7/1/2024

Top Ten German Shepherds in Rally in 2023. This is a big honor. Congratulations Maellen and Meli! Meli is a 2016 Boone x Kelly puppy. ...

7/1/2024

Hooray for Nika and Ranger! On Saturday at the Spokane Agility Club Trial, Nika qualified in both Jumpers and Standard courses. In Jumpers she got 100% with a blue ribbon and her Novice Jumpers w Weaves Title! In standard, her enthusiam cost her on the Table and immediately afterwards, but we still qualified with 90 points and a Second Place Range...

8/8/2019

One of the things that makes Candle Hill Shepherds stand out, is our experience with dogs in many different working fields from Protection to Search and Rescue and a lot in between.  Below are some examples of our successful training program.  These are dogs we have personally titled in competition. Our story can be read in the trails our dogs have lef...

8/9/2017

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION ROHAN VON HOFFNUNG RN INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION KOA VON HOFFNUNG CGC ...

7/9/2016

I was honored this week by this Certificate of Appreciation for Service to the Community from the Sheriff’s Department. It reads, “Thank you for 15 years of dedicated service to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Search and Rescue Unit.  Your hard work, dedication and expertise in the K-9 Unit has greatly improved the overall effectiveness...

10/30/2015

Big applause to Karen with Ryker for winning High in Trial at the Spokane Dog Training Club and to Renee with Hachi for achieving their MACH AKC Agility title (Master Agility Champion) in October. You make us proud! Congratulations to Karen and Ryker! After a successful day on Saturday, winning First Place and High in Trial German Shepherd at the Spo...

10/16/2015

Watch a short video of Hannah and Koa working together on Obedience.   Koa is 5 months old and earned her Canine Good Citizen AKC Title today.  Good going Koa!  Keep up the good work! ...

8/4/2015

Big Congratulations to Keeper, Kelly, and Bristol on their new International Championship Titles. All three earned a V1 rating for conformation from three different judges, including two International judges.  V1 is the highest rating awarded.  At IABCA the dogs are judged according to the European system of evaluating each part of the dog upon which ...

7/22/2015

It was a big day for Cardinal today as he earned both his AKC RALLY ADVANCED TITLE and his AKC CD (Companion Dog) TITLE. Congratulations Cardinal! In Rally Advanced he had a score of 98 out of a possible 100, the two points being lost because his head bumped my hand on the finish after “Call to Front”. A little reminder to get my hands out of the way a...

6/23/2015

Congratulations to Valor, out of Max and Sara 2009, and her handler Ann for their achievement in Nose Work! Ann writes, “I wanted to let you know that your Valor von Huffnung, from Sara and Max, achieved her Nose Work 3 Elite title in April, 2015. At the time she was one of eight GSDs in the United States to have this title. Nose work is a fun sport b...