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900HP
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Tell us about yourself: I own Throttle's Automotive and Throttle's Performance in West Fargo, North Dakota. I do everything from general automotive repair to full race engine builds and more.

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Post by 900HP »

Hello all, my name is Mark and my wife and I are proud new Dutch Shepherd owners. I joined the forum so I could learn more about our new love, Lindsey :) She is 13 months old and is from Germany. She came over here for Police training but flunked out of police school because she is "too kind hearted and gentle". Her trainer also referred to her as a "dud" but she is such a sweetheart I'll just have to agree with the first quote.
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Some more pics..........
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karenz
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Tell us about yourself: My name is Karen and I have a dutch shepherd, Xander, born 6/14/13. He is my second dutch shepherd. My first was Rawly. Even though Xander is my second I still have a lot to learn. That is why I'm here, to learn, get advice, and meet people who love these guys as much as I do.
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Welcome. She is beautiful. I would take kind hearted and gentle any day. You lucked out. I love my kind hearted gentle boy.
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And my favorite
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Tell us about yourself: I'm in Washington state and have an almost 2 year dutchie, Enzo.

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Congrats. How long have you had her? We are new owners as well.

And is it 900 hp or 900 whp? :)
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NWDS wrote:Congrats. How long have you had her? We are new owners as well.

And is it 900 hp or 900 whp? :)
We just got her on Saturday afternoon (2/7/15) so she's experiencing a lot of new things and new people right now. She has spent most of her life either kenneled or training so freedom is a big new thing. The first thing we had to do was to teach her how to go up and down stairs :lol:

The 900HP comes from years and years ago when my friends and I would talk about a good sounding (really good sounding) street or race car and we'd say "thing sounds like it's got 900 horse". 900HP became the benchmark for me and even though I've built engines with a LOT more power than that I use 900HP as my screen name on all of the forums I'm a member on (mostly racing sites). I own and operate "Throttle's Automotive" and "Throttle's Performance" (my nick-name is "Throttle") and Lindsey gets to come to work with me every day. The only kennel time she sees now is for night-night time and that's just to give the cats a rest. After they are used to her I'll only kennel her if I have to step out of the shop for a road test or errand and that would be for her safety.
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Tell us about yourself: DS and Mal foster newly approved aug'12 by NADSR and ABMCR. high-functioning Autistic in nyc/hamptons in my 60's. Rescued the smartest dog i had ever seen off nyc street in 2000. Tracedog's intelligence exceeded by multiples my judgement that day. My first [and only as of 10/2012] dog turned out to be a DS, perhaps with a touch of something else, but attention to detail, behavioral traits, and physical habits, movement, and skill identical to DS. But MUCH more intellectual ability. supremely confident in all settings, fearless, very outgoing and social with people and friendly with dogs. Seldom apart in over 12 years, Trace Dog was the most important relationship of my adult life; he was my partner. He died july17,2012. i am dying without him. www.youtube.com/tracesobaka www.dogster.com/dogs/637612
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a beautiful sweetheart!

you are both lucky.

do not under-estimate her protective instincts, though - particularly if there is some ''horsing'' around that she is not used to, so do not let her mistake fake danger for real danger. despite her good heart, she would probably not hesitate to rise to the occasion if she sensed a real threat.

good luck with her. she sounds wonderful.
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Tell us about yourself: I am a mom of 6 life forces - 2 kids and 3 dogs 1 hamster. I live in Ct. I have trained Ringsport and Agility and have 2 DS, one 15 and 7 and a Basset Hound Cookie who is 2
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congrats !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I agree with John, a "DUD" DS can still be a powerhouse LOL. Our Mal was a police drop out too but he was still a great dog for Ring Sport and protection.
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Post by Raven »

Same here. My current boy couldn't go into a work program, but anyone's biggest mistake would be to underestimate him b/c he couldn't be a cop dog.

Welcome! Glad she found someone who thinks she's great. No doubt, she is!
Though I can only hope to become the person who my animals believe I am, the things that they have taught me have made me a better human being. ~~~Sharon~~~
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We went to the vet yesterday and she behaved exceptionally well. Up to date now on everything and she had to make the rounds and let all of the nurses and doctors pet her tummy :D
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Post by LisaV »

Hi, she is absolutely gorgeous. We have a Dutch and a German. The GSD is also a police drop out and has lots of "issues" but I know he's going to turn out great in the long run. We've had him 6 months now. Our Dutch was an 8 week old pup when we got him and is 14 months now. My husband has just left the dog section after 14 years as he got promoted to a new position.
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