Belated: Rufus' Road Trip Home!

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racingiron1
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Tell us about yourself: Hilde is a rescue that we suspect is at least partially Dutch Shepherd.
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Belated: Rufus' Road Trip Home!

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First, I've got to apologize for the lateness of this post, but better late than never! So, let's begin this little photo essay:

First, we begin early on a Saturday morning. Hilde, Elizabeth, and I packed up the car for our first big weekend away together, then headed down to the shelter in NE Alabama. As we approached, Hilde was full of anticipation:
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Then we met Rufus, a cute, funny little guy with a great personality. He and Hilde were fast friends:
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Check out the difference between their paw sizes!
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Satisfied that everyone was ready, we hit the road. Both dogs were excited about the big adventure!
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Shortly into the ride all that excitement caught up with him, so Rufus crawled into Elizabeth's lap for nap time:
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The eagle-eyed among you might notice that Elizabeth's shirt is from the Pilots N Paws organization, a really great group of folks. http://pilotsnpaws.org/ That weekend we considered ourselves low-flying members. It's at this time we really got to examine the size of Rufus' paws. Elizabeth has small-ish hands, but even so, that's one big mitt he's got!
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In between the frequent rest stops, the two spent time playing and dozing in the back seat together:
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Oh, and we got a few of the inevitable "are we there yet?" looks:
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Finally, we made it to the TN/VA border and it was time to meet momma and daddy! Rufus could hardly contain his excitement:
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So, we parted ways and Rufus was off to his new home and we continued to our cabin in the Smokies. It was a joy to spend some time with him and be able to help Jess and her husband save him. I'm sure he's growing like a weed and getting into all kinds of trouble! We're looking forward to hearing/seeing more about him and his adventures.
Eric, Elizabeth, & Hilde
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Here are two short videos of playtime:
http://youtu.be/DLHtF-kYRLs
http://youtu.be/EzA9K8zQrss
Eric, Elizabeth, & Hilde
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Tell us about yourself: I adopted a Dutch Shepherd mix (without knowing what she was) from the SPCA here in Victoria BC and am now trying to learn everything I can about this breed. My husband and I work from home most of the time so I thought it was time to get a puppy! We have his 2 boys here half the time and we wanted a nice family dog.

Sugar looks like a miniature Dutch Shepherd with floppy ears, and has every ounce of DS traits in her little body!

I hope to learn from other DS owners and share doggy experiences.
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OMG so freaking cute!!! Glad you got around to posting these :wtg:
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What a great photo story!
~Stacy
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Tyson - DS mix (Hendrix's Soul Sibling and Dinga Roo's long lost twin)
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Tell us about yourself: DS and Mal foster newly approved aug'12 by NADSR and ABMCR. high-functioning Autistic in nyc/hamptons in my 60's. Rescued the smartest dog i had ever seen off nyc street in 2000. Tracedog's intelligence exceeded by multiples my judgement that day. My first [and only as of 10/2012] dog turned out to be a DS, perhaps with a touch of something else, but attention to detail, behavioral traits, and physical habits, movement, and skill identical to DS. But MUCH more intellectual ability. supremely confident in all settings, fearless, very outgoing and social with people and friendly with dogs. Seldom apart in over 12 years, Trace Dog was the most important relationship of my adult life; he was my partner. He died july17,2012. i am dying without him. www.youtube.com/tracesobaka www.dogster.com/dogs/637612
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yes! spectacular thing you did in all respects, documentation included. he is really so cute.
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Tell us about yourself: My name is Emily. I am the mother of two girls (human!!). We have one beagle named Charlie who is three and a new puppy named Asha. She is about 9 weeks old and we think she is a Dutch Shepherd Dog mix.

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Looks like Hilde might need a buddy :P
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Tell us about yourself: I've had Belgian Malinois for years at my folks. I just got married, and a friend of mine who does search and rescue, had been keeping an eye out for Mali puppies for me. He came across a 9 month old Dutch Shepherd female pup who needed a home. She doesn't have the nerves to do the search and rescue she was intended for, but is perfect pet material. She's enough of a challenge to be alot of fun :)

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Thank you so much for sharing these! :)

And thank you both again so very much for making this possible! I love this photo essay of his trip!

Rufus is absolutely amazing. He is growing like a weed-I think he's almost 40 lbs now!

Image (From a few days ago)

Image Chilling on the couch with us

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Working on getting some more photos soon, but he's doing great!! :DSlove:
Owned by Flint (American Eskimo Dog) and Rufus (Dutch Shepherd mix) :)

In loving memory of Maiya, the best Dutch Shepherd. 2012-2013. At 14 months old, you had yet to live life to it's fullest. You touched our lives and will never be forgotten.

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Adorable!
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We are a family of rescues, (yeah, me included), in Southern California. My wife and I currently have two dogs, a Golden Retriever/ GSD mix by the name of Morgan, and our DS mix(?), Dinga Roo. We had never even heard of a Dutch Shepherd before until we were stalked by this nice lady in the pet store who asked us if Roo was a DS. Dang if that lady wasn't on to something. I just found this site, so here we are....

Kevin

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If there is one thing that illustrates how great our lil corner of the interweb is, this is it. It is as much about the people as it is our brindled friends.
Kevin, Debby,
Dinga Roo (DS mix), John's Goddaughter and Tyson's twin,
and Morgan too (Retriever/GSD mix).
Loving memories of our GSD Charly who passed at 17 years. (4/18/13).
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