Dutch Shepherd Forum

Hi, and thank you for creating this forum. I am an accidental Dutch Shepherd owner. I have always had dogs but Raven was my first rescue. At the age of 11 weeks she and her brother and sister were rescued from an Australian pound that had already euthanised their mother. They spent the next few weeks in isolation because of exposure to parvo (thankfully they didn’t contract it), and we brought her home around 16 weeks. She’s now 3. When we adopted her we guessed she was part GSD but didn’t know what could explain the brindle. It wasn’t until I was at a herding dog school (I thought maybe there was some kelpie in there!) that someone mentioned Dutch Shepherds for the first time. I had never heard of them. I did a DNA test and sure enough, she’s a GSD x Dutch shepherd with some greyhound mixed in a few generations back.
Raven is the dog who is making me a better trainer and handler. Although I’ve had dogs my whole life, she’s showing me all the things I didn’t know. In particular I will be combing this forum for tips, advice, and wisdom on helping her be at ease with guests in the house.
We also have a little red terrier from a rescue who initially had no social skills but does a fantastic impression of a car alarm!
Thanks for having us!
Raven as a puppy Majestic Raven Not-so-majestic Raven

Welcome to the forum. Thanks for rescuing.

Raven reminds me of my former dog Snickers who had brindle socks too.