Hello and welcome to our temporary contact page! Our official site, spartashilohs.com, is under construction right now, but I wanted to provide a way for you to see our dogs and contact us if you're interested in learning about Shiloh Shepherds!
My husband and I are ISSR (International Shiloh Shepherd Registry) Licensed-Breeders-in-Training. What this means is that we are being trained by the Breed Founder herself (Tina Barber of New Zion Shilohs) and our other Licensed Breeders on the subjects of genetics, pedigree research, Shiloh structure and temperament, and how to raise a healthy and happy litter of ISSR Shiloh Shepherd puppies! No other canine organization I have ever seen has a program to educate and support new breeders like we do, and we are very proud to be a part of it.
Our contact info:
EMAIL: sparta.shilohs@gmail.com
LOCATION: Denton, Texas
OUR DOGS:
LEO (bCh. Zion's King Leonidas of Sparta) is a plush (long-haired variety) dark brown sable male born in October of 2007. We have had Leo since he was nine weeks old. He comes from New Zion, the kennel of the Breed Founder, Tina Barber. You can go to Leo's blog by clicking here.
KYRIE (Zion's London Twin of Sparta) is a smooth (standard German Shepherd-like coat) brown sable with cream. Kyrie is one of very few Shilohs born with the coloration of one of her famous movie dog ancestors, London the Littlest Hobo. The Shilohs are actually descended from both the Hobo lines AND the Rin Tin Tin German Shepherd lines. You can go to Kyrie's blog by clicking here.
WHERE TO FIND US: We firmly believe that a responsible breeder needs to be involved in the canine community, so we show and train our dogs and participate at festivals, shows, and expos when we can get to them! We show our dogs often in the IABCA dog shows, as they allow rare breeds. You can often find us and our dogs at the shows in Hutto, Texas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, if you would like to meet us! We also sponsor a Meet The Breed booth at Dog Days of Denton here in Denton, Texas, a large canine festival in the spring. It's a lot of fun, and you can find us near the breed Rescues! We are active in our local Obedience Club, Golden Triangle Dog Obedience (aka GT Dog). GT Dog offers classes in Puppy Obedience, Basic Obedience, Rally Obedience, and Therapy Dog training. Our girl Kyrie is training in Rally and hoping to go into Agility; our boy Leo graduated from his basic Obedience AND the Therapy Dog program at one year of age!
HEALTH: Our boy Leo has passed his hip x-rays with flying colors, scoring a rating of "Good" at one year old with the OFA. At two years he rated a .28/.38 PennHip rating, with elbows, heart, and thyroid okay'ed!
Our little girl Kyrie had her PennHip x-rays done this year and scored a solid .31/.41. Her elbows, heart, and thyroid all came back normal! Kyrie's mother had excellent hips so we have high hopes that Kyr will pass along those genes to her progeny!
TITLES AND ACHIEVEMENTS: Our boy Leo achieved his Breed Championship in 2009 at the IABCA show in Tucson, Arizona. In total he has won six Best in Show awards--one of them at our National Specialty--and two Reserve Best in Shows, as well as numerous other ribbons and a Best of Opposites trophy. He took Best in Specialty at our regional show early in the fall of 2009. He has also graduated as a full-fledged Therapy Dog and is starting to make his first visits!
Our girl Kyrie won her first Winner's Bitch (best female) title at the 2010 OKC IABCA show, beating three other girls to score her first Major win toward her Championship! Kyrie is the brainy one, working on her Rally Obedience skills, and we hope to start Agility work with her after her litter is born this year.
PUPPIES: Kyrie passed her health testing and was bred to Leo in January of this year. Pups were confirmed via ultrasound at five weeks and x-rays taken in mid-March showed a small litter, due between March 20 and 27th! We are expecting brown sables in rich colors, with the possibility of some dual pups or bi-colors as well. There is a very small chance of pure black pups or pure white pups being born. We are expecting smooth coats. There is an excellent chance of plush coated pups as well, but we will not know if Kyrie carries the plush recessive until the pups are four or five weeks old!
WEBSITE UPDATE: Sparta Shilohs is LIVE but under construction!
