And different kind of guns...

I posted this yesterday in another forum, but the new dog is in the house!

'Rommel'

Beautiful dog. Already looks like he knows what to do. Is he going to be biting bad guys or guiding good guys?

GREAT set of ears!

1+ And I imagine he'll grow into those ears!

NB

Both...


And like others have said, he will grow into his ears...and feet...

Top shelf right there.

I like him! Love the name!

Nice looking dog there.

great looking pup with a cool name.

Name is perfect, great looking pup.

Great looking pup! At least his ears are not as big as the Poobahs, so he doesn't have to carry that stigma around with him!

Very nice Tom!

Deb said she met Rommel yesterday and that he was fine looking.

Very nice INGWE.

He can also be taught as an assist/seeing eye dog now that you are retarded....
oops I mean retired

Not retired...late life career change! ( though my sister calls it the perfect retirement job... )

That dog is one cute little bastid! I would LOVE to have a service k9 that handsome (hell, I'd take any k9!)

Thanks! hes gonna be a looker!

Latest pic of him with his first dumbell...after me....

IS he to be a police k9 biting like a mofo's like a mofo?

He will be taught some "Protection Work"......

Thats what I'm talkin bout!

Is that YOUR new dog, or new project?

Both....

He is my new 'demo' dog and will have to learn basically everything I can teach a dog, so he will be doing Service Dog stuff ( Mobility Assistance) and Police K9 stuff- Narcotics, tracking, and Apprehension.

My current demo dog is ten years old, by the time this guy is trained, she will be ready to retire...

Sounds like a dog I need!

Is he a crossbreed or purebred?

What is the "perfect" retirement job now?

He is pure. Working stock from breeder carrying on old country tradition( only Schutzhund titled dogs are allowed to breed) His father was from the Czech Republic. He has a whole lot better pedigree than I do!

Perfect retirement job is teaching college- in my case Canine Stuff for the first ever Anthrozoology Program.

Little feller looks sharp. Ill come up and assist with the 'fetch beer' training...

We will also need a young, agile bite decoy....

Im not skeered... only so long before I have a run in with a police dog...

Running will only make you tired....

George

No worries ,dogs love me.

George: question...Ive never raised one of these from a baby but when this little dude gets what I consider a harsh correction from either me or one of the older dogs, he lights up like a Xmas tree with that " Oh, boy we get to play rough now!" expression Is that normal? as I said, he's not a hard dog...

Should come in handy later though....

TANNER? OH Tanner..., job for you.

Hehe

I definitely like to see tgat trait in a hog dog. Catching scumbags and catching hogs cant be too far apart....

Its not, but I never heard of a bad guy catching on fire when you shot him!

Guarantee you if he rubs on a lighter post beforehand he will.

We should install a few in the 'inner city'.....

Ive had a few bulldogs that wouldve been fun to try out on inner city scumbags...

"Normal" for a GSD in general, or "normal" for the GSD that we're looking for?

I don't know about normal, but it sure would please me if it were my pup!

George

Thanks George, I figured its just part of the "on/off" switch...I'm all about the positive reinforcement angle but the little dude totaled out my computer wiring 4 times in a row, so he got about a six foot toss across the floor...something that would have shut my other dogs down...he thought it was fuggin' GREAT!

Same deal last night when tried stealing an ice cube from my older dog, she hammered him and he got ten minutes worth of the waggin' tail zoomies!

Its odd to see the personality surface, he has no use for a ball, but likes the Kong ( +1 ) and he is REALLY liking the puppy tug made out of french linen bite suit material ( +2 )

Ingwe:
Looks like you got a good one. A little hard headed is not so bad as long as he gets the "Pack Master" strait. I had a h*ll of a time getting that one through to my GSP. Best bird dog I have ever had though!

Our Sherrifs dept would probably volunteer to work on your test subjects. Their Malinois are VERY effective. We got to see a demonstation last year on live targets. The bicycle take down was eye opening!!

FWIW, I never introduced Gipsy to a tennis ball. It's a Kong or nothing where that is concerned (I haven't seen a school yet that puts half-Kongs on the bottom of their chairs!). In fact, one of the guys dropped a tennis ball at the "end" of a track and she walked right over it and continued tracking past. I keep a minimum of two "suit tugs" on hand at all times as well. That's my "secret weapon" for polishing obedience.

George

Something like this, maybe......

Guess I got lucky...toss a ball for this dude and he looks at you like " Ya got anything better...?"

And suit tugs...yeah, I buy them two at a time...always

Latest pic...

They always want more/better!

One Kong isn't enough, you damn sure better have the second in the air as soon as they obey the "out" or it's pissyville!

I love the coloration, though basic black is where it's at....

George

Basic black goes with everything... his mother was black...

Got lots of kongs around and I ordinarily only use one..Training from a baby allows you to develop a good 'out' and so far, this guy is good on the 'out' ...puberty may change that, and I know how to run the Two Squeakies...if need be...

NH K9,

Yep, that looks familiar. It was very cool to see them work. The overall speed to overtake and then launch to pull down the rider was awesome to see. Thanks for the pics.

FB

AAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW......

What a great pup. He sure looks like a winner.

Latest update...the new pup was digging around in the closet without permission and found a puppy bite sleeve, brought it to me as if he knew what it was for....

Turns out...he did!

Ahhh! I've been waiting to see some pics of him. Beautiful coloring, an awesome looking pup. Well worth the trip to Michigan I bet.

YEP!

Except for those days when he acts like a little baby boy...

Or acts like a puppy....

Or acts like a GSD.....


He has almost been re-named " Satan" a couple times....


But I expected that

Brinky: here's one for you: Baby's first exposure to Dope
This was a week ago and he has already progressed past line searches...I swear he read the manual....

Gotta love the intense look. Just waiting for more. I love pups at that age, they're all ears. He sure is a handsome devil. Enjoy.

inger
My Red Doberman bitch was like that all her life you swatted or thumped her firmly and she thought you were playing, scold her
and she just welted and spent all day if necessary to get back in your good graces. Best dog I ever had much smarter that I.
Still miss her. Cheers NC