Started Anatolian Shepherd puppies, thoughtfully raised to balance the roles of confident working livestock guardian and devoted family member. Raised on our 160-acre high desert homestead, they receive meticulous early rearing, foundational training, and extensive environmental exposure. Every touch and exposure is on purpose.
The temperament we breed for is the temperament our dogs live every day, on the land and in our home.
Both parents hold full OFA health certifications, beyond the breed's requirements: hips excellent, elbows normal, thyroid normal, and heart certified.
The sire is a Conformation Champion and the dam holds AKC points. Structure and type you can see, backed by paper you can verify.
Both parents are active, proven working guardians, and members of our family in the home. We breed the temperament they actually live.
Started on obedience, leash walking, and tethering, so they already understand how to settle and yield to gentle pressure.
Crate trained and conditioned to ride peacefully in vehicles. The everyday logistics of living with a dog are already underway.
Extensively socialized alongside exposure to children, adults, and a wide range of animals: other dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits, sheep, pigs, cows, and horses.
Traditional livestock guardians are often raised in complete isolation in a barn, with livestock. But a puppy isolated from humans during its critical window never builds the pathways to process novel human activity, and when that dog is later asked to guard a family or meet visitors on a working homestead, its nervous system stays chronically dysregulated.
Our Anatolians are integrated safely alongside the livestock on our homestead and within the rhythms of our household. That gives them the clarity to tell a true threat from normal family life, creating a fiercely capable protector who can also peacefully regulate.
A look at our current puppies, growing up on the homestead.
Thank you for your interest in our started Anatolian Shepherd puppies. Matching each dog with the ideal home is the top priority of our program, so I would love to hear about your hopes and goals for a puppy, and a little about your property.
These puppies have received an exceptional foundation and are ready to begin their next chapter. They are placed after temperament testing and paired with the best matched family. Placement includes comprehensive health and temperament guarantees.
A livestock guardian dog can be an extraordinary protector for both flocks and families, but success is not guaranteed by breed alone. As a professional trainer, I have spent a great deal of time working through remedial behavioral issues, challenges that are costly in both time and resources. There are certainly less expensive puppies available, but a lower upfront cost often comes without careful attention to genetics and temperament. We see the heartbreaking results in shelters and rescues, which are overwhelmed with livestock guardian dogs that never got the foundation to peacefully regulate.
Because these are started dogs with professional training, the hard work of early development has already been done, to give them the best possible start. Investing upfront in a dog whose physical and mental wellness has been the primary focus is a far safer route for your property, your livestock, and your family. A well-prepared dog is one less liability and a true asset instead. Above all, as they should be, a dog from us is family.
Please reach out with any questions, or to schedule a video call to meet them.
Take care,
Kristin