von Hayden Shepherds has been breeding German Shepherds for well over fifty years. Our experience speaks for itself. Our main goal is to breed the best all-around German Shepherd dog. At von Hayden Shepherds, our dogs are bred for temperament, workability, and health. We have built our reputation on honesty, integrity, and quality. We have a passion and love of the breed that shows in each of our dogs.



We are professional breeders of working German Shepherd Dogs and are one hundred percent dedicated to breed. Who take extreme pride in the way we raise our puppies, which makes our job a full time job to say the least. This is our life and passion, simply put - twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred and sixty five days a year! This is not only a job but rather a lifestyle for us, and we wouldn't trade it for the world.



We do not practice mass breeding. Rather, we own a few good German working line shepherds producing 'true working German Shepherds', which are proving themselves each and everyday!



We have always studied bloodlines, strived to produce workability, superb temperament and structure, and our goal has always been to improve the German Shepherd breed. von Hayden has produced solid blacks, sables, bi-colors, and black & red/tan shepherds. First and foremost we enjoy our German Shepherds as our family companions, and as two legged children.



All of our stock has an OFA or A-stamp rating of Excellent or Good on their hips and elbows. Each and every dog in our breeding program is proven 'worthy' before entering our program. All dogs involved in our breeding program are DNA certified with the American Kennel Club. We also guarantee that all of our stock will have sound, stable temperaments with an incredibly high level of patience when it comes to children. Our dogs are wonderful with people of all ages!