Our specialty is up-to-date working dog breeding and stable home companions. This includes healthy genetics and temperaments that equip the dog to work in variety of capacities, from police/security dogs, personal protection dogs, and service dogs. We go to Europe and personally hand-select our breeding dogs. Only dogs with stable temperaments and the ability to work are bred. Our dogs are neither shy nor aggressive. They are alert, responsive, active, confident, healthy, and possess a solid nerve and balanced drive. Breeding this type of dog produces puppies that are worthy of the name German Shepherd. Parents have had their hips/elbows x-rayed and free of dysplasia, are current on shots, and have a DNA profile. These and other amazing qualities make Conifer Canine a solid source among German Shepherd enthusiasts with other breeders seeking our stock to improve their own programs. We have produced confident family companions, drug dogs, bomb dogs, cadaver dogs, protection dogs, police/security K9s.
What makes our breeding program stand out?
- We are much more than just “puppy producers.” We breed with a clear purpose that is compatible with the breed’s distinctives. We’re not after the next fad but seek to uphold and enhance breed integrity.
- Multi-generational thinking/planning. We think beyond the next litter and plan for the health and vitality of future generations.
- Creating/sustaining genetic diversity. We step outside the conventional box by an occasional outcross that will provide greater health, longevity, better temperament, a stronger working dog. Without this diversity, the breed cannot survive (according to researchers). Our hope is to pave the way for the continuation of the GSD as a breed well into the future.
- We are breeding happy, purpose-filled, confident dogs that are not imprisoned by fear or mired in stupidity.
- We don’t sell all of our puppies. We hold some back for training and selling as a finished product. This lets us know exactly what we’re producing and enlightens us on what needs improved in the next generation/s.
Max von Stephanitz, “father” of the GSD
His motto was “breeding German Shepherd Dogs is breeding working dogs, otherwise it is not shepherd breeding.” We have heartedly adopted that same motto and it shapes our entire breeding program. “Make sure my shepherd dog remains a working dog, for I have struggled all my life for that aim.” He devoted 37 years of his life to “create” his “shepherd dog.”
Thiago de la Corona, DPO 1
Born: 8/1/15Thiago is a sable, German-import male who loves to work. He takes his work very seriously but is also a social boy with his family. He’s a super-strong yet clear-headed male who loves life and enjoys every moment. He passes on his confidence, clear head, and strength to his progeny. His drive for work is phenomenal! He has been health tested through Embark. His hips/elbows are excellent and he is DM clear.
Wasabi del Camino Duro
Born: 4/10/16Wasabi is a sable import from Germany. She comes from a bloodline of strong, healthy working dogs, known for producing excellent hips/elbows, strength, and working ability. Wasabi lives to work and please her handler. She is social and strong, with a solid full bite. She is always looking for more, with a zeal for life and activity. Her hips and elbows are “a” normal. She has been health tested through Embark.
Milka del Camino Duro
Born: 5/28/17Milka is a solid, fast female with very strong nerves and the ability to handle stress. She scored an impressive 990 out of 1000 in the German talentsichtung with RSV2000. She’s a strong working female yet is a trusted family dog. Her hips and elbows are excellent. She is OCD free and clear of Degenerative Myelopathy.
Wasa del Camino Duro
Born: April 9, 2020Wasa is a clear-headed outcross female purposely selected into our breeding program for all of the amazing qualities her pedigree brings to the table. She is registered with the RSV2000. She has a nearly-perfect working dog body structure. She possesses vitality, trainability, and environmental stability. One of her strengths is her genetic diversity ( genomic COI 7%) that encourages better health, longevity, and temperamental soundness. Her hips and elbows are A-normal. Her embark genetic testing results are 100% clear. As an outcross, her immediate progeny are not registerable with the AKC (her grandkids can be).
Conifer’s Regal
Born: August 8, 2022Regal is a daughter of our Wasabi x Thiago (and yes we believe in our own breeding program’s health and temperament results so much that we’re using our own products as breeding stock). Regal has impressed since birth. She is hard, willing worker; a patrol dog and detection dog, stable and clear-headed. She is clear of every genetic disease that Embark tests for, including DM. Her hips and elbows are normal. She has a 0% pedigree inbreeding coefficient.
Conifer’s Umea
Born: 12/19/2023As one of our backcross pups, Umea is quite the dog! She is from our Thiago x Wasa. Super-smart, confident, social, a certified Sheriff K9 cadaver dog…she’s got it all. She is clear of all genetic health conditions that Embark tests as well as high diversity in MHC classes. She also has normal hips/elbows. Umea has a 21% genetic COI and 0% pedigree COI.
Amok von den Bayrischen Wolfen
Born: 10/7/2020Amok is a very strong, confident, dark sable, male German import. He brings some very impressive working dog blood into the breeding. His body structure is very solid for a well-rounded working dog. He has a zest for life, a love for work. Amok loves his bitework and puts his all into it. His hips are HD-a and elbows ED-a as well as OCD-free. We are currently awaiting his Embark DNA results.
Darcy Monur
Born: 3/19/10 ( died 7/23/22 )Forever missed, Dara (as she was called) was a true working dog and friend. Protection dog, narcotics detection dog, trailing dog. She was always ready to work and eager to spend time with her family.
Cid von der Ellerbackbrucke, IPO 3
Born: 11/28/09 ( died 6/20/20 )Cid was a powerful male with a firm full grip on the bite, strong drive, yet balanced and clear-headed. He comes from very successful performance lines without inbreeding. He was a beast when working yet a very family-oriented dog. He received very high scores in his IPO trials, 99, 97,98. His hips and elbows are “a.”
