Dutch Shepherd Forum

The theme for December 2013: Daredevil

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The usual rules plus a new one.

1) Submit only one photo.
- Yep, I reserve the right to delete any extra photo's that are submitted. I may randomly keep one...maybe I'll keep the first one or the last one...

2) By submitting the photo you are stating you have rights to the photo
- Why is this one here? Because in the past someone has submitted a photo that belonged to someone else and tried to take credit for it

3) Please put the canine's name in your post
- This is my personal pet peeve. As much as I would love to know everyone's canines by sight in a photo. It isn't gonna happen...

4) contest will be open until around the end of the month - voting will begin sometime after that.
- Guess what. Someone tried to argue with me because I have left it open a few days extra AND because I closed it a day early.

5) Must have a Dutch Shepherd in the photo.
- I think this one is self explanatory

Oh this sounds like a fun theme. I think it's time for Elli to make her photo contest debut.

Oh man, had I only checked in earlier I could have posted pictures of Cal being "brave" at the vet today for his annual checkup and vaccinations.

you have a month to post them Ian.

SUGAR


Unfortunately, a month and a half after this was taken, Sugar broke her leg while running and jumping across the logs at this beach...so it may seem like common sense to not always let your pup have fun being a daredevil, but we learned the hard way

wow,If I only had a Go Pro to watch Sadie all of the time running outside and clearing the walls, I would have an album. The best was when she had a huge 5' long stick and tried, yes tried, to run through my arbor that is only 3' wide !!

Ha ha Lisa, that would have been great to have captured on video!

WOW! Sue! That is an AWESOME shot! Go, Sugar! (*wince* We'll just not speak of the broken leg... )

This is Loki out of our first litter of pups, he never let go of the sleeve landing on his back!! He took her down too!! His owner has done an outstanding job with him.. he is fearless!!!

WOW! we may have a winner!

That is a great shot!!!

LOL!!! I am proud of the pups that my Xena and Jazz produced, and when their owners send me updates I just love it!!! When he sent me the pic and the video of Loki.. I was like HOLY CRAP!!

DS can be poster children for commitment.

LOL!!! Idk how to beat the upside down dutchie pic!

The Loki shot is incredible... I love it! But I still love the picture of Sugar leaping atop the driftfall, best, so far. Maybe because I know DS are incredible protection dogs and I've seen lots of beautiful sleeve-shots and incredible hits and bites... it's what they do, what they are bred and trained to do. I am in no way not appreciating what a fabulous and daredevil, bold statement that one is, and not all DS can do it, no matter how bred and trained, it's impressive and to be proud of! In terms of this contest, though, there's just something in Sugar's picture, the free, airborne, leaping-for-the-pure-thrill-of-it vibe, that really sings to me.

Just a few more days to get your photo's in. I will be closing this months photo contest a couple of days early.

I'm under no illusions that this can compete with either of the above action shots, but a fun story anyway.
I'll put the long version in the normal photo section, but the short version is, this is Hilde on "the Tail of the Dragon"--one of the twistiest roads in the world.

TRACER and SAKIMA bound down land-sliding cliff face after Xander.
Will post more pics from this adventure in ''Photos'' tomorrow.

That pic of Xander and Sakima is awesome. Took me a few seconds to realize that there were actually two dogs in the pic.