Welcome to Wunderhaus German Shepherds!
(Photography courtesy of Eli's Mom)
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ABOUT WUNDERHAUS
We are a small home based breeder of East German (DDR) and Czech working line German Shepherds based in north Texas. German Shepherds have been a part of our lives for 15 plus years. Our dogs are family members first and foremost. They are well loved and very involved in our everyday family life. They are raised indoors and are free to roam as they please. They enjoy being with the family and adore our three boys. We participate in many sports such as Rally, Obedience, Herding, Dock Diving, Nose Work, Barn Hunt, Agility, and Lure Coursing/Fast Cat. Our dogs are trained by us. They are happy, healthy and are wonderful individuals. We take pride in owning such an excellent breed. We specialize in breeding German Shepherds from proven East German (DDR) and Czech working bloodlines. Our first priority is health testing. It's important to complete health testing on our breeding stock prior to deciding our breeding pairs. We test for the following: Hips and elbows, Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) and MDR1 as well as the black recessive gene and whether or not we have coat carriers. Our intent is to produce healthier puppies and healthier adult dogs that are able to live active lives. Our focus is to breed quality dogs that have balance of temperament, structure and health. Health and temperament are #1. Each breeding is carefully planned and with great attributes from each Sire and Dam to ensure to produce structurally correct, sound tempered puppies with solid nerve and great balance.. Our goal is to produce healthy versatile pups with strong bone, impressive working structure, and expressive head type that are structurally sound.
German Shepherds are fiercely loyal individuals. They keep an eye on their owner and family and have a great desire to please. We cherish these wonderful characteristics in our dogs. They are alert to danger and their surroundings and always on guard. German Shepherds rarely make overtures of friendship towards strangers. They are fearless yet willing to accept those we deem acceptable. |
It is our primary focus to produce puppies that are healthy, sound in temperament, strength and nerve as well as a solid working body type. Each breeding is carefully planned and with great
attributes from each Sire and Dam to ensure to produce healthy versatile pups with strong bone, impressive working structure and expressive head type.These qualities are important when making decisions as we plan our litters. We could not be more proud of the litters we have produced at Wunderhaus! We thrive to match the right puppy with the right family.
As you visit each litter page above, our wonderful families have sent us pictures throughout their pups growth so that we can provide you with a collage for each puppy. We love being able to see how each puppy turns out when they leave here at 8wks old. We're thrilled to see the differences of a 6 month old dog verses a 1yr or 2yr old dog. We hope you will enjoy our past litters and visit our Wunderhaus Testimonials!
attributes from each Sire and Dam to ensure to produce healthy versatile pups with strong bone, impressive working structure and expressive head type.These qualities are important when making decisions as we plan our litters. We could not be more proud of the litters we have produced at Wunderhaus! We thrive to match the right puppy with the right family.
As you visit each litter page above, our wonderful families have sent us pictures throughout their pups growth so that we can provide you with a collage for each puppy. We love being able to see how each puppy turns out when they leave here at 8wks old. We're thrilled to see the differences of a 6 month old dog verses a 1yr or 2yr old dog. We hope you will enjoy our past litters and visit our Wunderhaus Testimonials!
Our Puppies...Our puppies are apart of our family before they become apart of your family."
We raise our pups indoors and they are socialized with children. They are introduced to a variety of activities.We spend a lot of our time interacting and handling our pups throughout the day. Please visit our Litter Activities page to learn more about how we enrich self confidence in our pups. Our puppies are suitable for a variety of working fields such Herding, Search and Rescue, Tracking and Obedience, and Schutzhund. German Shepherds also have fun in sports such as Nosework, Agility, Barnhunt, Dock Diving, Lure Coursing, Fast Cats, Rally and many more! We want you to know we don't entrust just anyone with our puppies. It is important that our pups go to a wonderful home and become a part of your family. We kindly ask that the families that are chosen and matched with the right puppy, keep Wunderhaus a part of their pups life. We are here to support you in any way we can to help you achieve your goals with your Wunderhaus puppy. |
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Litter activities
We introduce our puppies to a variety of activities! They get exposure to a saucer swing set, wobble balance board, toddler slide, stairs, a pool full of crackling water bottles, a ball pit, tunnel, flirt pole and our swimming pool. We also acclimate them to a soft sided carrier (airline approved) and a wire crate (starting at 5wks), weekly nail trims, brush and baths starting at 3wks of age, click & treat (shaping), tug rag and children playing with them daily.
Puppies are introduced to different kinds of sounds: CD playing daily (ie: fireworks, baby crying, dogs barking, car horn, etc.) Loud noises such as pans dropping, kids screaming, lawn mower, chainsaw, BB gun popping.
It is our goal to introduce our puppies to a variety of things to build confidence. As we turn our pups over to their new owners, we cannot stress enough how important it is to continue exposing the puppy to new things. The more of the world they see at a young age the more confident they will be as adults. New owners will need to continue exposing the puppy to new places, people, and sounds while balancing their vaccination schedule and not take them to places other dogs frequent until their puppy series is complete.
Starting at 5 weeks of age, we begin teaching the pups to 'mand'. Manding is where the puppy sits in front of you quietly waiting for a treat.
First start by getting the pups attention, let them know you have a treat in your hand. Have your clicker ready!. As soon as your puppy sits, CLICK & TREAT! Do NOT reward your puppy if they jump up. After two seconds when you have a firm sit, click and treat. Do not ignore this. I would keep treats on you or nearby so that you can reward this behavior. This is shaping your puppy to learn to focus on you, while sitting quietly and will come in handy when you start puppy classes.
Read more about Manding HERE
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Puppies are introduced to different kinds of sounds: CD playing daily (ie: fireworks, baby crying, dogs barking, car horn, etc.) Loud noises such as pans dropping, kids screaming, lawn mower, chainsaw, BB gun popping.
It is our goal to introduce our puppies to a variety of things to build confidence. As we turn our pups over to their new owners, we cannot stress enough how important it is to continue exposing the puppy to new things. The more of the world they see at a young age the more confident they will be as adults. New owners will need to continue exposing the puppy to new places, people, and sounds while balancing their vaccination schedule and not take them to places other dogs frequent until their puppy series is complete.
Starting at 5 weeks of age, we begin teaching the pups to 'mand'. Manding is where the puppy sits in front of you quietly waiting for a treat.
First start by getting the pups attention, let them know you have a treat in your hand. Have your clicker ready!. As soon as your puppy sits, CLICK & TREAT! Do NOT reward your puppy if they jump up. After two seconds when you have a firm sit, click and treat. Do not ignore this. I would keep treats on you or nearby so that you can reward this behavior. This is shaping your puppy to learn to focus on you, while sitting quietly and will come in handy when you start puppy classes.
Read more about Manding HERE
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18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
1 Peter 3:18
1 Peter 3:18
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