Off to New York State with Uschi!

Tomorrow is the day we are off to New York State to visit VA Zeppo von Arminius for a superb 100% Wienerau highest quality show pairing one can imagine! If it was easy, everyone would be doing it!!! This picture is of Steve and his dogs, of which one is Zeppo ;)
Will update upon our return! and below is Uschi, our free spirit!

A Year Ago Today...

To My Dear Zuni,
I was right, my heart has never been this heavy, and I know that. I see you everywhere, in everything I do, in your progeny I'm so lucky to have. A year ago today, when I lost not only you, but also Dian, I knew this day could never get worse. Its been a rough year, it would not have been had you been alive. The world was a much better and brighter place with you in it. I made better decisions, I listened to my instinct better, I was more goal oriented. I do not mean to dishonor you by letting myself go, I simply have not cared about anything except my dogs since you passed... I have not put up fights the way I used to, I lost my interests. My heart is bleeding, but will it ever stop, I doubt that nor do I care much. In time I will be with you and then all will be well. Living feels like incarceration now. I do not know IF I want to pick myself up, even if I could. It took me several years to recover from the loss of Ferris as well.

When I lost Ferris on August 30th 1995, I never thought another pet could be as great as she was. Ferris, my exceptional ferret. Perhaps she re-incarnated in you, your birthday on August 22nd, 1997 was not so much of a co-incidence maybe...? You arrived in the usa on August 17th 2000... Your great sister Oduscha was born on August 27th 1997. what is it with August...

Why are some dog owners so lucky to have their pets so very long, and I only had you for 8 powerful years? (though you were 11 yrs and 6 weeks old) Thankfully, you and I were able to be together 24/7 making up for the other three years you were growing up in Europe...

Granted, because of you, at least now I do what I love to do, and I promise you, I will not dishonor you by remaining the whimp I've been in the past year. I m back to ruling the world from my couch ...

Follow Kerschberger german shepherds on live stream

The R litter, Eiko x Uschi, was born on the 21st of July, 09. All stock coats as I suspected and only one female, which, of course, remains here. Roulette is gorgeous and very spunky, just like her Dam Uschi. All boys left to wonderful homes where they will be spoiled rotten, no doubt.

At present I am getting good results with the awareness the website brings about Degenerative Myelopathy. & Finally I may have gotten my German friend Gunter, breeder of vom Ahrainer Schlosserl in Germany, interested in starting to test his dogs. Dieser Link is die Erklarung auf Deutsch. One small step for the German Shepherd Dog. IF I can get Gunter to be the first breeder IN Germany who tests, then it may just trickle slowly but certainly into the rest of the world. Thus hopefully one big step for the big picture of the German Shepherd dog!

To the R litter of vom Kerschberger Uschi x Eiko

To answer the question of the Q litter long coats, there are three. One male and two females (Quanta and Qelli) Absolutely GORGEOUS they are! They can be seen on my live streaming video. Too cute!

Kerschberger Live Stream

This is Quanta at left. She was 7 weeks there abouts on this picture. I am looking for pics of Qelli and realize though I am pretty organized on my computer I got to do better...
this is a small version of the pic I was looking for >>>>






Anywho, The R litter is due NOW at the time of this writing. Clearly I have nothing else to do than sit and watch the dogs, walk them, feed them and observe Uschi while the days drag on and her belly is visibly expanding... Learning more about all the internet has to offer on days like these. I usually only have time for updating the website with new pictures etc, but whenever a litter is due, I learn about all the other stuff I should know more about.
I have been home with the house on 'lock down' (nobody comes in either) since Monday as that was her first day possible to deliver. But, nada mas yet. Its hot, though its a dry heat, in Santa Fe in Mid July, so I am keeping the fans running on high to keep us all cool. The alpha dogs are in the room with the Q litter pups, so they do not disturb the peacefulness inside where Uschi is.
The R litter is Uschi's 2nd litter, and she is 6 and a half. She is in great shape, not to worry. She delivered the O litter last year on July 3rd without any trouble.
Of course, all Uschi wants to eat is RAW food, and more precisely, raw chicken. I'd be picky too in her condition!

Well, a beautiful litter of 6 healthy pups were born on July 21st 09. The Walk on the Moon Day forty years ago!!! Great timing of Uschi as she delivered the first boy at the time the Moonwalk took place too. Five boys, and one Girl. The girl is named Roulette and stays here with Kerschberger. All the boys have left to their new homes throughout the country. This again is a 100% Degenerative Myelopathy litter. I tested Roulette, just for my sake of knowing, and yes her test came back Normal. With recessive genetics in mind we have to continue to test, just in case... This is a picture of Roulette already carrying stuff around, just like her high drives mom!
The dog watching over her is Zuess who gentle gives her the item, follows her for 100 feet, when she drops it, he picks up after her, whereafter she grabs it back from him... this game has been going on for weeks now and its adorable!!!

The Q Litter of vom Kerschberger

Lana's P litter (dob 12.22.08) I kept two pups, a male and a female. I figured not take a chance on just one of such an incredible breeding.



Lana's daughter Jexie (from the J litter born 4.17.06) was the next female to be bred to Eiko von Santamar for the Q litter. (dob 5.2.09) WoW, She inherited that great whelping from her Dam Lana as the pups came out effortlessly. She actually did better than Lana, however, Jexie is three yrs old and in tip top shape, and at Lana's last litter she was seven. Maybe that has something to do with it. Though i have seen young females having much more difficulty who were also in great condition. Jexie never did have any trouble. She got tired at some point, waited 3 hours and then the last one was born. She is recovering quickly and the pups are one week old now. Jexie has joined her pack on our walks to keep her in shape. She is on a hefty raw food diet and eats like a pony three meals a day. She is an awesome Dam just (again) like Lana.

Of course, this breeding is nothing to sneeze at either. Jexie is, after all, Lana's daughter. With a milder temperament and not so large as Lana, who is quite large boned. Jexie's facial markings are truly gorgeous. I am curious to see how many long coats this will produce, but, I won't know for another couple of weeks. Lana x Eiko had 50% long coats! Pretty Rare + a Rare Pedigree!