Our first litter arrived April 17, 2004, at Strauss Haus Shepherds from our Sirius & Jessie breeding. We were blessed with 9 healthy pups, including 4 white ones. Their temperaments ranged from Medium-Soft to Medium Hard as expected. Most all these puppies will thrive in homes with active families.

This litter will be registered as "Double NB2" (2nd Generation Double New Blood).

Litter Evaluation Summary June 21, 2004

This was a great litter, we had no major faults in conformation, and all temperaments were as predicted [medium soft to medium hard]. We had one little "spit-fire" (black collar) who would do very well in schutzhund or Search and Rescue, and we also had some quieter puppies. Everyone else was right in the middle.

Most of the puppies are settling in to their new homes and doing very well. We still have one "unclaimed" puppy at our kennel...red collared female (called Rosie). Purple (formerly white), pink (now named Coco), orange (now named Racky) and light blue went to New Zion Shiloh Shepherds. Yellow (now named Gabriel) collared boy is at his new home with a family (who waited over 2 years for him!!) in Olympia, Washington. Black and Green have moved to Anchorage Alaska, and baby Blue is with a family here in Port Angeles (I had to keep her close!). Baby Blue's (now named Tara) new family has been waiting for her over 3 years!

The temperament test went very well, and all the puppies ACED the maze, which shows incredible intellegence! Most of the puppies showed a tendency for easy trainability and wanting to please. We were absolutely thrilled with this litter, and are excited to see what our breedable puppies will produce in 2 years from now!

Aug '04 update: Rosie has gone to a wonderful family in California.

5 dark females, 2 solid white females and 2 solid white males
plush & smooth

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Jessie & Sirius couldn't wait to show us once again what they were made of. Puppies began arriving October 31, 2004, and continued through coming into November 1st. We are hoping for a repeat in temperaments and coats on this fabulous litter.

Litter Evaluation Summary - January 2, 2005

Another awesome litter from Jessie/Sirius. Once again, we had trouble finding faults with the puppies at the conformation portion of the LER. Most have their Daddys beautiful movement, and good bone. This litter is "mellower" than the last, with not so many hard temperaments. We actually had a "soft" temperament! Only 2 were medium hard, and the rest in between.

4 females (1 white, 1 light sable, 2 dark dual or sable)
5 males (2 dual, 2 dark sable, 2 light sable)
plush & smooth

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We have both Plush and smooth coats, and like her sister Jessie's litter with Siri, we will have sables, whites, sables, Bi's and one solid black. Luna is a sweet spirit, and is calm and very loving. She is softer in temperament than her sister Jessie. (RC 16.7)

3 girls, 6 boys :: plush & smooth

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This is a repeat of our May 2005 pairing. We have both plush and smooth coats, and have sables, whites & sables. These pups are a great combination of Luna/s sweet spirit & calm and very loving nature and Sirius clown-like fun approach to the world.

5 females, 6 males; plush & smooth
3 White females, 2 White males, 2 Sable females, 4 Sable males.

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This will be a NB2 (Orbit)litter. Jessie is a Goldie/Orbit and Gryphyn is a Saber2/Phoenix. We should have both smooth and plush, and a nice range of temperaments. This will be Jessie's last litter.

Gryphon is a large, gray sable plush with a temperament that is absolutely amazing. Nothing phases him. He is such a friendly, outgoing and very well adjusted boy! He spent two days with us (complete strangers) and away from his mom and dad, and he settled right in at our place without so much as a woof.

7 females and 6 males :: plush & smooth

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This will be Luna's last litter. After much debate, we decided to give her one more opportunity to add some really awesome dogs to the upcoming Shiloh Breeding stock. This will be a NB2 litter with NO Artus anywhere! The females and males from this litter will go great with many of the Artus boys and girls out there. Or, even the non-NB's!! There is also no Grizz in these lines.

