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At
Misty Ridge we take pride in our dogs and the people who purchase them.
This
page explains why.
This is Ella, she is a MISTY RIDGE PUP!! She is at her new home in
California and has already taught her new owners how to bring in the
news paper. All of the Misty Ridge puppies are very intelligent at
their young age. Ella is only 12 weeks old in this photo and see how
smart she is!!
From Aico(2 yrs), Kyla(3yrs), Cristina & Andreas
"Hi Joyce,
"As we remember it... : a requisite for having a "Misty
Ridge GSD" (according to Joyce :) ) is to on a daily basis
provide them with sufficient intellectual and physical
challenges. Well, where do we go from here? Have a nice weekend!"
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Who says it's a dog's life, like a dog's life is something bad. Heck,
it sounds like a good life to me.
You may enjoy this one!
Joyce,
Here
are a couple of pictures of Leia (Falco/Meika born 1/1/04). She was
almost 8 months old in the group picture
(of
all my kids - she is in front of my daughter) and 9 months old in
the picture with the chickens helping me gather eggs.
She
is fantastic, you were right she can do anything I ask of her. She
is a quick and eager learner. I am so glad I got her.
Thanks
so much -- hope you like the pictures.
Bernice
Burroughs and family
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See the chicken, how many can you count, are any in the trees? |
Great looking family. |
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Today our best friend and devoted companion passed away in his sleep.
He was eleven and a half years old and his origins were Misty Ridge.
His sire was Boris Vom Haus Fokwulfe and his dam was Echo of Misty
Ridge. His registered name was Wilhelm of Waterbrooks. I have had
German Shepherds all of my life, and I have loved them all, but
Willie was truly something special. He posessed all of the traits you
describe on your web site and it is a credit to you and your facility
that such wonderful dogs exist. He received compliments on his good
looks as recently as last week. My husband and I live in Florida and
will be visiting relatives in Maryland in two weeks, and we are
thinking of visiting Misty Ridge, if for no other reason than to see
the origins of our beautiful Willie.
Thank you for the fine work you do with these most magnificent
creatures and thank you so much for your part in bringing Wilie into
our lives,
Sincerely,
Linda and Warren Witz
Punta Gorda, Florida.
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A Misty Ridge customer, sent us an e-mail containing
the following exchange from a working dog discussion board.
The first person wrote, "Keep letting us know the
bloodlines that work for you."
A lady in California responded, "I had posted
earlier that I saw a super high line dog working up there too,with
FEMA. Son of Jaeger vom Fuestenberg SchH3,a Henning von Noort
son. She purchased him from Misty Ridge kennels in Maryland. Nice
retrieve/hunt drive. Solid dog. He has been deployed in
Narobi,Turkey,Taiwan and the Pentagon on Sept. 11". The
customer who sent the exchange to us wrote, "Thought you might
be interested. Sonja Heritages' Otto is still working hard and giving
you the good reputation that is deserved. Thanks again for the great
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All these people are talking about Otto, pictured
above with his owner, trainer and handler ,Sonja Heritage of Bowie.
The Oklahoma City bombing affected Sonja, motivating her to be able
to do something should such a situation occur again. "It tore me
up to watch Oklahoma City and not be able to do anything". Sonja
did research and found out "who bred the best German Shepherds.
I found breeder Joyce Burdette and ordered a puppy." While
waiting for Otto, Sonja attended Prince George's Community College to
train as an emergency medical technitian. It took two years to train
Otto to be able to find humans, alive or dead, in wilderness, rubble
or water. In addition to serving in Narobi, Turkey Taiwan and the
Pentagon, Otto and Sonja participate in many local searches for
missing children, Alzheimer's sufferers, drownings and they work with
the D.C. Metropolitan police in evidence searches. It takes a special
dog to handle all the work and still maintain a solid friendly disposition.
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Otto humbly accepts the praise and thanks from Turkish children for
his work, conducted in hot humid 100 degree conditions. Otto received
IV's every day to insure the exhausting work did not
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Hi Joyce,
Just wanted to let you know how much we are loving our new addition
"Quila" . We recently heard a song called Tequila Frenzy
and she definitely is "all that". I never thought I could
love another dog as much as I did Margee who passed away in Oct. but
Quila has definitely proved me wrong. She is full of spunk and much,
much affection. Also, she is quite the beauty. We are truly enjoying
her so much. The weather has indeed been a challenge but with spring
in the air we'll be outside in grass real soon.
