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ABOUT TRISTANIA GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS
I have kept German Shepherds since 1977, and performance events (obedience, tracking, agility/ jumpers, herding, endurance) are my hobby. I breed a litter only when I want to keep a puppy for myself – I have bred 5 litters in that time. I attempt to breed physically and mentally sound dogs to the breed standard. Needless to say, when I breed a litter I use the very best dog I can find in order to breed the very best puppy possible for myself and as my hobby is performance events I also look for a dog with a strong performance pedigree to use over my bitches. Tristania dogs are bred to be sound, intelli- gent, trainable, athletic and of good temperament.
My dogs are pets first and foremost, performance dogs second and show dogs third - I aim to breed a dog that is all three.
My dogs are raised on a strict Biologically Appropriate Raw Foods (BARF) diet according to the principles of Juliette de Bairacli-Levy, Dr Richard Pitcairn, Ian Billinghurst and other advocates of nat- ural diets for dogs. I avoid feeding commercial food and any food with artificial colours, flavours, preservatives, etc. Puppies fed a natural raw foods diet grow and mature more slowly (with less chance of skeletal defects) and adults age more slowly than those fed on commercial diets. I also do not use chemical wormers, flea rinses, etc.
I have been raising my dogs this way since 1980 and I find it keeps them incredibly healthy.
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I believe puppies bred and raised in a household environment ultimately make better pets than kennel raised dogs, and Tristania puppies are exposed to a variety of experiences to prepare him/her for living as part of a family.
Stimulation (ENS) a process developed by the USA military to improve the performance of dogs used for military purposes. Dogs that have been provided with ENS have been shown to have improved cardiovascular performance; stronger heart-beats; stronger adrenal glands; more tolerance to stress and greater resist- ance to disease.
In addition Tristania puppies receive many sessions of TTouch. Exposing a puppy to TTouch from a very young age can help it to grow up with good self awareness, good balance and co-ordination, self control and confidence. TTouch (short for Tellington Touch) was developed by Linda Tellington-Jones as a means of improving behaviour and performance in animals by improving self awareness. Many behavioural and training problems occur because animals lack self awareness as they have become “switched off”. Helping an animal to become more aware of its own body can lead to an improvement in behaviour and performance. TTouch can improve balance and co-ordination, teach self-control, improve self confidence, and help relieve pain due to injury or illness.
Tristania puppies are expected to be capable of becoming top class performance dog and/or loving family pets. Some will also be show dogs.
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Tristania "F" Litter (click thumbnails for larger images - hover over each image for description)
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Tristania "E" Litter (click thumbnails for larger images - hover over each image for description)
ABOUT THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG BREED
German Shepherd Dogs (GSD) developed as a herding/guarding breed in the early 20th century (but are now regarded as a general purpose breed - police/security, guide dog, obedience, tracking, agility, herding, pet).
The key characteristics and virtues of the breed are: large, active, intelligent, trainable and protective. Because your German Shepherd puppy will grow to be a large, strong, intelligent and protective adult it is essential that your puppy be trained so that you are able to control it.
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An under-exercised, untrained, unsocialised, bored German Shepherd has the potential to become overactive, neurotic, destructive and aggressive.
German Shepherds have a real “need” to belong to a family or individual person and are not suited to be a backyard dog. The more you include your dog as part of your family, the happier your dog will be. This characteristic is possibly due to their herding/guarding background where they are closely involv- ed with their handler in working with and protecting their herd but also because dogs are by nature social pack animals.
I believe the introduction of German bloodlines in the 1970s has generally improved temperaments in the breed. In Germany, dogs must have their Schutzhund working titles before they can be shown and breed surveyed which has tended to weed out those dogs that lack working ability and which are of poor temperament. In Australia, the German Shepherd Dog League conducts breed surveys to deter- mine the breed worthiness of individual dogs (assessing conformation, movement, temperament, bloodlines and hip status). Although not infallible, this gives assurance of a reasonable degree of physical and mental soundness of the dog, so buying a puppy from breed surveyed parents greatly increases the chances of getting a physically and mentally sound puppy.
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Celle (pronounced selli, her name is French and means “the one”) was hip scored 5,5 (near normal), elbow scored 0,0 (normal) and breed surveyed Class II at 6 ˝ years of age.
Celle is an enthusiastic and willing worker and is the dam of the Tristania “D” litter (Daegal, Djehuti, Dubhain, Dorchaidhe, Debrouillard, Deineara and Dernere-Nee).
Tristania Dubhain CD TD AD JD HIC ET “A””Z” BS C1 II (Aust Ch Kelinpark Terminator CDX TD “A””Z” BS Cl I x Tristania Celle CDX TD AD ET “A””Z” BS Cl II)
Dubhain (pronounced dew-bain – her name is Gaelic and means “little dark one”) has recently started to compete in Herding and has her Herding Instinct Certificate.
She was hip scored 4,4 (near normal), elbow scored 0,0 (normal) and breed surveyed Class II at 3 ˝ years of age.
Dubhain is fast and athletic – I’m sure her motto is “run fast, jump high”.
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“Chaidhe” was hip scored 3,3 (near normal), elbow scored 0,0 (normal) and breed surveyed Class I at 3 ˝ years of age. His name Dorchaidhe (pronounced dor-shade) is Gaelic and means “dark man”
Chaidhe had a kind and gentle nature – was trained to novice obedience standard by Christie Bryant when she was 11 y.o. He was a firm favourite with our cats who sought him out to groom those hard to get at places!
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Tristania Eideann TD HIC ET “A”(2,2) ”Z” (0,0) BS C1 I (Aust Ch Iwan v Lechtal Sch III “a””Z” [Imp Gmy] BSC1 I x Aust Ch Tristania Derniere-Nee CDX TDX AD JD HT ET “A”(2,3) ”Z” (0,0) BS C1 I) pedigree.
Eideann has a hip score of 2,2 (near normal), elbow score of 0,0 and is breed surveyed Class I.
“Eideann” is a high energy dog with a bubbly, over-the-top personality. She has only two speeds – flat out and stop (with a ratio of 99% flat out and 1% stop). She is an enthusiastic worker and loves running beside the pushbike, playing fetch and tug-o-war, and playing in water. She likes order and is happy when everything and everybody is in their rightful place (no doubt a reflection of her herding instinct!).
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“Dusty” was hip scored 2,3 (near normal), elbow scored 0,0 (normal) and breed surveyed Class I at 3 ˝ years of age. Her name Derniere-Nee (pronounced dern-zher nay is French and means “last born”).
Dusty has an exuberant, friendly, outgoing but kind and gentle nature. Dusty came back to me on lease to breed the Tristania “E” litter (Emelyne, Eideann).
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Judy Attwater’s Aust Ch Tristania Emelyne TD AD PT ET “A””Z” (Aust Ch Iwan v Lechtal Sch III “a””Z” Imp Gmy x Aust Ch Tristania Derniere-Nee CDX TDX AD JD ET HIT “A””Z” BS Cl I).
“Emma” has a passion for interesting and exciting activities, her first love being herding.
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Tristania GSDs at work & play
(more images coming soon)
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Tristania
puppies have been provided with Early Neural 
Tristania Celle CDX TD AD ET “A””Z” BS C1 II (Vasall v. Kirschental Imp
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