Luna's first date with Phoenix (by AI) was today. We will meet again on Saturday. We expect both plush and smooth, and a variety of sables. I am doubting we will get white, but there is a chance! We have two plush breeding females already spoken for and 3 Pet quality puppies. I expect temperaments very similar to the Jessie/Gryphyn litter. (Jessie is Luna's sister, and Phoenix is Gryphyns dad). In this litter we expect size! Luna and Phoenix are both large dogs. Luna is 28" at the shoulder and about 100#. Phoenix is about 31" I believe. We know he can produce size...look at Gryphyn and Acer! And Luna has produced some HUGE puppies too, like Loki, Toby and Teddy! This is a NB2 (Orbit) litter, with no Artus in the background.

4 boys, 4 girls :: plush & smooth

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Shelby is our happy go lucky NB2 (Artus) girl. She has a fun loving attitude, and LOVES people, and other dogs. Shelby is very active, and loves to play. We selected Gunny for her first litter because they have much the same outlook on life. Gunny is a sweet boy with a love for people. Both are very confident, and sweet spirited. I expect great family companions, and maybe some with working capabilities. We received both plush and smooth coats in this litter.

5 boys, 5 girls :: plush & smooth

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We received great things from the Elektra/Gryphyn litter! I predict temperaments much like our Luna/Phoenix litter, with some Artus mixed in for fun! Gryphyn is a tall, leggy boy and Elektra is our stocky, large boned girl. Elektra is our buff plush out of Luna/Sirius, and Gryphyn is out of Saber2/Phoenix. Both Elektra and Gryphyn have outgoing, friendly temperaments. Elektra has the "comedian" gene we often see in Artus kids and grandkids.

Gryphyn is the most confident, easygoing dog I have met. I expect happy go lucky, confident, energetic and fun puppies from this breeding. [see related pictures] Gryphyn is a large, gray sable plush with a temperament that is absolutely amazing. Nothing phases him. He is such a friendly, outgoing and very well adjusted boy! He spent two days with us (complete strangers) and away from his mom and dad, and he settled right in at our place without so much as a woof. Gryphyn's PennHip (L) 0.34 (R) 0.34

6 boys, 4 girls :: all plush

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iCH Strauss Haus Miss Dallas
is a gray sable smooth
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander, ROM
dam: Zion's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ROM
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

iCH Xerxes King of Solace (Zeke)
is a gray sable plush
sire: Gryphyn of Solace
dam: Starlight's Nieko of Danica
hips: PennHip (L) 0.26 (R) 0.26)

We expect both plush and smooth sable's. There is plenty of size behind both parents, so we will have nice large pups! Both Dallas and Zeke are IABCA international champions.

2 boys, 2 girls

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Trillium's PITA to Zion (Shelby)
is a black/tan plush
sire: GV bCh Zion's A-Tribute To Snow's Grizz, ROM
dam: GV biCH Trillium's D'Shelby v. Highlife
hips: Good

iCH Xerxes King of Solace (Zeke)
is a gray sable plush
sire: Gryphyn of Solace
dam: Starlight's Nieko of Danica
hips: PennHip (L) 0.26 (R) 0.26)

We loved what we saw in Shelby's litter with Gunny, and decided to pump up the size even more with Zeke. This will be an all plush litter with sables and duals. Shelby has a wonderful, active and outgoing temperament. My vet office has called Shelby their favorite.

5 boys, 4 girls - plush sables

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Trillium's PITA to Zion (Shelby)
is a black/tan plush
sire: GV bCh Zion's A-Tribute To Snow's Grizz, ROM
dam: GV biCH Trillium's D'Shelby v. Highlife
hips: Good

iCH Xerxes King of Solace (Zeke)
is a gray sable plush
sire: Gryphyn of Solace
dam: Starlight's Nieko of Danica
hips: PennHip (L) 0.26 (R) 0.26)

Shelby3/Zeke (Fall 2009) This is a repeat of our 2008 litter. I kept two female pups from the previous litter, Libby and Justice. We got very people pleasing temperaments from this combination. The pups were very loving, funny, and active. Libby was shown in the recent IABCA show and earned her National and International Championships, and a 5 point major toward her Shiloh Championship. Shelby's dam and granddam were both GVs as was Shelby's sire. I expect beautiful movement and conformation. Shelby is our higher energy, and higher drive girl, and Zeke is much mellower, and seems to have quite a bit of influence on toning down Shelby's drive! These are super loving, willing to please pups, and will do well in obedience, as well as in the show ring. This is a NB3 litter and will have all plush puppies