Again, thank you for helping us and for bringing Quila into our
lives, she indeed makes it very, very happy for us to come home.
Love,Diane, Tommy and Quila Roland
P.S. The new puppies are all so cute, wish we could get some more!!!
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This is Ana, a Misty Ridge female out of Sammy and Eika with her owner/trainer/handler
Molly Brunner. Ana was a year old in this picture and Molly was
preparing her for her 'B' title, the first step in her training
process. Since then Molly and Ana got their "B'" and her
SchH 1 Title.Molly is an experienced trainer, working with her second dog in Schutzhund. She is a great dog handler/trainer, excelling in the
tracking phase. Most important, she loves her dog.
UPDATE! Congratulations to Molly and Ana on receiving the SchH3
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These are two pictures we thought everyone would enjoy, they speak to
the disposition of Joyce's dogs. |
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This is Lynne with Taylor. Lynne would like to share about her great
dog from Misty Ridge. Taylor is trained as a medical alert Service
Dog. She passed her access test with flying colors. Lynne takes
Taylor with her where ever she goes knowing the tremendous comfort of
all her capabilities. Lynne and Taylor also belong to a club and she
has two nursing homes they visit. The residents are delighted to see
her come and it really brightens their day. Lynne is very proud of
her girl and has every right to be! Great job to the both of you. |
Joyce,
We just wanted to write a note of thanks. Hank is a joy and a
wonderful addition to our family. The boys are really enjoying their
new best buddy! We thought you might enjoy some pictures. We'll be
sure to send a few more as he continues to grow...bigger and bigger!!!!
Joyce,
Just wanted to let you know that Gunner is doing just great with his
new family. I remember asking you if you ever had any problems with
your puppies ears and you told me you couldn't remember that last
time you had to tape a puppy. Well just take a look at the head on
this beautiful puppy. He just turned 11 weeks and his ears have been
like this for the last 2 weeks. The whole neighborhood marvels at
what a great looking puppy he is!!
Thanks
The Hoffmans
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Dear Joyce,
Just wanted you to see how beautiful Abby (Dad Falco and
Mom Kayla) turned out. Our son now 11 and Abby who will be 2 next
month, are inseparable. They are the best of friends and she loves
him so much.
We visit your website often and just think your dogs are
the best ever.
Thank you again so much for Abby, she is the greatest!
Your Friends
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What a Gentle Giant! Have you ever seen such love and devotion.
This Misty Ridge pup is truly the love of their lives. |
This photo below shows that Misty Ridge pups are rising to a
whole new level!
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The ride home yesterday was fine with the
puppy. Scott was all to happy to ride with the puppy on the plane.
(good thing his new lady love is her - or I'd be jealous) Her name is
Duchess Hunter von der Misty Ridge. Duchess for she is very royal,
regal and confident, Hunter for it was the Hunter full moon
yesterday. We just LOVE her and the transition was very smooth. The
kids are out of their mind about her. Thank you again for such a fine
new number of the family.
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Here is a recent picture of Duchess. Her coloration is
beautiful and she has the most amazing temperament. She is just a
pure joy and she just LOVES the snow...hardly can get her in and
forget it when the kids sled. Also have noticed she is keenly
observant to planes and birds in the sky and I feel for the deer in
our woods. She knows their every move and is quite good at flushing
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Talk about lying in the lap of luxury, these "3"
Misty Ridge pups have it made in the shade! Assumpta, Barnabus, and
Benedict also love to come back and visit for rest here at the resort
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I thought you might want to meet Ellie!
