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Last week I happened upon the most chance encounter and added Cairo, an eight week Dutch Shepherd/Malinois mix to the house. He's the sweetest and most playful little guy. His first appointment with the vet was this week and short of X-rays which are yet to be done, he's as healthy as they come.
A little bit about me, I served in the Army for five years and my last deployment was as a TEDD (Tactical Explosive Detection Dog) handler, my partner was Amigo a DS with amazing drive who I owe my life to. Needless to say I have grown a profound respect and love for the breed. I have very little (none) experience with puppys, so I will certainly be scouring the forums for all information and picking the brains of you fine folks during this journey.
Cairo does not come from a professional breeder and the litter was not planned, so I do not expect sport or anything short of being a functioning member of the household. However I do desire him to have excellent obedience. So far the focus at home has been crate training, which he has taken a remarkable love to after two nights, bite inhibition (which is extremely important considering I have a toddler who loves to chase and run from the pup) and sit and down. I have relied on on food drive and praise as reward as his ball drive doesn't seem very high. I assume that is normal at his age, please correct me if I am wrong. I plan on being a long time member of the forum and look very forward in sending a gratuitous amount of pictures.
Feel free to send me a private message if you want to talk dogs, bourbon, or up coming events.
Greetings from South Jersey!
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Cairo_Dad
- Just Whelped
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- Tell us about yourself: Army Vet sharing a home with my pup, Cairo.
Greetings from South Jersey!
Cairo: 9 weeks
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MultiPurposeK9
- Green Dog
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- Tell us about yourself: Multipurpose trainer
Re: Greetings from South Jersey!
Did you go through the Advanced K9 Skills Course at YPG, with Gunny Knight?
Roger
Consistency + Repetition = Predictability
Consistency + Repetition = Predictability
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centrop67
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- Tell us about yourself: Owned by Hondo and Mustang - two MAD rescue dogs.
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Re: Greetings from South Jersey!
Welcome.
Michael
Location - Cutler Bay, FL USA
Location - Cutler Bay, FL USA
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Cairo_Dad
- Just Whelped
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- Joined: Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:44 pm
- Tell us about yourself: Army Vet sharing a home with my pup, Cairo.
Re: Greetings from South Jersey!
We did spend time at the Gunny's kennels, and followed his rules for upkeep and such but our training at YPG was primarily instructed and directed by Vohn Liche Kennel contractors and that time was focused on getting certified for ATF explosive imprint, and our Pentagon certifications. Our in country certification was the only time I remember dealing solely with military. Still it's crazy how small the military k9 community is, and several names are familiar to all!MultiPurposeK9 wrote:Did you go through the Advanced K9 Skills Course at YPG, with Gunny Knight?
Cairo: 9 weeks
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MultiPurposeK9
- Green Dog
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Re: Greetings from South Jersey!
Yeah, the Gunny knowns how to keep a K9. I don't believe VLK still has that contract. I was over in March for a weekend for some training with my Dutchie. The village still gets me geeked up working a dog through. Yuma same old thing sun and sand.
Roger
Consistency + Repetition = Predictability
Consistency + Repetition = Predictability
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TimL_168
- Working Dog
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- Tell us about yourself: I am: a father, a carpenter, hunter, runner. I have extensive experience with sled dogs, shepherd mixes, a wolf hybrid, a Shiloh Shepherd. I added Endeavor in April 2016. She was not working out in HRD. I train for game recovery and general utility.
- Location: central MD
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ICE
- Training Dog
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- Tell us about yourself: I have a 12 week old dutch shepherd that my trainer got for me to train in schutzhund. This is my 1st dutch shepherd, I have always had german shepherds. Currently, I have 4 dogs.