ZZ Litter - Celhaus German Shepherds WyomingCelhaus German Shepherds Wyoming

ZZ litter, whelped June 16th
Mercy bred to Justice
1 sable female, 3 black & tan females, 1 sable male & 2 black & tan males

Mr. Yellow (now “Raptor”) went to Montana for Search & Rescue. Miss Green (now “Breeze”) went to Colorado to be a therapy dog and compete in obedience. Miss Pink (now “Zinnia”) went to SW Wyoming for nosework competition. Mr. Blue (now Zach) and Mr. Red (now Zion”) went to Colorado for Search & Rescue. I kept Miss White (now “Zest”) and Miss Gold (now “Zeal”) for nosework competition, therapy dog work and hopefully breeding.
Great News: I did Zeal’s and Zest’s PennHip x-rays in October, when they were 16 months old. BOTH rated in the 90th Percentile (their hips are better than 90% of the 19,795 GSDs they have evaluated!!)
Their OFA Hip & Elbow Prelims at 16 months also rated Good.

background information
pedigree
See the ZZ litter’s Police/Narcotic temperament test results
See the ZZ litter’s Search & Rescue test results

See Zest’s page.
See Zeal’s page
See Zest & Zeal during a wild morning playtime on December 28, 2024
See Zest & Zeal training in nosework, August – November, 2024

Breeze (Celhaus Zephyr in Summer) at 1 year 9 months
the former Miss Green
She joined Charis (JJ litter)
(no photos)
3/25/25: “I had to take my truck in to be serviced today, so I took Breeze – good exposure to a (mostly) unfamiliar place & lots of people. Her tail hardly stopped wagging the whole time. The hardest part for her was waiting for my permission to greet people. She got lots of pets & even some treats. (The dealership is very dog friendly & keeps them on hand.) We had to wait quite a while: good lessons in patience. She did manage to clear the coffee tables with her madly wagging tail. She stayed by my feet for a long time, though I did have to keep reminding her to hold her down-stay. But the cutest thing was her watching people across the waiting room trying to get them to make eye contact & wagging her tail at them. She wanted SO much to go make friends! After a long wait, an Uber driver finally came to take us home & refused because I had a dog! After another long wait someone from the dealership took us home. Breeze had to sit on the floor between my legs with her front feet on my lap. She stayed quietly that way the whole way home. It was a tight fit & couldn’t have been easy but again I was so proud of her! Good thing she’s small! Proud of my little girl!”
3/18/25: “Breeze had some diarrhea & mucus in her stool – got me up twice last night – so our vet worked her in for me today. The place was a total zoo: LOTS of dogs, most of them stressed or at least excited. One little Cavalier barked so shrilly & constantly I had to turn my hearing aids down. Other dogs either pulled their owners toward us or cowered under their legs. And through it all, Breeze stayed engaged & interested, but calm & mostly focused on me. She sat or downed when I asked, stayed right by me, watched me, & pretty much ignored the other dogs & people. I was SO proud of her! I didn’t have treats, but she got lots of praise & petting. What great practice for her CGC! BTW, the little peanut (as Dr. R calls her) weighs 53.6 pounds. I don’t think she’ll ever weigh much more.”
Breeze at 1 year 8 months
2/26/25: “We graduated from her beginning obedience 2 class! She has done very well. She is calming down, for the most part, around other dogs, unknown people, & – the ultimate test – little kids. The kids, 3- & 5-year-old boys, were the hardest. She loves them so much! She managed to hold her sit to gently take a treat then let them pet her under the chin with only a couple of slight reminders, but it was hard. She did sneak a kiss in for the younger boy. She is also walking nicely on a loose leash when we walk around the neighborhood. And I was very proud of her for this: she held a sit stay in class while I walked across the room, sat briefly in a chair, then returned to her, walking behind her around our chair to return to her side. GOOD GIRL!! I already told the instructor we want to take the prep class for CGC. I’m excited to see her maturing mentally.”

“Somebody’s tired! She spent a long time “bulldozing” her big ball around the b ig backyard. Now she has found a sunbeam.”

Breeze at 1 year 6 months
“Snuggling on Gary’s foot, two variations on the theme. She is kinda cute, isn’t she?”
2/5/25: “As part of her obedience class, I’m teaching Breeze to target my hand (“touch”). Being the loving little thing she is, there’s always a little kiss involved… BTW, my vet gave her a new nickname – Peanut – because she is so small. It fits.

