Dutch Shepherd Forum

I took Zevato classes this week. There is another Dutchie there which apparently is her arch enemy. Zeva is very submissive so it is kind of weird for me. Anyway, I asked her where she came from. She was not sure because her friend helped her get the dog. The friend said it was Judith in Colorado. So would that be Judith Van Neerland? I saw that Judith was a moderator on there.

Val Lussier

Judith is in Texas, but if your friend is anything like me, then anything west of the Mississippi river is just one big state

When Vada and Narc first met as puppies at a flyball tournament - they were under a year - they hated each other. Vada lunged and barked at Narc and then Narc barked back at her. Neither dog had ever had issues with any other dogs. My husband and I were not even dating yet. Still to this day she is always trying to pick a fight with him. Actually none of my Dutch Shepherds really get along that well. There are always power plays going on amongst them.

At our obedience classes Xena took a definite (and immediate) dislike to the two other Shepherds in the group. And they reacted the same way.

After a few classes, however, we agreed to let the girls officially meet and they started playing ?

I think that it has something to do with them protecting their flocks from others...