What is "Nasha Comanda?"

NASHA COMANDA TRANSLATES TO "OUR TEAM" IN RUSSIAN. OUR BREEDING PROGRAM'S FOUNDATION COMES FROM OUR RUSSIAN IMPORT, MATRYOSHKA IZ BELOY BRIGADY (IZBB) WHO WAS BRED TO A RUSSIAN STUD TO PRODUCE OUR FIRST LITTER. SO OUR FIRST TEAM FROM RUSSIA IS A BIG INSPIRATION FOR OUR NAME. OUR NAME WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY THE RELATIONSHIP BUILT ON INTERNATIONAL TEAMWORK BETWEEN MYSELF AND MY MENTOR IN RUSSIA. WITHOUT HER COMARADERIE AND TEACHING, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. FROM THIS POINT ON, ANYONE WHO RECEIVES A PUPPY FROM US WILL FOREVER BE A MEMBER OF "NASHA COMANDA"/"OUR TEAM."

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WE ARE A SMALL KENNEL LOCATED IN NORTHERN INDIANA, USA STRIVING TO PRODUCE THE "TOTAL DOG." OUR GOAL IS TO BRING INTO THE WORLD WHITE SWISS SHEPHERDS WITH EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY, STRUCTURE, CHARACTER, AND HEALTH. I HAD THE PRIVILAGE TO MEET AND TALK WITH FRED LANTING (FAMOUS GSD BREEDER, HANDLER, EXPERT, AND BIOLOGIST) IN 2019 AT A SHOW HE WAS JUDGING IN NEW YORK. HIS ADVICE TO ME WAS, "ALWAYS STRIVE FOR PERFECTION." THAT IS WHAT I INTEND TO DO! 

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About the Breeder

MY NAME IS TAYLOR GRACIE AND MY GREAT PASSIONS IN LIFE ARE DOGS, ART AND SCIENCE. I HOLD A BACHELORS OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY AS WELL AS MINORS IN CHEMISTRY AND PSYCHOLOGY (FOCUSING HEAVILY ON ANIMAL BEHAVIOR). ALL OF MY EXPERIENCES STUDYING GENETICS, BEHAVIOR, ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY ARE NOW BEING PUT 100% TOWARD IN DEPTH STUDY OF PEDIGREES, GENETICS, TRAIT CLASSIFICATION, AND TRAINING. 

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IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THAT I CAN SAY THAT I GO INTO THIS NEW CHAPTER WITH THE BEST TEAM I COULD EVER IMAGINE! INCLUDING MY DEAR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, MARIA GURYEVA (IZ BELOY BRIGADY-RUSSIA). MARIA'S VISION PRODUCED OUR DOLL, MATRYOSHKA AND I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER AS A MENTOR TO LOOK TO FOR GUIDANCE. ALONG WITH OUR IZBB FAMILY, I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF LEARNING FROM SOME OF THE GREAT HISTORIC CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR BREED IN THE STATES! 

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MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AMAZING BREED HAS TAKEN ME ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. MY DOGS ARE SHOWN IN FCI, IABCA, AND UKC VENUES AND ARE ONLY REGISTERED AS WHITE SWISS SHEPHERDS (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UKC THAT INCLUDES WHITE SWISS SHEPHERDS WITH WHITE SHEPHERDS). OUR DOGS TRAIN AND PARTICIPATE IN CONFORMATION SHOWS, AGILITY, OBEDIENCE, RALLY OBEDIENCE, NOSEWORK, PRECISION LURE COURSING, AND WE HAVE RECENTLY BEGAN TRAINING IN IGP/SCHUTZHUND. 

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN NASHA COMANDA WHITE SWISS SHEPHERDS. WE HOPE YOU WILL WANT TO BE A PART OF OUR TEAM TOO!

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Taylor Gracie

TAYLOR GRACIE

BREEDER, TRAINER, HANDLER AT NASHA COMANDA WSS