Meara von Cluskey, ORT, hips and elbows SV A-normal, LUW0, DM carrier will be bred to SG Noris z Michalkinej záhrady, 5X5/55 P, IGP 3, hips and elbows SV A-normal, dm and mdr1 clear sometime in early 2027.  This will be Meara’s first litter, but Noris has been an absolutely outstanding producer for our program.  We expect bi-color and possibly black stock coat pups with open, social, confident, bold and curious natures with environmental stability, food and toy drive that will range from medium to high, fantastic noses and hunt drive and  high trainability.  We expect they will be suitable for a variety of working and sport venues, but will make wonderful active family dogs who enjoy hiking, biking, swimming, camping and being with their humans doing a variety of whatever it is the family is doing!  They should have very nice off switches and shouldn’t need a huge amount of work to find them.  Don’t get me wrong, they won’t be couch potatoes, but they aren’t going to be drivey monsters that need 22/7 activity before they can rest!

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The mother of the litter, Meara von Cluskey, Meara for short, was one of the keeper pups from our imported “M” litter. She was sent out for IGP training, but that unfortunately did not go as planned and we ended up bringing her home after nearly three years with the trainer with very little training ever actually having been done and none of our plans/goals for her having been accomplished.  After getting her home and letting her settle back in and decompress, we regrouped and started exploring what we actually had and, in the process, uncovered a very happy, highly social, extremely intelligent, environmentally stable, curious dog who  lives and loves to please her handler, has a fantastic nose and very strong desire to use it and who, once she actually learned how to learn for the joy of learning, soaks up training like a sponge and is always ready for the next lesson or adventure!  We used nose work to begin unlocking this little dog’s potential and belief in herself, and what a world it has opened up for Meara!  She passed her ORT (odor recognition test) on her first try despite riding 6 hours in a car to the test site, staying in a hotel room for the first time ever, and testing in an environment she had previously never experienced.  She has also earned legs toward AKC novice container and interior titles, continues training toward further trials in AKC scent work and is ready to trial for her NACSW NW1. Nosework and the confidence it is building and being allowed to run and explore and just be a dog is also developing Meara’s connection in obedience, and we plan to explore AKC obedience and rally titles with her in the future. The genetics behind Meara are quite lovely.  She is a daughter of SG Baccary vom Peiner Burgpark, IGP3, HD Normal (free), ED normal (free), LTV-0 (free), OCD-free, himself a son of the great Bordy Blendy, IPO3 and Dina vom Eisernen Kreuz, IPO3 by Quardes von der Staatsmacht, IPO3, SchH3.  Meara’s mother is SG2 July Cevaro, IGP2, hips and elbows normal, dm clear, LTV-0 (free), Spondy-0 (free), a daughter of Quo Vadis von der Teufelskehle, IGP3, FH2 and Ester Cevaro, SVV1 by Henrik vom Wolfsheim, IPO3 (V4 BSP 2015), FH2, WUSV. In the third generation of Meara’s pedigree you also find the outstanding dogs Jaro Ja-He and Pike del Lupo Nero.  Meara’s mother, July,  produced some lovely litters both in Europe and for us with Noris containing pups who are successfully working and competing in a wide variety of venues from working and sport detection to search and rescue, as police K9s, in protection sport, in AKC performance events, as service dogs  and living with their families as much loved members of the household.  After retirement from our breeding program, July was donated to one of our local sheriff’s departments where she quickly earned her narcotics detection certification and continues to work to remove drugs from the street and to keep her handler safe.   Genetics, looks, temperament, enthusiasm for life and all it has to offer  and a blossoming attitude toward learning and work all combine to make Meara a favorite with everyone she meets!  We are very much looking forward to seeing what adventures and accomplishments await Meara and to continuing to watch this super girl develop and reach her full and much anticipated potential!

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The sire of the litter, Noris z Michalkinej záhrady,  Noris for short, is a gorgeous bi-color male imported from Slovakia by Von Cluskey German Shepherds and is the epitome  of what the German Shepherd should be. He is from top European working lines with wonderful conformation and character. He is a very high energy dog with extremely high food and ball drive and a perfect off switch that combine to make him wonderful to live and work with.  He lives in the house with 3 of my females and I.  He is very social with a clear head and very steady nerves. He has earned his IGP3 with all scores in all 3 phases at all 3 levels in the 90s.

​IGP 1     92  93  98

IGP 2   94  95  96

IGP 3    93   92  92

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His tracking is steady and confident with a deep nose, his obedience is precise, powerful and flashy, and his protection is extremely fast, powerful and hard hitting while remaining completely responsive to his handler.  Noris is neutral to people and other animals, large and small alike and is not an attention seeker from anyone other than his handler but is entirely approachable and he absolutely adores children.   Noris’s sire is V Izar z Michalkinej zahrady BH, IPO1, SVV3, a son of SG Asko Kedul Hof IPO3 and SG Doris z Michalkinej zahrady SVV 1, herself a daughter of SG Top vom Kirchberghof SCHH3, IPO3, FH1 and SG Bessi z gemera SVV1. Noris’s dam, SG Nurry zo Severnej hranice ZVV1, is owned by the Slovakian police dog kennels and is a daughter of the great V Goran van Serburus SchH3, IPO3, 2XWUSV and Kora zo Severnej hranice SVV1, a daughter of G Justin Zamat SCHH2 and G Fagy od hranicnej rieky SVV1

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