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Sugars Mom
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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!

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Going for a walk

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Here are some pics taken on different days over the past few weeks of our daily walks.

This first one was taken yesterday...we got some sun finally and the crocuses are in bloom.
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Here we are on the trail we walk in the mornings
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It runs along side water where ducks live and all kinds of birds are around. I don't know what this is but it looked cool

(Sorry if they are not the best, iphone does not take good pics in low light)
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These are robins in this tree
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Here is a heron
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And some ducks

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Very nice terrain. It has everything a dog likes, i.e. high grass and bushes, water, wild life. Perfect.

A Dutch Shepherd has the perfect camouflage coat to blend in, doesn't it?
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nice trail!! The ducks...Sugar leaves them alone?? :dsshock: :dsroll:
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she is toooo cute
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nice pics. I love the one where she is sitting with the crocus.
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What a cool place to walk! She sure looks like she's having a great time :yeah:
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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.
Location: Victoria BC

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Ya. She blends in. These are the pics that you can see her!

She ignores the ducks thank godness. It would be a pretty interesting walk every morning if she didn't!
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Sugars Mom wrote: She ignores the ducks thank godness. It would be a pretty interesting walk every morning if she didn't!
yes it would... :lol:
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An interesting swim every morning :o nice pics :) she looks like she is having so much fun :)
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Beautiful!! You're very fortunate to have such a pretty place to walk and such a cute little DS to enjoy it with!
Love the crocus, and the wildlife!
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Wow, such beautiful pictures and what a lucky dog! It sure looks like spring there (jealous)!
Although, when spring hits here all my walking trails turn to swamps.
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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.
Location: Victoria BC

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kchristy wrote:An interesting swim every morning :o nice pics :) she looks like she is having so much fun :)
I wonder if she swam, if the ducks would be more interesting to her...
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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.
Location: Victoria BC

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Spring is on its way...been pretty windy the last couple days but the flowers are popping up all over
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Gosh she is CUTE!!!!! Love the natural camo-look!!
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What a beautiful feathery tail you have Sugar!
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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.
Location: Victoria BC

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Sugar says thanks!
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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.
Location: Victoria BC

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Here's a few more pics from where I take her in the afternoon to meet up with her friends, and trying to get a good contest submission while waiting.

Where is everyone?
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There you are! Race you to the rock!!
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This is MY stick!
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And some rock shots...still waiting to get one to submit...competition is fierce again this month!

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And some taken on a rainy day

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whaha, she is too cute with her raincoat on! :lol:
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Just too cute
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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.
Location: Victoria BC

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Now I have to share a very proud moment I had with Sugar today. :D

While walking on the trail, we rounded the corner where we come alongside the pond area where the ducks are, passing a man and 2 kids. I saw the ducks at the side of the pond, not swimming like they usually are, and they started heading towards us, actually coming up onto the trail. I’ve never seen them do this before. They were maybe 10-15 feet from us, about half a dozen of them. My guess is the kids had been feeding them and they were following them.

I looked down at Sugar, who was on my left, ducks ahead on the right of the trail, and told her to heel. I was not sure how this was going to go down, but hoped for the best. Loose leashed, we walked right by the ducks (who I might add were pretty brave to get that close to us) in a perfect heel!!

After passing by the ducks, Sugar looked up at me, as if to say “I did good, right? That's what you wanted me to do, right?” I was soo proud and told her so, and gave her a treat...ironically it was dried duck, LOL.

I guess she figured dried duck in the hand is better then ducks in the bush (or trail as it may be). :wtg:
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