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Petra is an extremely elegant strong boned female with a beautiful DDR head type and an excellent conformation rating. Petra is one of Gero z Blatenskeho Zamku’s finest daughters.  Gero was a top producing stud dog for The World Renown Czech Border Patrol in Czechoslovakia, famous for imparting his offspring with great hardness and courage. Petra's bloodlines are excellent.  Through her father she is of the bloodline founded by Utz v. Haus Schutting, including many  top producers of working type: Klara z Pohranicni straze, Jaso z Pohranicni straze, Netka z Pohranicni straze,   Ux v. Kirschental, Bojar v. Schotterhof, and perhaps the most important dam in modern times Palme v. Wildsteiger Land. Petra’s dam Ajika z Jirkova Dvora was a primary breeding female for the famous Jirkova Dvora kennel.  Bred to Gero z Blatenskeho Zamku, this cross became a proven top breeding combination, consistently producing very strong working offspring.  This match was designed by Mr. Jiri Novotny who was the head of the  z Pohranicni straze kennel at the time.  Petra received her breed survey and titling under Jiri and was purchased directly from his personal kennel.

Petra possesses perfect social behavior, is wonderful with small children, and a joyful member of the Helmer family. She has considerable defense, and is Breed Surveyed: Pronounced Courage and Hardness. She has a very strong prey & retrieve drive. Petra is strong in all three phases of work.  Her protection and obedience work is hard and precise, with full strong calm grips. Her tracking skills are excellent showing strong natural instinct. Petra's pups are strong boned, carry dark pigment and  extremely solid nerves. They show early prey and retrieve drives, strong tracking abilities and a high level of natural aggression. Petra's offspring have been placed worldwide, in such places as the middle east (The Kingdom of Bahrain) for Police/Military work and throughout the United States in a variety of homes ranging from Search & Rescue, Herding, SchH, select Breeding Programs to Family Protection / Companions.  Sapphire Shepherds is very fortunate to have her bloodlines within their breeding program, as she is a top representative for the German Shepherd Breed.

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