About Us
Westfield Kennels is based in Canterbury, 20 minutes South of the city, in the South Island of New Zealand, based on 20 acres, our dogs benefit from the large space and environment, mainly our pups and dogs exercise themselves naturally and during the summer we will go to the river up to 4/5 days a week.
Having first being associated with German Shepherd Dogs in the obedience world, Jon has continued to support and promote the breed and registered the "Westfield Kennel" in 1993. Over the years since then Jon and his family have shown the German Shepherd Dog in both the Specialist and All Breed rings. With the help and knowledge of others, Westfield Kennels has competed in both rings with considerable success, producing dogs of a very high quality of which they are proud. Josh and Amy continue to contribute immensely with the day to day care of their dogs, and with the exhibiting of Westfield dogs exhibited at shows. Westfield has been the predominant South Island German Shepherd Dog Kennel in the All breed world for many, many years. Westfield is also highly competitive in the specialist setting, having been the recipient of numerous breeders in show awards. We currently have 3 Gold Medal Males and 3 Gold Medal Females in our breeding programme. Westfield continues to use approved imported semen from German bloodlines, and also breeds from highly regarded males in New Zealand. Westfield Kennels have made up 30 Champions over the past years. We also support re-homing dogs that we have bred, due to buyers change in circumstances. Our health checks have moved on from the hip/elbow testing which we have done for many years to using Orivet Australia which provide the results for 13 tests. All dogs have been deemed with "Normal/Clear" for DM, have a DNA profile and significant other health information for reference. |