PAM V Grand Champion Nocturne's Navigator
SchH3, UD, NA, NAJ TC, OFA
The Only SchH3 Grand Champion
German Shepherd Dog with a Utility Dog Title (UD) and Performance Award of Merit (PAM)
ever in the United States!
View Navigator's Pedigree
After a successful breeding with Nocturne's Zev, we were fortunate to develop a working relationship with Helen Gleason owner of Nocturne Acres Kennels. It was through that relationship we discovered Nocturne's Navigator, a beautiful "Total Dog." In Navigator's pedigree search we also discovered he has the Todorhaus line in his pedigree. We already have a great working relationship and successful quality breedings with Todorhaus Kennels!
It was because of our appreciation of Navigator Helen told us she had frozen semen from him and offered us a breeding. In Fall of 2019, Navigator was bred to Roxy DeLisiresulting in a litter of 7 puppies. Here are puppy pictures from that breeding...
We also have a beautiful female we are
considering from our Rocco vom Mittelwest X
Karma Carmella litter,
Octavia (Ava). We will soon have a
page on this web site for Ava. We are hoping
for a successful Navigator breeding in the near
future. A
dog will be donated to help heal a veteran through the SEAL Dog
Foundation from that breeding should it be successful.
Helen Gleason has served the German Shepherd Breed in many capacities. She served on the (GSDCA) Board of Directors including 2018 Vice President of the Club. She is a breeder, trainer, handler, and judge of German Shepherd dogs, an active competitor in Agility, Obedience, Tracking, Herding, Working Dog Sport, and Conformation. She a breeder of multiple Champions, and trainer of dogs through UDT, SchH3, AX, AXJ, and HX. Helen is the first person to have an American Bred Champion with a SchH III title! She has numerous dogs that have won the German Shepherd Dog Club of America's Performance Award of Merit (PAM) and the Annual Training Award of Achievement (ATAA). We both believe in the "Total Dog" concept and have the same breeding goals of developing multi-purpose and multi-disciplined German Shepherd Dogs.
Navigator's Competition and Performance Titles
BH - Cedar Hill Working Dog Club USA-Harald Hohmann, SV judge Woodburn, Ky, 6/9/07
AD - Cedar Hill Working Dog Club USA-Harald Hohmann, SV judge Woodburn, Ky, 6/9/07
V - WCTDTC conformation show, Dr. Morton Goldfarb, 02/02/2008
KKL1 - Margit van Dorsen -Bluegrass Schutzhund Club, 06/08/2008
SchH - Wesley Chapel Total Dog Training Club, SV Judge Willi Stieger, 02/02/2008
SchH2 - WCTDTC Trial SV Judge Willi Stieger, 2/13/2009
SchH3 - WCTCTC - WDA trial SV Judge Rudiger Mai - High in Trial, 1/21/2011
CD - AKC Companion Dog Title, 06/21/2008
CDX - AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title, 2/21/2009
UD - AKC Utility Dog Title, 4/21/2011
NA - Novice Agility (finished title with first place in the class), 1/17/09
NAJ - Novice Agility Jumpers (finished title with first place in the class), 1/17/09
CH - AKC Championship Title, 03/31/2008
BOB - Best of Breed, Tampa Bay GSDC - Judge, Joanna Rand, 3/6/2010
BOB - Best of Breed, Tampa Bay GSDC - Judge, Tom Draham, 3/7/2010
BOB - Best of Breed, Ft. Myers GSDC - Judge, Dan Dwier, 4/10/2010
GCH - AKC Grand Championship Title
Nocturne's Navigator
(aka "Gator") Performing in Multiple
Venues including the 1993 Movie "Last Kind Words"
"Temperament, Trainability and Soundness are the bywords for our kennel. We pride ourselves on development of the minds of our dogs and producing correctly structured dogs that have the ability to work in all venues: Conformation, Schutzhund, Agility, Obedience and Herding." - American Kennel Club (AKC) and German Shepherd Dog Club of America (GSDCA)
Specialty Judge, Trainer, Handler and Breeder - Helen Gleason, Owner of Nocturne Acres Kennels
We promote the
"Total Dog" and
strive to breed multi-purpose, multi-disciplined German Shepherd Dogs.
A Total Dog displays many abilities in function, temperament, and structure. Our Total Dog philosophy places an emphasis on dogs that can show and perform in multiple venues utilizing multiple disciplines, such as displaying the gait appropriate for their breed type while in the show ring, and then using that superb construction to effortlessly to compete in performance activities. A sound, well-bred, well-adjusted dog can easily transition from the conformation show ring to a performance event. Venues as agility, herding, rally, obedience, scent detection, tracking, IGP/IPO/(Schutzhund), lure coursing and weight pull are typical performance events. A Total Dog has the looks to excel as a proper specimen of its breed, while also having the brains and ability to perform athletically in a variety of sporting venues.