Proving to be “too much dog” for his previous family, 15 month old Rommel von der Leidenschaft came back to us. He’s been with us since June and has had extensive training in manners, obedience, and developing his bite drive and control for working dog sports. He was already tracking in his previous home and has excellent drives and commitment to the track. Rommel is not neutered, but is completely up to date on all vaccinations (August 2025) and is ready to move on to his forever home.
Rommel’s pedigree can be seen here. Please email < ourpassion (at) leidenschaftkennels (dot) ca > for more information.
For a variety of reasons, we have decided NOT to breed a litter in 2025, but do plan for Spring 2026. The Dam will be our Nevr von der Leidenschaft IGP1 (hopefully 3 this fall!) and stud will be our German Import Zeus vom Goldbergsee IGP3. More details can be found here: https://www.working-dog.com/breed/von-der-Leidenschaft-59403/planning This is a repeat of our Q-litter. All owners are super happy!
Canadian Buyers:
We will be accepting deposits on this litter in advance of the mating. This is to ensure we have enough Canadian buyers (due to US import regulations, 6 months old) to send puppies to at 8 weeks old. If you place a deposit with us and YOU back out, you lose your deposit. If you place a deposit with us, and we’re not able to select a suitable puppy (REGARDLESS if we have puppies available, REMEMBER we match our homes based on temperament and drive) you can choose to wait for the next litter, or we WILL REFUND your deposit in full.
American Buyers:
Due to the US import regulations not allowing puppies into YOUR country until age 6 months, and due to the incredibly taxing demands on our time, (correctly socializing, house training, crate training, confidence building, manners, etc) we will NOT hold any puppies to go to the US. We plan to keep a bitch puppy from this litter and will not take on any additional puppies during that time. We will however consider selling to a US buyer if they/we can find a trusted foster home for the additional four month wait time. Please understand this is a really hard decision for us, but based on our experience from 2024 it’s the only one we can make.
If you’re interested in a puppy, please complete our Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire. Once we have accumulated enough interest, we will vet potential owners, including references. Be prepared to place a deposit if you are approved.
If the sun, the moon, and the stars align, this is our S-Litter plan for the fall of 2025. Fyokla (call name Flirt) just finished her spring heat, so we expect a mating COULD take place in September 2025.
We NEED Buyers OUTSIDE of the USA for this litter to go forward!
This statement has nothing to do with tariffs and everything to do with the CURRENT (as of March 18, 2025) CDC import regulations. As we experienced in 2024, we were unable to export our puppies to our US buyers until they were six months of age. This created a ton of extra work, and for our US buyers, the loss of the puppyhood stage of their pups. We simply can not repeat those conditions. So, if you are interested in a puppy from this combination expect to put your deposit down when you are approved. You can apply for a puppy here: Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire
US Puppy Buyers
To our would-be US puppy buyers, please contact the CDC and your American Kennel Club to let them know how this negatively impacts your opportunities to import well bred purebred dogs from Dog-Rabies Free and Low Risk countries, such as Canada. As things are right now, we would ONLY keep ONE puppy to go to a US family, and it won’t be cheap. We are deeply sorry to have to do this, but we simply can’t take on the work load of more than one puppy.
From the arrival of our R-litter in May to the very end of the year, 2024 demanded MORE! Never before have we struggled to place our puppies as much as the R-litter. Reason why?? The CDC and their ridiculous rule about American’s not allowed to import puppies until they are 6 months old. This rule literally ruined the year for us.
Going Forward!
We had initially decided to take a complete break from breeding in 2025, but as of this moment, we will consider a Fall 2025 litter. We know who we want to breed, and the male is reserved, but we will NOT announce the combination until later this spring when the spring heats are over. This will allow us to judge when a litter might be expected.
New Rules for applying for puppies.
Ever since losing our first litter at birth on March 21, 2001 we did NOT take deposits until we had puppies to sell. After this past litter, we are changing that. Too many people have been keen for the litter, and then at such time puppies have become available, there are all kinds of excuses. So from now on, if you want a puppy, have been screened and approved for a puppy, including references, then we will accept a deposit for our next litter. You can view our Puppy Deposit Agreement. This agreement is subject to change before it’s completed and signed.
2025 Litter Plans
As mentioned above, we do have a plan IF we have enough interest in CANADA to justify bringing a litter of pups into this world. There have been rumours of the CDC backing away from the six month age requirement, but as of now, they are just rumours.
Keeping a litter of puppies, or even part of a litter until they’re six months old is a monumental chore! After a certain age (our breed anyway) the puppies begin to fight for domination in the litter. This means they can no longer be contained in the same physical space. We are a small breeding kennel, we only have six runs. At one point in November, we were juggling TEN dogs, four of them under the age of six months!
Not only do the pups get into scraps, but they get injured and cost more money to keep. None of them get proper house training, socializing, or even the all important bonding with their new families. It’s something we never want to experience again. So this is the reason we need CANADIAN buyers to support our proud Canadian Working Line Giant Schnauzer kennel. Without secured homes at 8-weeks old, we can not continue to breed. It’s just not fair to anyone.
Friday, May 24th, was SUPPOSED to be x-ray day to count skulls and spines so we could have an idea on how many to expect on TUESDAY, May 28th!
Flirt has never been one to follow “the rules” of dog life, so we should have expected her shenanigans at whelping time!
All those Boys!!
We don’t get to choose how many puppies, or what gender they are. But you can bet, whichever we have an abundance of, it’ll be the opposite folks are looking for. Of the 10 beautiful, healthy, BIG, puppies born to this perfect litter, EIGHT of them are boys. With only two girls, we will be carefully choosing the perfect home for one, while keeping the other for our future breeding program. The pedigree for this litter with health tested information is available here!
