Cher Car Kennels

Cher Car Kennels Cher Car Kennels has been breeding & training dogs for lives of significance & service® since 1977. Founder CHERYL CARLSON of Cher Car Kennels in St.
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Johns, Michigan is one of the best known experts in the industry, and has been training and breeding dogs professionally since 1977; providing guard dog service, teaching family companion dogs (manners, problem solving and behavior modification), personal protection, and physical assistance dogs. She has trained and certified 54 police K-9's to date (many of her own breeding), with teams qualified

in patrol, narcotics and explosive detection. She has also certified many other dog trainers in police work. Cheryl's breeding program has produced more than 300 certified Police K-9s and over 100 SAR dogs, along with dozens of physical and blind assistance dogs. She has also produced more French Ring Sport titled dogs than any other breeder in North America. Our breeding success is attributed to knowledge gained through years of experience. We select our breedings to emphasize physical soundness, intelligence and temperament, and we carefully match each individual puppy to its new family based on your stated activity needs and desires. We only utilize x-ray cleared dogs (hips and elbows) in our breeding program, with OFA certification obtained at the appropriate age. We treat our dogs like athletes; feeding the finest natural foods to produce maximum healthy growth and proper nutrition. Our feeding regimen consists of a mix of organic dog food comprised of human-grade ingredients without dyes, additives or synthetic preservatives combined with poultry, beef or venison. Our 20 acre country farm with boarding kennel facility provides the perfect setting for active socialization of our puppies by exposing them to farm animals (goats, horses, sheep) along with other dogs, boarding and training clients, and lots of friends…ensuring a well rounded development. We offer an extensive variety of dog training programs to assist your puppy in growing and learning in a safe, stimulating and fun environment. Cher Car Kennels specializes in ALL breed training for the family pet, along with advanced training for sport, protection and police. Our combined 60+ years of training programs have graduated over 18,500 dogs from our facilities to date! We specialize in preventing dog behavior problems by educating dog owners through personalized private home visits, group classes or in-kennel "boarding school" training, using positive, praising methods of dog obedience instruction. We provide the knowledge, understanding and expertise necessary to teach your dog "good behavior" rather than simply punishing what you might perceive as "bad behavior". The overall well-being of the dog is then achieved through a special balance of loving attention, exercise and a sense of purpose derived through training. Our philosophy of offering the very best breeding and training possible works to insure each puppy buyer is happy with their Cher Car Kennels dog, and for it to be a loved member of the family for its lifetime. Visit our website www.CherCarKennels.net to get to know us, our values and our facilities.

06/03/2026

Got this wonderful video from clients who purchased one of my recent German Shepherd pups. This is "Charis" living her best life on a farm!

05/29/2026

Thresholds! Herding dogs are instinctively mindful of thresholds. We don't want a dog that is too mindful of thresholds for police work..we want a dog very mindful for farm, and some assistance work.

New classes scheduled! Hope to see you there!!
05/26/2026

New classes scheduled! Hope to see you there!!

05/24/2026

The Artemis litter is starting to gel into one group!! The pups are realizing that humans equal food, and are beginning to have opinions.

05/21/2026

Daily handling at this age is a must. Breathing/blowing on the face is teaching the puppy that we are NOT going to eat them. There is a genetic "fear" or avoidance of unfamiliar breath, probably stemming from moving away from predators "sniffing" the litter.

05/19/2026

Even though the pups are being fed all together by me, their sleep, eat, play groups are still apparent when Mom feeds them. They won't become one group until they are nearly weaned.

Ivan x Artemis pups starting on solids. At first, it's just a "burger soup" (venison). Quickly it moves to soaked puppy ...
05/19/2026

Ivan x Artemis pups starting on solids. At first, it's just a "burger soup" (venison). Quickly it moves to soaked puppy kibble, with burger and egg. I'm very careful to mash it up with my hands, adding human scent as a positive. I also leave the bowl in the pen until the next feeding, so as to not create guarding of the food dish. I always feed a little bit more than they will eat at one sitting, also to stop resource guarding.

05/16/2026

Had some young trainers stop in to help expose the Ivan x Artemis pups to novel interaction in the whelping box. Bob Wierenga brought his delightful grand daughters, and we all had a blast!

05/10/2026

This is typical of a large litter. Mom will divide the pups into 2 smaller groups. This will effect testing going forward, because the sleep,eat play schedules are different for each group. They become easier to test once they are all being fed by me.

05/08/2026

Jeepers, creepers, where'd you get those peepers?

Address

4215 S Lowell Road
Saint Johns, MI
48879

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 7pm
Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+19892247225

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