Haley (Retired)

Haley is pictured at 18 mths old and she is 28" at the shoulders and weighs 101 lbs (vet verified). Haley has a ton of body, bone and is a powerful mover. She lives with her foster parents, steve and marcie and their children, and they said the following about Haley, she is extremely sweet, gentle, adores people, and loves nothing more than a good cuddle on the couch. We are excited about introducing haley into our breeding program. Update: at 2 1/2 yrs Haley weighed 112 lbs (vet verified)...............................................................................TO SEE TONS OF PICTURES OF OUR DOGS OFFSPRING GO TO OUR PHOTO'S PAGE AND THEN CLICK ON OFFSPRINGS. SINCE THERE IS A COUPLE OF PAGES OF PICTURES OF OUR OFFSPRING TO CHANGE TO THE NEXT PAGE GO BACK TO THE TOP ON OFFSPRINGS FIRST PAGE AND THEN CLICK ON # 51- Haley has now been retired to the couch.

Jasmine (Resides with my daughter)

Jasmine is my daughters best friend and protector, she is pictured at almost 2 yrs old. Jasmine (legacy)is a Huge Girl at 114 lbs (vet verified) and she is tall at 28" at the shoulders. She is an extremely solid girl, with a huge head and ton of bone. Jasmine is very laid back, calm and gentle. This picture does not do jasmine justice. We hope to get some better pictures soon.

Greta (Resides with her foster parents)

Greta (legacy)is pictured at 14 mths old and what can we say about greta, except what a great girl. She has a wonderful temperament, adores everyone and has a ton of personality. She lives with her foster parents, alan and tammy, and we love their visits. Greta is 25 1/2" tall and is 96.8 lbs (1/2007) at 14 mths. Greta is built like a tank, solid, nice wide chest with a ton of bone. Greta has changed alot since this picture was taken, so look for an updated picture in the near future. Take a look at some of our offspring on our photo's page. Update: 5/21/09 vet verified at 26 1/2" and 105.9 lbs (lean weight).

Meika (Retired)

Meika is pictured at 5 1/2 yrs old and she weighs 99 lbs (vet verified) and is 27" at the shoulders. Meika is extremely sweet, and gentle and loves nothing more than to please. She adores children, and is considered the babysitter at her foster home. Even though she is extremely quiet and gentle, she is still protective of her foster family, janet and bob and their 4 children. Thank you Janet and bob for providing such a wonderful foster home for meika. Update: Meika has now been retired to the couch and will be joining the girls on the grandparents page.

Kira (Retired)

Kira has come back home because of unfortunate circumstances. Kira is a big blk/red coated girl and weighs 100.7 lbs (vet verified) and is 27" at the shoulders (1/23/05). She is extremely intelligent, absolutely loves people and children, yet is protective of her foster family and their home. Kira is an impressive girl, and with her wonderful qualities, passes this on to her offspring. UPDATE: In Feb kira was vet verified at 109.5 lbs and is now 28" at the shoulders. She has matured out into a massive girl with a huge head and bone. Kira has been retired to the couch.

Tara (Resides with Legacy in NJ)

Tara is pictured at 3 1/2 yrs old and she has matured out to be a gorgeous, huge girl, with a great head and bone. Tara weighed in at 118 lbs (vet verified)and 28" at the shoulders at last vet visit in june). Tara is a fun dog...she has a great sense of humor and is always making everyone laugh with her antics. She now resides with Legacy GSD's in NJ. Update: Legacy German Shepherds has retired tara to the couch.

Gazelle (lives with Legacy GSD'S)

Gazelle is from Legacy GSD's and she is an absolutely lovely girl with an extremely sweet personality. She is 27" at the shoulder and weighs 100.3 lbs (vet verified). Gazelle was supposed to be bred with Sarge and then returned to Legacy GSD's after the breeding, but because of a problem with both our time schedules, gazelle was not able to go home. Update: We found gazelle a new foster home and she is co owned with her breeder.

