ABOUT US, OUR PHILOSOPHY AND COMMITMENT TO ETHICAL BREEDING
We are a family run business, that starting breeding NZKC registered White Swiss Shepherds in 2013.
Five of our dogs were imported from Europe and five were imported from Australia, selected on Temperament, Health and Beauty, with new bloodlines for New Zealand. We have invested in quality dogs from overseas to improve and set the bar high for the breed standard of White Swiss Shepherds in New Zealand.
Our puppies are registered with DogsNZ (NZKC) under our prefix PANDORRAS and up until 2017 we were the only breeder in New Zealand offering DogsNZ registered White Swiss Shepherd puppies.
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We provide the best start for your puppy by raising it in a safe, warm and clean environment, feeding it top quality food and assuring someone is always home to look after them. This allows us to give them the amount of personal attention and care they need.
Our puppies go to their new homes when they are a minimum of eight weeks old. This is because being with their siblings for that period of time is an essential part of the learning and development of dogs.
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As for our breeding dogs, we are committed to giving them the best life possible. Despite being called a 'kennel', our dogs do not live in kennels and are all indoor pets. Most of our breeding dogs are in co-ownership which means they all have their own families that give them the personal one on one care and attention dogs deserve.
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The temperament of our puppies is one of our main priorities. When picking out breeding dogs, we look for friendly and confident, yet obedient and trainable temperaments.
We treat our dogs as family members and when looking for new homes for our puppies, we look for homes that do the same.
Although most shepherds are good watchdogs, we do not sell our puppies as guard dogs.
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Our other big priority is health. We health test all breeding dogs before breeding and will only ever use them if they are at a standard that we are happy with. All their test results are public on their individual pages (our dogs). You can read about the general health of the breed and what each health test is for on the health page.
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We have years of experience transporting pups safely to their new homes. Kyra often offers Puppy Transport to Auckland and sometimes other areas on the North Island. We can also help organising flight transport for you and will make sure your pup will arrive safely in an Airline approved cage.
Please contact us about the options available to get your puppy home.
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MEET THE HUMAN TEAM
TANYA
Tanya is the driving force behind Pandora Kennels. She has over 35 years of experience in professional animal care, and studied animal welfare and behaviour. Furthermore, Tanya has over 16 years of experience with White Swiss Shepherd dogs, training, showing, and later breeding. She has put in immense effort in finding ways to improve the quality of the breed in New Zealand. ​ "Pandora kennels didn't sprout from wanting to make money by breeding puppies. I had wanted a White Swiss Shepherd for many years and when that finally happened, my love for them grew to the point of wanting to give other people the opportunity to have such an amazing animal as their best friend." The long coated White Swiss Shepherds weren't very common in New Zealand when Tanya started breeding. But most importantly she wanted to improve the temperament to a more friendly and trainable dog. To accomplish this goal, she imported dogs/new bloodlines from all over Europe and Australia. ​ This has made her one of the most trusted White Swiss Shepherd breeders not only in New Zealand, but breeders all over the world have bought puppies from Pandora Kennels (pedigree name: Pandorras) for their breeding programs.
KYRA
Kyra has inherited her mother's love and passion for animals, now working alongside her in Pandora Kennels. All her life, she has been around dogs, cats, horses, farm animals, and wildlife. Looking after them, playing with them, learning and admiring them. Which has naturally shaped her love and ways with animals. ​ She has grown up with White Swiss Shepherds doing agility and competing in obedience, rally-O, and conformation breed showing. Now she has joined the Pandora team, looking after the dogs and puppies, doing puppy transport, and managing the website and social media of Pandora kennels.
SHERYL
Sheryl has joined the Pandora team in 2023. She has been around shepherds most of her life and brings lots of experience to the team. ​ Our Pandora puppy play areas are at Sheryl's house, we have built two purposely designed puppy indoor and outdoor areas (thanks to Sheryl's husband, Pete - who helped us built these). This is where the puppies can learn, socialize and explore. ​ Sheryl looks after the puppies most days and makes sure they are all fed and clean, a major job when done properly. ​ One of our breeding females named TK, lives the good life with Sheryl and Pete.