6/3/2014

Updates on Tag and Her Progeny Greetings! We are finally back after sometime of internet difficulties.  We’ve missed you!  Everything seems to be working well again and now your email updates are once again pouring in smoothly. So much has happened since I last was able to write.  First, we have puppies expected any minute out of Max and Wessa.  Bel...

5/26/2014

Leash Training A Puppy Over the years, we at Candle Hill Shepherds have found that a little insight into leash training your puppy can go a long way to smoothing out your new relationship.  There are three rules to remember when leash training a puppy:  Be Gentle Be Kind Remember you are dealing with a Baby  If you keep these three Bs in min...

5/19/2014

The Cardinal and Mokka puppies are going home this week! The first to be picked up is this precious pup, Red collar female Her new owner drove all the way from North Carolina to pick her up. You will want to see this.  First is their tentative first reaction to one another, then watch as the puppy gains confidence, and within minutes, feels so secu...

5/4/2014

Candle Hill Shepherds has been producing exceptional German Shepherd puppies for over 10 years.  One of the highlights for us is to see pictures and hear testimonials from our Puppy Families as their puppies grow.  From time to time we have published some of these pictures, and until the GREAT WEB CRASH of 2013, we had posted a rather large collection ...

4/5/2014

By Mike Mandell Alpha K-9 Obedience We asked Mike Mandell of Alpha K-9 Obedience Animal Behaviorist and Trainer in Denver, CO to make a list for us of things for you to look for when looking for a Dog Trainer and red flags which will tell you to look elsewhere. Mike writes, “First, we strongly recommend that you look for a trainer who will give in...

4/5/2014

By Mike Mandell Alpha K-9 Obedience We asked Mike Mandell of Alpha K-9 Obedience Animal Behaviorist and Trainer in Denver, CO to make a list for us of things for you to look for when looking for a Dog Trainer and red flags which will tell you to look elsewhere. Mike writes, “First, we strongly recommend that you look for a trainer who will give in...

4/5/2014

We asked Mike Mandell, Animal Obedience and Behavior Trainer, of Alpha K-9 Obedience  in Denver, CO to make a list for us of things for you to look for when looking for a Dog Trainer and red flags which will tell you to look elsewhere. Mike writes, “First, we strongly recommend that you look for a trainer who will give individual attention to your pu...

3/2/2014

Candle Hill Shepherd Medical Therapy Dog How Dogs Read Our Moods: Emotion Detector Found In Fido’s Brain Anyone who’s had an MRI knows how hard it is to lie motionless. But the dogs that participated in this brain-scanning experiment aced the test. Maybe the treats did it. [Sorry, the link for this article (on npr.org) is no longer valid.]...

2/13/2014

For many of you, this is the week of Winter’s Fury and being boxed inside your houses.  For us, it was a few weeks ago, when temperatures outside went down below zero.  In the barn, two baby lambs were born.  We watched them carefully, then realizing they were becoming too weak to nurse from their mother, we brought them inside to warm up and get well....

2/11/2014

Cardinal and Kindra’s puppies, born on December 20, 2013, almost eight weeks old were out for a romp in the snow today. ...