Lindel Shepherds

11/28/2024

11/26/2024

Avoid a trip to the emergency vet this Thanksgiving!

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11/26/2024

Our Enzo 🩵 14 weeks old today!
What an amazing boy ♥️

11/20/2024

Introducing Enzo ! A beautiful boy from our Hazel & Baron litter. 13 weeks today! 🎉 just love him!!! ♥️

10/27/2024

When you get your 8 week old puppies, please keep these images in mind. Their bones do not even touch yet. They plod around so cutely with big floppy paws and wobbly movement because their joints are entirely made up of muscle, tendons, ligaments with skin covering. Nothing is fitting tightly together or has a true socket yet.

When you run them excessively or don't restrict their exercise to stop them from overdoing it during this period you don't give them a chance to grow properly. Every big jump or excited bouncing run causes impacts between the bones. In reasonable amounts this is not problematic and is the normal wear and tear that every animal will engage in.

When you're letting your puppy jump up and down off the lounge or bed, take them for long walks/hikes, you are damaging that forming joint. When you let the puppy scramble on tile with no traction you are damaging the joint.

You only get the chance to grow them once. A well built body is something that comes from excellent breeding and a great upbringing-BOTH, not just one.

Once grown you will have the rest of their life to spend playing and engaging in higher impact exercise. So keep it calm while they're still little baby puppies and give the gift that can only be given once.

By Patricia Crespo
Photos Veteriankey.com @62 days

*Many Bones are not fully fused until 13mo of age.

10/27/2024

So many reasons! No rawhide!

10/21/2024

•Pet your dog, all the time
•Talk to your dog, all the time
•Allow your dog to follow you, all the time
•Allow your dog to be on your lap or laying on your feet, all the time
•Pet, soothe, comfort your dog when it whines or barks for attention...or is simply anxious
•Allow your dog to demand affection/interactions
•Be emotionally dependent on your dog to the point that unhealthy dependency and interactions are no longer noticed
•Allow your dog to do whatever it wants, whenever it wants—aka, provide no structure, rules, or accountability
•Foster an environment of chaos, stress, and anxiety
•Refuse to train and pattern calmness
•Refuse to crate train your dog
•Refuse to correct your dog when inappropriate behavior occurs
•Refuse to train your dog how to be independent/alone by using a “Place” command, “Downstay, and/or “away” time in the crate
•Let your dog out of the crate when it whines or barks
•Avoid training or anything that makes your dog temporarily uncomfortable or unhappy—in other words, cater to your dog’s every desire/need, designing your life around your dog, rather than having your dog fit into yours
•And many, many more...

Basically, baby, soothe, allow, enable, disable, lean on, omit teaching necessary life skills, prioritize what feels good for you rather than what does good for your dog, and through this master plan of leadership-free chaos, and systematic cultivation of creating a toxic dependency between dog and human...you’ll ensure that when you leave, your dog will be a true emotional mess, because you haven’t prepared them to be calm, obedient, strong, resilient, robust, independent, and alone.

10/20/2024

The beautiful Ember 🖤

10/11/2024

***UPDATE! This boy has found his forever home!♥️***
This is ‘Red Boy’ aka JJ. Due to no fault of his own has become available again.
He will be 8 weeks and ready to go Tuesday. Up to date on all age appropriate shots and wormings.
He is a beautiful black and red, out going, playful, smart, inquisitive and onry, just as any good GSD puppy should be!
Parents are both OFA hips and elbows, DM tested and have impeccable temperament !
Mom is our Hazel (Mocha x Ch George) and Sire is ‘Barron’ He is Ez Brooks Fly'N Hi In The Sky TKN,TC,FDC,CA, BCAT,RATI,RATN,RATO,RATS,RATM, RATCH, CZ8B.

Serious inquiries can email me at [email protected].

10/07/2024

And then … they sleep 😴😴😴😇😇😇

10/07/2024

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10/06/2024

♥️ A Sunday Frolic ♥️
Hazel and Baron’s kids enjoying this beautiful day!

📣📣💙A Male has just become available!
Serious inquiries can email me at [email protected] 💙 📣📣📣

09/30/2024

Can’t believe this beautiful bunch is going to be 6 weeks tomorrow!
Smart, inquisitive, playful, silly, social and affectionate! Hazel and Baron can be proud! An amazing group!
❤️💚💛🩵🤍🩷💜

09/16/2024

Happy Monday! Babies are 4 weeks old tomorrow! ♥️ They love to be held and cuddled. Their personalities are really starting to bloom! They have no problem voicing their wants and needs and are becoming quite talented at escaping their ‘infant area’ 😂
They are so sweet, so beautiful and soooo loved ♥️

09/15/2024

Lil Purple girl taking a snooze …. 💜