Saturday, June 28, 2014

Sugarloaf Shepherds - Located in South-Central Pennsylvania

Sugarloaf Shepherds

The Sugarloaf Shepherds kennel is owned and operated by us, Lance and Linda Lessler. We were living in Germantown, Maryland at the time we decided to establish our own kennel, and we needed a name for our kennel. Linda always comes up with the names in our family. We were looking out across the landscape from our bedroom window and her eyes fixated on the lone mountain that could be seen from our property, Sugarloaf Mountain. Linda suggested the name Sugarloaf Shepherds because the mountain was a very unusual one, and we wanted our kennel to be exceptional.
"Bodhi"
2013 WGSDCI National Best of Breed and Grand Victor
The solution: Linda and I retired from our careers at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Rockville, MD, and moved to Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, where we custom-built a new home for Sugarloaf Shepherds. Although we hadn't had extensive experience breeding our shepherds, we had the next best thing. We invited Barbara to come live with us in our beautiful new 4-acre homestead in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. There, we have built our kennel facilities, including a 1-acre fenced-in area for the dogs. Between Barbara's dogs and ours, we now keep on the order of about ten adult dogs at any one time. We have already had four litters of puppies in our new location. All our dogs continue the Vantasia line that Barbara founded and which have consistently earned high praise and won awards at the various shows we have attended. Merlin has become a Champion in both the United Kennel Club and our two Whie GSD specialty clube, the White German Shepherd Dog Club International and the White German Shepherd Club of America. Anybody want a cute little white puppy that will grow up to become an awesome best friend?

"Delta"

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