She's the newest addition to the Boggs family of canines. I was a
little worried that Bizz ( the German Shepherd puppy) might be too
rough with her, but guess who she's decided to
torment?..yep!...Bizz.. he's 5-1/2 months old, now 65 pounds and
counting! He is really a beautiful dog! Bizz likes riding in the back
of the 4 wheeler and runs along after it when we let him out. |
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Hi Joyce:
Samson (7 months, Dodge and Caisie) and Bella (10 months, Dodge
and Genna) are doing just great out here on the Eastern Shore. These
two have quickly become the pride of our entire neighborhood! People
stop us constantly on walks to ask where they came from and to tell
us how beautiful they are, including our town's K-9 Officer who
always stops to check them out. Thanks for producing such wonderful pets! |
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Hello Joyce,
I called you in November regarding Inga. Thank you for
your kind phone call back. She was such a good girl and we truly miss
Inga. We are interested in a female with the same temperament as
Inga. She was just perfect with everyone (except bad guys!). Inga was
always so gentle with children and she was very intelligent. Thank
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Hi Joyce,
We hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. I
just wanted to send you a quick email with some pictures of our dog
that we bought from you back in April. What a wonderful dog she is.
We couldn't be happier. She is loving, gentle, smart and an all
around great family dog. She is from the Fanta/Enzo litter. We also
get compliments whenever we take her somewhere about how beautiful
and well behaved she is. Thanks so much for giving us such a great
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Just dropping you a note to let you know "Duke" is
doing well...he's 35 lbs now @ 4 months and is a typical puppy. His
appetite is quite good. He is very people and dog friendly...have had
many compliments on him!
All the best,
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Hi Joyce,
I just wanted to take a moment and send a picture of
HANS...He is from the Dodge/Kayla litter from July 2007. At almost 6
months old, he is a strong, protective and very playful big guy. BIG
GUY!! No matter where we take him, he is the star! He looks very much
like his dad. Hope you're doing well and i will keep you posted on Hans
as he continues to grow. He is in training (as I am) and from what we
have seen his prey drive and his nose are great! Everybody asks "where
did you get that shepherd, he is beautiful!!" We always tell them, where
else, Misty Ridge! I am sure you hear that often, but it really is true!
He turns heads and I think knows it...!
Hi, Joyce
here is an update on Falla ( Falco ,Bobbie lee) she turned 2 in
December .she is beautiful and doing great. she is one of the smartest
dogs we have had. Falla is an excellent Frisbee catcher .yes she has kept
us very busy , but we could not ask for a better dog !! thanksKim and Kenita
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Hi
Joyce,
These
are the photographs of Gypsy, whom my sister Mary Carolyn recently took home.
As you can see, it's another happy delivery of one of your wonderful dogs! The
other two in the shot are my dogs Krista (Dolly from Belgium) and Rudy (one of
Falco's boys). We really love your dogs and so does everyone else who meets
them. We always look forward to visiting Misty Best regards,
Greg
Thies
This picture is of Duke at 4.5
months....he's very lively and happy; and he is full of mischief and must be
watched every second...he's particularly fond of his tennis ball. He will be
going to school next month. Mac
Hello,
My name is
Ariel. My dog Cody just passed away on February 20th and my mom and I are
really lonely. I am writing you because we want to get another dog. His dad
was Sultan and his mom was
Natasha. He was always really friendly and an overall great companion. I want
to know which upcoming breeding would produce offspring that would have
similar temperament and personality as Cody. I really like the way Dodge
looks, and I really like how Briska looks. I also would like a dog that looks
somewhat like him, Cody had gorgeous coloring and was built beautifully. Thank
you for bringing such a great dog into our lives.
--Ariel
Hi Joyce!
It has been one
week today since we picked up Kaiser. He's doing great with the house
training and growing well. He's everything you said: lots of work, tons of
fun and way too cute. Don't worry--he's not getting away with anything (from
these two "marshmallows!") Attached are some pictures we thought you would
enjoy. We love our little guy.
Best Regards,
Trish and Rick
Hi Joyce,
Hopefully, you may remember Wil Schlosser, a gentleman of about 75, who had
lost his shepherd, Brutus, and came to you for another. You were so kind to
spend time with us in selecting a puppy. We decided on an inquisitive little
guy who you said would be a good companion and friend to Wil. We picked him
up on Memorial Day about 6-1/2 years ago, and needless to say, he has lived up
to your reputation. He has a little cock-a-Poo brother and they sleep
together, eat together, and play together. We spend our winters in Florida
and our summers on Wil's farm, the Rapidan Ranch, in Madison, Virginia. Max
is healthy, happy, and we love him very much. I'm enclosing a picture of the
portrait I had done for Wil for Christmas....I always loved the portrait you
had of Sultan? (I think that was his name). I'm enclosing a few other
pictures of Max and Mikey.
