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- From: laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
- Subject: Re: Looking for good german shepard breeders in the IL/WI area.
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 14:52:36 GMT
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- Here's the most helpful reply I received when asking about GSD's in IL/IN
- area. I am betting that Kay won't mind me posting this. (Thanks!)
-
- I called and talked to Wendy. I was quite impressed and made plans to
- put money down on a pup for delivery in January. The next day I ran into
- a (stray) GSDX pup about to be put down at our local vet. I couldn't
- refuse her - she was perfect. (But, alas, she's currently being given the
- silent/confined treatment for making a mess out of some decorative plants
- while I was out briefly this morning. More my fault than hers...)
-
- Anywayz...I still plan to purchase a GSD from them, but it will probably
- be a more mature dog for the farm.
-
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- From: schlumpf%uimrl5.dnet@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu (Horse Fiend)
- To: "laird@mace.cc.purdue.edu"%UIMRL7.dnet@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu
- Cc: SCHLUMPF@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu
- Subject: Re: GSD size, was Re: Diamond Dog Food
-
-
- >The only breeder I've visited was in Illinois (near Decatur).
- >I was excited about seeing lots of GSD's, but this guy's operation
- >made me sick - 'twould be nice to visit a "good" breeder.
- What was he? A puppy mill breeder? Just curious.
-
- These folks have a small operation just large enough (IMHO) to take care of the
- dogs properly without hired hands. It's a family operation, more or less. I
- counted 8 Shepards there when I last visited. They also have 2 or 3 Goldens
- which they just acquired for hunting purposes. They live out in the middle of
- nowhere, as he's a farmer.
-
- Okay, here's the info. Greenfield Shepards, owned by Wendy Urban (and her
- hubby) RR#1 Box 241, Cissna Park, IL 60924. Phone is 815-457-2641.
-
- They usually sell to service organizations through distributors, so you may end
- up on the waiting list. She said she had 3 or 4 folks waiting on a list for a
- black female...WOW! Fortunately, no one got to the black male before we did!
- (We didn't get him because he was black, he was the only male and that's what
- we wanted since our Cocker is female...).
-
- There's another breeder, highly recommended up in Rockford too. My Mom knows
- what I'd call a "German Shepard Connosieur"- an old man who's had Shepards all
- his life and only goes looking for the absolute BEST. The last of his old dogs
- just died and he went hunting all over the country for the best GSDs, ending up
- as he said "In my own backyard". My Mother tutored one of their kids once. If
- you are interested, I'll see if she can get the info for me. These are the "big
- boned" ones though, I don't think.
-
- Well, good luck!!
-
- Kay & the Crew
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