Bouchard's Best Shepherds

About Bouchard's Best Shepherds

Hi, my name Rebecca Bouchard, most people call me Becky or The Crazy Dog Lady. I am founder and owner of Bouchard's Best Shepherds. Breeding quality AKC Mini American Shepherds and AKC Olde World Long Coat German Shepherds for 30 years now. Bouchard's Best Shepherds has maintained an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau since 2008. Our kennel was first started in a small town in rural Massachusetts called Petersham. After a lifetime of living in Ma. we moved to SC. To be close to our children and, winters were just too long for us as we got older. We truly enjoyed living on the water in Charleston SC with 13 acres. We enjoyed the people, our community, the ocean and the great restaurants for 14 years. We were always out and about socializing our dogs and meeting new people in Charleston from all over. South Carolina was wonderful and our daughters moved there as well. After graduating from MUSC Dental School my daughter and my granbabies moved to TN. My other daughter after graduating From Hopkins In Baltimore moved to TX to work at Cooks Children's Hospital. in Texas she met the man she would marry from Tennessee. So, She moved to Knoxville, got married and now we have another grand baby in the family. So both daughters, at different times, settled in North Eastern TN. Our home became just a house without our family nearby. A home is where we ALL gather. So, what is a mother to do? You guessed it, we too, moved to Tennessee. Bouchard's Best Shepherds once again moved and settled in North Eastern TN. where we continue to breed and train our Long Coat German Shepherds and our Mini American Shepherds. In Tennessee we CONTINUE to carry an A+ rating with the BBB since 2008. We have 10+ acres for our dogs to run and play, building strong muscles and sound minds. we settled in the oldest town in Tennessee called Jonesborough, TN. The town is warm and welcoming and THE STORY TELLING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. Festivals seem to happen almost every month. We are very close to Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Dollywood. We live in the foothills of The Appalachian Mountains. It is beautiful here and our dogs are thriving. Here we have seasons again which our dogs and our family truly enjoy. We have 10+ acres completely fenced in with plenty of room for our dogs, big and small. This contributes to building muscle, solid minds. They get t play and romp all day. We raise both breeds for sound minds, health, beautiful coats, and solid bone structure. The ten plus fenced acres contribute to that greatly. A lot of the mini's you may see for adoption, have delicate bone structure, NOT OURS! That is NOT what they should be. They should be just like the German Shepherds we raise with solid bone and big paws in proportion to their bodies. With our Mini's as, with our Germans, we strive for good temperaments and health, quality and sound minds. Our dogs are all happy and live good lives. Our goal is to raise confident, outgoing, gentle, Shepherds. We strive to raise laid back, intelligent, healthy, happy puppies. We raise in our home with love. All our puppies and adult dogs are a huge part of our life, and we are continuously out and about with our adults and puppies. You may find us out socializing at the beach on the lakes in TN, or hiking and sight seeing, we even enjoy bringing them to dog friendly restaurants, or out and about shopping. One thing we Loved about SC. and TN. Versus Ma. is that like Charleston and this area, it is dog friendly, and we can take our pups, and dogs virtually anywhere. We have tons of videos on youtube.com under Becky Bouchard with us out socializing. We believe the first few months are what shapes our dogs. We love what we do, and it shows! The AKC proudly supports dedicated and responsible breeders. We encourage all prospective puppy owners to do their research and be prepared with questions to ask the breeder. Make sure you are not only choosing the right breed for you, but also that you’re getting it from the right breeder. Know your grower!