Cruaghaire is run by
myself (Susan) & my husband Stuart from
our home in Fife where we live with our 2 kids Aidan & Erin, and
a goldfish with 9 lives
as well as our German Shepherds.
'Our family are our life and our animals are very much a part of our
family.'
As
a family we have always loved dogs but have only just
recently had the time to dedicate fully to our passion and so we got our affix ' Cruaghaire'
and our family started to grow.
We became obsessed with shepherds through our best friends
Carolyne & Alasdair who bred and showed Beagles in the late eighties
under the Haughmill affix. We got a
crash course in kennel management, showing and dog psychology.
GSD's
were prominent in my family for many, many years and this must be where my
love for them came from - passed down though the generations. I fell in
love with the handsome german shepherd and then found out that my family had
always had them around. I was never able to dedicate the time to them that
they needed due to working full time so when I gave up my career to be a full
time mum the hunt was
on.
Chani - Whinneybank Ebby Gold - was my first girl a blue and
gold long coat. She had the most amazing temperament and an unusual color
which is where the passion for genetics started to take hold. Where did this
weird colour come from ? Why was she a different type from the typical GSD ?
Was it really a 'fault' or just a recessive gene ? All these questions I
wanted answers to and so I started my research. The results will be
published soon !!!!!! Since then we have become the proud parents of 2 more
bitches; Jade's Wonder a lovely long coat black & Tan and also Amulree Maura
our supercharged working girl. You can see and learn all about them all on
the 'Our Girls' page
We
both also have an obsession for genealogy and have traced our family trees
back to the early 1500's and
what better breed than the noble german shepherd whose lineage can be traced
back to 4 dogs in the 1860's with the help of the german show breeders who
critique every dog that is born. The internet has proved a valuable tool in
this search.
We are also huge science and Sci-Fi fans. I have an honors
degree in chemistry and worked in a lab for 15 years so have a solid
grounding in science although what was missing was my love of biology and
genetics.
Cruaghaire is run by
myself (Susan) & my husband Stuart from
our home in Fife where we live with our 2 kids Aidan & Erin, and
a goldfish with 9 lives
as well as our German Shepherds. 
GSD's
were prominent in my family for many, many years and this must be where my
love for them came from - passed down though the generations. I fell in
love with the handsome german shepherd and then found out that my family had
always had them around. I was never able to dedicate the time to them that
they needed due to working full time so when I gave up my career to be a full
time mum the hunt was
on.
We
both also have an obsession for genealogy and have traced our family trees
back to the early 1500's and
what better breed than the noble german shepherd whose lineage can be traced
back to 4 dogs in the 1860's with the help of the german show breeders who
critique every dog that is born. The internet has proved a valuable tool in
this search.
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