Strong enough to protect your home,
gentle enough to play with your children.
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to two wonderful breeders Milena Kirchner with Wolpertinger Wald in Bulgaria and Lyne Dompierre of Von Engelein from Quebec, Canada. Over the years, they have entrusted us with exceptional dogs that have become an important part of Stronghold German Shepherds. It is an honor to continue building our kennel with bloodlines that come from such responsible breeders.
Stronghold Values
Stronghold isn't just a breeding program - it's a community of families connected by dogs who change lives.
At Stronghold German Shepherds, we raise our puppies the way nature intended—right in our home, with gentle hands, steady care, and plenty of love. We keep things pure and simple: no chemicals, no shortcuts, no filters. Just fresh meats, whole-food nutrition, and a nurturing environment from day one.
Our puppies grow up surrounded by the rhythms of a real family—soft voices, safe routines, and calm energy. This foundation helps them develop into strong, centered, and well-balanced dogs who carry both health and heart into their new homes.
Decades of Commitment
Penny and Will are the dedicated owners and breeders behind Stronghold German Shepherds. For over 30 years, they have been raising exceptional West and East German Shepherds using a holistic, hands-on approach.
Their breeding program focuses on producing healthy, well-balanced dogs with intelligence, strong character, beauty, and sound nerves—making them ideal as both loyal family companions and capable working dogs.
All puppies are raised in their home as part of the family. From an early age, they are exposed daily to children and farm animals on their 35-acre farm, helping to build confidence and adaptability. Beginning at 6 weeks old, puppies are further socialized through trips to town, car rides, and continued interaction with farm life.
By the time our puppies go home at 12 weeks, they are well-prepared for family life. They are socialized, housetrained, leash-trained, and crate-trained, and have been gently introduced to common household and environmental sounds such as vacuums, doorbells, sirens, traffic, fireworks, and thunder.
Penny is also a Master Herbalist and Natural Practitioner with a lifelong passion for holistic healing. She has expanded her work beyond animals to support families across the country, offering dried blood analysis as a preventative tool to uncover valuable health insights for both people and their pets.
An Exciting
Partnership
A New Chapter in the Stronghold Legacy
Meet Heather and Josh Krudup
Trusted Partners, Future Stewards of our Lines
As we look towards the future and the day comes when we retire from breeding, it brings us peace to know that Heather and Josh will continue these lines with the same care and discernment we have poured into them for years.
