Mara vom Shadowfeld

SchH A TR1
Normal ED #GS-EL12316F25
OFA Excellent Hips #GS-61146E25F-Pl

Mara came to Hillview Kennels, fully trained as a K9 drug detection dog. Her previous owner thought that Mara would better serve the German Shepherd Dog by being in a loving home, where she could re-produce the great genetics that she possesses. She comes from a long line of strong working dogs. (Verwin v. Blistaerd, Ziggo, Ignaz as well as Racker, Dax, Harro and Fado)

She is a beautiful dark sable, with dark intense eyes and well defined stop. Her temperament is wonderful with a strong willingness to please. She is an extremely high drive dog, with strong focus, speed and agility to go along. She has a strong bark with full grips.

Most importantly she has OFA Excellent hips. According to the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, "Of 92,736 German Shepherd Dogs evaluated by OFA 3271 (3.5%) were excellent."

She has proven herself to be a strong producer of good to excellent hips, great temperament and strong working offspring. Out of the 24 dogs that Mara has produced, 17(71%) are working dogs. Mara has 8 progeny in the schutzhund sport, 5 in law enforcement agencies, 3 home protection and one is currently keeping our troops safe from bombs.

A" Litter sired by Hano Haus Haris
Allie von Hügelblick - military bomb detection
Doc vom Endfeld - OFA excellent, BH
Snap - drug detection
Dash - Fairview, Tn Drug task force
Tera - Farview, Tn Drug task force

"B" litter sired by Atze
Berna von Hügelblick - SchH 1 OFA good, member of Harpeth River Schutzhund Club
Bruno von Hügelblick - Military k9
Crowe von Hügelblick - BH OFA Good, member of Middle Tennessee Working Dog Association
Bounce von Hügelblick - SchH1 member of MTWDA

"C" litter sired by Atze
Bullet - is a working service dog for a hearing impaired individual in Nashville, TN
Chaz - OFA good - home protection dog

"E" litter sired by Atze
Etta von Hügelblick - SchH1, OFA Good member of Harpeth River Schutzhund Club
Elias von Hügelblick - excellent prelims- BH, CGC member of MTWDA
Emmy von Hügelblick - member of MTWDA
Eric von Hügelblick - good prelims- police dog

Mara is 9 years old now and is enjoying her retirement. She is often romping around in the woods or lounging in the pool.

UPDATE: Hillview Kennels is sad to report that Mara passed in July 2008. She was a longtime beloved member of our family. She whelped many wonderful puppies and we look forward to seeing her spirit continue in her offspring.