I cannot say enough good things about this kennel. If you want a quality dog with quality bloodlines this is the place. You are buying from a family that loves every dog as their own. It is a kennel, not a two dog family, but ran with the dogs health always top priority. You will get 100% honesty from Joe from day one- the good, the bad and the ugly. It is refreshing to be able to trust what you are getting. You can't go wrong getting one of these dogs! read more

If you're looking for a beautiful, well bred, intelligent and loyal German Shepherd Dog, you've found the right place! Joe Garcia carefully breeds and raises fantastic dogs. He has always quickly responded to every question I've ever had about my pup, her care and training. I've owned GSDs for over 40 years and am thrilled with my pup. I highly recommend Guardian Kennel German Shepherds! read more

The Guardian Kennel - Pet Services Near Me - Waco, Texas

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I'm one of those people that plans everything down to the very smallest detail. When I decided to get a puppy I did several months of research finding the right breed for me. When I decided on a German Shepherd I was so excited. I specifically wanted a male long coated red and black GSD. That was my plan. I found Joe and the Guardian Kennel soon after that. I quickly put a deposit down for the first pick on the litter of my dreams that was highly likely to produce the long coated male I wanted. Unfortunately, disaster struck and the mother of my pup passed away along with her babies while pregnant. Of course I was devastated. Joe let me know right away about what happened and was honest from the start. We talked through some other options and he helped me choose another litter that he thought I may like. I ended up with a Blue and Tan short haired male that I named Oskee. He is the most wonderful, and beautiful dog I've ever had and I could not be more thankful for Joe and his kennel for showing me that everything happens for a reason. Oskee is my puppy soulmate and I could not be happier. read more

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I don't really know where to start. Our experience with the Guardian Kennel has been amazing. Joseph exceeded every expectation I had from a breeder. I first called Joseph a few months ago when my husband and I started looking around at breeders for a new GS puppy. Everyone I called would tell me their price and availability and not much more. It was strictly business, kind of like if you want a puppy and are willing to pay $xx come and get it. Then I called Joseph and he actually took the time to speak to me and learn a little bit more about what I am looking for, what kind of a home a puppy would be going to and to tell me about his dogs and how they are raised/where they came from. I was so impressed and decided after that first phone call that we would be getting our baby from him. At the time the P litter had just arrived but the Q litter (Sugar and Laso) was to be born in a month or so. I decided to wait on the Q litter as I fell in love with the photos I have seen of Laso. The puppies arrived and we went to visit them at 4 weeks old. Joseph and his wife welcomed us into his home to visit the puppies. Again, I was more than impressed with everything I saw. First of all, Joseph kept the puppies with their mom Sugar in his bedroom along with a couple of other adult dogs living inside the house. I couldn't believe how good his home smelled with all those dogs inside. Everything was extremely clean. We played with the puppies and I fell in love with Quantam. We had a second pick and weren't guaranteed we would get him but I had a feeling he'd be ours. We also got to play with Laso outside and meet some of the other dogs. Joseph answered the million questions we had and I knew right away we'd become good friends. Two weeks later we couldn't wait to see the puppies so we drove down from Fort Worth once again. The puppies were outside this time and we had a great time playing with everyone. Finally the day came to pick up our little boy. On our way down Joseph texted me to let me know the 1st pick was chosen by the other family and it wasn't Quantam. I was super excited!!! I knew we'd have that little monster. When we arrived, several other families were there to pick up their babies as well. Joseph planned a get together with food and drinks for everyone's big day. Again, it was fun times and we finally got our baby. We've had our Guardian baby for 2 weeks now and couldn't be happier with him. He is now known as Bruno and we love him oh so much!! Joseph has been very helpful with yet another million questions I've had since we got Bruno. He's always quick to respond and truly cares what happens to these babies once they leave. I could keep writing but really there is no words that could describe how happy with are with our decision to get Bruno from the Guardian Kennel. I'd do it all over again and I will recommend them to everyone I know that may be looking for a GSD. We look forward to many happy years with Bruno! Thank you thank you thank you!! ........ UPDATE: Five years later we are still very happy that we got our puppy from Joe! We still keep in touch and he's always interested in hearing about how Bruno is doing. Joe even has a private Facebook page for all his dog owners to come together and chat about anything and everything, share advice and photos of our beautiful babies. We now have a 15 month old daughter and Bruno is nothing short of amazing with her. He's the most beautiful dog and we always get compliments on his looks and demeanor. We always recommend Joe to anyone that's looking for a German Shepherd puppy. read more

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I got my best friend 2 years ago from Joe! I couldn't imagine life without him! He really cares about his dogs and his business.

You can not go wrong with a GSD from the Guardian Kennel. Papa Joe is the best at what he does. He produces unbelievably beautiful, well behaved GSD's. Those of us that have one of Joe's babies have all become family with one thing in common, the love of the best dog you will ever have. I can't express enough how he has changed our lives. He will forever be forever family to us because of our sweet boy. read more

Fantastic dogs! Owner is great with follow up questions and help. Very knowledgeable and helpful. My dog is beautiful, just perfect. Very healthy read more

Our experience with the guardian kennel has not been a good one to say in the least. We have a contract for an AKC registered puppy and what we got was a $2000 non-registered puppy that we are still having to treat for hookworms, is very small for his age and neither ear has stood up. We've been patient for 9 months trying to get either the akc registration or our money back for breach of contract. So let me start from the beginning, after losing our male from dm about 6 months prior we had finally started researching and looking for a good breeder to add a new addition to our family. We had read good reviews on the kennel and even drove 3 hours to visit and inspect the business before making a decision. We originally put our $2000 down on a different puppy but after the breeding male had been changed a couple times we decided to pass and move our money over to a different dog. I saw he had a male available that looked great in the pictures online so we (my husband and I) decided I would drive back out that week look him over and decided. That was our first mistake, I take full responsibility in my lack of knowledge in sizing a puppy, but I took Joe's word that the puppy was in great condition. Lutz (our dog) was 2 months old at the time I bought him and thanks to my lack of knowledge on how big he should have been I didn't realize how undersized and per the vet malnourished he was. The day I took him home I took him to our vet and we discovered he was severely infected with hookworms and he was labeled malnourished by the vet. Long story short I've been getting the run around from the owner Joe about not only the akc registration but also getting a refund, or what will be a partial refund since I'm not returning my puppy who I've had for 9 months and have gotten very attached to despite the constant frustrating issues we keep having, and I don't want to see anyone else go through this. Although we are going to continue to fight for our money I don't think we will ever see a dime. read more