Dutch Shepherd Forum

Hello all....!
Just wanted to introduce myself as I have recently joined the forum. While I am fairly experienced with dogs and animals in general, I am completely new to the Dutch Shepherd breed. I've known about them for awhile, but I never really took a whole lot of time to research them. It is my hope that reading threads here and chatting with you guys will help me get a better understanding of this breed. ^_^

In the future I would love to get involved with search and rescue work, which is one reason why I am interested in learning more about the Dutch Shepherd. From what I currently know about them, they seem to be well suited for this type of work. And even if the dog I end up getting in the future isn't particularly interested in SAR work, at least I know she'll be able to keep up with me on my backpacking adventures!

Anyways, I am looking forward to meeting you all and getting to know more about this wonderful breed..


EDIT: Here is a picture of my dog, Eli...

Welcome!!! Eli is adorable!

Awwww. Eli is a cutie!

Looks like you already like stripes.

Welcome N2th3stars. Whew...that's a hard screen name. Love your intro, Eli looks very huggable, and Ziggy Marley is right. But I still don't know who you are. Could you please ad a (your) name to the signature?

welcome!

Cute dog!

I think I got it ... "In to the stars"

Close?

My apologies! My name is Heather, and yes my screen name means "In To The Stars" -- i'm a star trek fan, plus I just love astronomy in general.. don't know a ton about it, but it's pretty fascinating. Must say, I am sad to see that this community doesn't seem too large. More people need to join!! And yes Cake, I do love those stripes Talk about good camouflage!! I'm lucky he has a bright red collar on (going to switch over to a bright orange one soon, and sew some reflector fabric on it as well).

^_^ LoL by the way, I was pretty amused to see the borg smiley! So great.


Oh! I know this isn't a cat forum, but I wanted to introduce my cat Mauser also, he's Eli's 2nd favorite toy (first being anything he can tug!) So yeah, here is a picture of Eli with his kitteh, Mauser:

Heather,

The Dutch Shepherd community as a whole is not that large... The forum was started several years ago, but pretty much sat idle until earlier this summer. Then in the last couple of weeks membership more than tripled with the Rescue Calendar voting.

There are some other ST fans on here with us... Which series is your favorite? I'm going to guess ST:TOS as an obvious choice. After DS9 i lost interest.

How about the remake of Battlestar Galactica? Maybe Stargate?

Thanks for the introduction and creating a signature.

Eric

Well, either way, I am glad to be a part of the community now! Even though I will not have a DS any time soon, lol.. it will be a long wait-- totally worth it though.

As for Star Trek, I pretty much enjoy all of it. Each series/movie has it's own thing to offer. TOS is and forever will be #1 on my list though. Followed by TNG. I never really sat down to watch Galactica, but i've been told it is pretty good so i'll have to check it out one of these days. Stargate i've watched a couple of times, though I can't really remember it to be honest.

Welcome Heather and animal friends! I think you're smart to learn about the DS before you get one. I wish this forum was more active before i bought my DS. I might have chosen differently. Clearly, I'm now to DS's too and I love love love them.

Cheers!

I understand where you are coming from. When I got my DS, Zip, she was about 9 mos old, a rescue from South TX. My only other experience with a DS was rescuing a senior dog from the Katrina aftermath. I had seen two others at a couple of DVG trials. I was intrigued by the breed having had German Sheps for nearly 50 yrs. After placing the old girl in a great home, I decided that maybe one day there would be one permanently in my home. Six months later, my Zip came to me. She was the only one in my area til the local LE K9 unit acquired one so I was at a loss so far as learning but we have winged it and so far, so good. I wish I had gotten her as a young pup but we have worked thru some of her issues. She is my shadow. And like you all, I love love her to death!!

Aztechalo wrote:Welcome Heather and animal friends! I think you're smart to learn about the DS before you get one. I wish this forum was more active before i bought my DS. I might have chosen differently. Clearly, I'm now to DS's too and I love love love them.

I am confused about that remark? You would NOT have gotten a DS if you had known more, but now you love them?