Welcome to Risingfriend German Shepherd's my name is Michelle Friend and my Husband's name is Aaron Friend.My first passion in life was horses i rode for 13 year's a number of horses until i came across a 15 hh palomino called Kali who without a doubt was an absolutely fantastic horse we were together for 5 year's we done everything together and went everywhere together competing at many many show's including show-jumping and cross-country.I was never really into the dressage side of thing's i was always wanting the more daring exciting side of the jump's.We won many competions together coming away with rosettes and trophy's.As a young girl living at home with my parent's we have alway's owned dog's my whole life i have been surrounded by animals, mum and dad owned an ex- racer greyhound two king charles spaniels and my beloved Ben who i alway's thought of as my own but when we lost him to cancer for many year's after i had never wanted another dog.It was then that i met Aaron who had lost a gsd at a very old age that i began to learn about the Gsd's and i admired how they were such a loving,loyal family companions.I particularly liked the longcoated German Shepherd's.We have been fortunate as a family to be living in a beautiful setting in Surrey with our 3 children, 3 cat's,2 Rabbits, some chickens and now our Gsd's.Our Dog's enjoy a very fulfilling lifestyle of plenty of walk's and socialising and are trained regularly also going to a training class every week.Occasionally i may show them at Gsd Rally's/walcss but my main priority is that they live a very happy,fulfilling family life with us and in which they are also adored by our children.
All of our dog's are also fed on Raw food.

ALL our dog's will be KC Registered and Health tested BVA Hip-scored,BVA Elbow-scored,Males Haemophilia tested and DNA profiled. For more information on these Health Tests please use the link to visit the Kennel Club Website.

My aim for the future is at the moment i am currently doing training courses with the Academy of Dog Training and Behaviour and i hope to one day become a qualified training instructor also to hopefully one day become a qualified canine beautician and to have my own buisness.
I have also attended the Kennel club's "conformation and movement" Seminar also being handed a certificate on completing the course.
I am also extremley pleased to say that i have also passed the Kennel club's "Hand's on Assessment"again with being given a certificate on completion!!This was held in Addlestone and assessed by Steven Bardwell.
On 08/05/09 i attended a canine first aid course held at The College of Animal Welfare, Royal Vetinary College in Potter's Bar with being handed a certificate on completition.

You can see our certificates of Achievments here -

On the 23rd February i become a qualified Micro-chip implanter with Peddymark for all cat's,Dog's and small animals. Also i am able to do litters of any numbers for all cat's and dog's.
Please contact me for any inquiry's.

All our dogs are fed on a completely raw diet which we have done for about 3 years now.They absolutely love it and i would never go back to commercial dog!! The dog's are so much happier.healthier and their coats gleam!!Even at a young age the youngsters absolutely love eating the raw meat as you see in the picture of our Nylah at 15 weeks old.

To find out more about the raw feeding and the benefits of doing so please use the Krissanrio link to take a look at Ann's website that fully explains all you need to know about feeding your dog a raw diet.

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We also have 3 cat's in our family names by our young children hence the name choice!!!
  "Peppa Pig" "Rice Krispies" "Coco Pops"