4 girls, 3 boys :: all plush

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iCH Strauss Haus Miss Dallas
aka Dallas
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander, ROM | dam: Zion's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ROM
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

CAC UCICB bCH Danzig's Pinnacle of Solace
aka Danzig
sire: Solace's Master of Zion | dam: Saber's Last Chance for Zion
hips: PH L 0.30, R 0.36

I have been searching for the perfect mate for our Luna/Siri girls for quite some time, and found him locally! I have always had my eye on Danzig, from the first IABCA show he attended when he was just a pup, but it wasn't until we crunched some numbers, that I realized how perfect he would be for Dallas. The RC on this litter is a nice low 15%. Using Danzig, I have found the solution to maintaining the beautiful movement and heavy bone Siri passed down to his kids. Many of these puppies will inherit their parents athleticism. Both Dallas and Danzig have been shown with IABCA. Dallas has her National and International Championships. Danzig has come home with a number of ribbons and awards, and is racking up points in every show he attends. I expect very nice conformation from this combination. This will be a DNB litter with both plush and smooth coats.

6 girls, 2 boys :: plush & smooth

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Strauss Haus Elektric Lady
aka Elektra
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander
dam: Zion's Buffy the Vampire Slayer buff plush
heart: normal, practitioner

CAC UCICB bCH Danzig's Pinnacle of Solace
aka Danzig
sire: Solace's Master of Zion
dam: Saber's Last Chance for Zion brown sable
hips: PH L 0.30, R 0.36

Elektra/Danzig (Fall 2009) I expect puppies very similar to the Dallas/Danzig puppies, as Elektra and Dallas are sisters. Since Elektra and Danzig are both plush, this will be an all plush DNB litter. The RC on this litter is a nice low 15%. Both Elektra and Danzig have beautiful movement, and I expect to see this come through in their puppies. Many of these puppies will also inherit their parents athleticism. Elektra is the "clown" at Strauss Haus, and finds many ways to make us smile and laugh at her antics. She is very charming, and very loyal to her people. Danzig also has a very pleasing, friendly temperament, and I expect to see happy go lucky pups in their litter.

5 boys, 4 girls :: all plush

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Strauss Haus Summer Breeze is a sabled bi-black/cream smooth from our 2nd Siri/Jessie litter.
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander, ROM | dam: bCHptd Zion's Golden Girl Jessie, ROM
hips: OFA Fair 15 mos

Gryphyn of Solace is a gray sable plush.
sire: Zion's Phoenix Rising | dam: Saber's Last Chance for Zion
hips: PennHip (L) 0.34 (R) 0.34

Breeze is our leggy Jessie/Sirius daughter. She has beautiful conformation, and Sirius's heavy bone behind her. Gryphyn will pump up the size in this litter. Gryphyn is a super-friendly, very people pleasing boy. He passes on his easygoing nature to his offspring. This is a repeat of our October 2008 litter.

3 boys, 5 girls :: plush & smooth

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nCH SHS Birth of Venus v Solace
aka Venus
sire: Gryphyn of Solace
dam: Starlight's Nieko of Danica
light brown sable plush
hips: OFA Good (22 mos)
elbows: Normal
thyroid: Normal
heart: OFA Normal, practitioner

GV WSCSg.CH-G NS ibCH Zion's Sand Nobel Arrestordre SD TT CGC
aka Big Jake
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander
dam: Zion's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
black smooth
hips: PH L 0.38 R 0.28

Venus is our Neiko/Gryphyn daughter, and sister to Lolly and Zeke of Solace Shilohs. Venus will be bred to Big Jake, IABCA's recent Weltschonheits-Super-Cup Championat in Gold and our Luna/Siri solid black son. All sable colored, plush & smooth puppies expected.

