Best stud dog - Page 1

Well, there a lot of variables. Are you looking for a showline or workline dog? Do you have a preference in hip rating? What about the bitch you will breed this male to? Genetic compatibility is a factor. There are a number of excellent dogs in Kentucky and Ohio.

You may want to look into the happy valley kennels and look at King, very impressive looking male.

Here's the URL to their stud dogs

http://www.happyvalleykennel.com/males/males.html

The father of Nero was a super dog in my opinion. Very dominant, but very social.  The mother of Nero is a full sister to Yoschy, so he may be a good choice for you. Slim (Steff) was a once in a lifetime dog, and of course his father Link was also fantastic. Link and Slim were very similar in charachter. I only wish he would have been bred more here. We have a Slim grandson in our area that is super as well. Good luck.

Do you have color preference? I know color doesn't bite, but I think with a solid black bitch you can go Sable, Bi-color, or black/tan... I would stay away from solid black!   I would recommend Endy v. Oberhausener-Kreuz, he has produced many super progeny in Europe and was imported to USA (KY) recently. He is a direct Gildo grandson, therefore you would have a 4-5 linebreeding on Umsa Bungalow. :) VERY NICE! Endy also has a ZW rating of 63 I believe.

Here are some videos of just one of his super daughters "Lolita" :

www.youtube.com/user/dbyelle

I haven't looked at your bitch's pedigree for compatibility, but here are some stud dogs I have used in the past:

I have bred to Endy, who is reccomended by JPS, and I have a daughter of Endy who is my training buddy.  Endy produces very nice working dogs, very high prey drive, tough, lots of fight drive, civil drive, and also a ton of pack drive so they'll do anything for you.  Endy is a three fourths brother to Bandit vom Oberhausener Kreuz, SchH3, IPO3, FH, SG-BSP, and Bandit is also the sire of V Karn Fegelhof SchH3, IPO3, KKL1, SG BSP.  Endy's also a maternal brother to SG Gandalf vom Oberhausener-Kreuz SchH3, IPO3, FH, RTH, KKL1, LGA, LG-FCI.  Endy's getting old, you might want to do a surgical AI to get the bigger litter, but well worth doing.  Some of the pups are very attactive, others are not so attractive but they seem to make up with it by being very tough :-) 

You might look at Merlin v. Conneforde, USA Nationals Champion, WUSV x 2, etc etc...I think he is still in Georgia?  Merlin throws very good puppies who are also asthetically pleasing.  I had a litter of nine by him, they were very nice puppies, lots of drive, some civil drive in some of the pups, good sense, very willing to please, and they are very attractive to look at.  We have a one year old bicolor male in our club, Havok, who is doing super, hitting the adult sleeve, etc.  He is a very handsome dog to boot.  Out of a black bitch, Merlin v. Conneforde will give you black and tans, bicolors, and blacks.

If you talked very sweetly to Marlene, she might let you breed to Zidane v.h. Sevens SchH3, IPO3, WUSV, who is a super producer to date.  I have produced a litter of six by him.  I own one, there are two in our SchH club, and FeeBee over in Oklahoma with Perry has her BH and Tracking 1 title at 18 months of age.   Perry says she has become protective of his young son.   The Zidane pups have a super high prey drive, some have developed a civil-defensive edge...my Fenja has become like that.  They are great sport dogs, some show potential of having been great for real service dog work, but they are social with people and dogs in public.  They attract attention wherever they go, especially from sports people who see them in action, but also from Joe Public, as they are very attractive to look at. 

I haven't reccomended mine, as handsome and adorable as Athos is, because it would cost you a bundle to ship to Alaska!  The dogs I mentioned are, I think, within a reasonable-cost distance of your state.

Veronica