Dungan Family German Shepherds

09/02/2022

One of our families is unfortunately unable to keep Reika due to circumstances in their family. She is full AKC registered with shots, microchip, genetic testing and well checks. She has been around children since the day she was born and is full of energy and fun! We would love to find an amazing local home that would accept her into their family. Please reach out if you are interested 🧡

07/05/2022

The puppies are 5 months old!! Show us your updates 🐶

04/30/2022

Babysitting our grandpup Chief this week 💚

04/14/2022

Puppies are 10 weeks old today!! How is everyone doing?

04/12/2022

*Posting with Admin Approval*

April is Autism Acceptance Month, and our family is exceptionally Neurodiverse. In our family of 7 we have 4 individuals with Autism, 5 with ADHD plus various other complexities. This can be overwhelming on even the best of days. After conferring with our family’s medical and psychological teams, we were recommended to get service animals; one that was large enough to physically assist, and one that was small enough to be a lap dog to even the children.

I spent months looking for programs that grant these animals to our family but was not successful. I was advised to reach out to insurance since our providers were the one suggesting it, only to be told it was an explicit exclusion from our policy. After researching and looking for months, we came to the conclusion we would need to take on this project ourselves. So our search began. We looked high and low for the perfect animals, months of visiting breeders and trying to find the right pups for us.

Recently we came across Dungan Family German Shepherds (A breeder in this group) and found our first pup. Her name is Reika (rye-ka), German for “power of the home”. She is a mellow little sweet girl that immediately clicked for our family. We also happened to find our small match just the next day with a small private breeder of toy poodles. We have an adorable little girl named Ember.

We spoke with many trainers in the area looking for one that could not only work with the pups from the start, but be a continued resource to our family and help with their service training as well as refer us out for specialized training. Friends of ours suggested Hilton Butler (another local business), a former Iraq veteran who served with his K-9, and we ultimately decided he was the best fit.

Unfortunately, this venture is an enormous investment. So, for April, Autism Acceptance Month, I created a shirt fundraiser that will directly benefit the training of our service animals, and you get a cool shirt to show your support for the Neurodivergent and Autism community. We have various sizes, colors, short and long sleeve… so much to choose! Please check out the link to see the pups and the kiddos they will be benefiting and even if you chose not to purchase, please consider sharing our cause 💙



https://www.bonfire.com/paus4acause/?fbclid=IwAR3i4IBBBXaWDCanPz9RFa4HrGkEKbccrPAwNlWSr_jRKZNGDrjVHCAxwOo

Help us fund service animal training for 2 pups benefiting the Oatis Children with Autism.. We are a family of seven . Three of our five children are on the Autism Spectrum...

04/02/2022

She found her home!! ♥️

Our last baby has not yet found a home and we cannot keep her much longer with our other 2 dogs. We are dropping the price on her by half just to cover the costs that we have put into her with shots, vet, microchip, food etc. If you know anyone interested please share! We want her to go to a good home even if we have to work with them on the financial side. Thank you!

03/30/2022

Today your puppies are 8 weeks old! Please post your updates, pictures and videos so we can see how everyone is doing!

03/24/2022

Our last female sweet Elaina 💜 She is still waiting for her forever family to find her!

03/24/2022

Hanging out with sweet Romeo while he waits for his forever family to find him ♥️ If you know of anyone who needs an amazing puppy send them our way!

03/22/2022

Sweet Elaina hanging out until her forever family finds her 💜

03/20/2022

How was everyone’s first night?

03/19/2022

Bitter sweet day! 🧡

03/19/2022

More excited families 🧡

03/19/2022

The puppies are eating about 1-2 cups of puppy kibble per feeding 3x daily mixed with can food. The dry food has to be 50/50 softened with water until their teeth get stronger.

03/19/2022

It’s puppy pick up day and I am not okay 😢 The only condolence is that they are going to amazing families and I cannot wait to see them grow ♥️

03/18/2022

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03/18/2022

Last is Bronco at 12.5 lbs! 🖤

03/18/2022

Mr. Chief at 11.9 lbs! Our baby male 💚