ZZ litter, whelped June 16th, 2023
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. Miss White (now “Zest”) had allergies that knocked her from breeding, so I placed her in December 2025 with a family in Colorado as a pet. I kept Miss Gold (now “Zeal”) for nosework competition, therapy dog work and hopefully breeding.
I did Zeal’s and Zest’s PennHip x-rays in October 2024, when they were 16 months old. BOTH rated in the 90th Percentile (their hips are better than 90% of the 19,795 GSDs that PennHip has evaluated!!)
Their OFA Hip & Elbow Prelims at 16 months also rated Good.
I just did all of Zeal’s official OFA x-rays. See the results on her page.
background information
pedigree
See the ZZ litter’s Police/Narcotic temperament test results
See the ZZ litter’s Search & Rescue test results
See Zeal’s page
3rd Birthday Comments on the Wild Bunch
6/16/26: Happy Birthday to Zeal from the ZZ boys and Ronnie. Zion and Zach are doing well with training in trailing. Zach continues water recovery training next weekend and Zion is diving into more HR (cadaver) training. They actually have both shown a bit of genteel manners this week…..no certification yet, more to do with all the other stuff going on I have to deal with than their progress.
6/16/16: Breeze just finished a course in loose leash walking & is on track to be a therapy dog. She just needs to calm down a bit more. She adores people & gets SO excited when she gets to meet someone new. Also, when I can find one, I want to enroll her in a Rally class. I think she will enjoy that. We had a very challenging puppyhood, but I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel (translate chaos).
Zeal passed her Canine Good Citizen test in late May. She has one more Monday in her current obedience class and then we’ll try testing for therapy dog certification. And with luck she’ll compete in our October nosework trial. She has become a GREAT nosework dog. She LOVES the game!
Raptor (Celhaus Zephyr’s Raptor CGC) at 3 years
the former Mr. Yellow, Raptor is in training for Search & Rescue.
Photos 1-2: “Raptor doing water training.”
Photo 3: “Raptor ‘helping with lawn mower repairs.”
Raptor at 2 years 11 months
Photo 1: Photo 2: “Here’s a really nice photo one of our subjects took today. Raptor is wearing a little bandana that an 8-year-old friend wanted him to have, so we wanted a picture to send him.”
Photos 2-3: “Raptor at his urban trailing workshop. Best day ever, so happy with him today!! We had a great group training day. Lots learned for sure. The Raptor is actually very tired right now.”
Raptor at 2 years 10 months
Photo 1: “Raptor playing with his newest buddy that he just tracked and found.“
Raptor at 2 years 9 months
Photo 1: “Another helicopter training, this time with our SAR group. Proud of Raptor. He did very well.”
Photo 2: “Chilling in the ship, rotors running.”
Raptor at 2 years 7 months
Photo1: “”Playtime with his buddy Booker from the AAA litter.
Photos 2-3: “Another fun morning at group obedience. He loves the wobble board.”
Raptor at 2 years 6 months
“Helicopter training”
Zest (Celhaus Zest for Life CGC) at 2 years 11 months
the former Miss White
Zest is in training for Search & Rescue.
“Zest got to go in Cy’s old truck today and she took it very seriously. Zest is doing so well— she’s such a good girl and so motivated by Cy and whatever he’s doing.”
Zest at 2 years 10 months
Photos 1-2: “She is just the best girl and we are so grateful to have her. Laying some tracks this morning! Zest is a rockstar!”
Photo 3: “And she got her first Colorado brewery experience this afternoon. Lots to pay attention to. Kids playing soccer, other dogs, and just lots of people coming and going. She has been “on duty” the entire time. She will be one tired puppy this evening once she can go off duty.”
Breeze (Celhaus Zephyr in Summer CGC) at 3 years
the former Miss Green
She joined Charis (JJ litter)
“Breeze hovering over her ball like a vulture. I call it ‘vulching.’ Do any of your dogs do this? She is totally obsessed with that thing.”
Breeze at 2 years 11 months
“I don’t think I ever sent you a photo of Breze with her CGC certificate. Her favorite place – between my legs!”
Breeze at 2 years 10 months
“A sunny spot and her favorite ball. Life is good!”
Zinnia (Celhaus Zinnia Elegans) at 2 years 9 months
the former Miss Pink
Zinnia joined Ursa from the UU litter, who is also a Mercy son, so he’s her half-brother.
“Zinnia found all ten hides and earned her NW2 title. We received podium placements in all four elements. Second place Interior, Second place Exterior, Second place Vehicle, Second place Containers, and wait for it…Second place overall.”
When I asked Scott why she looked crabby, he replied that it was a small trial, so the dogs didn’t get much rest between searches and she was TIRED…
Congratulations, Team Zinnia!!!!
Zinnia at 2 years 7 months
“I actually remembered to snap a couple pictures this weekend, and one of them turned out nice. Crazy weather for February 7th and it was 60 degrees!”
Zinnia is on the left; Ursa is on the right.
Zach (Celhaus Zeppelin’s High Flyer) at 2 years 9 months
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 and Zion have both been making great strides with their SAR training; it’s so neat to see their brains and noses clicking together.”
Zach at 2 years 4 months
Zach on a walk near Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.
Zach at 2 years 1 month
Zion (Celhaus Zooming Zion) at 2 years 7 months
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
“Zion and Zach have both been making great strides with their SAR training; it’s so neat to see their brains and noses clicking together.”
Zion at 2 years 7 months
“A happy Zion grin.”
My ZZ pup:
See Zeal during morning playtime on December 20, 2025
See Zeal during morning playtime on October 19, 2025
a couple of those photos
See Zeal training in nosework, April – November, 2026
See Zeal training in nosework, May – November 2025
a few of Zeal training nosework
She is doing so well that I started a page for my favorite training photos.