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Because we are slightly moving to dogs, the chocolate lab is my grandson's diabetic alert dog, the yellow lab is my diabetic alert dog and the springer is a direct descendant of my original breeding pair from back in the 80's. My female (Sadie Scud) was one of only two females ever sold which were sired by Saighton Scud. I was surprised to find out how coveted Scud puppies still are.
Markl
Wow, that is very cool. I know in our GSD's that work, the line is a big deal for sure. The alert dogs / service dog is amazing, is it not? Dogs can do so much. I just want to be the kind of person my dog things I am.
Working dogs are incredible. Their lives are dedicated to pleasing their handlers. They can sense when you are up or down and respond to you.
Mark
As we know, dogs are great pets and fun to have. But for those who have a dog that has a job, even if it is for sport, like hunting and they get to interact with them and actually see the dog think out a situation and the excitement the dog gets from the job, it is amazing.
When we were heavily into the Schutzhund sport and training them, giving them problems, working the drive, and so on, I had so much fun. And when they look to the handler as if to say, whats next. is that not cool?
For your service dogs .... well you obviously have some incredible dogs...
I got to where when I was hunting with my Springers it was more about working the dogs then it was about hunting. My female was so fast and had such a good nose that I never shot a limit with pheasant. She would be quartering in front of me and all of a sudden run in and sit and she would have a pheasant in he mouth. I always counted that pheasant as part of my limit so the others could still hunt. Once I got my limit I would put her back in the dog box and grab my male. Life was good.
Before Lucy (above) we had Maggie (13 yrs)...an OES or Old English Sheep dog....Maggie went everywhere w/ us.
I built a board that went from the rear window to the back of the front seats and Maggie rode there....where does a 120 lbs Sheep dog ride....anywhere she wants?
We had to put Maggie down 3 yrs ago....as someone said - a top 5 hardest thing ive ever done....vet asked me if I needed to leave while they did it....I said are you kidding me, she never left my side (when I had stage 3 cancer)...im not leaving her!