Zoey (Retired)

Zoey is an absolute character, she is fun loving, full of life, and always willing to please. She is a big girl at 27" and 94 lbs (vet verified 4/2005) with tradional coloring and markings. Zoey lives with her foster parents and their children, and they said she is their best buddy and protector, and never lets her children out of her sight. UPDATE: In 9/2006 we retired zoey due to her foster parents relocation.

Chloe (Retired)

Chloe is a gorgeous blk/tan girl with a dyamite personality and temperament. She was only bred one time and unfortunately, never had another litter due to her foster parents not being able to handle the seperation from their beloved girl. We are working with chloe's foster parents in hopes of breeding chloe one more time. Chloe is a huge traditional type gsd, and at last weight was 106 lbs (vet verified)Update: At 5 yrs old chloe 28" and a lean 114 lbs (vet verified)

Lacey (died in tragic accident)

Lacey is a chloe daughter and like her mother has a ton of personality and wonderful temperament. She is extremely sweet, yet has a clownish type personality, adores children, loves to please, yet is protective of her foster parents and their children. She is a big girl at 27" and 97.6 lbs (vet verified). For more pictures of lacey growing up, go to: http://community.webshots.com/user/briarwood1959. Update: We are sad to announce that Lacey was killed in a tragic accident and will be greatly missed by her foster parents and our family.

Lexie (Retired)

Lexie is a gorgeous girl with a ton of personality. She is quite the character and makes us laugh with her antics. She is 108.2 lbs (vet verified) and is tall at 28" at the shoulders, with a nice wide chest and rear, and a strong mover. .lexie has been retired to the couch.

Trinket (sadly passed away 2009)

Don't let trinket's cute little face fool you, she is, and always will be considered as "THE BOSS". She rules the roost here at briarwood, and makes sure that no one ever forgets that. Trinket is 2.6 lbs (vet verified) and is 6" at the shoulders. And no, trinket will never be bred, she is too busy keeping everyone in line.

Heidi 3 yrs old (Resides with daughter)

Heidi is pictured with my granddaughter and she is a childs perfect family companion. She absolutely adores children (she is my granddaughters babysitter, best friend and protector). Heidi is highly intelligent, was extremely easy to train and is always willing to please. She now resides with my daughter and granddaughter in Florida.

Athena (lives with foster parents)

Athena is a very large girl with a nice broad muzzle. She has an absolutely wonderful temperament and she adores children. She came to us as an adult and we were impressed with how gentle and loving she is. She was bred by Selah GSD'S and we want to thank alice and becky for letting athena join our breeding program. Athena resides with her foster parents and their 3 children and she adapted quickly to her new family and is doing wonderfully. Update: unfortunately, because of michigan's economy her foster parents have lost their home and have been forced to move out of michigan like so many other people. We have placed athena in her new foster parents home and she is adjusting quite beautifully.

Jasmine 4 yrs old (resides with daughter)

Jasmine has never been a photogenic dog, and we have been asked for updated pictures so many times that felicia took this quick photo of her standing over her boyfriend, derrick. Jasmine has matured out into quite the beauty, with the most massive head that I have ever seen in a female. As always this is not a good picture of jasmine and does not do her justice.

Sabre 12 mths (resides with legacy in NJ)

Sabre is a Jasmine and Sarge daughter and is pictured at 12 mths old. She is a huge girl with a wonderful temperament and high trainability. She has lots more growing and maturing to come and we can't wait to see this girl all grown up. She resides with fellow breeder, kristy at Legacy German Shepherds in New Jersey. Update on 11/25: Kristy at legacy took sabre into the vet at 19 mths Sabre is vet verified at almost 29" and 119 lbs.