Zach (Celhaus Zeppelin’s High Flyer) at 1 year 8 months
Zach recently joined his brother, Zion, and is now training in doing Search and Rescue. He particularly enjoys tracking/trailing.
the former Mr. Blue
“Love my vet!”

Raptor (Celhaus Zephyr’s Raptor) at 1 year 9 months
the former Mr. Yellow, Raptor is in training for Search & Rescue.
Photo 1: “Raptor smiling after just finishing an awesome urban trail thru the MSU campus. What a face!!!”
Photo 2: “Not sure I know whose dog this is! But I’m liking this new behavior!! It almost reached 70 degrees today and I think he’s plum worn out.”

Raptor at 1 year 8 months
“Raptor hanging out at group obedience this morning.”

Raptor at 1 year 6 months
“Finally!!! Raptor earned his CGC title. He’s had some challenges, all related to being exuberant with his evaluator, so I gave him a 3-mile ski run which I hoped would tone him down some. Whew. This certificate is extra special when you worked really hard to get there.”

Raptor at 1 year 5 months
Photo 1: “Raptor just passed his first test! Building searches – what a maniac!!!! Building searches are not one of the main ones that we use very often, but at least he’s on the books now. He was pretty unbelievable on his building searches. People were well hidden behind major obstacles in an unused building. He was a whirling dervish of energy without ever looking back. On top of counters, jumping on walls, pushing things over etc. Quite the determined, focused boy. Will love to see that follow through into his field work. He will have to prove his reliability to listen to me despite his work focus though, which has been an issue. Such an independent little bugger…
I doubt we will be able to do any other certs till spring since we are pretty much in full winter mode. He’s going for his CGC soon, and I think he will do fine on that. His biggest issue now is back to greeting people with over exuberance.”
Photo 2 (12/3/24): “Today’s adventures. Raptor is trashed – he never stood still and probably covered 7 miles on his forays. He did have to find me numerous times, navigated through boulders, and learned to trust me to lift him up and down through washes and boulders. Learned the routine of checking his feet for cactus prior to getting into the truck as well. A good day.”
Photos 3-4 (12/4/24): “More fun exploring and learning all about odor in the rocks and how to get to mom when she’s hiding.”
Photos 5 -6 (12/5/24): “His own little alcove in a remote backcountry area. “Enjoying some big country.”
Photo 7 (12/6/24): “Yes, that’s Raptor and me up there. Great hike!” He’s had such a great trip and done so well. Proud of this boy. I just need to help him feel he does not need to track everyone we may encounter….”
Photo 8 (12/19/24): “Raptor at his group obedience this morning.”
Photo 9 (12/19/24): “Raptor with his brother Booker from the AAA litter“

Zion (Celhaus Zooming Zion) at 1 year 5 months
Zion is doing well in SAR training, particularly enjoying making live finds.
the former Mr. Red (whom I called Zoom)
Photo 1: “Feet off the ground”
Photo 2: “With his Jolly ball football”

Zion at 1 year 4 months

Zinnia (Celhaus Zinnia Elegans) at 1 year 4 months
the former Miss Pink
Zinnia joined Ursa from the UU litter, who is also a Mercy son, so he’s her half-brother.

“Good morning, here are some photos before I forget. We just went to the Home Depot to work on our obedience. She did great and was not scared of the step ladder, rolling carts, or the Christmas decor dogs! She stayed with me in the checkout line and then got released to visit with the checkers.”

Zinnia at 1 year 3 months
“Greetings Cel. We are enjoying the fall weather that is finally here, harvesting the garden, gathering firewood and of course attending a few Scentwork trials. Attached are then-and-now photos of Zinnia helping with the bike race in September 2023 and 2024. We went to Meeker CO for Zinnia to take the ORT test. We visited Dinosaur National Monument on the way home. Next weekend we are off to SLC for more UKC nosework fun.”

Zinnia at 1 year 2 months
“I just wanted to drop a note to update you on our adventures last weekend. We all went to Salt Lake City for a trial. Zinnia was a bit distracted but did pull off a nice run in the Novice Exterior taking first place. SLC was a good weekend, although I have no pictures. Zinnia closed up her Novice Nosework title and did an additional Novice containers. She seems to be really catching on. Here is a photo of the blue-ribbon crew.”