Dutch Shepherd Forum

Once a year a SAR-dog group, connected to the Dutch Shepherd Club in Holland organises a "survival for handler and dog". It is for all breeds, but you see quite some DS because it is connected to the breed club. We have been doing this for a couple of years now, it's always a fun day!




Do not look to the left Ivil...


paddle...paddle...


Hey, who turned off the lights??


Soldier Et


My friend Marlieke with Juul


Miriam with Et


Juul is NOT amused...




Ivil's is not very fond of the backpach-thing either...


put...me...down....


Et was a tad too small for the harness...








Ivil


hey? the earth is moving??


taking a short break


tired Et


puppies


haai, I'm a cute pup


and I'm already sold, bummer!


Tired...

Sounds like a great day. Love the photos!

Sure looks like fun! Guess you hope for smaller dogs when it comes to the backpacking

I LOVE the pic with the puppy and its front paws on the dog's back, peeking over. Very cute!!

Looks like great fun!

great day! I laughed so hard at Lvil's Face in the back pack!! I never saw that before! And of course the puppy picture.

Gosh, that looks like fun! Would love to do something like that in the states. The photos were great, as you always do. Have the dogs been trained all along with the back pack or whatever it is called or was this the first time for most of the dogs?

GSDNanny wrote: Have the dogs been trained all along with the back pack or whatever it is called or was this the first time for most of the dogs?

It is a harness for abseiling (is that english??)
We used to train for SAR work and these dogs must get used to being transported like this:


But also to lower a dog alone (Dingo in 2009)





Dingo was really trained in this, but Ivil and Juul, and I guess 70% of the dogs were not (total of 100 dogs). Most dogs surrender as soon as their paws are off the ground, thay just hang there, it's like the "puppy-reflex"

How fun!

that is the funniest thing I have ever seen!! Its good that the dogs surrender to make the rescuers job easier.

Hey, is the adult dog in the photo with the pup climbing on its back a Dutch Shep too? How cool is that lighter coloring!! Never seen one that shade. Interesting.

GSDNanny wrote:Hey, is the adult dog in the photo with the pup climbing on its back a Dutch Shep too? How cool is that lighter coloring!! Never seen one that shade. Interesting.

yup, it's Quincy vd 's-Gravenschans, this is the same dog, 3 months earlier:

Very cool looking!

Very cool indeed!!!!

Great pictures Marjolein and what a spectcular event, must have been great to take part in it I suppose. It will be nice to meet Quincy again on the NHC event next october 9th.