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Exupdog
13-01-09, 03:11 PM
I've been to visit my new pup. He's not due to come to us until the weekend after next but we had to see how he's coming on. We've already got one GSD, she's nearly seven now. The one on my avatar passed away a year and a half ago and it's taken until now for me to consider another. He was the only other male in my house and he would at least pretend that he was listening to me, unlike the female majority here, and it ruined me for quite a while when I lost him. I don't know if any of you are dog keepers but I just wanted to show my new boy off a little.
Dappa D
13-01-09, 03:14 PM
mate he is soooooooo adorable!! bet you cant wait to bring him home, do you have a name for him?
Exupdog
13-01-09, 03:19 PM
mate he is soooooooo adorable!! bet you cant wait to bring him home, do you have a name for him?
We're calling him Buck, we like short sharp names it makes it easier to get their attention when they're training you. Yes I did mean that. I've had Shepherds for 33yrs now and I know who trains who. They just humour us.
Dappa D
13-01-09, 03:23 PM
lol quality, well as i said he is adorable, when i was younger my uncle was in the Military Police, bought his home one week and I could not believe a dog could be so well trained, they are great dogs, never had one myself....yet.....
keep us posted on buck when he gets home see how he settle in!
Kate Moss
13-01-09, 03:45 PM
aaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww he is soooooooo cute!
"Here buck, come to kate!!!"
Speedy Claire
13-01-09, 05:24 PM
Wow he`s georgous.... have a look at the Dog Whisperer on Sky 3 for tips on dog training, it`s brilliant!
yorkie_chris
13-01-09, 05:24 PM
Hehe I want one!
dizzyblonde
13-01-09, 05:26 PM
awwwww come and let him play with Mister Tibbs, maybe they'll teach each other how not to be mischief.....not!
one adorable bundle of fluff and energy there :)
when can we come and play?
Exupdog
13-01-09, 05:47 PM
one adorable bundle of fluff and energy there :)
when can we come and play?
Well he's not due to join us for another ten days but after that get on your SV and come visit. Don't be fooled by the fluffy good looks, I've had dealings with this breed for a lot of years, they're fur covered demons. They know just how to get their own way when they're small. The big eyes and winning smile doesn't cut it with me any more. Terrorise the little devil from day one I say. I wish I believed any of that, he'll wrap us all around his big hairy paw, just like the one I have now does and like her sadly deceased brother did....
jimmy-james
13-01-09, 05:50 PM
http://forums.sv650.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=3001&d=1231858797
Me and the mrs sooooooo want dogs but the landlord wont let us keep them on a game estate...... Sadly it looks like we will have to move from our lovely house to be able to have them. Pup looks beautiful!
Exupdog
13-01-09, 06:00 PM
Me and the mrs sooooooo want dogs but the landlord wont let us keep them on a game estate...... Sadly it looks like we will have to move from our lovely house to be able to have them. Pup looks beautiful!
That's a real dilemma, I know that I can't imagine life without a dog but whether I could give up my house to have them, I couldn't say. Fortunately I live in the type of house that is so scruffy I get complaints from passing tramps, so my dogs can't make it any worse.
Note to self: Don't let wife read this.....
Just a thought, could you not get a working dog and use him on the estate?
This was our boy. Also now sadly departed. So we know all their tricks :D
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/247861191_cd34bd3036_m.jpg
Exupdog
13-01-09, 06:04 PM
This was our boy. Also now sadly departed. So we know all their tricks :D
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/247861191_cd34bd3036_m.jpg
He's a beauty. I admit to massive bias, but there's no breed like them. Have you got one now?
missyburd
13-01-09, 06:05 PM
I've had Shepherds for 33yrs now
That's handy to know :D
Wow he`s georgous.... have a look at the Dog Whisperer on Sky 3 for tips on dog training, it`s brilliant!
Watched one of his shows at YC's the other week, really enjoyed it, he's great to watch!
Hehe I want one!
:smt008
They know just how to get their own way when they're small. The big eyes and winning smile doesn't cut it with me any more.
I wish we'd had ours from a pup. I'd put up with the big eyes and winning smile :-D Not that they lose it!
