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Wildhaus Kennels

Working German Shepherd Dogs.

12/26/2024

Happy Birthday to Zelda (dam of the recent G2 litter) and her dozen sweet and crazy siblings. 🥰

12/22/2024

Congratulations to Bill and Conan v Wildhaus "Ari" on earning their BH! 🥳

12/22/2024

Congrats to Liz with Bacardi v Wildhaus "Rumor" and Enigma v Wildhaus "Roulette" on earning Fetch titles today. Rumor now has her intermediate title and Roulette just earned his novice title.

11/23/2024

The six G2 brothers… their last night of all being together. They start leaving in the morning.

I love the focus on these pups. 🥰

11/18/2024

Congrats to Aditi and Excalibur v Wildhaus "Arrow" on great success at their first WCRL Rally trials. They earned their Intro and Level 1 titles with placements in every class. 🤩

11/18/2024

Big congrats to Karen and Uwin v Wildhaus on earning their second AKC obedience Utility leg! 🥳

11/17/2024

Serving lunch in the ball pit never fails to be entertaining. 😂

11/15/2024

A little fun exploring and playing in the leaves after lunch earlier today.

11/15/2024

They look like calm, innocent little angels.
Looks can be *very* deceiving. 😈

11/14/2024

G2s are 7 weeks old today! With rain putting a damper on any outdoor activities, we've been having fun in the "Puppy Play Palace" (aka the basement) doing some environmental/obstacle exposure and evaluation. 😊

11/14/2024

Definitely getting much more comfortable in their crates. 😊

11/11/2024

After a few days of eating meals in crates with the doors open, they are now being shut in for meals. They aren’t thrilled but overall are settling pretty well. It helps when the meal is something they have to work at a bit to eat (like the chicken necks they had with lunch today).

11/10/2024

Another tiring day for puppies…
They had another visitor and got to play quite a bit in the house. Being the great puppies they are, after an hour or so they started getting restless and going over by the door so I took them outside and everyone immediately went potty. Then back in the house for a bit more play until their batteries started running down.

After that they got lunch and a much needed nap. Then later this afternoon everyone took an individual leash walk through some areas they hadn’t been yet: the barnyard, the back yard, the deck and the garage. Everyone also met our cat, Fiddle Faddle, who knew I was handing out treats to the puppies throughout the walks and followed us around so he could get treats too.

11/09/2024

Another big busy day for puppies.

11/08/2024

I love how much she loves them. 🥹

11/08/2024

Momma dog giving them their nightly snack and lessons in manners. 🥰

11/07/2024

G2s are 6 weeks old today! No cute individual photos this week. They are well past the age of sitting still for a nanosecond surrounded by interesting props.

This is the age to start really increasing their exposure to different things and experiences and start noting how they handle them, so this afternoon everyone got individual house time.

They have been in the house a few times, but usually in groups and usually barricaded in smaller areas. This is their first time exploring the first floor individually. And when you're only 6 weeks old, being isolated by yourself and away from your siblings, especially in a place that isn't yet very familiar, is a *very* big deal. I set out some obstacles for them to negotiate that provided unusual, unstable, sometimes noisy footing.

They found some kibble snacks in a laundry basket. I placed these before each puppy came out so they could find them on their own as they were exploring and get rewarded for following their little noses. It was interesting to see how each reacted to the kibble that had fallen through the holes onto the floor under it that they couldn't get to. We did a little food luring practice in the kitchen, and then it was lunch time.

They had to work to get their lunch today. While each was off exploring, I placed their ground chicken/ground beef lunch in a bowl in the middle of the cardboard box and then called them back into the kitchen. Most immediately identified that something really yummy had appeared in the room, but to get it they had to use their noses to figure out where it was and then go in and get it.

I am super thrilled with how everyone did. All explored confidently and no one had any problems at all with any of the different footings. All did really well on their scenting and luring exercises too, thanks to that usual insane "I'll sell my soul for that piece of kibble" food drive our dogs tend to have. 😄

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Ann Arbor, MI
48103

Website

https://www.wildhauskennels.com/

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