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
a couple of Zeal

a couple of Zest

See Zest & Zeal training in nosework, August – November, 2024
a few of Zeal training

She is doing so well that I started a page for my favorite training photos.
a few of Zest training

Zest seems to prefer obedience to nosework. I don’t have enough nosework training photos of her yet to create a page.

Zinnia (Celhaus Zinnia Elegans) at 2 years 1 month
the former Miss Pink
Zinnia joined Ursa from the UU litter, who is also a Mercy son, so he’s her half-brother.
Photo 1: “Greetings! Reporting from Leadville after our NACSW trial. Zinnia finished third in her exterior search at the NW1 level. But our big brag is she finished first overall in a field of twenty-three teams. Our time for all four searches was one minute and four seconds. She also placed second in the vehicle search along the way.”
Photo 2: “Here is a random snap of Zinnia roasting herself in the sun when it was 90 degrees.”

Zinnia at 1 year 9 months
“I wanted to send you an updated picture of Zinnia. She earned her NACSW ORT title last weekend. Now she can play the sniffy game with big brother Ursa.”

Breeze (Celhaus Zephyr in Summer CGC) at 2 years 2 months
the former Miss Green
She joined Charis (JJ litter)
(no photos)
8/21/25: “Breeze rocked her nosework class again. She is so fast with her finds. Barb had set up a pseudo car out of chairs & other items since it was way too hot to work the dogs outside. Breeze solved all her problems in record time even with fans blowing to confuse the scent. At one point she knocked over a couple of objects which came crashing down. She nimbly hopped over the objects & went right back to work. She did NOT want to stop searching even though she had found all the hides. She does love this game! Next week should be cool enough to start real car searches outside.“
Breeze at 2 years 1 month
7/30/25: “I just set up a search in the basement for Breeze using Birch – 2 tins & one straw. I made the hides easy, though they were scattered, since this was her first time on odor & I did not pair the scents. I let her sniff another tin to get the idea then sent her to search. It hardly took her any time to figure it out & find the hides. I jackpotted her with treats & enthusiastic praise each time. She’s brilliant! If Barb introduces odor tomorrow at class, I’m going to ask her to NOT pair the hides. Breeze has the idea already! What a girl!!! I credit YOU for teaching Breeze & her littermates to use their noses even before they were weaned. She does love the game.“
7/25/25: “I wish you could have seen Breeze at class yesterday. But first, let me describe the place where we train. It is in a rowhouse of small businesses. There is a front office room for people to come in, & a crating room off to one side. As you go back, there is a sort of storage area you go through to reach the training area which is a big room with high ceilings & a garage door at the back that can be raised to work outside on cooler days. Breeze’s tail was wagging before we even reached the front door. When it was her turn, she started working in the front room, then quickly checked out the storage area on the way to the practice room. Barb had set up a sort of obstacle course with baby gates to confuse the search. There were 4 hides including one low down on the wall in a corner, one on the floor under a little step stool, & one on another step stool close to a stretched-out baby gate so she had to go around the baby gate, losing the scent to get on the correct side, then find it again. The 4th hide was a little out of the primary search area on a sort of PVC hoop close to the floor. She found all 4 hides in about 1 minute! Barb was very impressed. And I was very proud! When the time comes, I think she will definitely be a contender for your special award for enthusiasm. She LOVES this game! Oh, & Barb had a floor fan running to further confuse the scent…no problem. I try to work her mostly off leash when I can because she is so fast. Of course, that will not be an option when we start working outside.”
Photo 1: “”Breeze got her first title – Canine Good Citizen!
Breeze 2: “Here is the CGC class photo. Everyone but Breeze was sitting nicely. She wanted to visit with Megan (the instructor). She is absolutely a social butterfly. I love that!”

Breeze at 2 years
Photos 1-3: Breeze with her BBB (beloved big ball) before it gets too hot. She can actually lever it up the steps into the small backyard.
Photo 4: “She stayed while I petted another dog and visited with his owner. Again, she did great.”
Photo 5: “CGC class. Distance stay while the class milled around simulating a crowd. She did great!‘’
Photos 6-8: “Breeze and Charis got free massages by participating in a practicum. Charis has done it before, but it was Breeze’s first experience. Joanne kept telling me how cute she thinks Breeze is! She is a charmer. Last photo is Breeze going in for a kiss.”
Photos 9-11: “Breeze’s 2nd class last Thursday. #1, nose up, searching before she ever got into the ring; #2, she easily found a raised hide; #3, searching a big pile of boxes. She found that one too. During her next time, Barb piled the boxes close to the corner where the air flow was more of a challenge & put the treats on the bottom step of the ladder. Not every dog found that, but Breeze found it pretty quickly!”
Last Photo: “I think I’ve told you how Breeze loves to bring rocks up onto the porch to scoot them around on the smooth cement. I just moved the grill out away from the house to use it tonight and I found NINE rocks under it!”

Breeze at 1 year 11 months“Breeze and Charis waiting for something to happen this rainy-ish day. Don’t think it’s going to happen. Sigh.”

Breeze at 1 year 9 months
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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.”

Zach (Celhaus Zeppelin’s High Flyer) at 2 years 1 month
Zach recently joined his brother, Zion, and is now training in doing Search and Rescue. He particularly enjoys tracking/trailing. We have started water training. Zach is really taking to it.
the former Mr. Blue

Zach (Celhaus Zeppelin’s High Flyer) at 2 years
“Both boys barely held still at all. Still barbarians but starting to have glimmers of maturity….”

Zach (Celhaus Zeppelin’s High Flyer) at 1 year 8 months
“Love my vet!”

Zion (Celhaus Zooming Zion) at 2 years 1 month
Zion is doing well in SAR training, particularly enjoying making live finds. We have started water training. Zion is not quite sure if he likes it yet.
the former Mr. Red (whom I called Zoom)

Zion at 2 years
“Both boys barely held still at all. Still barbarians but starting to have glimmers of maturity….”

Zion at 1 year 5 months
Photo 1: “Feet off the ground”
Photo 2: “With his Jolly ball football”

Raptor (Celhaus Zephyr’s Raptor CGC) at 2 years
the former Mr. Yellow, Raptor is in training for Search & Rescue.
“Raptor coming into his subject on an awesome training trail. Hitting two years old was a bit magical! He passed his Shore Certification Saturday! Now I just need to get his trailing certification done, and then I’ll be happy for a while.”

7/13 (no photo): “We passed our Trailing test in Jackson! So proud of my little, highly-driven boy. So happy to see the focused worker he’s developing into.”
Raptor at 1 year 11 months
Photo 2: “Team Raptor”

June 12 (no photo): “Raptor passed his Cad 2 today (buried and bones). Tough area with grass so tall I couldn’t see him a lot of the time. Not the strongest refinds, (but OK for me to read). I think he thought I could see him. I did read all of his changes in behavior, so was a good teammate.”
Raptor at 1 year 9 months
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.”