Blackforest German Shepherds

	Black Forest Amelia Earhart, RN, TC, Thirteen Club, OFA H&E Amy 2008 June 21-22 German Shepherd Dog Club of Minneapolis and St Paul - Amy was second to her daughter Xena both days in Veteran bitch at age 13 1/2. After that she went into the Rally Novice ring winning the first day with a score of 99 out of 100 and tying for first the second day with a 97. We were 1 second slower than the other team and were awarded 2nd place. Amazing for a dog her age. July 17. 2008 Black Forest Amelia Earhart RN was name #10 Dam in the 2007 Annual Training Achievement Award program of the German Shepherd Dog Club of America!

	AMY 2007 Amy joined the GSDCA Thirteen Club in January. May 26 Amy got her first Rally Novice leg at Key City KC with a score of 95! May 27 second Rally Novice leg at Key City KC with a score of 87. June 9 third leg in Rally Novice with a 93 at the Lake Minnetonka show finishing her RN title June 24 Amy got her 4th Rally Novice leg with a score of 95!
Amy getting ready for her thirteenth birthday. Click HERE for more pictures of Amy in the snow. Pictures were taken Dec 24, 2007.
Black Forest Amazon Queen CD RE TC CGC OFA GABBY 2007 April 27 Gabby finished her Rally Advanced title! June 10 Gabby got her first Rally Excellent leg with a score of 89 at Minnetonka. June 24 Gabby got her second Rally Excellent leg July 13 Gabby finished her Rally Excellent title in Duluth with a 93! Gabby's page

v Zeus at 7 months winning the puppy class at St Croix Valley KC Trotting up hill.	American and Canadian Champion Mythical Zeus of Black Forest (Bailey X Xena) owned by Connie Karner ZEUS 2007 May 26 Key City KC match Mythical Zeus of Black Forest went Best of Breed and 2nd in group! Yeah Zeus! June 9 Lake Minnetonka KC match Mythical Zeus of Black Forest was Best of Breed and took Group 3! Aug 4 Zeus got his first point in Bismarck going Winner's Dog and Best Opposite at the age of 6 1/2 months. Aug 18 and 19 Zeus took Reserve Winner's dog At W Burlington IA. He was also Best of Breed Puppy and Group 1 in the match. Sept 1 Zeus was Reserve Winner's Dog in Cedar Rapids IA and Sept 2 he took Winner's Dog for one more point! Oct 6-7 Lincoln NE, Zeus took Winner's Dog both days and was Best Opposite Sex to Geneva on Sunday Oct 13 Reserve Winner's Dog Oct 14 Zeus went Winner's Dog for 1 more point! Now he has 5 points at 8 months of age. Nov 18 Best of Breed at Mpls KC for 2 Pts! Dec 8 Winner's Dog in St Cloud 2 more points He now has 9 points. Dec 9 Reserve Winner's Dog St Cloud Watch for Zeus in 2008!
	August 2008 August 22 St Croix Valley KC, Zeus was Winner's Dog, Best of Winners and Best Opposite completing his US Championship title at 19 months! July 2008 July 13 Duluth - Zeus went Winner's Dog and Best of Winners for 3 more points! Just 3 points to go for his American championship. June 2008 Zeus finished his Canadian championship! Can. CH Mythical Zeus of Black Forest 4 Best of Winners 4 Best of Opposite Sex 1 Best of Breed 1 Group 1st

Xena went Best of Breed at St Croix Valley and took 2nd in the Herding Group August 21, 2004 shown by Christy Heiman.

Xena and Gabby, Amy's daughters, run in the snow when they were 1 year old. To see more pictures of them as babies click on Amy's pups or as young adults click on Amy's pups Cont. below.

Black Forest German Shepherds is owned by Julie Swinland, a member of the German Shepherd Dog Club of America, board member and past Vice President of the German Shepherd Dog Club of Minneapolis & St Paul, member of St Paul Dog Training Club, and member of the Anoka County Kennel Club.

Am Can Int'l Ch Oak Haven Xena of BLK Forest RE TC XENA 2008 Jan 3 Xena got her first Rally Excellent leg at St Paul Dog Training Club. Jan 25 Xena got her second Rally Excellent leg at the North Star Herding Group Rally Trial. Jan 27 Xena finished Her Rally Excellent title at the North Star Herding Group Trial June 21 and 22 Xena won the Veteran bitch class both days July 3 Xena visited her brother Riot XENA 2007 January Xena had her first litter sired by Bailey June 23 & 24 Xena got her first and second Rally Advanced legs at the German Shepherd Dog Club of Mpls/St Paul Oct 5 Xena got her 3rd Rally advanced leg finishing her RA title at St Paul Dog Training Club. Xena had 3 male puppies 01/16/07 sired by Ch Kenlyn's Aries V Hi-Cliff (Bailey). Xena's puppies have all been sold. Write or call about the next litter. Puppy page Puppy Page 2 Xena's page	Black Forest Photography - December 2006
	Xena June 22, 2008 winning the Veteran Bitch class at the German Shepherd Dog Club of MPLS/St Paul Specialties. She won both days. She will be 8 years old in August.
Xena winning Rally Excellent January 27, 2008. She was watching a toy being tossed.
	Xena doing the Honor exercise
Xena Nov 25, 2007

In June 2006 Xena went to the Ed Presnall tracking seminar put on by Elk River K9
	Go Xena go!
Is that what we are looking for? A dead sock?

Spring 2006 Xena is taking up sheep herding

	SNOW 2005! Click here for more snow dog pictures . This is Xena age 5.



	Gabby Feb 25 2007