5 boys, 4 girls :: plush & smooth

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Strauss Haus Elektric Lady
aka Elektra
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander
dam: Zion's Buffy the Vampire Slayer buff plush
heart: normal, practitioner

iCH Xerxes King of Solace
akak Zeke
is a gray sable plush
sire: Gryphyn of Solace | dam: Starlight's Nieko of Danica
hips: PennHip (L) 0.26 (R) 0.26)

7 boys, 3 girls :: all plush

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Trillium's PITA to Zion
aka Shelby
sire: GV bCh Zion's A-Tribute To Snow's Grizz, ROM
dam: GV biCH Trillium's D'Shelby v. Highlife
black/tan plush
hips: Good

jr iCh SHS Solid As A Rock
aka Rocky
sire: Zion's Phoenix Rising
dam: Zion's Buffy The Dragon Slayer
black/silver smooth
hips: PennHip (results pending)
heart: OFA Normal, Cardiologist

3 boys, 3 girls :: dual smooth & plush

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iCH Strauss Haus Miss Dallas
aka Dallas
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander
dam: Zion's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
gray sable smooth
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

Solace's Aslan Armor V Dayspring
aka Aslan
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Fair DeLaine, CGC
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

3 boys, 4 girls; 3 whites 4 duals 1 sable :: plush & smooth

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Strauss Haus Summer Breeze
aka Breeze
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander
dam: bCHptd Zion's Golden Girl Jessie
sabled bi-black/cream smooth
hips: OFA Fair 15 mos

Solace's Raising the Stakes
aka Sluggo
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Lil ' Storm of Abba
brown sable plush

Breeze is our leggy Jessie/Sirius daughter. She has beautiful conformation, and Sirius's heavy bone behind her.

Solace Shilohs' boy Sluggo is an extra large, sweet and loving boy.  He came from Dayspring Dogs and will reach a height of at least 32 inches and 130 pounds.  At eleven months of age he is 31 inches.   Sluggo is a big, loveable bear. He has excellent structure and wonderfully broad, oval bone.  He has good leg on him and wonderful movement.  Sluggo is a laid back boy with a nice and pleasing temperament. 

10 puppies; 6 boys, 4 girls; 3 white boys; plush & smooth expected

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Strauss Haus Elektric Lady
aka Elektra
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander
dam: Zion's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
buff plush
heart: normal, practitioner

Solace's Aslan Armor V Dayspring
aka Aslan
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Fair DeLaine, CGC
brown sable plush
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

This will be Elektra's last litter. She has produced some awesome puppies in her past litters, and I am hoping to select a special show dog from this litter to carry on Sirius's legacy here at Strauss Haus. Elektra has spectacular conformation, and passes on super heavy bone to her puppies.

Have you ever seen a dog with a smile on their face, and laughter in their eyes? That's Elektra and Aslan both! These pups will have that "Look at me" attitude about them. Aslan, who belongs to Solace Shilohs, is the father of the recent Grand Seiger Best in Show, Solace/SHS 3Rivers Spirit Fire, who was just 7 months old when he took that award! Elektra is full sister to GV NS ibCH WSCSg.CH-G Zion's Sand Nobel Arrestordre, SD, CGC, TT. There is no doubt in my mind that we will have some awesome pups in this litter! We will have Breeding Quality and Pet Quality pups available, and possibly a Show Quality available as well. This is an all plush litter, with sables, bi-colored pups and whites.

