Build a pup with Von Kleeblatthugel Kennels
Enjoy the experience of picking a puppy and watch it grow as training advances to your customized level
Our trained puppies are born and raised here in our puppy program and are offered for sale with various levels of training. After they reach 8 weeks of age, we often select several puppies for further obedience training and potential development in our Pupppy Programs.
We have a graded program that our puppies can all be enrolled in.
Feel free to contact us and we will match you with the right pup and training.
Gundog/Puppy Grade 1 ($1,000 + Puppy Price)
Average Length: 4 Weeks
A grade 1 puppy will be extensively socialized on our farm with Dogs, Cats, Chickens and Goats. We will begin setting the puppies Prey Drive and work on the very beginning steps of a formal retrieve. Puppy will be introduced to birds and gunfire at a distance.
Gundog/Puppy Grade 2 ($2,000+ Puppy Price)
Average Length: 8 weeks
Puppy will have all the work of a Grade 1 plus a more formal single retrieve on land and water (weather permitting) up to 40 yards or so. Additional gun work. Puppy will begin to learn that retrieving is fun, but sometimes it goes out of sight and he has to use his nose to hunt.
Gundog/Puppy Grade 3($3,000+ Puppy Price)
Average Length: 12-16 Weeks
Puppy will have all the work of a Grade 1 and 2 puppy plus basic obedience commands. Walk on a loose leash. Sit. Place.
Want more training? Call and talk to us to customize a more advanced program for your dog!!
German Shepherd Companion Dog Grade 1($1,000 + Puppy Price)
Average Length: 4 Weeks
In grade 1, our puppies immediately begin advanced socialization and advanced behavior evaluation.
Puppies also begin crate training which is essential to house breaking, avoiding separation anxiety and safe transport. We begin teaching basic obedience in this stage of development using primarily positive reinforcement. At this point our goal is to teach the pups that obedience is fun.
German Shepherd Companion Dog Grade 2($2,000+ Puppy Price)
Average Length: 8 Weeks
This program includes all components described in Grade I.
In this stage, we begin to focus more on creating more reliable obedience. Our work is still primarily reward based but the puppies begin to learn the concept of obligation to obedience. Behaviors such as loose leash walking, sit, down, place / stay, come are introduced. Manners and healthy social interactions are also a focus in this stage of development.
German Shepherd Companion Dog Grade 3($3,000+ Puppy Price)
Average Length: 12-16 Weeks
This program includes all components described in Grade 1 and 2
Puppies in this stage begin to show the polish and precision. At this point, we are asking for reliable obedience and the pup to ignore heavy distraction. Puppies are now being taken into public places like the city or department stores to proof their obedience.
Off leash commands are introduced. Puppies completing Grade 3 of our trained puppy program are more obedient then most adult dogs you will ever meet! Able to ignore distraction, follow commands and show healthy social interactions.
Behaviors include: Recall, heel, loose leash walking, sit, down, place / stay, fetch.