My love and my passion for dogs runs deep and is probably somewhat inherited! ;-)  as years ago my great grandparents and grandparents bred rough coat an smooth coat Collies as well as raised cattle in MI. Both of my parents loved dogs as well so I have always had dogs in my life from birth for 54 years-with the exception of a few years while I was attending college. During that time I would say that I just did not feel complete when I didnt have a dog with me.     Over the years I have enjoyed the companionship of our dogs, some pure breds, some rescues.  I have been lucky enough to have been able to share my life with German Shepherds, Collies, Golden Retrievers, English Setters, Labador Retrievers as well as mixed breeds.     We currently 'unofficially' participate in rescue. Over the years we have found homes for many stray dogs as well as found lost dogs and we were able to return them to their owners. Last year we took in a stray Collie and also a GSD. After advertising them as 'found' with no response- we found new wonderful homes for them.        I bred Golden Retrievers for a short time while having my GSD's too. I have not  bred many different breeds as many puppy mills do. I chose to specialize in German Shepherds. I have NOT EVER sold any puppies to a Puppy Broker - nor would I ever!!        I whelped my first litter 33 years ago. I have worked as a grooming assistant as well as worked at a dog boarding/breeding kennel while living in New England. I have volunteered with the ESSA Program (Emotional Support Service Animals) in WV as well. I have attended and graduated from National K-9 School for Dog Trainers in OH.  I did do some dog training professionally before beginning my endeavor to fulfill my life long desire as a young girl towork with dogs.     Through years of caring for my beloved pets and my past learning and experiences, and training, I am able to offer various forms of support and provide information to our new puppy owners. Having a joy of learning and being an avid reader I try to keep up with the current information on breeding/training/medical issues. I have a circle of GSD Breeder friends that I have known since I started breeding-who have been breeding from 10-30 years and who also enjoy researching. We all share our knowledge from doing extensive health and genetic research with one another as well as share info acquired from veterinarians and our own personal experiences we have had over the years.

Ayer's Long Haired German Shepherds Dog Breeders

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My love and my passion for dogs runs deep and is probably somewhat inherited! ;-)  as years ago my great grandparents and grandparents bred rough coat an smooth coat Collies as well as raised cattle in MI. Both of my parents loved dogs as well so I have always had dogs in my life from birth for 54 years-with the exception of a few years while I was attending college. During that time I would say that I just did not feel complete when I didnt have a dog with me.     Over the years I have enjoyed the companionship of our dogs, some pure breds, some rescues.  I have been lucky enough to have been able to share my life with German Shepherds, Collies, Golden Retrievers, English Setters, Labador Retrievers as well as mixed breeds.     We currently 'unofficially' participate in rescue. Over the years we have found homes for many stray dogs as well as found lost dogs and we were able to return them to their owners. Last year we took in a stray Collie and also a GSD. After advertising them as 'found' with no response- we found new wonderful homes for them.        I bred Golden Retrievers for a short time while having my GSD's too. I have not  bred many different breeds as many puppy mills do. I chose to specialize in German Shepherds. I have NOT EVER sold any puppies to a Puppy Broker - nor would I ever!!        I whelped my first litter 33 years ago. I have worked as a grooming assistant as well as worked at a dog boarding/breeding kennel while living in New England. I have volunteered with the ESSA Program (Emotional Support Service Animals) in WV as well. I have attended and graduated from National K-9 School for Dog Trainers in OH.  I did do some dog training professionally before beginning my endeavor to fulfill my life long desire as a young girl towork with dogs.     Through years of caring for my beloved pets and my past learning and experiences, and training, I am able to offer various forms of support and provide information to our new puppy owners. Having a joy of learning and being an avid reader I try to keep up with the current information on breeding/training/medical issues. I have a circle of GSD Breeder friends that I have known since I started breeding-who have been breeding from 10-30 years and who also enjoy researching. We all share our knowledge from doing extensive health and genetic research with one another as well as share info acquired from veterinarians and our own personal experiences we have had over the years.

