Uncas Durnitor

Uncas Durnitor is a bi-color Czech working-line German Shepherd trained as a family protection dog and private estate companion at Taylor Made Working Dogs in Southern California. He is trained directly by Kris Taylor, a Schutzhund world championship competitor with more than 50 IPO and IGP titles. Uncas is developed as a fully integrated protection dog trained for family environments, active households, travel, and estate security. Available for reservation. Projected placement: August 2026. Price: $57,000.

Uncas is best suited for families, estate owners, and executives who want a highly social, environmentally stable German Shepherd capable of integrating naturally into an active household. His open temperament makes him especially well suited for open-system households — homes with frequent guests, children, household staff, and high daily traffic. He is the right fit for buyers who want a protection dog that does not require active management around people.

Uncas’s distinguishing characteristic is his social confidence. Most working-line German Shepherds at the protection dog level present as aloof or neutral with strangers. Uncas is genuinely open — he engages with people, adapts quickly to new environments, and moves through the world without suspicion or unnecessary reactivity. That quality, combined with his European working bloodlines and training under Kris Taylor, makes him one of the more family-integrated dogs in development at Taylor Made Working Dogs.

A personal protection dog from Taylor Made Working Dogs is a fully trained German Shepherd developed to function across every aspect of the owner’s life — inside the home, in public, during travel, and on private estates. Every dog is trained directly by Kris Taylor using a program that combines advanced off-leash obedience, environmental stability, and controlled protection work. Dogs are not placed until they meet the program’s defined completion standard. Placement includes handler orientation so the new owner can confidently manage commands and daily handling.

An open-system household operates with frequent visitors, regular social activity, and high daily traffic — guests, service providers, children’s friends, household staff. In these environments, a protection dog should remain socially neutral and easy to manage around routine movement. A close-system household has limited visitor traffic, a smaller trusted circle, and more controlled routines. Uncas’s temperament — exceptionally open with people, confident in new environments — makes him a natural fit for open-system households where social integration is a priority.

Yes. Uncas is one of the more family-integrated dogs in development at Taylor Made Working Dogs. His open social temperament and environmental stability make him an excellent fit for active households with children, frequent visitors, and busy home environments. Kris Taylor evaluates every buyer’s family structure before placement to confirm the dog and household are the right match.

Uncas is developed for family protection, personal protection, private estate security, and executive protection. His training emphasizes real-world scenarios over sport competition performance — producing a trained German Shepherd prepared for the actual environments a private client encounters.

Uncas Durnitor is priced at $57,000. Personal protection dogs at Taylor Made Working Dogs are priced based on training depth, bloodline quality, and placement timeline. Every dog is trained personally by Kris Taylor. Placement includes handler orientation. Contact Taylor Made Working Dogs directly to discuss reservation.

His pedigree includes Azrael Golperand, Dronko vom Alten Försterhaus, Kato Aritar Bastet, Ace von der schwarzen Irma, and Javir vom Talka Marda — German, Czech, and Slovak working-line bloodlines selected for working ability, structural integrity, and long-term temperament stability.

Taylor Made Working Dogs is located in Ramona, California, in San Diego County — Southern California. Kris Taylor trains personal protection dogs and working German Shepherds from this location and places dogs with private clients throughout the United States. Protection dog placement consultations are handled personally by Kris Taylor. Clients are welcome to visit the facility during the placement process.