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Manstrom
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Tell us about yourself: I'm a 23 year old military member who just got my first Dutch shepherd. I've grown up my whole life with various breeds and trained Rhodesian ridgebacks for several years prior to joining the service.
Location: Valdosta Georgia

New set of Harvey pics

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It's been quite a while since I've posted but I've been pretty busy. I got married back in June to the love of my life and moved out of my sketchy little apartment. My step-son is in heaven because he went from no pets and wanting a dog to having Harvey, our DS, Vlad, our GSD, and Paul, our GSD/lab mix.

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The full herd.

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Harvey being non-destructive for once.

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The herd after a long day of destroying our yard.

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What I come home to after work.

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Harvey and I watching TV.

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Harvey's first time sticking his head out of the window... 75MPH...

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Harvey being a pretty boy.

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Harvey with his chalk portrait at my inlaws in upstate new york.

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Harvey's "girlfriend" Jazmin... My mother inlaw's bulldog. She usually hates other dogs but they were inseparable the whole visit.

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super excited about his "stick".

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Julian, my step son, and I gave Harvey a Punk rock makeover via nerf darts.
"A German Shepherd does what you tell it to, a Malinois does it before you tell it, a Dutch Shepherd does it before you think it"
-Harvey, DS puppy
-Paul, gsd/lab/? Mix
-RIP Chance, 12 year old rhodesian ridgeback
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Congrats. Sounds/looks like a nice family. You're a lucky guy!!
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Manstrom
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Tell us about yourself: I'm a 23 year old military member who just got my first Dutch shepherd. I've grown up my whole life with various breeds and trained Rhodesian ridgebacks for several years prior to joining the service.
Location: Valdosta Georgia

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Thanks, I'm truely blessed. If you asked me a couple years ago if I was going to be a family man I'd laugh at you. Harvey actually helped me down that path by teaching me patience and showing me there's more to life than just partying and living the typical bachelor life... but I digress haha

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I was looking at this picture and noticed the resemblance. Mind you when he was younger I thought he looked more like the flying nun. This was when he was "guarding" my step son Julian during our visit to New York. He's quickly taken to being protective of his "Extended pack" and that even includes our friends that come over.

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Harvey and Julian, they are inseparable... play together, sleep together...etc At 5 years old Julian has completely taken over feeding, watering and letting Harvey out... all without being told to at all, he just starting doing it all one day out of the blue.

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And I can't find the picture of us with Harvey but this is my gorgeous wife, Melissa, and I together... I'm a damn lucky man :DSlove:
"A German Shepherd does what you tell it to, a Malinois does it before you tell it, a Dutch Shepherd does it before you think it"
-Harvey, DS puppy
-Paul, gsd/lab/? Mix
-RIP Chance, 12 year old rhodesian ridgeback
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Tell us about yourself: Artist, Mother, Equestrienne, Educator, Homesteader wannabe, dog-lover. Not counting my current DS, I have had 2 GSDs and 3 rescued mixed-breeds. All of these dogs were rescues, except for my childhood GSD, who was a gift from my parents when I was 7, and my current DS who I bartered artwork for from the breeder. Maiyou, one of my current dogs, is a Pitbull/New Guinea Singing Dog of 13 years old. Still very active and "Young" in nature. I now also have a DS named Mokume, (pronounced "Moh-koo-meh") or "Moko" for short. Newest member of our pack is Freyja, a random mixed hound I rescued during a horseback trip in the middle of a state forest.
Location: VT

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Awesome update! Sorry I didn't see this before, still trying to catch up on old posts and get current after my hiatus. Huge congrats on all counts! *big grin*
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Congrats to your lovely wife and family! And thanks for sharing the nice pics.

Is the Clint pic from the movie "Two Mules for Sister Sarah"?
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Manstrom
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Tell us about yourself: I'm a 23 year old military member who just got my first Dutch shepherd. I've grown up my whole life with various breeds and trained Rhodesian ridgebacks for several years prior to joining the service.
Location: Valdosta Georgia

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I'm not sure which movie it's from but I think it is from "two mules"...

I was going through some pics and realized just how much Harvey has grown since I got him last year...
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Also as Vlad (the GSD our roommate owns) has hit that 9-10month range he tried challenging Harvey for Alpha position. I've been letting them work it out as dogs will but I'm watching them like a hawk because Vlad sometimes pushes Harvey too far and the last result was a 2 inch scar on Vlads head plus he upgraded from Radar to Dish Tv for a couple weeks. After that Vlad has gone back to submissive but I don't think he understands the body language he throws out towards Harvey as being a challenge.

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Poor Vlad...
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But the cone didn't have to stay too long... didn't help harvey chewed it off of him... just like Vlad chewed Harvey's harness off of him.

As for Harvey and Paul (the roommate's GSD/Lab mix) it's situation normal, they've been best friends since pups...
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"A German Shepherd does what you tell it to, a Malinois does it before you tell it, a Dutch Shepherd does it before you think it"
-Harvey, DS puppy
-Paul, gsd/lab/? Mix
-RIP Chance, 12 year old rhodesian ridgeback
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