Our long haired German Shepherd Dogs are: Very large and have the straighter backs with out the excessive angulation.  We are very, very proud of our dogs!!! Every one is just so excited to be meeting all the dogs and so awestruck by the size and beauty and friendliness of these magnificent animals! - and has so much fun! Most call it 'German Shepherd Heaven'! Just about every single person who comes here remarks that they can not believe how friendly, obedient and happy my dogs are!  Our Dogs love meeting people who come to visit! When people come to visit or pick up their puppy we usually (their time permitting) let them personally meet each and every one of our dogs here! Gets a bit hectic, LOL! but everyone so enjoys meeting them all! It is quite exhausting! but we want everyone to see the wonderful temperaments of all our dogs here!    They also LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! going in the car, swimming at the near by lake or going in one their many pools here. Most love to fetch balls, play soccer with themselves, catch frisbees and some just love to carry things! Most of our dogs are very agile and enjoy doing agility in our yard. They do love to go for walks/hiking in the woods near our home. Their very favorite activity is going to the lake near my home to go swimming. And they really love to ride in the tram/gondola- down into the gorge at the park, to swim and hike, and then riding back up! And they also all love going into Lowes with me! The pupper dogs love to go to playgrounds which we use for fun as well as confidence building. In the summer some occasionally get to go to an outdoor concert or two. In the fall I take few  to fairs when we can. They also love going to the flea markets and just about anywhere else I go as 2-5 usually go with me whenever I go anywhere-except when it is too hot for the car. We have all colors as well as SABLES (silver, gold, red), and occasional Whites & Blacks. Black/Red, Black/Tan, Black/Silver, Black/Cream. (No liver or blue) MOST of our dogs REALLY DO live IN our home. Most of our dogs spend part of the day and most all of the nights in our home, and literally under my feet seems like most of the time! Can be hard to cook, actually hard to walk and cant usually even go in the bathroom alone!  Since at this time we have more than can all fit in the house at one time now, the few others get 'rotated' and come in during most of the days and every other night when a few of the others have to spend the night out. Even the boys DO hang together inside or outside long as there is no girls in heat! E and Little hang together and w/Thund or Dal sometimes. Rocky and Bear and Thund. And Sammy, Mikki and Dally. And it is that way just because I dont want to have ALL the males together at one time. Friends, neighbors, our many Breeder friends, and customers can vouch for this! Just let us know if you would like references! ALL of the dogs get to be out in the yard for about half of the day which keeps us pretty busy rotating everyone in or out of kennels, yard or inside. We are looking to place a few of our dogs so that everyone can be in at night. On the rare occasion when it gets very cold here I can get all but 4 of my dogs inside! Then 2 of the dogs would stay on my front deck in a double dog house and 2 in the double on the rear deck with heat lamps and even then they would be rotated every few hours right up until when I go to bed about 2 am and then get up early to bring them in them first thing. We do not stud out our males - nor at this time, do we use 'outside males' as we prefer to use males that we are very familar with their lines, males that are from our own kennel- some being total outcrosses or from our own breedings. Also this way we do not have to worry about infections such as brucellosis, etc.

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We strive to produce healthy puppies/dogs, and are very proud of our health statistics, - with exceptional sound temperaments that are large and stunningly beautiful, intelligent, confident, easily trained and versatile.  Gus (soki/ sammy boy) just got back from a pheasant hunting! trip with his owner and his many Labrador Retreiver friends!   More often than not our pups when grown are quite calm/gentle. Some will have moderate drive. We are very particlular about where our puppies are placed. Our puppies only go to homes where they will 'live' inside with their family.and be included as a part of the family. Our puppies are whelped inside our home and raised under foot where they are held and snuggled and loved on through out the day, have music, TV, controlled temperatures, and are exposed to the sights and sounds of daily living. Ex: vacuum, things dropping(loud noises), introduced to the crate, (when they are old enough to walk around they like to take themselves to the open crate in the puppy room to sleep), many dogs, car rides, swimming(in summer), stairs, etc. Our Puppies go outside at around 5 weeks. We have 2 very large puppy areas (18 x 30) with 2 buildings with heat as well. After the puppies go outside the puppies do not just stay in the pen. They continue to come back in the house and also get to play in the larger yard where we have loads of toys, pools, slides, sand boxes, puppy ramps, tunnels, etc. We feel it is very important for our puppies to be hardy, strong and healthy and that they have plenty of room to romp and play, investigate and explore, and get and fresh air and sunshine. Also we would not want to transport a pup that had only been kept in the house and was not used to temperatures outdoors. We require puppy to be taken to 'puppy' classes and at least 1 basic obedience class.  So your dog will be a JOY to have around too! We also encourage people to participate in whatever other kind of training that they and their puppy enjoy doing together. We only recommend collar correction training w/LOTS of PRAISE! We want you to have gentle, obedient companions like you will meet at my home. Our puppies are up to date on vaccines and wormings. We provide a 2 year written health and hip guarantee.(which actually would be till Puppy is 26 months old) Our puppies go to their new homes with a spay/neuter contract. AKC limited (pet) registration application will be sent to new Puppy Owners as soon as we receive the Vet verification of spay/neuter. We will be happy to provide you with references from Puppy Owners. ALL of our Puppy Owners have generously said we may use them as references as well. We wont just give you a reference that 'we' pick... You can pick out any dog from our site and we will give you their #.  Many families have been so pleased with their first puppy that they have got a second or third puppy from us as well! Their Puppys' pictures are on the Past Puppies pages. Some of our Puppy Owners have already enjoyed the fun experience of getting together with other Puppy Owners that live near them for fun and socializing! and pictures. They are able to meet other litter mates or sometimes other pups that may be related to their pup or just other pups from us. If you are interested in getting together with other Puppy Owners we will try to put you in touch w/someone who lives near you! I do not pick and choose which pups I think are the best looking to put up on my site. I put up a pic of every single pup I have had if the owners send me a pic even if the shot is not a very good one. But...I certainly do greatly appreciate seeing good shots so I can see how my pups are actually looking! I actually think they are all beautiful anyway!!! :-)  As are all dogs!!!! We encourage our new Puppy Owners to keep in touch with us as their puppy grows and develops. We can provide you with current info on health, nutrition, training, and answer any other questions you may have. We provide lifelong support with all of our puppies. And we love speaking with Puppy owners and hearing about our puppies! If your puppy came from us- you may always call us anytime - during the day or night for any questions or concerns you may have about your puppy/dog. Deposits are recommended to ensure you getting the puppy you are looking for as we have deposits on some litters a year in advance and since I will usually have only 5 litters in a year. We welcome visitors to come meet our dogs when I dont have little puppies here. Afternoons after 2 pm. Call for an appointment. We are closed on most Sundays.

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