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Upcoming Litters

Nadia will be bred in the fall. White and colored puppies, long and short coats expected. If you are interested in getting on the waiting list for this litter, contact joechief@ix.netcom.com.

Our Approach to Breeding

At Atlas Kennels, we believe very strongly in only breeding dogs that are improving the German Shepherd breed, in particularly the white-coated GSD, in some manner. At this time, we do not breed our own litters but do offer stud service to approved bitches. When our females are bred, they are bred by their co-owners.

In order to ensure health, conformation, temperament and drives, all our breeding dogs are as follows:

All breeding dogs are health tested - minimally we x-ray hips and elbows and test for MDR1. We also try to do cardiac testing and test for DM. In addition, we research the pedigrees of our dogs so we are knowledgeable about any potential genetic issues in the lines.
All breeding dogs are shown in conformation and have achieved a championship in at least one registry. They must have proven over time (not just one show or one judge) that they can win in the conformation ring.
All breeding dogs are trained in obedience and agility. Most will have achieved at least one performance title before breeding, but all will earn multiple performance titles over their lifetime.
All breeding dogs have taken and passed their AKC Canine Good Citizen test.
All breeding dogs have taken and passed a temperament test. We use both the German Shepherd Dog Club of America's temperament test (TC) and the American Temperament Test Society's temperament test (TT).
After each breeding, the offspring of each dog are monitored. If issues arise in the offspring that are genetic in nature, we take them into account in deciding whether to breed the dog again.

All dogs we breed to (i.e females we offer stud service to) must have had hip and elbow x-rays and an MDR1 test. We may require additional accomplishments depending on the goal of the breeding and our familiarity with the breeder.

At Atlas Kennels, we believe that breed separation is detrimental to the health of the dogs. By separating out a small gene pool from the German Shepherd based on color, we would be unnecessarily harming our genetic diversity. We also believe that these dogs are purebred German Shepherds and calling them something else doesn't change that. As such, we have the following policies in place:

All dogs we own or co-own are registered with the United Kennel Club as German Shepherd Dogs - not White Shepherds.
We never represent our dogs as any breed other than German Shepherd.
We do not offer stud service to females registered as any breed other than German Shepherds.
When someone uses our dogs for stud service, we ask that they guarantee that none of the puppies will be sold or registered as anything other than German Shepherds.

If you like our dogs, we highly recommend Eclipse Kennels. Atlas, Riffy, Nadia and Vegas all come from Eclipse and we co-own Nadia with them.

If you are looking for a puppy, email us and we can give you more direction on which breeders to talk to if none of our dogs have upcoming litters.

Past Litters of Puppies

Our stud dog Atlas has sired twelve litters of beautiful puppies that we are very proud of. Atlas passes on his structure, beauty and movement to his offspring. We are very happy with what he has produced and these puppies are all very special!

Our young male Anubis sired one litter of excellent puppies and our female Vegas has had her first litter. We are anxious to see how these puppies mature.

Check out our Puppy Brags from Atlas' and Anubis' kids as well as the details of each litter below: