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Weimaraner Kingston

Recently we acquired another handsome silver grey Weimaraner.  Kingston is two years old and has a proven breeding record. We chose Kingston because of  his 27.5″ stature, solid frame, good health, good nature and his wonderful physical traits.  His is easy to train, very obedient, affectionate, seeks attention, stays with us when off leash and in stressful obedience tests, shows no sign of aggressiveness whats-so-ever.  He is very energetic and tries very hard to please.   Acquiring a two year old dog can sometimes mean trouble  as you never know what bad habits will show up but in Kingston’s case, his character and previous training and socialization was done perfectly and he has proven himself to be an outstanding dog. If you visit us in Killarney Ontario, on Georgian Bay, you can meet Kingston and our other dogs. Kingston will be the sire of many of our upcoming litters in 1011.  See photos of Kingston. (Lighting on some photos makes Kingston look grey but he is silver grey.

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Weimaraners and GBSD have a protective instinct that is not well known. When we first acquired our GBSD named Annie and Avro, black 50/50 dogs, they started chasing all the black bears away or more often as not, they treed them. Some of these bears were 400 lbs plus.  Avro, our big 90 lb male, actually bit the bears or jumped on them as they ran for a tree. These dogs were fearless. I supposed at first that this was their hunting instinct at play and thought little more about it for lots of dogs chase bears. Some two years later I purchased a large Weimaraner male named Duke. Duke was young (2 years old) and very playful but he had a habit of inviting one to play ‘Take My Stick’ by picking up a stick and shaking it and growling and prancing like a menacing dog! It was all in play of course but my much smaller and older Weimaraner Chief didn’t understand. He charged Duke from about 30 yards away. He leaped on top of Duke after flying through the air for the last ten feet and knocked Duke to the ground. I was startled but rushed to pull Chief off of Duke in time. After thinking about this performance I realized that Annie and Avro’s interest in chasing bears wasn’t to please them but to protect me. I was thunder struck and dumbfounded at the realization.

 It took the other BBF dogs some time to understand that Duke wasn’t a threat. A week later Duke started his growling and prancing with a stick routine and Penny, a mature 85 lb daughter of Annie, did the same thing to Duke as did Chief. I saved Duke from Penny in a flash as Penny was determined to fight him to protect me.  Duke was young and not experienced and would not have had a chance defending himself against Penny.

Chief is a Weimaraner with a proven protective spirit.

It took me years to see the first instance of the protective spirit of the Weimaraner and the GBSD. The GBSD protective spirit will show itself as the dog matures but only if something or someone threatens you or your family.  Sasha from Saskatoon learned first hand about her dogs protective spirit.  Here is her story (Sasha name her GBSD ‘Duke’ too). http://www.blackbearfarm.com/wp/?cat=67

When they were bred as a ‘forester’s dog’ or ‘game warden’s dog’ hundreds of years ago by the aristocracy of the Weimer region of Germany, they were bred in part to be bold and fearless in the face of large game like a stag or a wild boar. Weimaraners are used a police dogs even today in some European countries. Its probably safer to go walking, hiking or jogging with your Weimaraner or your GBSD at your side than to go alone. 

Avro is our original 1st generation GBSD

History of Weimaraners and excellent articles about the general character description of Weimaraners.

1. bellaonline.com/articles/art4814.asp
2. breederretriever.com/dog-breed-history/226/weimaraner.php
3. weimclubamerica.org/weimaraners/index.html

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Hiking The LaCloche Range With our GBSD

Jeff and Nicole have a second GBSD named Victor. Nicole, who lives in a nearby community, asked if she could bring her new GBSD Victor back to Black Bear Farm so he could play with his friend ‘Oscar’ my grey year old Weimaraner.  I agreed and asked Nicole if she would like to hike into the the La Cloche mountains of Killarney with Oscar and me.  She and Jeff agreed and Nicole’s children were both in school for the day. We started our hike at 10:00  am on a mild winter’s day with Oscar, my Weim and Victor, Nicole’s and Jeff’s ten month old GBSD. We must have covered about eight miles and assended three or four hundred feet up the face of the mountain range.  The dogs must have travelled ten times that distance as they played around us all day, off leash, without running away or getting lost. On our hike we saw four whitetail deer and three otters.  The steep climb was strenuous for us and we enjoyed our well deserved lunch on the almost snow bare summit of the range. Such a climb was possible this winter as there is only about four to six inches of snow in the forest whereas last year there was two and three feet of snow.   Both dogs and thier masters were very tired by the time we got home and a wonderful time was had by all. GBSD ‘Victor’. His story. The begining: gbsd-victor-mends-hearts/

Nicole and GBSD 'Victor' Hiking photos: http://www.blackbearfarm.com/dogs/10/100222-mountains/gbsd-0001.html    Here are some photos of the day’s journey and a link to Jeff, Nicole, their children and their first GBSD ‘Sandy’.  owner-jeff-nicole-sandy.php.    Victor at home: Nicole Jeff, Children and Victor: http://blackbearfarm.com/dogs/owners/jeff-nicole-victor/gbsd-0001.html

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