Producing & molding personal protection dogs.
Breeding & training for a purpose — top working dogs for your family’s protection & companionship.
We breed and raise top European working-line German Shepherds — offering puppies, young adults, and fully trained personal protection dogs.
Bred for purpose.
Raised with intention.
Our breeding program focuses on breeding, importing, and raising top-quality dogs that fit into your active family and this busy world today. Our dogs aren’t for everyone — they require committed, non-couch-potato owners.
Our program provides everything a puppy or dog buyer needs. We provide the perfect dog or puppy and the training necessary for both human and dog to live a no-boundaries life.
“What a German Shepherd should be.”
Two paths. One standard.
Whether you’re bringing home a foundation puppy or a fully trained personal guardian, every dog that leaves My K9 Guardian meets the same bar for structure, temperament, and work ethic.
The Puppy Program
Breeding for top Temperaments, Health, Working Abilities, & Beauty! Breeding to produce The Everything Dog!
Purchase a top-quality puppy from us and train and raise it yourself, OR sign the puppy up to be in our training program. We have the right option for your family.
- Health-tested, European-bloodline German Shepherd parents
- Early temperament evaluation and foundation obedience
- Ongoing training support after placement
Personal & Family Protection Dogs
Fully trained dogs built for families, executives, and security-minded owners who need genuine protection at home — and a dog that is just as stable around the people they love.
- Bred in-house or personally imported — every dog trained here before placement
- Complete obedience on and off leash, in real environments
- Controlled protection and bite work under pressure
- Proofed around vehicles, crowds, and distraction
- Temperament suited to family life, not just the field
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German Shepherd History
The breed was founded in 1899 by Max von Stephanitz, who set out to build not a look but a working animal — a dog capable of real, demanding labor, judged on structure, nerve, and drive above all else.
Over the last century, the breed split in two. Most German Shepherds today, especially American show lines, have been bred toward a certain gait and silhouette, softening the very drive and nerve von Stephanitz prized. The European working lines we breed and import trace instead to dogs proven on the East German and Czech borders during the Cold War — selected under real pressure, for real capability. That is the lineage behind every dog that carries our name.
Meet The Breeder/Trainer & Family
Dean & Dusty Norbeck run & own My K9 Guardian. They are the head of the program. Raising & training working dogs for over 10 years now. Both Dean & Dusty served in the military in their younger days. They now raise their family with the working dogs. This gives the dogs & puppies great exposure to family life.
Dusty and Dean have worked together since the beginning of their marriage and hold incredibly high standards for everything they do. When purchasing a dog from My K9 Guardian you are to be sure to get the BEST service.
The application process.
My K9 Guardian is application-based. We work with a limited number of households and professionals each year to make sure every dog is placed correctly — not just sold.
Start the conversation.
We take on a limited number of placements each year. Tell us about your household and what you’re looking for, and we’ll follow up personally.