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Jan & Tella (age 11) / Fall 2008 |
In 2001, I established
Miracle Shilohs,
and welcomed the first litter of "Miracles" into the world. Later that year,
my girls
(Tella, Sunnie, Cora)
and I relocated from Illinois to Prince Edward Island (Canada) and I married my best
friend, Louis Burke.
Since then, we have placed some beautiful Shiloh Shepherd puppies in happy homes
across Canada and the USA, and in Japan!
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Continue reading down the page, for more about how we breed and raise Shilohs. |
Our Shiloh Shepherds are truly
home raised, which means that they share our home with us every day of the year.
All of our puppies are whelped, cared for and loved in our home!
These are some events that take place in the first few weeks of your puppy's life...
We start acquainting the puppies with the older dogs in our household.
Also, on a case-by-case basis, we start welcoming human visitors to come
over and spend time with the puppies (by appointment only).
We start giving the puppies "real" food, and begin the weaning process.
Weather permitting, the puppies
start going outdoors to play.
The entire litter goes to
the vet, and each puppy is thoroughly examined:
heart, ears, eyes, coat, skin, structure, weight, and testicles. As part of
the examination, the puppies receive their first inoculations.
The puppies are
temperament tested, so we can determine which puppy is the best "fit" for
each new family. Also, around this time, we evaluate each puppy's
conformation.
We make the
final decision regarding who goes where!
Your puppy is ready to join your family!
We love it when our buyers come here to pick up their
puppies! However, we realize that this is not always possible. If you
have made prior arrangements with us, we are willing to ship puppies to
locations within the USA and Canada.
Our breedings represent our
own diligent efforts to pair the right
sires and dams. It is our objective to produce puppies that come as close
as possible to epitomizing the Breed Standard
in the areas of health, temperament, structure and conformation.
Our own breeding Shilohs have received passing adult hip certifications
(typically with ratings of "
Excellent"
or "Good")
from the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
(OFA).
Other Shilohs we use in our breeding program have received passing hip certification - with no evidence of degenerative joint
disease - from the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) or the Pennsylvania Hip Improvement
Program (PennHIP).
We also gain elbow certification on all of our Shilohs.
Shilohs
used in our breeding program also received these additional clearances:
We register
our adults and puppies with
The Shiloh Shepherd Registry
(TSSR).
Also, we
are proud members of the
International Shiloh Shepherd Dog Club
(ISSDC).
If you are going to be in
our area, please Contact Us to arrange a
visit!
Click HERE
for a printable version of our Information Package.