Lieben almost 7 mths

Lieben is pictured at almost 7 mths old. She is another one of our growing girls who will join our breeding program in the summer of 2012. We plan on breeding lieben with a very large solid black boy in canada (118 lbs at 1 yr)..we expect solid blk pups from this late summer litter...liebens verified vet weight coming soon, we are just waiting for her to grow up some more. Lieben lives with her wonderful foster family near flint mi.

callie 2.5 yrs old

Callie is pictured next to her mom, and she has finally grown up and will be joining our breeding program. Callie was recently vet verified at 116 lbs and 28" with lots of bone and length.............................................................................................. NEWS UPDATE: A number of people have asked us to post pictures of our dogs next to adults instead of children because dogs look so much bigger next to a children vs adults. We will try our best in getting more pictures of our dogs next to adults and will post any new pictures as they become available.

Bella

Bella is pictured next to her foster mom, kathie, and she pictured at 9 mths old. Bella will be joining our breeding program after she has finished growing up. Bella is a very tall girl with a masculine head and tons of bone. Her foster parents said at 9.1 months old bella was vet verified at 29" tall and 103 lbs...bella still has alot of growing and maturing to do and we expect her to hit the 120+ lb range. Bella is currently being trained as a service dog .............................................NEWS UPDATE: A number of people have asked us to post pictures of our dogs next to adults instead of children because dogs look so much bigger next to a children vs adults. We will try our best in getting more pictures of our dogs next to adults and will post any new pictures as they become available.

Ani pictured at 2 yrs old

Ani recently joined our breeding program when allegeny gsd's in Pa retired. Both of ani's parents are from our breeding program and ani represents everything we strive to breed for. Ani is one tall girl with long legs and measures 28" at the shoulders and weighs in at 109 lbs (vet verified)She has a ton of bone, nice wide chest and masculine head. Ani loves her family and is extremely loyal and loving and is always on alert and her bark can be intimidating! She is extremely intelligent and loves to please. Ani loves to be with me and will follow me wherever I go.

Emma L

Emma L is an absolutely gorgeous deep blk/red daughter of sarge. She is a huge girl at 28" and 106.6 lbs and is loved by her special family here in Michigan. Her parents have given us permission to breed Emma L and we expect longcoat blk/reds with this litter. We will be raising emma L's puppies here in our home and we are quite excited about this upcoming litter. You can contact us for further information on emma l.

Judge 6 mths old

We are proud to announce our up and coming new stud, Judge. At 6 mths old judge was vet verified at 28" and a solid 102.8 lbs and his littermates have proven to be pretty close in size (this is and was an truly awesome cross). Even though at the tender age of 6 mths old, judge shows true intelligence, a sweet loving temperament and strong loyalty. We have huge expectations for judge in the near future!! This is one boy to watch as he grows and matures. Judge is the huge puppy on the right (his full sister is pictured on the left) and I'll get better pictures once I get some help.

Gryphon pictured at 1 yr old

Gryphon is from Legacy German Shepherds in New Jersey and joined our breeding program when they retired. Gryphon is a huge boy at 138.8 lbs and 30" at the shoulders (vet verified)and has a huge head, tons of bone and lots of leg and length...he is a very solid boy. Gryphon is a super sweet boy who within 1 day fit right in with his new foster parents and their children. His foster parents said that within 2 days he appointed himself guardian of their children and follows them everywhere and sleeps in their youngest daughters room. Gryphon threw some awesome pups at legacy gsd's and has continued here at Briarwood.

Thunder (resides with Legacy in NJ)

Thunder is growing up into a huge gorgeous boy. He resides with Kristy at Legacy waiting for us to call on his services. At 19 mths thunder was vet verified at 31" and 138 lbs with lots more growing and maturing to come...he will easily reach the 140-150 lbs range............................................................................