We hope you are well. We've recommended your facility to many of our friends.
Patty
Samson and Bella The Levine Family Pictures 2008
A new
family for a Misty Ridges Puppy
3/12/08
Joyce,
Here are the pic from
"Rocky" (it's the name we are kicking around for a bit). We had a lot of "Fun"
(read: up all night) together last night :) Thought you would enjoy these.
-Phil
New Family member for the Cipriano Family as of 3/19/08
Her name is
Bella Von Der Misty Ridge
Maggie Zim von der Misty Ridge – DOB August 2006
Hi Joyce, I just wanted to send you a couple of pictures of Maggie (Chuck/Briska)
and thank you for all your help, advice and understanding. You and your staff
have always been there to help with questions, boarding, or anything else
needed with raising Maggie. I can honestly say that after having many dogs in
my life (mostly goldens ), she has turned out to be the most loving, devoted,
and intelligent dog that I’ve ever had. She is now 18 months old and about 100
lb and gentle as a kitten. As part of our family, it is always good to see her
happy face and playful antics to put life in proper perspective. Thanks again
Steve Zimmerman
Hi Joyce - here are a
couple of pictures of Elsa from today. Fun at the park! Almost 6 months old.
We love her.
Joyce, this is Gus, I thought you might want this picture for your site.
Truly a gently giant! He loves his little Aussie sisters. Captain
Cynthia R. Smith, Garrett County Detention Center, Oakland, Maryland 21550
Hi Joyce,
This is Marianne and Steve (retired Balto. Co. Police) we bought a puppy from
you back in November 2007. We named him Gunnar (he was the one that you said
was going to be so ornery). He is ornery but he is getting better. He does
have his moments. Steve is really working with him, while walking on lead he
loves to chase cars, he loves that movement. Steve said his drive is
unbelievable. He is now 55 pounds and has beautiful markings. He really looks
like his mom Mandy. His ears are so big we can’t believe how big they are.
They are standing up so pretty. We have bee wanting to bring him out so you
can see him, but we didn’t want to impose. I know you said you are usually
there on Sundays for your training. We would love to have a picture taken with
him and his dad Dodge. We are going to try and kennel him with you we would
only trust your kennel with him. We are so happy to have him in our family!
What a beautiful dog, we have gotten so many compliments on how beautiful he
is, and they always ask where did we get him. I hope we can come see you
soon! Steve is trying to work with him on his OB. Marianne
This beautiful girl, Taza, was my loyal, intelligent, sensitive and beloved
companion for almost 13 years. She loved to play, too, all her long life.
Her she is with her favorite toy after a real workout.
Thank you, Joyce. Barbara Opper
Bella is
about 68lbs, Samson is about 82 lbs
Bella 14
months Samson 11 months They're doing great!
Jason Levine
Hi Joyce,
Grana (Gallic for full of Grace) or Gracie is doing awesome! We
absolutely love our newest member of the family! We will send monthly
updates, Thank You again!
the Minor's
Grana Von Misty Ridge Minor
Hi Joyce,
I
wanted to send the attached picture of Ruger at 6 months, 65 pounds (Dodge/Karrie
born 10/16/2007). As you can see he is looking more and more like his father
Dodge. He is happily living down in Easton, MD and loves his new big yard. He
has been learning to dig up the yard and flowers; I guess he thinks he is
helping his mommy out with the yard work. We just wanted to thank you so much
for our lovely Ruger, and we believe that your dogs are simply the BEST!
Best wishes, The Michelsons.
Joyce, This is Kaiser (Dodge/Genna) at 6 months. He's a great
dog and has a wonderful disposition.
Thank you so much, Matt Lively
Love those Puppy kisses !!!!!
Look at those paws I am going to be big like
Daddy!!!!
