If I could please ask a favour of you...

 My good friend Julie, manages my Facebook page for me because 

1. I don't have time to deal with it and 

2.  I have no desire to learn how to use it!  

So on August 24 when I posted that I had been voted one of the top GSD breeders in Alberta on my blog, (an absolute honour), she very kindly put the announcement up on the Guardian Angel Shepherds Facebook page.  I was curious to see if there had been any comments and sure enough, there were!  The really cool thing was, a few of  them were from people who had adopted puppies from here in years past !  It really touched my heart that they took the time to do that.  It occurred to me that it would be a fantastic reference if other owners of my dogs were to add their photos and their comments.  I would really appreciate the marketing help.  I'm always telling everyone that I'm great with dogs, not so good at business.  I need all the help I can get! So if I could ask a favour of anyone who had the time and inclination to add a comment and/or photo, it would be most appreciated!

And to those who have commented already, thank you for sharing your experience here and I'm so glad that all your dogs are what you hoped for!  It makes all my work worthwhile.

Thanking you in advance.  

Mary Ann

Another Review

Hello Mary Ann, 

When Cal was just a puppy we ordered him a collar that came with an unexpected branding. “Emotional Support” said the removable velcro tab. We thought it was cute at the time but now more than 2 years later, we can see what an omen it was… 
Cal has recently turned 3 years old and so has our marriage. We were married in Reykjavik in the spring of 2018 only week or so before heading straight from the airport to the farm to pick up Calibre on our way to our new home in BC. This is how Calibre came to grow alongside our new marriage. We were nervous and excited when we picked him up  but did not comprehend the shear magnitude of the endeavour before us. A new marriage is hard and raising a puppy (to ours and Mary Ann’s standards) is challenging but the rewards have been astronomical to say the least. All of our hard work has been returned to us ten fold as our family settles into a life of trust and loving together as a unit. Calibre found his job in our family and became the peacekeeper that enabled our family to settle into routines,  compromises and understandings with calmness, grace and ease. He manages the vibe in our household with the same commitment we manage his training. It’s really something spectacular, our friends and family have been amazed. If any kind of tension arrises in anyones voice,  even a frustrated breath out, Cal will emerge from his kennel instantly and calmly sit beside the offending person (showing no signs of agitation himself). In a composed but stern fashion he will hold space for that person until the negative energy dissipates (mostly this only takes a few moments as his energy is so soothing) he then wanders off to lay down again with an absolutely hilarious annoyed “huff". The tension in the house breaks immediately and the vibration raises to one of joy and laughter. This can happen with even the SLIGHTEST hint of sarcasm in ones voice… it is nothing short of amazing. It has allowed our household to mature into one of peace and serenity and I sometimes wonder how many years it may have taken us to achieve this without him, if at all! Especially in these recent trying times we have been living in, the world can feel very unpredictable but our home has become a place of stability; a world of rules, boundaries and limitations for everyone. With the phenomenal amounts of stress and uncertainty these trying times have brought everyone we credit Calibre as our Guardian Angel allowing our young marriage to wether the storm, we could not be more grateful Mary Ann,