Two days early (April 14, 2026) but Momma Nevr and 8 pups are doing well so far.
We have 5 girls and 3 boys.
Potentially we have one pup available for a sport or working home. No additional Companion pups available at this time.
Pedigree is here:
https://www.working-dog.com/…/von-der-Leidenschaft-322300
A photo from our Q-litter!
On Thursday, February 12th we mated our own Nevr von der Leidenschaft IGP2 to our German import Zeus vom Goldbergsee (three x) IGP3. This will be our S-litter, due on April 16, 2026.
This is a repeat of our Q-litter, with several pups already titling.
We have taken all the Companion Puppy deposits we’re willing to take until such time the litter is showing us their personalities. We are still accepting applications for working/sporting homes. The link to the mating is here: S-litter von der Leidenschaft
To apply for a puppy, please complete our online Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire.
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 IGP2 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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
We are still accepting applications for BOYS, if you’re interested in a puppy from this litter please complete our Online Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire.
WOW!!! How has it been 5 months since my last post?!?
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.
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.
Poof! Just like that, we’ve gone from birth announcement to 9 weeks old!! We have three beautiful girls still waiting for their perfect match. All of our puppies come with health guarantee, CKC issued microchips, complete vaccinations as is age appropriate, deworming, CKC registration, and of course a lot of positive exposure and socialization. If you are interested in applying for one of these beauties please complete our Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire.
Thanks so much to Leshelle at Silver Fox Photography for this fun photo shoot. I hope you’ll agree the results are GORGEOUS!
Que is big and bold! Lots of confidence and drives. She would suit a sport/working home, or an active/experienced companion home.
Baby Boo has been our littlest from the start, but you won’t know that by looking at her now, or by her demeanour. She is bold and beautiful. Confidence galore! Blue would suit a sport/working home, or an active/experienced companion home.
From day one Quest has been our investigator. She would climb high up on Nevr’s side, always going over instead of around. She is sassy, outgoing, and a wee bit independent. The world is her oyster. She would suit a sport/working home, or an active/experienced companion home.
In birth order:
Purple Boy is named Quinto. He is being trained as a dual purpose dog, drug detection and protection.
Green Boy is named Quake. He is in an active, loving family home in charge of neighbourhood watch and his three young girls.
Purple Girl is named Quigley. She is being trained for the sport of IGP.
Red Boy is named Quincy, but called Danté. He is being trained for the sport of IGP.
Red Girl is named Qira. She is in an active home and will be personal trainer to her uncle Leon.
Black Boy is named Q-Tyr, called Tyr in honour of Canada’s first Giant Schnauzer Police Service Dog. He is also in charge of three young girls in his household.
We are looking forward to interacting with our families and watching another generation of Von Der Leidenschaft Giants grow up.
This business, for lack of a better term, can be as heartbreaking as it can be rewarding. I recently told friends “breeding will make you crazy and poor”. Both are true, and then some. Such as sad, helpless, frustrated, mystified, and bewildered, to name a few more.
Last month we learned our beautiful princess Zia vom Lindelbrunn did not meet OFA standards for her hips.
We are working at placing her in a loving forever home.
That’s a bitter pill to swallow when you consider the cost of importing her from Germany, two years of feeding, vetting, training, and of course LOVING, only to discover she’s not breed worthy. This of course would be the heartbreaking part.
Even on the Sweet part of this business, there are many folks sad and disappointed this week as the puppies they’d wished for did not materialize. We are blessed with two beautiful girls, both of which we’ve decided to keep for the time being. Hopefully they’ll both be outstanding girls and will eventually replace their momma when it’s her time to retire.
Tiny little rant here; to the folks who say “wow, $2000 for a puppy, you must be rolling in it…” I’m here to tell you, it’s never about the money, because quite frankly the losses far exceed the income. For us, this crazy “business” is about Passion. We simply love what we do, why we do it, and who we do it for. Tam Out.
Confirmed by ultrasound, our N-litter is due September 8, 2020!
We are excited to announce our repeat litter with our German import Rogue vom Klingsgarten IGP1, IFH-V and our own Glock von der Leidenschaft IPO3. Previous litters from this pair are well on their way to proving superior working drives with both sport and civil achievements.
With the amount of interest in this litter, it’s pretty much PRE-SOLD, that said, many people are still dealing with the challenges of Covid-19 and some may opt to wait for a future litter. We are always accepting applications via our Potential Puppy Owner Questionnaire so feel free to let us know of your interest in this or future litters.
As always, you can follow day to day news via our Instagram account, our Facebook page, the N-litter puppy group, and our Twitter account.