Introducing Dr. Do Little Von Der Misty Ridge
O'Neill
A handsome addition to there family 5/02/08
Thanks so much for the fax. Gracie is doing so well. She and Ruby are
competing for attention. Beau basically says “whatever.” She is very close to
housebroken…just an occasional accident few and far between. She loves
retrieving the tennis ball and playing tug-a-war. She is currently into
dumping her water bowl so we bought a weighted bowl. Now she sloshes the water
out with her paws! We’re enjoying the adventures.
Grana Von Misty Ridge Minor 5/03/08
New member of the family
Spoiled already 5/03/08
Love at first sight !!!!!!!
Happy couple don't be jealous Dad 5/03/08
Joyce and The staff at Misty Ridge,
Thank you so much for helping us to choose new dogs for our family. When we
originally visited Misty Ridge for the first time, we had plans to bring home
only one German Sheppard. We learned a lot while visiting and we were so
impressed by your kennel; we knew that we had to have two puppies! We chose
one male and one female from different litters. You told us to visit anytime.
We really felt at home. We bonded with the puppies before we even took them
home. We chose Misty Ridge as our breeder, because the quality of the
facility and the animals is excellent. Another thing that we learned at
your facility is how rewarding dog training can be. While visiting the
puppies on Sundays, we really enjoyed watching the Schutzhund club work with
the dogs. We could tell that the club members really enjoyed their dogs and
that the feeling was enhanced by training them to this high level of
obedience. We are life long dog owners but, we have never seen or trained
dogs at this level. We decided to give the training a try. To date, we have
been training for 6 months and the progress is remarkable. We never thought
that we could own and train a dogs with such extreme focus and drive. With
the club, we learned handling techniques in tracking, obedience, and have
started to learn the protection phase. We hope to achieve our BASIC HANDLING
titles for both dogs as soon as they are eligible. The club is instrumental
for the training and it has proven to be a great hobby for all of us.
The dogs are awesome working dogs and fabulous family pets to boot. The dogs
are great with kids and adults alike. They are powerful animals, and it is a
real treat to walk them without worry of coming across another dog, stranger,
or other unknown distraction. They are well behaved and enjoy doing so.
Please enjoy these pictures of our dogs. We are proud to share them with you.
Moses 10 wks
Mia 10wks
Moses 9 mths
Mia 9 mths
Mose with jute
Mia with dumbell
Snow Dogs
Mia and Moses 9 mths
MandM 1stday home
Hi Joyce, hope things are will with you, just wanted to send you some recent
pic of Tsar, he is one of the best puppies I have ever had, He is a very good
dog, his first night was a dream, no crying he did very well that was a first
for me. He likes to sleep in the bathroom maybe because it's cool in their.
he's a very smart dog and obedient, as of last 5/24 his was 20lb.thank you
once again for producing a fine bread of GSD, my vet said he is the best
looking Shepard she has seen and his temperament is great that I got a great
puppy,but I know that anyway.Thanks Joyce. I will keep in touch, take care
tell Tina Hi
Duke is now 8.5
months, very healthy, but going through his "teenage" years. He seems to take
particular delight in grabbing the leash while walking and engaging in a
vigorous tug-of-war. We're working on that with some private lessons. He has
a very large GSD friend for doggy play time, which is great as that tires him
out. Mac Hadley
Dear
Joyce,
I apologize for taking so long to write and thank you. We named the puppy we
got from you Gina and she is just wonderful.
She is
smart as a whip, well behaved around people and other animals and incredibly
loving. We are so happy we found you.
Ann
& Rick Sardone Metuchen, NJ
Here is Elsa - 8 months.
Wh
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an excellent dog! She loves life. Thank you...agai
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and again. Ag
New member of the family
Hi Joyce,
I have attached a picture of
Shadow on her 1st birthday. She is a beautiful, wonderful, loving part of our
family!
Hi Joyce! Wanted to tell
you how much we LOVE Shelby (Dodge/Mandy born 3/28/08) She is a wonderful,
smart, gentle puppy! My 2 year old daughter was a little nervous when we
brought Shelby home, but now they are the BEST of friends! Attached is a
picture of Shelby about 3 months old! -Ami, James and Katie
(Also....on your "happy
customer" page, the last photo is of my husband, James, and Shelby as he was
taking her home 8 weeks old!!!!! Too cute!)
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