2922 Old Liberty Road New Windsor, MD 21776
Hall of Fame
Some of the best dogs to ever live at Misty Ridge!
Lewis von Maletesta, SchH 3, FH 2, IPO 3 (1988 - 2000)
Pronounced "Lavis"
Sire: Mink vom Haus Wittfeld, ScH3, FH
Dam: Alfa vom Schwarzen Brink, ScH3
Lewis von Maletesta, SchH 3, FH 2, IPO 3 (1988 - 2000) with Joyce
God decided in His infinite wisdom that He wanted the best working dog that ever lived with Him, so Lewis is no longer with us. But he does live on in his progeny, like Andy von der Roderburg, SchH 3, FH, IPO 3. Joyce feels that because Lewis made a significant contribution to the German Shepherd breed, it is very important to keep his legacy and bloodline alive. Lewis has many truly great dogs in his pedigree, like Mink and Ignez. Joyce kept females and males from Lewis to continue his unique abilities.
Lewis was a big boned, powerfully built, very expressive black and tan male. His natural abilities and self generated willingness to work, during each and every performance, are unsurpassed, to this day. He was the prototype of the ideal working dog. Anyone who saw or worked with Lewis will attest to the fact that he was an excellent, highly efficient, and a highly self motivated working dog.
Lewis possessed very steady nerves, he had a quiet and self assured nature and presence. Everything he displayed, epitomized a world class dog. Throughout his illustrious working career, his average score was 293, always pronounced. At the vast majority of his trials he attained high "V"s in all areas of competition. Lewis had an outstanding disposition, he was fast, joyful and correct in his work. He possessed high drive, natural instincts, unquestioned courage, hardness, and pronounced fighting instincts.Lewis was an exceptional dog, although very aggressive, courageous and hard during the protection phase , he was always quiet, sure, correct and confident in his work.
His father, Mink, was regarded as the best consistent producer of high performance, world class dogs. His great-grandfather, Ignaz vom Oberscholvener Weg, also had the proven ability to pass many of his positive performance abilities to his off-spring as many descendants of Ignaz have performed exceedingly well at many world class trials, such as the BSP Prufungen. Lewis possessed many of Ignaz’s and Mink’s attributes; self assurance, even temperament, instinctive working ability, hardness, high drive and determination.
Because Lewis was that special dog, his German family wanted him back. Lewis left us around Christmas, and spent his last days with his beloved family passing on Easter Sunday.
Sultan von der Kaisersaule, SchH 3 (1990 - 2003)
Sire: Dimor von Hollersbach, SchH 3, IPO3
Dam: Jutta von der Kaisersaule, SchH 3, IPO3
Sultan was black and tan with hips rated Excellent by the OFA. He was high in drive, very playful, with an SG body and very correct in his work.
Sultan’s father, Dimor vom Hollersbach, Sch III, IPO III, finished third in the Europameisterschaft (the forerunner of the Weltmeisterschaft, WUSV) in 1982 and 12th 1983 and 1984. He finished 3rd in the 1983 World FCI Championship and 10th in 1985.
Sultan’s mother, Jutta von der Kaisersaule, Sch III, IPO III, was shown many times as a Sch III achieving perfect scores of 300 three times, and was top Producing Female the year of Sultan’s birth. Each of Sultan’s litter mates competed in world competition.
Andy von der Roderburg, SchH 3, FH, IPO3, KKL 1 (LIFE)
Sire: Lewis von Malatesta, SchH 3, FH
Dam: Asta vom Ziegelborn, SchH 3, FH
Andy is a very rare dog, one that comes along once a lifetime. He is a big boned, powerfully built, very athletic, black and tan male, with a large neck and head. He has deep rich dark pigmentation, very expressive, always sure and confident in his work.
Like his daddy, Lewis von Malatesta, Andy is a very hard dog, always pronounced in his courage, always in control with very steady nerves, never handler sensitive. Since Andy is very enthusiastic and fast in his work, he has the ability to light up a trial.
Knowledgeable sport people always smile when they see him work. Andy has extremely high play drives, very easy to work with, extremely high protection drives.
To see Andy's pedigree :
Queno vom Zeuterner Himmelreich, SchH 3 Call Name: "Gino"
Sire: Erol vom Zeuterner Himmelreich, SchH 3, FH
Dam: Dixie vom Zeuterner Himmelreich, SchH 1
Gino scored 291 for his SchH 1, with 100 points in Protection, 275 for his SchH 2, with 99 in protection, and won the coveted High in Trail trophy. Gino scored 285 for his SchH 3 again winning the High in Trail trophy and qualified for the USA Nationals.
He has an excellent pedigree and is truly a great sport dog.
To see Queno's pedigree:
