Tell us about yourself: I was introduced to the Dutch Shepherd breed during my time as an Army veterinary technician working with Military Working Dogs. I fell in love with the breed and by pure chance happened to meet a DS in a local rescue who was a police K9 washout and was up for adoption. We adopted Zodiac right away and she has been an important part of our family ever since. We currently compete in Rally-Obedience and participate in Agility.
I was recently given a copy of Maria Goodavage's new book "Soldier Dogs: The untold story of America's canine heroes" and as someone who worked with military working dogs I am absolutely loving this book. I highly recommend it for anyone with an interest in MWDs.
They mention a couple of times in the book that Dutch Shepherds are one of the breeds used, nothing exciting, but then on the second page of full-color photos there is a very nice picture of a DS alerting to an explosive device during a training course. I was pretty excited to see that
Hayley St.Pierre-Thomas and Zodiac RL1-AOE, RL2-AOE, CGC
Tell us about yourself: My name is Katrina, I have 1 dutch shepherd name Merlin. He is a handful and keeps things in our house very interesting and fun :)
Tell us about yourself: I am currently the Secretary and Treasurer of the Dutch Shepherd Club of North America. We are the national breed club for Dutch Shepherds, and have the support of the Nederlandse Herdershonden Club in our endeavours to record the Dutch Shepherd breed in the United States and Canada through the American Kennel Club. dscna.com Join us on Facebook.
Tell us about yourself: Rescued our first DS male on Dec 27, 2011. Approx 4 yrs. Rescued from NADSR. His name is Odin. Adopted a 2nd DS from NADSR June 27, 2012. Kai - 6 months.
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