Sch 3 FH OFA Good

                                                   ADO V HAUS SCHEIBE
                                       AICK V GAMSETAL
                                                   ASTRID V BURG LAUCH
                     QUINN V KALKBRUCH
                                                   BLITZ V HAUS LAUCH
                               INGE V KALKBRUCH
                                                   CATI V RANGENTAL
           CASAR VON DER DATZE
                                                   OHLE V RUNDECK
                                       ARTUS V D WESTENDHOHE
                                                   GRIT V STEPHANSTAL
                     GITTE V HAUS KATHLENN
                                                   CLIFF V BLEICHFLECK
                               BIGGY V ZYANE
                                                   TOSKA V TRAFALGA
IDA VON DER EICHEFELD - Sch 3  OFA GOOD
                                                   CASAR VON ARMINIUS
                                       APOLL VOM HAUS TIGGES
                                                   PANJA VOM BERGISCHEN TAL
                     KANTO VON DER STROTHHEIDE
                                                   GRANDO VOM PATERSWEG
                                       PENNY VOM SPEXARDER LAND
                                                   KARIN VOM SPEXARDER LAND
           ESSA VOM MUTTER HAUS
                                                   ULBERT VOM ELFENBEINERNEN TURM
                                       ERLKONIG VON DER BLEXER-FAHRE
                                                   BRITTA VOM HUNNENSTEIN
                     ISA VOM FLUSSUFER
                                                   KING VOM SONNENSTEIN
                               HALLA VOM FLUSSUFER
                                                   PIA VON DER EMSSCHLEUSE

Ida is a very nice black and tan sch 3 bitch. She is 1/2 DDR and 1/2 West German. She has intense prey drive and is a natural personal protection dog. She is very good with kids and other dogs.

TESTIMONIAL:

April 26, 1999

I've had Katja (Idax-Orfey) a year now. Since I've started working her seriously, she has changed a lot. My training friends can't believe she is becoming so reserved after being such a wild puppy. They say they are a little sad because her antics were so much fun. I finally have the 'traveling' crate Houdini proofed but everyone enjoys watching her still try to figure a way out.

We were proofing the stays with the dogs, so I stayed only six feet from her and the teacher walked by behind me blowing bubbles and she shot straight up from a down into the air to catch a bubble. Everyone apologized for laughing, but she was just so funny. Then the teacher started with a squeaky toy and Katja shot past me and did a perfect recall straight, square and close to the teacher. I still have a lot of work, because the 'worst' part about her now is not her sassiness, but that she 'knows' I love it. I took her to a fun match both obedience and agility. When we got done, the obedience judge just said wow you don't usually see that kind of attitude in GSDs. In agility I remembered to set all the obstacles to her level except the closed tunnel (chute.) Because she has not learned to keep her head down, she got all tangled up in it and because she is so fast and far ahead of me it took me a few seconds to help her out. Everyone came to hold the chute open so I could work her again, but she ran through again before they were ready and they just stood there saying well She didn't perceive that as a negative thing! I don't know if you remember telling me that your wife liked these puppies when she saw them. I still find that even non GSD people like her enough to comment to me about her.

We've started Schutzhund training and I was surprised that she didn't seem to want to go after the rag after living through all those months of torn tshirts, jeans, socks, shoes and shoelaces. I talked to the trainer and said I think she'll do it out of play (prey) but that might be all. I think he tried to explain that that is the way to start, but now that I have started watching the two videos I just got from you, I think she is progressing the way you demonstrate. I just never moved her from a towel to the jute. A friend gave me an old sleeve cover that I've stitched up to be more like a puppy tug and now my problem is not torn clothing, but I have to learn to keep my hands out of the way of her teeth. I've got to attach it to a rope. So I think she is coming along just fine.

Thanks,
Chris

TESTIMONIAL:

Just a quick note. Katja and I drove to Delaware for Christmas. She was GREAT with my niece and nephews (4,6 and 9 years old.) They were constantly wanting to play with her (each with a different toy at the same time) but she took it all in stride. She let them brush her, put her in and out of her crate, feed her and give her treats. Even though she is normally 'wild' with me, somehow she just knew to be gentle with them. I gave her a 10" ball for Christmas and now I'm having trouble finding a place to hide it when I don't want her to play with it. Her nose and lips are raw from chasing it all around everywhere. But the best news - I was able to take her to be tested for herding. I had goose bumps watching MY puppy herding sheep. They said she was thinking all the time and took direction very well. When I went to put the leash on her, I said that she is not even breathing hard and they said that she was in very good condition and they would take her as a student now if I lived there! I am using up my vacation days and set some agility equipment up. If I throw the ball to play, she comes back by way of the seesaw and the closed tunnel (only about 3' of chute), so I have to be careful and tip over the obstacles when we are not using them. I think I need to get a bigger yard and smaller house. I have started formal obedience, but because I started commands as a puppy without a leash, she now just wants to play with the leash while we are heeling. Off leash is much better, but she is just so much fun, that it is hard for me to insist on better behavior. I guess she is going to be unconventional, independent and unpredictable like me. We'll have to make a New Year's resolution to work on playing by the rules. Thanks again for my 'super puppy.'

Chris