Facebook page.Hi all
New member, DS owner for about a year. Never had dogs before, but now I have Dex and I am so thankful for him. He is an absoultely fantastic animal. It was a long research deciding in what I wanted. Never owned dogs before, just cats and fish. I knew I wanted a shepherd breed and slowly but surely I homed in onto the DS. My colleague's wife runs a small rescue and she knew what I wanted. I had been looking around without much success from other rescues and breeders I called didn't have any, but she came through and now I have Dex. He's an awesome beyond words animal. Calm, relaxed, never a bore, never a chore except for the hair. But that's a small problem. Always willing to play, as he is to just lay there with me or on his own. Never overbearing, extremely self sufficient. At the dog parks few can keep up with him. He will go on and won't stop, the amount of abuse from the other dogs he can tolerate is astounding. Always the instigator, pawing other dogs, big or small, young or old, getting them moving and active and quite mad at him. Yet he escapes without a scratch. There isn't a situation he cannot get out of literally with flying colors, his agility is beyond compare. I've seen other shepherds tire easily, not my Dex. He will go at high intensity for about an hour, getting other dogs to chase him without a care in the world. He is by far the most confident dog I have ever seen. Granted I haven't seen a whole lot, but the dog park experience is quite an eye opener and I am joyful beyond words for the dog I have.
I dont have a picture yet but I'll put up one soon.
Hi from SF Bay
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devis
- Just Whelped
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- Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:37 am
- Tell us about yourself: I'm a IT Specialist for a law firm in downtown San Francisco. I got Dex about a year ago. It was a long research deciding in what I wanted. Never owned dogs before. I knew I wanted a shepherd breed and slowly but surely I homed in onto the DS. My colleague's wife runs a small rescue and she came through and now I have Dex. He's an awesome beyond words animal. Calm, relaxed, never a bore, never a chore. Always willing to play, or just lay there with me or on his own. Never overbearing, extremely self sufficient. Always the instigator at the dog park, pawing other dogs, big or small, young or old, getting them moving and active and quite mad at him.There isn't a situation he cannot get out of literally with flying colors, his agility is beyond compare.He will go at high intensity for about an hour, getting other dogs to chase him without a care in the world until they just give up. He is by far the most confident dog I have ever seen.
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CaroleBoaz
- Training Dog
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- Tell us about yourself: I am currently the Secretary and Treasurer of the Dutch Shepherd Club of North America. We are the national breed club for Dutch Shepherds, and have the support of the Nederlandse Herdershonden Club in our endeavours to record the Dutch Shepherd breed in the United States and Canada through the American Kennel Club. dscna.com Join us on Facebook.
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Re: Hi from SF Bay
Welcome!
I love how athletic they are, too.
I love how athletic they are, too.
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Sugars Mom
- Working Dog
- Posts: 1734
- Joined: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:16 am
- Tell us about yourself: I adopted a Dutch Shepherd mix (without knowing what she was) from the SPCA here in Victoria BC and am now trying to learn everything I can about this breed. My husband and I work from home most of the time so I thought it was time to get a puppy! We have his 2 boys here half the time and we wanted a nice family dog.
Sugar looks like a miniature Dutch Shepherd with floppy ears, and has every ounce of DS traits in her little body!
I hope to learn from other DS owners and share doggy experiences. - Location: Victoria BC
Re: Hi from SF Bay
So this is a DS trait! My DS mix does the same thing.devis wrote:Hi all
Always the instigator, pawing other dogs, big or small, young or old, getting them moving and active and quite mad at him. Yet he escapes without a scratch. There isn't a situation he cannot get out of literally with flying colors, his agility is beyond compare. I've seen other shepherds tire easily, not my Dex. He will go at high intensity for about an hour, getting other dogs to chase him without a care in the world.
Welcome to the forum!
Sue (and Sugar)
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Schlussdibusti
- Working Dog
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- Tell us about yourself: I adopted a DS
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Dutchringgirl
- Global Moderator
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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
- Location: Ct, USA
Re: Hi from SF Bay
Welcome !!! Cant wait to see pics of Dex
Lisa, Thalie CGC & Sadie, Cookie the Basset, CT
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Jan
- Training Dog
- Posts: 405
- Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:58 pm
- Tell us about yourself: I like Dutch Shepherddogs, especially the roughcoat. At the moment we have three dogs, two DS (one female who is 10 years and one male who is six months) and one male Laekenois at the age of three. We live in the north of The Netherlands.
- Location: Zoutkamp, NL
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GSDNanny
- Training Dog
- Posts: 615
- Joined: Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:13 pm
- Tell us about yourself: Dogs are my life, what can I say. GSDs primarily for nearly 50 years til bringing in my first DutchShep about 4 years ago. GSD rescue for 9 yrs, nearly 200 thru my home, rehabbed, adopted out. Been involved in AKC ob, herding, tracking, agility; Schutzhund-DVG; scent detection (HR-water)&narcotics, some patrol work. Mostly herding training at present on my little farm.
Re: Hi from SF Bay
Welcome!!!
Denise Gatlin & Zip, Shooter & the K9 crew
Livin' in the deep south - Louisiana
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leih merigian
- Working Dog
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- Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:20 pm
- Tell us about yourself: Had a GSD, am getting a DS puppy in a few weeks. Compete in agility, obedience, and cross train in tons of stuff. Found out about this site from the DS Rescue yahoo list.
Re: Hi from SF Bay
Glad you found us! Sounds like your Dex is a real winner.
So, is your name Devis?
So, is your name Devis?
leih merigian
Vrijheid's H'Geyser
Zodiac vom Younghaus (over the bridge)
Central VA (near Charlottesville)
It's never too late to have a happy childhood...
Vrijheid's H'Geyser
Zodiac vom Younghaus (over the bridge)
Central VA (near Charlottesville)
It's never too late to have a happy childhood...
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Marjolein
- Working Dog
- Posts: 2078
- Joined: Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:17 pm
- Tell us about yourself: I'm a Dutchie myself ;-) but live in Germany with Johan and my two DS's Cobber-Dingo and Knivil (Dingo and Ivil to friends...)
- Location: Warbeyen, Germany
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kchristy
- Training Dog
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- Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:07 pm
- Tell us about yourself: My name is Katrina, I have 1 dutch shepherd name Merlin. He is a handful and keeps things in our house very interesting and fun :)
- Location: McCurtain, Ok