About French's Octavia (Ava) CGC, OFA

Ava has a great temperament with lots of drive! 
She is the type of German Shepherd we like!

Listen to: " What I Like About You "
Music by The Romantics
 

Octavia, (aka call name "Ava") and her sister Xoe were whelped from our UKC Karma Carmella CGC, TC, CHIC breeding with Performance Award Winner, VA1 (GSDCA-WDA 2012), (USA Sieger 2012, 2013), and 2012 North American Sieger Show (NASS), Rocco vom Mittelwest IPO3, SCH3, Kkl1. Ava was 1 of the 2 females in her litter and are pictured above as puppies. We knew the girls were special! What really caught our attention was her markings, red and black color contrast, beauty, high drive, intelligence and wonderful temperament. She reminded us of a song by the Romantics, "What I Like About You." View Ava on the Pedigree Database here...

Ava was originally placed Ava in a guardian home with children close to our location. She was placed in a family as we wanted her socialized with children. She returned to live with French's German Shepherds shortly after her turning a year old.

Ava expresses a phenotype is similar to her mother UKC CH Karma Carmella.  Ava is feminine, athletic, agile, muscular, well-coordinated, and has the strong drives necessary for working. Ava is the first in our line we have fully tested with the Embark DNA Panel testing of 170  genetic disease markers passing completely clear!.  Ava's litter was our first breeding merging Working Line Sires with our Show Lines to produce multi-purpose, multi-disciplined German Shepherd Dogs, what we refer to as the "Total Dog."  Read More about our breeding philosophy...

In Spring 2020 Ava was bred to the 2019 Futurity Victor Todorhaus Trio King Kong. The litter was whelped August 9, 2020.

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 and 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.
 

"When you look at an animal's pedigree, it tells you what it ought to be. When you look at an animal performing in the ring or some other event, it tells you what it seems to be. When you look at an animal's offspring and producing record, it tells you what it is." - Patricia Craige Trotter, Master Breeder