k9katet wrote: I think I'd prefer mix over GSD.
Awesome remark! (me too, obviously)
My vet has DS in their system. Of course, since I have used him for 14 years and he has seen oodels of them by now.
The receptionist still asks what color the dog is that I have with me (I check in first, get the dog out of the truck afterwards) and I always throw a bit of a teasing "how about brindle"? at her.
They had a new vet working there once, who, when I came in went "OMG...you know what kind of dog that is?"
I think it went right over her head, when I said "I sure hope so, since I bred this pup' (that I was bringing in for a health certificate prior to shipping) She proceeded to tell me that she had treated one in a city close by, and this was a Dutch Shepherd. Not only that, but the dog she had treated was a K9! Oh whoooo---pie! Impress me.
Anyway. That vet did not work there long. She was, indeed, the ditz that she seemed to be that particular day.
a week or so later, she cut the spleen on a dog that they were spaying, and it took quite an effort to stop the bleeding
When out in public with my brindles, I will admit that I get very tired of answering the same question over and over again. I need to get a T shirt that says something like "I am with the Dutch Shepherd" with a finger pointing downward to the left.
My dog is big ( 85lbs ) but he's still not much anything like a GSD, minus the size. Oh well. 
Judith Van Neerland Dutch Shepherds 
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