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?