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5396/p8245934px4.jpg
(sorry to hijack your thread with adult photos - no jokes please - i love an excuse to show off our hound :-D)
Exupdog
13-01-09, 06:11 PM
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5396/p8245934px4.jpg
(sorry to hijack your thread with adult photos - no jokes please - i love an excuse to show off our hound :-D)[/quote]
No need for sorries! I love to see the evidence of fellow Shepherd freaks. And a shepherd with it's own bed is possibly indulging it too much. :grin:
missyburd
13-01-09, 06:19 PM
No need for sorries! I love to see the evidence of fellow Shepherd freaks. And a shepherd with it's own bed is possibly indulging it too much. :grin:
Lol I'll just state now that he's rarely allowed up on the bed but I get a bit soft when I'm restricted to only seeing him in the holidays :oops: Dogs should never sleep on beds. He knows his place in the hall/conservatory :-D
Oh and less of the freak he's not that bad looking :-P
What hair length is your new pup?
Here's my uncles pup, it's about 3 months old.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Magnum0/IMG_5161.jpg
And our white GSD doing some jumping last year. She was about 1 and a half when this was taken.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Magnum0/IMG_3030a.jpg
missyburd
13-01-09, 06:42 PM
Magnum they're both beautiful :-D I flippin' love GSDs!!!
Dangerous Dave
13-01-09, 06:48 PM
Very cute....
shonadoll
13-01-09, 07:45 PM
Oh he's gorgeous! I work in a vets and we have the police dogs contract, so we see a lot of shepherds- they are SO clever! One of them is trained to move it's head with a camera attached, to make sure rooms are empty in places policemen can't go.
Gorgeous dogs,you are right about them training us though! Buck is very cute.
Exupdog
13-01-09, 07:49 PM
[quote=Magnum;1743930]What hair length is your new pup?
We're told that he's a semi-long coat. So, not the huge wooly type but probably longer coated than Reba my female gsd. The breeder tells us that he couldn't be a show dog with the longer coat, but that's not something we do anyway. We attend a local dog club where the dogs work through the kennel club " Good Citizens " awards. And then to advanced class where they do a little bit of agility and scenting work. But it's all for fun and just to keep the dogs mentally stimulated and socialised. We don't do the standard of work that your dog does, that's professional looking stuff. Ours is strictly amateur with some professional mockery of your fellow handlers thrown in to pass the time!
Alpinestarhero
13-01-09, 07:50 PM
argh! dogs!
keep it on a short leash until we establish a relationship where I don't run away from him if he promises not to eat me
Exupdog
13-01-09, 07:59 PM
Oh he's gorgeous! I work in a vets and we have the police dogs contract, so we see a lot of shepherds- they are SO clever! One of them is trained to move it's head with a camera attached, to make sure rooms are empty in places policemen can't go.
Gorgeous dogs,you are right about them training us though! Buck is very cute.
I do find myself wondering if they are too clever sometimes. It's quite daunting, the thought of starting with a brand new one again. You get used to them knowing what to do and how to do it. You're a braver soul than me if you can work at a vet's. When I've had to take one of my dogs in and not brought it back out I'm a basket case. When they're like young Buck it seems a million miles away, but we all know what lies ahead of us. The vets and their staff are always supportive but I don't know how you guys do what you do. Respect.
Bluepete
13-01-09, 08:09 PM
I really enjoy our Police dogs, I used to work with a lad in Beswick and we would go out training his dog on nights, tracking and so on. Then again, I have been bitten once or twice when they get too excited!
Some are great and know the difference between "Us" and "Them", some don't. Ho hum, pain is temporary.
Lovely pup by the way!
Thingus
13-01-09, 09:28 PM
'OH MY DOG'! Bloody sweeeeeeet, i want one!
He's a beauty. I admit to massive bias, but there's no breed like them. Have you got one now?
No he was so special we decided not to have another of the same breed.
We have got this big floppy lump of hound tho :D:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/3081863311_53c887d868.jpg?v=0
He wasn't always this big - only a few months ago:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3431/3195305666_38748d35ff_m.jpg
Thingus
13-01-09, 10:50 PM
Jeez they grow quick. First thing i noticed tho was the bike out in the cold without a cover on it :p
Jeez they grow quick. First thing i noticed tho was the bike out in the cold without a cover on it :p
ah don't you start as well.
Did you know, no-one bought me a cover for xmas? :(
Thingus
14-01-09, 12:03 AM
The cruelty of it all! :p
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