Providing Award Winning Canine Services since 1977
This is just a small sampling of the many working dogs Cher Car Kennels has bred or trained for lives of significance and service.
-------- Original Message -------- From: Dick & Rachel Huber To: Cheryl Carlson Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Dear Cheryl,
It’s been about a year since we picked up Chamberlain. He was born December 22, 2011 (Cher Car’s Full Metal Jacket “Kevlar” x Cher Car’s Casino’s Shadow aka “Shadow”). It was very obvious to us from observation and results, that during the first seven weeks of his life he received a lot of love and attention from his mother and you and your kennel staff, which gave him a wonderful introduction to the world of people.
I am disappointed that I did not print your description of this litter when announcing their availability for purchase. As you have proven to me over the last 30 years, you know your dogs and the characteristics you breed for. To paraphrase your litter announcement: “These puppies will be smart, people friendly, active, with you and there when you need him”. Bullseye!!!
As we discussed, December 2011 we lost Bobby Lee (Cher Car’s A Shout in the Woods aka “Timber” x Cher Car’s Rock n Roll aka “Roxy”). He was 10 years old and my working K-9 partner for over 6 years. Of the five dogs I have had from you (my two sons also had two dogs each) he was truly great and I thought would be impossible to replace. Not only is Chamberlain as advertised, he has exceeded my high expectations of your dogs. He is extremely smart, communicative, loves people, always there when you need him. Though I am now retired, after 6 months of K-9 training, Chamberlain is significantly ahead of all my previous dogs in his development. He is truly outstanding.
All your dogs have been warm and loving, but I have never had a dog who wants always to be with you and there for you. Usually Shepherds want to be close but at a distance. This dog loves constant contact and interaction. In K-9 training his bite is unbelievable and he hits like a train, additionally his obedience is flawless. With Chamberlain I had the pick of the litter, but I don’t think you could go wrong with any of the pups. A few weeks after I picked up Chamberlain, a client had to return one of Chamberlains brothers because he was a little too active and you put him up for adoption. I am still kicking myself for not taking advantage of that unfortunate situation. This is a great dog. I strongly encourage you to continue development of this fine line of dogs.
Dick and Rachel Huber - Milford, Michigan
----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Duff To: Cheryl Carlson Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:04 PM Subject: Bajah
Cheryl,
I just wanted to drop you a line and let you know how well Bajah is doing. She is an unbelievably fast learner.Bajah is currently certified through NAPCH for obedience, tracking, narcotics, article search and area search. The only areas that she has not certified in are building search (should have it soon), aggression and aggression control. I have started some of the bite work; however, I am not pushing it until she matures a little more. She is already a flyer on the aggression field. NAPCH holds their national workshop in Alpena every year and I had a couple master trainers tell me that she is the best female for her age that they have ever seen. So I just wanted to let you know that you did a great job with the breeding. I'll send pics soon.
Thank you again for everything,
Matt.
Deputy Matt Duff and K-9 "Bajah" (a Touché x LaBelle Dutch Shepherd puppy born 1/12/2010). Bajah received certification through NAPCH for obedience, narcotics, tracking, article search and area search in October 2010 (when only 9 months old!) and just received certification in aggression and aggression control in October 2011 (at 21 months of age). Bajah is Deputy Duff’s working patrol dog for the Hillsdale County Sheriff Department.
Officer Dennis Robertson with his soon to be Lake County K9 patrol partner.
We are pleased to report that our two police dog prospects were acquired by the Virginia Department of Corrections.
Both dogs are now on their way to a fulfilling career in the prison system!
From: Cunningham, Grant J Jr 1SG RET Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:35 PM Subject: Cobra
Cheryl,
Back in Feb. 2006 I bought a Belgian Malinois (Male) from you. He has been a great dog. As you may remember I am a Sheriff's Officer with the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office here in New Jersey. This past April he and I started the Police K-9 Academy. We are training to work as a Patrol and Arson Team. We have seven weeks left in the patrol phase of training and will be starting the Arson phase in Sept. of this year. I have attached some photos of my house pet turned K-9.
Thank You, Grant Cunningham
New Jersey
This is service dog "Piper" with her owner/handler Kevin Fritz of Allentown, PA. Kevin is attending school at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, and had contacted Cher Car Kennels to train a service dog to his specifications.
Needless to say, "Piper" the Papillion was a delight to have with us during training!
