New family member, a German Shepard.

Damn, it's so boring when you type down the whole story and just when to post.. It all disapears.
So here's the short verson...

We got a new dog. He is 2½ years old and was going to be put down but I told his former owner that I could take him instead. and here we are :)

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The white one on the left is our Dogo Argentino from before.

Oh, he is gorgeous! Look at that face :D I'm a real sucker for Germans, I grew up around them. He looks great, good job for getting him :gj:

Nice addition :gj:

Looks like a good dog. I have a Doberman that I adopted at 2 years old from a man that was going to put her down and she is now 8. I also have a Dogue de Bordeaux. I considered getting a Dogo Argentino at that time. Is she FCI registered? Is she schutzhund trained? I don't know how it works for German Shepards in Sweden. Is it similar to Germany?

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

Oh, he is gorgeous! Look at that face :D I'm a real sucker for Germans, I grew up around them. He looks great, good job for getting him :gj:

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Thanks! We were going to get another Dogo from our breeder but he just won our hearts :) He has the most beautiful eyes when he looks at you and wondering what the hell I'm talking about!
"What do you mean by sit?"

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Nice addition :gj:

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Thanks, I hope he proves out at that it's simple ressesive :P

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

Looks like a good dog. I have a Doberman that I adopted at 2 years old from a man that was going to put her down and she is now 8. I also have a Dogue de Bordeaux. I considered getting a Dogo Argentino at that time. Is she FCI registered? Is she schutzhund trained? I don't know how it works for German Shepards in Sweden. Is it similar to Germany?

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I have no idea how it works in Germany but schutzhund training isn't very big in Sweden. I think that you would need a permit, like for a gun. The family that I got him from wasn't into training at all so I trying to get him going in a lesh without pulling at this point. He wants to make it right but he just dont get it :)
His father tough, he's a nordic champion police dog.

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Originally Posted by Mikkla

Thanks! We were going to get another Dogo from our breeder but he just won our hearts :) He has the most beautiful eyes when he looks at you and wondering what the hell I'm talking about!
"What do you mean by sit?"



Thanks, I hope he proves out at that it's simple ressesive :P



I have no idea how it works in Germany but schutzhund training isn't very big in Sweden. I think that you would need a permit, like for a gun. The family that I got him from wasn't into training at all so I trying to get him going in a lesh without pulling at this point. He wants to make it right but he just dont get it :)
His father tough, he's a nordic champion police dog.

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I was going to say, he looks like a police dog, the way he carries himself LOL. (parents are police officers, so I've been around them too)

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Originally Posted by Mikkla

I have no idea how it works in Germany but schutzhund training isn't very big in Sweden. I think that you would need a permit, like for a gun. The family that I got him from wasn't into training at all so I trying to get him going in a leash without pulling at this point. He wants to make it right but he just don't get it :)
His father tough, he's a Nordic champion police dog.

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In Germany a German Shepard isn't allowed to be bred without having schutzhund certification. Well ,German Shepherds are certainly highly trainable. I cant believe it on the occasions that someone intends to put down a beautiful dog like that.

Very handsome boy! Congrats! I have a male GSD myself and he's my world. In my opinion, hey are the best breed!!!

Wow! Both your pups are Beautiful! :gj:
I too have a rescued German Shepherd. The owners were going to just drop her off on the Highway. We took her instead to have
her put down. She looked so sick. She was 1 1/2 yrs. old & only 33 lbs. Well, that was about 8 yrs. ago. We love her like crazy!
We also adopted a little black Pug to be her baby. :)
If you are into message board like this one, there is one I've been on since I got my girl. There is a ton of info & nice people to talk to there. I can post the URL if you would like?

Both dogs are beautiful! But I have to ask, why was the origanal owner going to put the dog down?

Awesome dogs :) I was thinking that also; why would someone put such a cool dog down without trying to get it adopted or surrendering it? I am glad that you got it!

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

Both dogs are beautiful! But I have to ask, why was the origanal owner going to put the dog down?

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My thoughts exactly! :D

Beautiful shepherd.

Okey so here is the long version again :)

This was my former colleuges dog and she had a husband that almost killed her, several times. She could show up to work in her underwear asking for help when he had pulled a knife on her. She also had 3 kids that are 7-13 years old.
Her husband is in prison right now and she moved and got another job with more workhours. So she had to leave her dog alone in her apartment for 10 hours a day. So after a couple of month she realiced that she couldn't take care of him properly. And since he's never got any training and is a very dominant male nobody wanted him when she tryed to find him a new home.

I had talked to her about her dog before and told her that I could take him if her husband would go to prison or if she would leave him. But then I moved and got a new job so we didn't see each other.
So she schedule an appointment to put him down. But when it got closer to the appointment she couln't do it. So she called me and here we are.

And my other dog loves him and they are running around like crazy. But she don't let him go insead our bedroom so I'm sitting in my bed right now with my laptop and he's looking at me from outside the bedroom. So cute!

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Sorry for the bad quality, my wife is in London with our camera so all I got is my cellphone :)

I love German Shepherds! I wish I could have one, but the Inn is full!