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In Loving Memory to
the Greatest of dogs, my Pandora box and teacher of what a German
Shepherd should be...
There can
only be one Zuni, ever....
Out
of V6 Noscha vd Wienerau and V46 Qrick vd Wienerau
Zuni passed
unexpectedly on
October 8th 2008
Nolte
von der
Wienerau - SG, BH, OFA Good, and dual
purpose! Zuni, was the LAST breeding Wienerau in the USA! &
the love of my life! Zuni produced superb working quality
dogs, with excellent temperaments. He was my constant
24/7 companion from the day he arrived here on August 17th, 2000
until his passing. I took him on a vacation to Europe with me,
basically I rarely left home without him. It was because of
this phenomenal dog that I started to look into breeding him.
People would continiously ask me about him and the breed in general.
Never had they seen such a balanced dog in their life.
Born
August 22nd 1997 at the famous Wienerau Kennel in
Viernheim Germany, then was given to
Georg Dobler of Wackersdorf
Germany for
payment to train Zuni's Dam V6 Noscha von der Wienerau
to her Schutzhund 2 title. There, at three
months old, and due to a shortage of space and time
on Georg's part, Zuni was boarded just across the
Czech border until he was 12 months of age, to then
be returned to Georg to start his Schutzhund
Training.
Well, Zuni was 'stolen' (both Georg and I
think he was sold as he was such a great working
dog) and disappeared. Until I, Gina, started
to look for a personal protection trained dog on the
internet in July of 2000.
I purchased him from Gerard Dashorst of K9 Dog
Centre in Holland, who scouts through all of Europe
finding great working dogs and then sells them to
police and military departments throughout the
world. All Gerard remembers is that Zuni was
purchased somewhere in the Czech Republic, and was very well
trained thus he brought him to his Dutch Kennel.
Zuni arrived in the evening on August 17th, 2000 at
Colorado Springs airport and started to receive his
first from the many thousands of compliments
immediately upon leaving his crate. His
arrival;
One of the
great unforgettable moments of my life....
Another GS arrived at that time and the buyer of
said dog literally tried to convince me that she
felt that they had shipped her the wrong dog and
that Zuni (then named Sonny) was to be hers!
I told her NO, I recognize him from his pictures and
my name and info are on the crate and bolted out of
the airport as quickly as I could get that gigantic
crate out of there with Zuni on the leash.
The love of my
life, an obsession was born
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The 5 hour trip
back from the Colorado Springs airport were
uneventful and I was so at ease. A stop to
fill up at a gas station at night usually puts me on
alert, but this time with the window rolled down and
Zuni's large head sticking out of the window, made
me feel oh so fantastic. There a
compliment from another passer by 'M'am that is
one nice German Shepherd you got there'
made me smile from ear to ear and feel pride for the
first time in my life for having such a great dog in
my life...
read about more and see Zuni here
Our first 6 weeks
were bumpy though, don't get me wrong. Of
course, all of it was my fault, not his. I had
no idea about what a great dog was about and had to
learn to ease up, bond with him and then all of it
was a breeze.
Zuni's Complete Pedigree
These
4 pictures are the First images I saw of Zuni, they
were send from Europe
focused &
obedient, loving the great outdoors
Training in Holland with Martin, a certified KNPV
handler
after Obtaining his BH
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His
Son, Ardan
vom
Kerschberger
His
Son, Zeuss
vom
Kerschberger
His Daughter,
Zaoa
vom Kerschberger
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Zuni and his last born daughter
Liane vom Kerschberger in February of 08
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