Health Testing
Hips: OFA-GS-111173F29F-C-VPI Fair
Elbows: OFA-GS-EL49108F29-C-VPI Normal
Cardiac: OFA-GSBCA554/29F/P-VPI Normal-Practitioner
Dentition: OFA-GS-DE905/29F-VPI Complete-Scissors
Degenerative Myelopathy: Normal/Normal
Pituitary Dwarfism: Normal/Normal
AKC DNA + Health Panel: All Normal/Normal
large outdoor area for nanny time and exercise
Spark is a big, beautiful, black and red Kiro x Zap daughter who is a family favorite for her cheerful, playful, and intuitive nature.
Like her mother Zap, Spark is a clever and kind hearted dog who adores puppies and has been our primary nanny since she was a teenager. Spark is responsible for teaching our Austerlitz puppies their great social and play skills, confidence in their relationships with other dogs, and how to play with other dogs in socially acceptable ways. She is an indispensable part of our puppy raising program and she is much loved by all our mother dogs, who trust her completely, to help them care for their puppies.
Spark is a Zap daughter so her motherline goes to our Gibsy foundation, and her sire is the fantastic Aladin son Kiro v. Vierra.
Spark's pedigree spans five generations of our breeding and her pedigree goes to Susanne's first and second GSDs, Quinta v Westfork and Indeigh v Spezialblut. Her lines are mainly older German Show lines full of the usual assortment of VAs and notable producers like Tyson Kottersbusch with a bit of pre 1990 era DDR and German Working through her dam Zap's ancestor Amy Arnoux (a Neuman's Jim descendant) and our top producing Pyro Austerltiz (a grandsone of Fero Zeuterner Himmelreich and Zorro LaagerWall)
Spark is a large female, medium strong, of excellent breed type. She is expressive and feminine with a richly pigmented head and dark eyes. Her topline is very good, strong, with no topline break. Her croup could be a bit longer but the angle is good. She is a deep dog with a long underline, very good angulations, and she is completely correct in the front and correct in the rear. She's a great mover at any gait.
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Spark is everyone's favorite for her outgoing, confident, and friendly disposition. She is comfortable in every imaginable situation, reads social cues from humans and dogs extremely well, and has the confident, good nature the German Shepherd breed standard describes and people are drawn to her because of it. She loves to play, herd, and train, and is a super easy dog to live with, she is great with all our other dogs including the little beagles, and is trustworthy and safe in every situation she has ever been in. Spark truly represents the GSD breed standard for temperament, charachter, and structure.