4 white girls, 1 dual girl, 2 white boys, 2 dual boys; all plush

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Strauss Haus Justice For All
aka Justice
b. August 12, 2008
sire: Xerxes King of Solace
dam: Trillium's PITA to Zion
light brown sable plush
hips: OFA Fair SLH-509F30F-VPI
elbows: OFA Normal SLH-EL295F30-VPI
heart: OFA normal SLH-CA361/30F/P-VPI
thyroid: OFA normal SLH-TH178/30F-VPI

Solace's Aslan Armor V Dayspring
aka Aslan
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Fair DeLaine, CGC
brown sable plush
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

5 boys, 3 girls; all plush

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iCH Strauss Haus Miss Dallas
aka Dallas
sire: bCHptd & iCH Strausses Sirius of Highlander
dam: Zion's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
gray sable smooth
hips: OFA Good (prelim)
heart: OFA Normal SLH-CA217/14F/P-PI

Solace's Raising the Stakes
aka Sluggo
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Lil ' Storm of Abba
brown sable
hips: OFA Good SLH-560G26M-VPI
DM: OFA Normal SLH-DM65/23M-PI
owned by Solace Shilohs

2 boys (1 white, 1 sable), 2 girls (1 white, 1 sable); smooth & plush expected

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Gunny Girl Asia of Solace
aka Asia
sire: Zion's Gunmaster of Solace
dam: Saber's Last Chance for Zion
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

Solace's Aslan Armor V Dayspring
aka Aslan
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Fair DeLaine, CGC
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

8 females and 3 males :: sable plush & smooth

Guardian Angel Pica of Solace
aka Pica
sire: Nisga'a of Northern Lights
dam: Guardians Lina Of Zion
bi-Black/Cream plush
hips: PennHip L 0.25, R 0.25

Solace's Aslan Armor V Dayspring
aka Aslan
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Fair DeLaine, CGC
brown sable plush
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

3 boys, 3 girls; 2 sables, 4 duals (bi); plush puppies

Chani's Joyous Hannah of Zion
aka Hanna
sire: Highlander-Zions Super Torus
dam: Zion-Heatherlys Chani D'Megan
black/cream smooth

Solace's Aslan Armor V Dayspring
aka Aslan
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Fair DeLaine, CGC
brown sable plush
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

3 boys, 3 girls; 3 sable boys, 1 white girl, 2 bi-color girls
plush & smooth puppies

Solace's Dancing Laila Ali
aka Lolly
sire: Gryphyn of Solace
dam: Starlight's Nieko of Danica
brown sable plush

Solace's Aslan Armor V Dayspring
aka Aslan
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Fair DeLaine, CGC
brown sable plush
hips: OFA Good (prelim)

10 boys, 3 girls; all plush puppies
1 puppy born Jan 31, 2011

Litter Announcement:
"Lolly is our "Lucille Ball" here at Solace. She has a quirky and fun loving goofiness about her that just makes her endearing to everyone that meets her. She loves people, is very intuitive and intelligent and with her happy attitude, makes the ideal poster-child-Shiloh Shepherd.

Aslan has excellent bone and as you can see, a beautiful and broad head, beautiful conformation and movement and he too, comes with a happy go lucky attitude. Aslan is a great problem solver and thinker. He always has a smile on his face and keeps you laughing. From this breeding, the pups should get nice bone, good size and lovely heads. They should be very intelligent and also be problem solvers, figuring things out and learning quickly. They should also possess a great sense of humor and keep you laughing.

We will get all plush pups, with a combination of grey and brown sables."

Solace's TeKila Sonrise of Kai
aka Kila
sire: Xerxes King of Solace
dam: Guardian Angel Pica of Solace
gray sable plush

Solace's Raising the Stakes
aka Sluggo
sire: Dayspring's Tazer of Highlander
dam: Dayspring's Lil ' Storm of Abba
brown sable plush

3 boys, 8 girls; all plush

Kila is our "Punky Brewster" girl. She reminds me very much of that rough and tumble kind of kid that is always happy and rolls with the punches. Kila is a wonderful combination of her dam Pica and her sire Zeke's lovely temperament. She is focused on meeting your expectations and wants you to be pleased with her. She is the dog that always hangs back when everyone else go out to play, so that she can have you all to herself and get special lovin'.

Sluggo is our loveable, huggable teddy bear here at Solace. He is huge, standing at 32 inches at the wither at only 16 months of age. We expect strong, athletic builds and beautiful big heads and dogs focused on being your best friend and incredibly loyal to the family. This will be an all plush litter. We will get mostly sables, grey and brown, and some bi-colors as well.