healthier hips and elbows.
TIMBER
Timber is a beautiful female with all the right personality for the perfect family dog. She is by far our sweetest female. A very quiet loving nature coupled with the natural protective instinct you would expect in a GSD really makes her stand out with us. She is wonderfully protective of our children around strangers and other dogs. Physically, as with any dog here at Stark Mountain Shepherds, she is a true working line dog through and through. A straight back and good hind leg angles just as any shepherd should have. Add to that her larger head and square features and you are looking at a truly striking GSD female. Timber is extremely agile and athletic, she carries herself low and out and runs with a power and speed combination you don't always see in a larger breed.
RITA
Rita is an amazing Czech/East German bred working line GSD. She comes from two very impressive bloodlines on her mother and fathers sides. Her father is Egon z Ditcina Dvora who's lineage traces back to Zako Max z Jirkova Dvora, belonging to the bloodlines used in the Jinopo kennels in the Czech Republic. Her mother, Vica, comes from the line of Angsbacken's Rosso (Vica's grandfather) who earned the title of WUSV champion runner up in 2006 and WUSV world champion in 2007. This breeding makes for an impressive, commanding, and somewhat intimidating presence in Rita, but don't let that fool you, she's a sweetheart with our children and the other dogs. As you can see, she's a striking solid black color phase GSD. Rita is still very young and won't breed until late 2025/early 2026 but we are very pleased with what we have seen with her so far. She is extremely smart and very eager to learn. As would be expected with her lineage she has a higher degree of protection instinct but is by no means unnecessarily or overly aggressive. She has a level head and as with anything here, breeding or not, we wouldn't have her in our breeding plan is she didn't fit in with our philosophy here at Stark Mountain Shepherd.
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