Thread: Information on Von Kaiserhof and history of the kennel

Hi all, I've just joined the forum today after reading some interesting threads on GSDs and working lines. From what I can see there are some very knowledgable members here, particularly in the Victorian bred lines which was exactly what I was looking for.

A bit about me first, I used to live in Victoria and purchased my first GSD randomly out of the Trading Post (bad I know, but that's all I knew at the time). She was (and still is) a beautiful dog with a very loyal nature. Filled with enthusiasm with my new dog I joined a training school called Australian Dog Training which operated out of the Melbourne Showgrounds during a weeknight, and I think it was Bundoora oval (or similar) on the weekend.

After a year or so of this, I came to see some magnificent german shepherds that were primarily from a breeder Neville Williams. I decided it was time to get my girl a male companion and started enquiring about getting one of his dogs. After quite a wait, I got word of a litter coming up in the Eastern suburbs (can't remember exactly where) from a sire named Boss and a bitch named Yumaya (spelling most likely wrong on my part). Both parents were solid black. The owner was a man named Arthur (I think this was his first name, not surname) my memory is very poor sorry.

We were luckily the first to view the litter, apparently the father was from another male also called Boss which was apparently a good working dog from Neville and Von Keiserhoff. We picked (in my eyes) the pick of the litter, a shiny black male who appeared the most dominant. I named him Vader after my geeky love of Star Wars.

Long story short, I trained him at ADT for a few more years, we did some early protection and sleeve work which he loved.

TIme moved on, I moved to WA and lost all contact with ADT and protection work. Vader is a fantastic dog and at nearly 10 he is still amazing powerful and agile, however my poor bitch is getting on so I shall soon be looking for another dog.

I'm now just after some information on the parents of my dogs (Boss and Yumaya), or if anyone knows Arthur (doubtful but worth a try) or just more information on Von Kaiserhoff and Nev.

Anyway, thanks for reading and I look forward to any responses.

Regards,
Ben.