| HERE'S MY STORY SO FAR..... |
| I have loved animals since I was born , I think.! My parents got a puppy when I was a baby. Her name was Princess. She was a border collie mix and we grew up together. She had to endure alot of experiments and "kid stuff" from me! LOL But always took it in stride. She died when we were 12 years old. My parents knew that I would be lost with out a dog, so, my brother brought home a 4 wk old GSD puppy that was too small to get enough to eat. I brought her up with loving care. Her name was Mitsie. It is with her that the love of the breed was born. She was very intelligent and trainable and during the course of her life even protected me from dangerous situations several times. (no formal training) That is also when, the dream of breeding and making a positive contribution to the breed, took root. I worked for a top GSD breeder for 3 yrs and then went on to work in an animal hospital for 5 yrs. There I worked my way up from kennel help to kennel manager/veterinary technician. Which included : surgical assistance and prep, dentals, lab work, radiography, prescriptions, data entry and client history, etc. I really loved the job and would still be there now if I hadn't been put in a situation where I had to earn more $$$. I have trained my past dogs in AKC obedience and agility. Katra my "old" girl got her CD in one weekend. Earning two 2nd places, one 1st place and high scoring GSD in show!! She was a very special dog. She passed away on 6/24/01. To see a tribute to her, click here.. TO VIEW OUR HOME JUST CLICK HERE 12206 S. 480 W. REMINGTON, IN. 47977 PHONE 219-964-8127 I have searched for many years for the "right" dogs. They have very strong ties to German Champions including almost ALL of the SV's Top 65 Stud dogs of all time!!!. They have lots of working drive, yet with loving personalities and are conformationally correct to German standards. All of my dogs produce excellent working dogs as well as family/pet/protectors. They are doing very well in Schutzhund training but titling will be slow as I do not have a regular club to train at and all is being done on a private training schedule. This is far better to take the time to get things right in schutzhund rather than rush through like so many German dogs. In my opinion this is the biggest reason why so many German show dogs do not pass simple bite work tests. Many Germans rush show dogs through only to end up with poorly trained dogs. Ebonezer vom haus Darengo SchH 2, OFA, HOT OFA GOOD hips and Normal elbows at 24+50 months. To see the radiography go to Ebon's page. Ebon is also DNA registered and available for stud. Ebon has progeny doing well in Schutzhund, SAR Conformation, Agility, Personal Protection, and 2 dogs in active street work for the FBI. He achieved his SchH 1 (95protection!) on 10/12/02.This was his first time out and he was 1 point shy of being high protection in trial, out of 17 dogs, 10 of them being Sch3's! He attained his SchH2 on 5/24/03 at Western Indiana Schutzhund and Police Club, The Honorable Jim Elder presiding. Ebon is available at stud to approved bitches - $600 Yentel v Bullinger OFA Yentel is a happy energetic girl. She loves life and can run all day long. I have often thought that she should have been a herding dog and know she would do well given the chance. So, we will be taking her to herding training in the spring. Yentel is very social and loves people of all ages, as well as most other dogs. She is OFA good H+E. Yentel has produced VERY well for us and look forward to a few more before retirement. Right now Yentel is on loan to our DEAR friend Lida Fleury of Whirling Thunder German Shepherds. She will be bred to a wonderful VA Triumphs Gucci son, Kaluv Whirling Thunder. We will bring home a puppy from this breeding and are excited at the prospect of such a wonderful match! SG Julie vom Heerbusch "a" normal hips and elbows I imported Julie from Germany in December of 2007. She is a wonderful young female who's sire is VA Nando vom Gollerweiher. Nando was Sieger in Italy and Belgium in 2007 and was VA 6 in Germany that same year. Her dam is out of the V Baru haus Yu lines. She has tons of drive and is doing well in training. She is a large big boned female with a large head and excellent movement. G Garri vom Vikar IPO3, SchH2 "a" normal hips, kkl 2 Garri is our retired girl. She had tons of personality and very strong character. Please click on her name to see Garri's pedigree Carly Krieger Alta Tollhaus OFA CARLY is a famtastic girl with lots of potential in all areas. She is from East and West German working lines. She has much strength of character. Carly has tremendous ball drive and rarely is found without it or another toy in her mouth. She is VERY athletic and can run all day long and is doing well in Schutzhund training! To see proof of this go to her page!!Carly is OFA Good! She has been producing well for us and has several working service dogs that she has mothered. An Ebon/Carly son is now a Hero in Florida and may be featured on Animal Planet! Dagger vom Kriegershaus OFA Dagger is 3/4 Leerburg lines going back on Natan Bussecker Slosse, Jenny Tiekerhook and Otis. She is the daughter of WESSEX VOM LEERBURG owned by Randy Rhodes. Randy and Wic attained 3rd Place at the 2004 GSD SCH3 Nationals and 2nd place HOT at the same trial. Their score was 99/93/96 - 288! Randy and Wic also scored a 100 track on their FH AND were on the 2005 World Team! Dagger is showing great potential in all areas of training and we see the future as very bright for this promising little girl. To See Dagger's FANTASTIC progeny go to Our Progeny page and click on "W" and "U", and "O", Litters. SG Apollo von Nimbus OFA,DNA, FO Apollo is the son of VA Karat's Ulk SchH3 and V Kimba vom Gimpelhof SchH1. Kimba is an VA4 Ando Altenberger Land Daughter and a VA Vando Moorebeck grand daughter, with some nice lines going back on some old German working blood, such as Sagus Bussecker Slosse and others..Ulk is the son of VA Ghandi von Arlett. Ulk is the best working show dog in Germany today!!. Apollo netted a VP5 at the USCA Sieger show in April 2005!!! In 2006 Apollo competed in the youth class at the 2006 NASS as well as Bur Oak Regional conformation show. Both shows netted Apollo an SG rating! Plans are, at present, to have him finish his Schutzhund titles and build