Congratulations to Nicco, who has had a great year in conformation and rally obedience competition!

   Check out Nicco's Perfect Score Rally Championship Video

Nicco, at home, after winning his APDT Rally Level 1 Title in April 2009, at the age of 16 months. Nicco went on to earn his APDT Rally Level 2 Title in August 2009, and earned his AKC Rally Novice title on November 28, 2009. Watch video of our AKC Rally Novice title run on YouTube. Then, just after his second birthday, Nicco won his APDT Rally Level 1 Championship on a weekend when he achieved a perfect score of 210. A video of this perfect score run is also on YouTube. Nicco has the perfect temperament to become a therapy dog, and we hope to get him certified as such in the near future.

Nicco earned his White German Shepherd Dog Club International (WGSDCII) Championship in June 2009 at the WGSDCII National Speciality Weekend in Carrollton, TX. On Friday, 6/26/2009 at the Oklahoma Chapter Show he won Winners Dog and Best of Winners. At the Texas Metro Chapter Show, he won Winners Dog. On Saturday, 6/27/2009, at the Texas Metro Chapter Show, he won Winners Dog, Best of Winners, and Best of Breed. At the Heartland Chapter Show he won Winners Dog, Best of Winners, and Best of Opposite Sex.

Bridget earned her WGSDCII Championship at the National weekend in Carrollton, TX. On Friday, 6/26/2009, Bridget won Reserve Winners Bitch at the Oklahoma Chapter Show. At the Texas Metro Chapter Show she won Winners Bitch. On Saturday, 6/27/2009, she won Best of Opposite Sex at the Texas Metro Chapter Show. At the Heartland Chapter Show she won Best of Breed. On Sunday at the National Show she won Select 3 Bitch.

These are some kids like the ones we are expecting in June. We thought we might try having the dogs herd them, but really, the reason we are getting them is because they are just so darn cute. (Don't tell the IRS, or we won't be able to deduct them) Oh, and goats eat weeds -- something we have plenty of.

Info About Sugarloaf Shepherds

This site is currently under construction. We are soon going to set up a much better site, but this will have to do in the interim. Meanwhile, we do have some great show news and other information about Sugarloaf Shepherds...

Call us (Lance or Linda Lessler) to hear about puppies. Puppy pictures on our Sugarloaf Shepherds puppy pages. Our dogs are from the Vantasia line of Champion White German Shepherds, established by Barbara Hively. Sugarloaf Shepherds dogs are located at our home in Mercersburg, PA.

More information and pedigrees for our Sugarloaf Shepherd Dogs, including Merlin, and Bridget , can be found on the web site for the White German Shepherd Dog Club of America (WGSDCA), of which we are a member.

We also are a member of, and support, the White German Shepherd Dog Club International, Inc. (WGSDCII).

Contact us at: (717) 328-3339, or at (301) 379-0014 (Linda's cell).

Or, email us: lancelessler@comcast.net or lindalessler@comcast.net;

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