We had such a wonderful year with all of you we wanted to take a minute to share some of the highlights of 2014!

We started off with this delicious Red Sable Puppy.  Brad Hoppe is overseeing the puppy love!

 Thanks to your generosity we placed Service Protection Dog "Hero"

with Veteran Josh S. 

Singer/Songwriter Cory Singer performed on our behalf at an event in New Jersey to help raise funds for veterans.

We had some amazing puppies come through GatorlandK9 this year

on their way to new homes!

 Some of our German Shepherd Service Dogs became world travelers.  We have enjoyed the travels of Jessi the Service Dog this past year!  Here she is with her handler in Europe!

Country Music Star Sarah Buxton honored GatorlandK9 

by awarding our "Naya" the Service Dog of The Year Award

presented by Heart Songs for Veterans in Nashville, TN

Jill Pavel, Founder of Heart Songs for Veterans

Presented our Service Dog Program with a $ 2000.00 donation from the event.

 Endy Found a Forever Home with our new friend Jane Saul!

 We continue to celebrate Gatorland Malinois.  This is one of our alumni Mela.

We look forward to celebrating 2015 with all of you!!  Meet Taimon he will be arriving at GatorlandK9 International soon!

Contact Ted Hoppe (386) 337-0730 or email Ted at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Happy New Year!

Author: Jill Pavel 

Here are some of our newest imported German Shepherd puppies!If you are interested in reserving or purchasing one of these beautiful puppies

Please contact Ted  Hoppe (386) 337-0730

Meet a long haired male from Segal

 Female Standard Coated from Segal

A Male German Shepherd Import Puppy

 And he is off.......................

To Make a reservation please contact

Ted Hoppe (386) 337-0730

Author: Jill Pavel

Every once in awhile you just have to do this!  Who doesn't love a German Shepherd Puppy? We always share our puppies on our social media pages Facebook so if you are not already a facebook friend, please enjoy some of the beautiful puppies that have graced GatorlandK9 in recent months!

Visit our available puppy page and call Ted Hoppe at (386) 337-0730  if you are interested in our available puppies.

Author: Jill Pavel

People ask us our recommendation in selecting the right breed for Family Protection/ Companion Dog. First, we would like to say that many times individual temperament / personality is as important as the breed and poor temperament can be found in any breed. Here are some of our reasons for choosing the German Shepherd for most situations as the best Family Protection Dog .

1. Because the criminal recognizes the German Shepherd as a Police Dog , this adds greatly to the deterrent effect a German Shepherd has in comparison to a Labrador (a breed developed for hunting)
2. Most versatile of all breeds – intelligent, trainable- catches on quickly and retains commands. German Shepherds have many uses. Police, Military , Seeing Eye, Detection Dogs, herding dogs, sport dogs, Service Dogs and area guard dogs.
3. Very tolerant of small children. Very in-tune with the owner also alert, naturally defensive of territory and pack, good sense of duty.
4. Ability to adapt- the US Military’s preferred dog is the German Shepherd for various reasons but importantly it’s ability to adapt to new handlers.
5. These traits are or should be characteristic of the well bred German Shepherd Dog. We place and have trained many such dogs for families and have had the most success with this breed over all others and we owned and have trained too many breeds to mention over the last 25 years.

We are proud to present our new custom selected Imports on the Adult Dog page of the website.

Ted has outdone himself and selected the finest family protection dog prospects we have ever had at one time. Cevil, Toby Togy are ready to go to their perfect homes and Rex is a young adult Import who will be receiving our specialized training here at GatorlandK9.

Check back often for more new pictures added to the puppy page and for more new videos added to the site.

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Puppies will be available from Kanses (left). He is a proven producer of WOW DOGS!! He produces good hips, bear-like heads, superior temperament, size, color and conformation.

Reserve your Awesome Puppy Now!
Call Ted at 386-337-0730

When a Veteran or a close relative or spouse contacts our company, they are hoping to find the safety, service therapeutic companionship of having a PTSD Service Protection Dog.