About us – Kenai’s Choice

I’m a retired breeder since 2022 under the name Rose Valley White Shepherds with all my puppies UKC registered under the name ‘of Big Whites’. 

In Europe the breed is officially called “White Swiss Shepherd” or “Berger Blanc Suisse”. In North America the breed is called German Shepherd – color White. For us, the difference in breed lies in more than just the name. Since the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) is not registering our breed correctly we decided to not register our puppies with them.

Kenai’s Choice

The new chapter is to use all of my knowledge and combine all the questions I had over the years:

• in a new puppy guide: PUPPYHOOD UNLEASHED ~ Your Step-by-Step Guide to Raising a Playful, Pawsitive White Swiss Shepherd Pup 
• Recommendations on products to use via an Amazon Store
• in merchandise like Notebooks, T-shirts, Sweaters and more

Read more on the dedicated page and webshop page.

About us

Our White Swiss Shepherds pack

We had been extremely impressed by the White Swiss Shepherd dogs, and by good fortune, we came in contact with ‘Kennel v.d. Witte Klaver‘ – a family-oriented kennel. In March 2010 they had a beautiful litter and Kenai enriched our family. With all the available space in and around our home, it was time for us and Kenai to have a new friend in our lives. 

A lady friend for Kenai

We searched extensively for a female White Swiss Shepherd, and in 2013 we found Nita at Kennel of white Energy in Germany. Nita’s official name is Unique Nita of white Energy and that’s what she is – Unique. Her Kennel exhibited the same values as Kenai’s home kennel and her pedigree had no connections with Kenai’s.

Nita is retired now but is the proud mom of our A-Litter of 7 puppies, B-Litter of 8 puppies, C-Litter of 9 puppies and E-litter of 4 puppies. In total a whooping 29 kids (she had her first 3 litters with Kenai and one last litter of 4 puppies with Patriot) She also is a super fun grandma for 48 grandkids.

New blood-lines

We learned that ‘Kennel v.d. Witte Klaver’ invested in new blood-lines and in 2017. A beautiful litter was born with a beautiful female pup that was not connected to our Kenai nor Nita. This was important to us since we’d planned that she could then also mate with offspring of Kenai and Nita. Early May we welcomed Mishka which means Little Bear. Her official name is Libby Alba v.d. Witte Klaver. Mishka is a proud mom of our D-Litter of 3 puppies with father Baloo, F-Litter of 10 puppies with father Bolt, H-Litter of 11 puppies with father Bolt and J-Litter of 6 puppies with father Jasper. That makes 30 kids and she’s enjoying being retired now.

More dogs to our pack

In 2018 when Kenai and Nita had 9 puppies in their C-Litter we fulfilled our wish… keeping a puppy from our own kennel. The purple girl puppy kept connecting with us, following us with her eyes and was always the first one to greet us. We know that puppies pick their new owners and that was for sure the case with Kate! Her official name had to start with the letter C and we proudly named her after my mom Catharina of Big Whites. Kate had her 1st litter of 11 puppies in January 2021 ( G-Litter). Her 2nd litter of 7 puppies November 26th, 2021 (I-Litter). Her partner in crime Finnaghan is the proud father of these 2 litters. And her 3rd Litter of 7 puppies was born September 27th, 2022 (K-Litter) Father of this litter is Jasper. After her K-Litter Kate retired as well.

Clifford our special addition to the pack

Also from the same C-litter we kept Clifford. He was born with a severe cleft lip, cleft palate and appeared to be deaf. A lot of challenges to conquer for him and me but we did them all. He’s pretty much always around me, has his vest to come with me to do groceries and sits next to me in his harness when I’m driving. He’s super eager to cheer up the pack, loves to work hard for a kibble or two and most of all to snuggle on the couch with me! Read more

Kenai crossed the rainbow bridge

Unfortunately, Kenai crossed the rainbow bridge on November 8th, 2021. Together with Nita they had 25 kids and he has 35 grandkids. We’re super proud and grateful that we had the opportunity to take care of him for 11 years and 8 months. He’ll be missed. Forever in our hearts.

Litters and Puppies

We always tested and selected the best possible mating partners for our girls and making sure our females deliver their puppies in a clean and stress free environment. Always with us present and always close to were we live and sleep. We are extremely proud to have had 11 litters and in total 86 puppies. Unfortunately we had to see 4 little ones crossing the rainbow. With 82 puppies comes 82 families and we are proud to see all our puppies growing up healthy and loved. Over de years we were asked to find a new home for 8 of our puppies which we successfully did. After 7 years of being a breeder,  end of 2022 after our K-Litter flew out, I stopped breeding. With a ton of information it was time for something else.