Dutch Shepherd Forum

just though you guys would get a chuckle out of this......

I was at my neighbors for a little gathering of friends, I am new in the area so I didnt know anyone. I was telling a few women how my daughter likes to dress up the dogs... so of course comes the next question..

"Oh, what kind of dogs do you have?"

" Dutch Shepherds"

"oh. arent they really big?"

" No, they are medium ( I am putting my hand down to the floor)... then it dawns on me.... " No, not German Shepherds."

" Oh, a what kind of shepherd? Australian?"

" Dutch"

" So, are your kids happy in the school?"

Very recognizable.

even in Holland that is pretty common

ROFL....

I get this all the time, people always think she's a cross breed, this is how the conversation normally goes...

"aww she's lovely, what breed is she?"

"Dutch Shepherd"

"No, She's a German shepherd cross isn't she?"

"...No! She's a DUTCH shepherd!"

"Oh"

Then they usually walk off with a look on their face that seems to say "why is she making up a breed to try and make her mutt look posh?"

It really annoys me haha not that I would care if I had a cross breed because both of my other dogs are, its just don't think you know more about MY dog than ME lol

lol. in Israel they are even more rare. they are maybe even few of them all over. but you know what? that the beauty in this

Rosie - Very funny, I get that all of the time too, Ive had pure breds and muts and love them all but I do think we know when we have a pure bred and i do get "that look " too. I respect it most when someone just admits they dont know, Its cool, then I get the pleasure of telling them about this cool breed.

Jasper has been called everything from a whippet/greyhound to a German shepherd /coonhound cross .Where that one came from I'll never know .
My favorite dialouge is , "What kind of dog is he ?" "Dutch Shepherd " . " Cool , so he speaks Dutch instead of German ? " "No , he doesn't speak at all , he's a dog ! " (true story ).
( Unless , you count the time he told me "EFF YOU ! , but that's another story .

jasperswoman wrote: My favorite dialouge is , "What kind of dog is he ?" "Dutch Shepherd " . " Cool , so he speaks Dutch instead of German ? " "No , he doesn't speak at all , he's a dog ! " (true story ).
( Unless , you count the time he told me "EFF YOU ! , but that's another story .

I wish I had seen the look on that person's face

I have the worst ever, I train in Germany, with Dutch shepherds.... on a Rottweiler dog-club Sttill folllowing?
Anyway, sometimes we have new members, and everytime I enter the field I hear them say to the helper/club-owner "Wow, what kind of dog is that?" First time I heard him say "That's a Belgian shepherd" I turned around, It's a DUTCH shepherd "ow, ja, ja, a Dutch shepherd"
This happened a few times...
Now he tell's them "yeah, that is a Belgia...no...(starts to sweat) mali... no (sees me looking pissed) no, no, that's a Dutch...uh... Marjolein, what was your dog again?" They never remember!! Arg! All they remember is me getting pissed when they say it wrong..well, just say it right

So I've had a few people - usually cops or those who hang out with cops - tell me that Dutch Shepherds are GSD x Malinois mixes. I know they mix working dogs in Europe for KNPV but where are they getting this from?

Ignorance. Testosterone. Knowing everything.

lol

One of the people was breeding Dutch Shepherds.

k9katet wrote:One of the people was breeding Dutch Shepherds.

stop him What a stooopid, he should know better

k9katet wrote:So I've had a few people - usually cops or those who hang out with cops - tell me that Dutch Shepherds are GSD x Malinois mixes. I know they mix working dogs in Europe for KNPV but where are they getting this from?

Dumb dumb, dumb. If they knew the slightest little iota about genetics (I know, they are cops, so that's not likely) they would know that you cannot cross an 'Ay' dominant yellow to an 'at' black and tan and get a brindle. Neither Malinois nor GSD can hide brindle, so it is just totally absolutely and 100% impossible. It takes a brindle to get a brindle. (99% of the times anyway, I will not bore anyone with the 1%)
There are some sport dog trainers out there, though, who claim that a DS is nothing but a brindle malinois. And the AKC's recognition of brindle as a possible color pattern for the Malinois is not helping dispell the nonsense either. Sigh....

vneerland wrote:There are some sport dog trainers out there, though, who claim that a DS is nothing but a brindle malinois. And the AKC's recognition of brindle as a possible color pattern for the Malinois is not helping dispell the nonsense either. Sigh....

This makes me very nuts...especially the sport dog trainers who should know better

jasperswoman wrote:Jasper has been called everything from a whippet/greyhound to a German shepherd /coonhound cross .Where that one came from I'll never know .
My favorite dialouge is , "What kind of dog is he ?" "Dutch Shepherd " . " Cool , so he speaks Dutch instead of German ? " "No , he doesn't speak at all , he's a dog ! " (true story ).
( Unless , you count the time he told me "EFF YOU ! , but that's another story .

Strange but I too had someone ask me something similar -- "So your dog knows Dutch? So you speak Dutch too? "

I once argued with a guy (his dad breeds mals) that my dog was NOT a brindle Mal... It was like talking to a fence post..

Then there was one day Gwen was running around the yard (we don't have a fence) and some guy walks by and says "ohhh what it that? a dog with tiger fur!!"

Ive had Thalie called a wolf before. She went into my dads neighbors yard ( they know us and know I have a dog) she went up on their deck, they were having a BBQ, the older boys have never seen her before and were up against the wall, Mike, our friend and the boys father, came out and laughed at them, they thought she was a wolf.

Thalie is trained in French so I always have people asking me if I speak French too, I do, Not very well anymore, just enought to talk to the judge LOL,

Dutchringgirl wrote:Ive had Thalie called a wolf before. She went into my dads neighbors yard ( they know us and know I have a dog) she went up on their deck, they were having a BBQ, the older boys have never seen her before and were up against the wall, Mike, our friend and the boys father, came out and laughed at them, they thought she was a wolf.

Yup. When called about a sighting of a missing DS, you KNOW that they did indeed see the right dog, when they mention that they (first) thought that it was a black wolf. That runs at 80+ % Some kids in school had seen it, and naturaly told their parents about it, who of course did not believe any of it. Until one kid spotted the 'missing' poster and told the parent "see? That's the one!" and the parent finally put the pieces together and called about the missing dog. There is no telling how many kids have reported the wolf to their parents, and were never believed.

We finally have a working dog club in my area--not that I can take my dog, but was interested in going out and talked to the 'founder,' who only wants to concentrate on French ring. Anyway, he said that he had a mal..."which is the same thing as a Dutch." Alrighty, then.