Turbo (lives with foster dad, dave and his family)

After being bred as a young male we decided to let turbo grow up and mature out before calling on his services again and boy was it worth the wait. Introducing our upcoming new stud, Turbo, who has finally matured out at age 3 1/2 yrs. Turbo is pictured here smiling at our rescue great dane who thought she was protecting out house, lol. Turbo is a huge boy who as of 5/20/2009 was vet verified at 141.7 lbs and measured 30" at the shoulders(wicket). Turbo has lived with his foster parent, dave since he was a puppy and he has proven to be very gentle with children, all animals even squirrels yet is still protective of his home. To give you an idea on how big turbo actually is, his foster dad, dave is 6'3" and 212 lbs (pictured with turbo).We plan on having 2 litters by turbo. We will get better pictures of turbo next month. For information on one of turbo's puppies please call or e-mail.

Magnum

Magnum is pictured at 20 mths old, and he is huge at 30" and 173 lbs (vet verified). He is what we call, a once in a life time dog. Magnum has one of the most stable temperaments we have ever seen, and he not only passes on large size, but his wonderful temperament to all of his offspring and grandkids. He is extremely intelligent and loves everyone, including our little 2 1/2 lb yorkie who rules the roost with her domineering little temperament. Magnum has been retired but we will have straws drawn for future AI's with our breeding girls. Take a look at some of our offspring on our photo's page.

Sarge (Resides with Foster Parents)

Sarge was returned to us because of his owners declining health, so we are fortunate to have him join our breeding program. Sarge was raised in a child foster care home for children with disabilites, and was at all times a perfect gentleman. Soon after sarge was returned we saw first hand how much he adores children. We have never seen a dog get so excited when a child comes into his sight. Sarge is a deep blk/red and weighs 143 lbs (vet verified on 10/2007)and is 29 3/4" at the shoulders. Sarge not only has a wonderful temperament, but is extremely intelligent, which we learned quickly about, when he started opening up gates and doors soon after he was returned to us. He is a thinker, and has a great nose for tracking. He now resides with his new foster parents, and their young daughter, and is waiting for us to call on his services. Take a look at some of our offsprings on our photo's page.

Rugger (Resides with foster parents)

Rugger is pictured at 4 yrs and he is a huge laid back boy, with a calm gentle manner, and is highly intelligent. Rugger came to visit for the holidays, and wow what a boy. He is our tallest boy at 31" at the shoulders, and is 139.8 lbs (vet verified on 10/2004). I took these pictures when he was out in my driveway, and then on the deck. My deck railings are 36" tall, so this will give you an idea how tall this boy is. In the last picture he is at the door waiting to come in the house. He is now retired with his foster dad in PA,

Colton (Resides with foster parents)

Colton is our youngest boy, and he lives with his foster mom here in Michigan, and we are waiting for him to grow up and join our breeding program. Colton is picture at 1 1/2 yrs old, and he is a really deep blk/red, but for some reason my camera did not show his true coloring, so I've added another close up picture below to show you how deep red this boy is. No vet verified weight or height taken yet. But my measurements were 27 1/2" at 11 mths old. Watch for updates on this boy. His foster mom is a trainer, and she said he is extremely intelligent, medium drive, with a stable temperament. She said he loves everyone, and is a very happy boy.Colton has been retired to the couch.

Colton (Resides with foster parents)

This is not a very good picture, but it shows how deep a blk/red that colton is. And we expect his blk/red to become deeper has he grows and matures...................................................TO SEE SOME OF COLTON'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS GO TO OUR PHOTO'S PAGE AND CLICK ON OFFSPRING. THERE ARE TWO PAGES OF OFFSPRINGS. TO TURN THE PAGES ON OUR OFFSPRINGS PAGE GO TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE AND CLICK ON #51................................................................................UPDATE: Colton has been retired to the couch.

Issac 11 mths (lives with his foster parents)

Pictured at 11 mths old is Issac who is one of our upcoming boys we are hoping to add to our breeding program in the near future.......Update at 3 yrs old issac was vet verified at 138.6 lbs. Issac is one of the sweetest and most laid back males that we have ever seen. He lives with his foster parents and their 4 children and all of their animal friends and waiting for us to call on his services. Issac has consistently thrown huge tall pups with high trainability with awesome temperaments. We will be updating pics of issac soon.