My name is Barbie DiBernardo and I
would like to tell you a little bit about our family, our goals and our
commitment to the German Shepherd Dog here at West Coast German
Shepherds. Together with my husband Kip and our son Alden
we strive to provide the best quality
German Shepherd to you with an outstanding temperament that will in turn
make a lasting impression on you and your family like they have in ours.
I have so many customers that have been lifelong fans of the German
Shepherd, that have grown up with German Shepherds and long for that
companionship again with the dog of their childhood.
My husband Kip,
our son Alden and I all share a great love for the German Shepherd that
started for all of us as children. Mine began with a wonderful dog I met
at the age of six that was owned by my two adult brothers, I was
fascinated by her and how quickly we became attached to each other while
on that short vacation to visit my brothers. She was a great dog and I
dreamed of having one of my own someday. Once I was able to have a dog
the only dog I wanted was a German Shepherd, there was never a question.
Already a mother by this time I wanted to be sure that the dog I got
would be good with our son Alden. My husband Kip had the great fortune
of being raised with a wonderful German Shepherd named 'Dina', she was
the family protector and was a wonderful babysitter for Kip and his
three siblings, so the choice for us was clear.
We adopted a ten
month old bi-color male we named 'Touchdown', and yes at two years old
my son was a major football fanatic! Touchdown was the best, he was so
great with Alden and never even had a bad thought cross his mind about
him, no matter how many times Alden took his ball or tried to tackle him
like a football player, Touchdown took it all in stride and was
perfectly sweet. We then added an adult black and red male we named
'Irish', yes, we had 'Touchdown' & 'Irish', and yes we are Notre Dame
fans. Irish and Touchdown became the best of friends to both each other
and to Alden. During our two years that we lived in Ohio, they would
pull him on his sled through the snow in the front yard and entertain us
catching snowballs. They were great dogs and we still miss them to this
day, they both lived to the age of thirteen and we consider ourselves
blessed for having them in our lives. They will always be remembered
with love and we miss them dearly.
It was a dream of
mine to someday be able to raise German Shepherds with great bloodlines
and temperaments for other families like ours to enjoy and love. That
dream became a reality in early 2007 and we have enjoyed every minute of
it. We actively show our dogs in the German style show ring on a
national level and therefore we strive to breed dogs of quality
bloodlines and structure that adhere to the German SV standard for the
German Shepherd dog.
Health is of
utmost importance to us and we know it is to you as well, all of our
dogs are hip and elbow certified through either the German SV a-Stamp
Program or through the OFA. Additionally all of our dogs are tested
clear for Degenerative Myelopathy.
I am fortunate to have a very hard working husband that enables me to be
a full-time dog mom. In keeping a small number of dogs we have time to
give plenty of love and individual attention to them and the puppies
when we have them. Our dogs are not kept in kennels, they live with us
as part of our family, with room to roam outside on our one acre
property and they always have a warm spot inside to sleep. We
make every effort to continue to learn and to improve our bloodlines by
importing dogs of superior quality with top German VA bloodlines to both
further our own show and breeding program and to bring you the highest
and best quality puppy for you and your family to enjoy. We
look forward to providing you and your family with the dog of your
dreams.
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