Hi from SF Bay
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:41 am
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.
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.