up to the working adult class in 2009. His hips and elbows are OFA certified good. On 8/30/2008 Apollo earned his "FO" title from the SDA and brought home 4th place out of 15 dogs. Apollo is showing himself as a GREAT producer who consistently brings great type, temperament and solid working abilities. He is available at stud to approved bitches $700 Castlebrooks Cinnabon OFA Cinny is a VERY promising daughter of our Ebonezer! We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to own her. Her dam is of DDR working lines as well as West German working lines. Cinny is very drivey, bouncy and light hearted. She is doing well in Schutzhund, drug detection, and personal protection training. We are looking forward to her very bright future! Cinny was bred to Apollo with great success and produced wonderful drivey puppies with great conformation. We are very proud of our first litter of "Grand Children"! Look for the "N" litter on our progeny page. Cinny is OFA certified good hips and normal elbows. SG Castlebrooks Enoch Enoch is a super Apollo/Yentel son. He holds much promise and we are looking forward to his bright future. Look for Enoch at the 2008 NASS as well as regional shows. Enoch is co-owned and resides with Kriegershaus Shepherds SG Flicka von Nimbus OFA Flicka is another fine German import. Her sire is VA 2 BSZS 2007 Quenn vom Lohen Weg SchH 3 and her dam is V Maja vom Winnloh SchH1. Flicka takes after her dad and is truly Daddy's "Pretty little girl" as is the meaning of her name. Come back soon and watch our baby girl grow! She has super working drives and is doing well in training towards her Schutzhund titles. Flicka is OFA Good hips and Normal elbows. She will be bred to the handsome young stud SG Rocky vom Heerbusch in the coming months. VP Caslebrooks Tonka Tonka is a Very Promising daughter of Apollo/Yentel. Younger sister to Enoch. Tonka is full of drive and life and is VERY black and red with very large bone. She got off to a GREAT start with a 2nd place win out of 9 at the Mid West Regionals 2007 as well as a 5th place win out of 20 at the Blue Grass/Great Lakes Regionals 2007! Please click on her name for more information and pictures. Castlebrooks Ace vom Eikelberg Ace is our young Ebon son that we have been waiting for. He is of stellar German heritage. Besides being a son of our wonderful stud Ebonezer, Ace's dam is sired by VA 3 Orbit vom Huhnegrab out of VA 1 (US) Bella vom Mittelwest II. He is now being "groomed" for the show ring as well as Schutzhund. Please click on his name for more pictures and information Castlebrooks Roo TD Roo is a wonderful daughter of our Yentel Bullinger. Her sire is SG Fritz von Fenwald. Fritz has wonderful working qualities as well as versatility in his training proven by his many titles in many different areas. Roo is with her sire's owner who is training her much the same way her daddy was trained and at the tender age of 12 months has already earned her AKC TD and is ready for her AKC Rally Obedience title! She shows much promise in all areas and we look forward to her bright future. VP Castlebrooks Porsche Porsche is one of our up and coming baby girls. She is the daughter of SG Julie Heerbusch and V4 Selvar vom haus Kalia. Selvar is expected to VA at this year's Italian Sieger show 2008. We are enjoying playing with and watching Porsche grow. Her future looks bright as it could be. VP Castlebrooks Onyx Onyx is a wonderful daughter of Dagger and Apollo. This is the second breeding of this pair and we could not be happier with the results. Nice deep red color as well as lots of solid black making most of the puppies bi-colors or close to it even in adulthood. This is a very successful working/show cross which we will be repeating occasionally. Nice drives, nice conformation and fantastic color. This is why we had to keep one! Endor vom Tjarnsaget Endor is our future working line stud dog and sport competition dog. We are importing him from Germany with extremely high hopes. Both his sire and dam are of stellar working lines and have made great achievements themselves in the working arena as well as in the conformation ring. Click on his picture to view them and more information about this promising young man. ALL potential outside studs will be screened for top competition worthy working drives AND top conformation to German Standards as well as a major emphasis on ZW or OFA status, production and background, temperament, and nerve strength. I have 36 years of experience with German Shepherd Dogs as well as professional experience in the animal health field and certification in animal nutrition, combined with experience in wide variety of training. Including titling my own dog/s in Schutzhund, AKC obedience and Agility and German show ring training. I have my own training center - Jasper County K9 where Heather Fuller is the training director. Through the years I have developed a strong network of friends that have vast experience and expertise in all areas of showing, training, behaviour problem solving, breeding and husbandry. All this combined gives you the Castlebrook Shepherd owner a lifetime of solid support for an enjoyable and happy home for both you and your Castlebrook German Shepherd Dog I have no large scale plans, and my pups will be raised in a social and homey environment. That is to say...they are... Raised IN my HOME, not a kennel. In this way I can better socialize them and get to know each one personally from the day they are born. They will be tested for aptitude, personality, temperament and drive by an outside source, so as to be able to match puppies to owners. I will have 0-4 litters a year, and will alternate dams, so as to be able to see how a litter turns out, before repeating a breeding. Prospective buyers will also be screened for their needs and wants as well as compatibility with the breed. To see my guarantee and pricing please go to the "POLICY" page. I am located in north central Indiana USA, near Lafayette and Purdue University. I will ship out of Indianapolis, IN or Chicago, IL. Please make yourself at home and enjoy your visit! ~Debby Melle - Castlebrook SHEPHERDS ~ updated 9/4/2008 |
Katra and I
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| Princess and I- 1961 Mitzie and I - 1970 and in 1975 Our son, Shane and I- 1980 Sheba - 1981 Our son and Cain-1982 |