WOW!!! How has it been 5 months since my last post?!?
R-litter von der Leidenschaft
We are happy to announce our R-litter von der Leidenschaft will be arriving May 28th, give or take a day. The sire is our own Khaos von der Leidenschaft BH, GPr1 and our Austrian import Fyokla vom Gleinalmblick BH, FPr1, IBGH1 (aka Flirt). This is a first litter for both, so it’s going to be interesting times to say the least. Both have very strong temperaments, high drives, and sound nerve. I expect the puppies will best be suited to working/sport/experienced homes.
FlirtFlirt achieving her FPr1 89 pointsKhaos having some fun on the scaling wall.
If you’re interested in a puppy from this litter, please complete our Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire. Stay tuned for news and an update on x-ray day, Friday May 24th.
Just a quick update to announce our Quest has found her people. Her new family is well experienced with our offspring. Quest is their third. Quest will be hanging out with her older brother from another mother. Her people are very active and athletic so she’ll be involved in many great adventures. We are so happy for her and all her extended family.
Quest is still waiting for her forever human(s). She is a well balanced female; plenty of drives with a nice “off switch”. Quest is started in IGP tracking, obedience, and protection. We have plenty of videos of her doing all phases. She also enjoys our obstacle course.
Quest LOVES people, and is well behaved in public and in our home. As her name suggests, she is an adventure lover, and as a puppy gaining more confidence and independence, she is currently learning longline training.
We are NOT looking at offloading this beautiful girl. Her price will continue to go up as more training (and if need be) titles are put on her. Quest is DCM Clear by parentage (DNA tested), and comes from health tested and titled parents. You can see her pedigree here.
Quest is fully vaccinated, microchipped, CKC registered, and as you can see in the photos, has had her first grooming. She is also crate trained, and housebroken. She travels well in the vehicles, and walks well on a leash using a fursaver collar.
Ideally, Quest would go to a working or sport home where she can continue to flourish at what she’s bred for, however in fairness to her, we will consider an active companion home. If you’re interested in Quest, please complete our Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire.
October was such a busy month, it’s taken me until November to update our website! Mostly I’m bogged down with so many amazing photos. I will post a few here now, and work on a gallery for the rest.
Sport Dog Trial
On the weekend of October 14th and 15th, our club The Sirius Working Dog Association celebrated its 20th anniversary by hosting a club trial in the sport of IGP. You can see all the results on our Facebook page, but for the sake of brevity, I’ll just announce the results of our own dogs.
Saturday
On Saturday, October 14th, Ron entered our Flirt aka Fyokla vom Gleinalmblick for her FPr1, (first level tracking degree). They had a nice track and a score of 89 points (out of 100).
Also on Saturday, Ron entered our boy Zeus vom Goldbergsee for his IGP2. This title includes tracking, obedience, and protection work. They had a good day and finished with a score of 93/88/85 with a TSB rating of “a” which means Pronounced in courage. Pictured here with DVG Judge Amanda Hoskinson, and our helper Benoît Maye.
Our final entry on Saturday was me and our girl Phyre von der Leidenschaft. Phyre is a very happy dog to work, but on trial day with so many distractions, we barely passed our BH! There is no score given for the BH, which is a combined obedience and temperament test, it’s a pass or fail. Fortunately Phyre’s amazing temperament showed stronger than the obedience of the day!
Sunday
On Sunday, October 15th, day two of our club trial, Ron entered Zeus for his IGP3. It’s challenging enough doing one three-phased title at a trial, to do two of them in one weekend is quite a feat! The lower score reflects the exacting level of judging for this, the highest degree in the sport. Pictured here with me, Ron, our helper Benoît Maye, and DVG Judge Amanda Hoskinson, we celebrate Zeus’s IGP3 with a score of 86/84/80 and again with “a” Pronounced in courage.
Ron had hoped to achieve IGP1 with our Flirt this year but our “sweet and spicy girl” still had a long way to go for her dumbbell work, and control in protection. Ron chose to do the IBGH1 Obedience title instead, and they did a great job, earning 89 points.
It seems to be a tradition with me to trial a bitch in heat! Fortunately I had a good experience titling our girl Jade for her IGP1 (IN HEAT) back in October 2017 so it gave me the confidence I could recreate the event with Nevr. It wasn’t pretty but we got it done with scores 92/70/80 with the all important “a” Pronounced courage. The photo with me, Nevr, and Benoît Maye is an attempt to recreate the photo I had taken with Jade. Nevr is her niece, and shares a lot of the qualities I so loved about Jade.
Speaking of Nevr…
…daughter Qricket has found her people!
Staying local with our friends Jutta and Brad, Qricket will continue to train with our club alongside her new bro, Tucker! The transition from our pack to their home was super easy and the bonding is going very well. Very excited she’ll still be a part of our lives.
And then there was Quest!
Quest continues to enjoy life here at Gnome Man’s Land. She runs with her momma Nevr, who is so good with her babies! Quest is continuing to train in tracking, obedience, and protection. She’s a great sport prospect, or at the very least, a confident, active companion! If you’re interested in Quest, please complete our Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire.
On September 20, 2023, Que left our home with her new people to travel to California. With a new call name of Storm, our big bossy girl will indeed be proving herself a whirlwind of activity in the IGP world. We’re very excited to see Que – Storm her way on to the podium in time.
Congratulations to her new family!
Busy Times!
While we’re busy getting our adults ready for our IGP competition in October, we are still committed to working our remaining Q’s in all aspects of our sport. Quest and Qricket are both tracking, learning some lure based obedience, building ball and food drives, and of course even while teething, some gentle puppy prey bitework. So with all that going on, we really haven’t had time for updated photos. Although we did make time for short video clips of the girls tracking this week.