This picture of "Piper" on Kevin's lap was taken during her installation in Urbana on January 7, 2009; and also shows Cheryl Carlson, Kevin's aid Francine Biedron, and Carole Field.
“Lord” (River x Ramsey) and his new police handler Oscar – Sept. 16, 2008
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:11 AM
Subject: Raptor aka Alley
Cheryl,
Thank you, thank you, thank you!Raptor (River x Ramsey) has been certified as a bomb detection K-9 and as a certified patrol K-9, and is very close to being certified in tracking.My husband takes Raptor with him on patrol every day.She is also a great family dog around all the little kids.Thought you would enjoy the attached photos of her.She is the only certified bomb detection K-9 in northern Wyoming and southern Montana.
Thanks again.Maggie McKee
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 2:39 PM
Subject: Remember Uno???
Hey Cheryl! I just got this picture of “Uno” (Rush x Dodger) and his officer! I though you might like to see it... I told Lori I would send it as soon I got it.
Thanks,
Melissa McCord
Wisconsin
P.S. Any plans of doing a repeat breeding of Rush and Touché???
"Baron", a son of "Timber" and "Venus" has a new career as a narcotics and patrol dog in the state of Tennessee! Here he is with his new handler, of Triple Threat K-9.
Cher Car Kennels Dutch Shepherd "Diamond" and officer Bruce Poolaw of the Parker, Arizona Police Department pose with her largest dope bust to date.. 328 pounds of Marijuana.
Jeff bought "Jake" as a pup from a nice litter out of Cher Car's Delaney McKee OFA, C.D. H.I.T., by CH Von Krystel's Kody OFA (a Jamie Deux Pottois Sch III, Ring I son).
Jeff did all his early training with us here at Cher Car Kennels, and Capital City Dog Sports.For those of you that follow P.S.A., this dog is a full brother to Rakesh Patel's dog "Klaus". "Jake" is a real crowd pleaser in his bitework in the USPCA-United States Police Canine Association trials, as well as scoring very high in both obedience and detection.
Jeff writes " Cheryl, Here is Jake’s latest find. I thought you might get a kick out of this - 19 pounds located in the trunk of a car. Exterior hit......"
Cheryl and Deputy Jerry Kast and K-9 "Fritz" now working for the Hillsdale County Sheriff Department.
"Here is a photo of Chase's biggest hit to date - thirty pounds of marijuana.The shipment was in the UPS system and heading for Lake City Michigan from Southern Texas. We ended up working the case with the FBI and got federal indictments for the bad guys.
The photo was taken while Chase and I were assigned to the Traverse Narcotics Team. You can't really tell from the photo but, Chase let her hair grow a little long for the undercover work. She also wore a Harley Davidson collar to blend in with the bad dogs."
D/Sgt Rick Thompson DEQ-Office of Criminal Investigations Saginaw-Bay District
Deputy Matt Duff and K-9 "Bolo".Trained and certified by Cheryl Carlson and currently working for Hillsdale County Sheriff Department. In his first months as a K-9, "Bolo" has already located narcotics, and found two suspects.
"Gunner" is a CH Cher Car's Zodiac son, out of Cher Car's Diego McKee.
"Gunner" is the dog of Sergeant Roger Boardman of the HillsdaleCounty Sheriff's Department.
Not only do our Jack Russells win in the show ring, and in the agility ring, they still do what they were bred to do. Here is our hunting pack, working a farm on Thanksgiving weekend. We killed 6 rats in less than 10 minutes, and destroyed some nests. Some of these dogs had never been on rats before this hunt, but they all did well. From left to right:
U-AG 1 Cher Car's Tagan Raitt Webster Cher Car's Terrible to Behold GR CH U-AG 1 Cher Car's Divine Mustang "Jax" U-AG 1 Windwards Maia of Cher Car
(and Yes, those are rats laying in front of the dogs!)
Terrible, Tagan and Mustang got this big (20lb!) fella out of our "wood pile" behind the hay barn. It took us over three hours, and the dogs were TIRED...
Detroit Police K-9 Officer Kevin Brathwaite with his second Cher Car Belgian Malinois, "Recon".
This is a pup from the great cross of "Ramsey" and "River".
Officer Brathwaite is the head trainer for the Detroit Police Department and has his first dog, "Riot" trained as a bomb detection dog. He plans on training puppy "Recon" as a heavy entry dog.
Here is "RIOT" at BishopInternationalAirport doing a narcotics find exercise. He is also a certified bomb detection dog.
