The Basic Facts

Who are we?

We are happily married with 1 teen girl in the house.

George is a high school principal who has summers off and frequent breaks.  It is not unusual for the dogs to accompany him to work, one at a time.   Our new puppy will probably do this frequently for socialization and just because we can. 

Shawna is a Certified Veterinary Technician, although no longer practicing.  She maintains her license by staying current with continuing education. 

We nurture our desire to help animals and owners through our part-time dog training business.  We are working on becoming Certified Dog Trainers with an emphasis in behavior through CCPDT            (http://www.ccpdt.org)and are members of APDT                           (https://apdt.com/) currently.  We are also in the process of becoming AKC CGC Evaluators and will be happy to offer testing to IW clubs for free once we become involved with them.

We have 3 cats who tend to stay upstairs away from the dogs.  They maintain order through coordinated defense maneuvers.

We own our home and have a 6 ft fenced yard.  It has grass and large shade trees.  It is a home and not a museum and we live in it. We do not have valuable things and are more than okay with messes.  Life is too short to worry about such things.  We clean it up and move on!  :-) 

We are planning to eventually move to Oregon and buy large acreage there which we will fence for the dogs so they can enjoy freedom safely.

Our dogs are the center of our family life.  We spend most evenings on dog related activities and weekends are centered around hiking or other dog related activities.  Our dogs live inside and sleep with us in our bedroom.  They play outside, weather permitting, when we are away.

We have a family vet that you can check with if we get to that point. They have already been informed to expect a call from potential IW breeders.   Luca also sees a neurologist for her seizures, although only once so far.

We have a dog walker who we have come if we ever both have a long day at work.  We have him come every week regardless so the dogs don’t forget him and they always welcome him with wagging tails.  This is more important because Luca is wary of strangers. 

We have pet insurance through Embrace for our dogs, so we will not ever have to have to make THAT choice with finances being a factor.  This is for beyond basic care, which we cover on our own.  

Why a wolf hound? We have always loved the breed.  Beautiful, big and majestic, yet a gentle, friendly nature.  We feel this temperament is best suited to join our pack.  A laid back male IW will mostly likely not have issues with Luca’s dominant female attitude, especially if he joins as a pup.  We will slowly and carefully introduce the new dog to our family and they will only be allowed to play supervised until the new wolfie is older.