SHADE'S CURRENT DOGS
Shade currently shares her home with Ion, Talic and Ones. Below are their stories.
Ion
Ion vom Goedehaus-IGP 2
Ion is 4 years old at the moment, and he’s everything I wanted: fast, athletic, loves to chase and
to tug, with tremendous food drive. He’s quite intense! That intensity gives him motivation for
days and he likes to do ALL the things. The work ethic on this one is strong!
He loves everyone that he’s exposed to, and is entirely neutral to other dogs and people in the
environment.
We achieved his IGP 2 at DVG nationals in the fall of 2025 with 100 in tracking and 1 st place IGP
2. Currently we’re prepping for his IGP 3, hopefully sometime in the spring and some AKC
obedience trials as well sprinkled in there.
Ion is featured in my Patreon page, Eye on Ion-Shade Whitesel, and you can see videos and
discussions on all the challenges that come up when raising a pushy, high drive puppy to high
powered clever adult.
photo by Ali McPherren
Ion 12 weeks prance/strut
Ion 8 weeks
Eye on Ion Membership
Talic
Wolf vom Adler Stein IGP BH, AKC CD-High in Trial all 3 legs
Talic and I worked our way through the sports of IGP and AKC until a back injury forced his retirement from both sports. He showed such promise in protection! I was excited to test that promise in trial but at about age 4, it became apparent that jumping and heeling was painful. We did no formal training for a couple of years but now we are back at TRACKING!
He earned his TR 1 with 96, TR 2 with 88 and we are entered in a trial for his FH 1 this fall of 2026.
Talic checks all the boxes: clear headed in arousal and prey drive, likes conflict, small, athletic, fast and PERFECT for me at this stage as a trainer. He’s quite a different dog than I’ve been used to in the last 15ish years, so I’ve had some hiccups learning about him, but he’s been fine, waiting for me to get a clue!
Talic is related to Changer on both sides and genetics are fascinating! I see his great uncle in many of his mannerisms and character traits. I only hope that I have the 14 years with Talic that I did with Che.
Vids:
Talic USCA BH clips
Talic USCA BH
AKC CD