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Have no idea, but I could swear I've seen this dog before somewhere... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

She is probably a little bit of everything...I had a bitch that looked exactly like her, she was over 90% German(East, West Show, West Working) and had a little american. Probably mostly German bloodlines. What area is she from?

Hi Laura. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Olga - she is in Ontario, Canada.

She looks just like my Ruby only grown up more.
If you find her breeding etc... i would love to see it.
FYI. MY ruby is german/netherlands lines.

She has a profile like my Gildo Körbelbach granddaughter. I like how she looks. I am going to guess West German working with maybe something else.

She is in rescue? WHY?

She is pretty isn't she lhczth. And she is even sweeter than she is pretty. She was in a pound where they shoot dogs as euthanasia, so I got her OUT! You have no idea the quality of dogs that land in rescue. Some day people will wake up.

I can vouch for what Laureen said about the quality of dogs that wind up in the pound or in rescue. I got my 17-mo-old bitch from rescue and she is one of the finest working dogs I've ever seen.

I have been working in GSD rescue for years... very frustrating. Here in Wisconsin we are swimming in unwanted GSDs, many of them from working lines.

Come pay us a visit sometime: German Shepherd Rescue Alliance of Wisconsin.

Pete Felknor

It sure is nice to see people willing to look at a rescue dog when looking for a working dog. I too have worked with a rescue for many years now and can say that we have placed many many dogs as working dogs. In fact, two of my foster dogs have gone on to work. One I recently placed had great prey drive and solid nerves so when a police officer called intereted in him I had him come over to take alook. He came out with their trainer and met him and did a little basic aggitation work him and they took him that night. I just found out that the dog is doing fantastic and has so impressed them that have asked us to call them with any prospects. All this from a dog that was left tied to a tree when the owners moved out. A number of the dogs we get into our rescue are from great backgrounds, people who think they know what they are getting and then cant handle the dog so it comes to us, and the police and working homes always get priority over family homes if the dogs may have what it takes. Of course we do get our fair share of Golden Retrievers in GSD clothing but we have families waitiing for them also.

Golden Retrievers in GSD clothing... very good, GSDSAR. We get them too. In fact, I wish we got more of them... that's what most of our potential adopters seem to be looking for, and that's why we're always drowning in dogs.

Working dogs are much harder to place. Two particular success stories come to mind, though: we placed one tough female from DDR lines with a sheriff's department, where she has excelled as a drug dog. Another rather mild-mannered boy was adopted by a skilled dog trainer; she put a SchH1 on him a couple of years later. This stuff really happens in rescue.

I was invited last night to get my rescue pup tested in search and rescue (by a woman who has been doing it for years). Don't know if that's the course we'll take, but it does say something about the quality of the dog.

GSDSAR is 100% correct: You might be surprised at some of the dogs that wind up homeless. Some of them are absolutely top-notch working dogs, and they only need to go to top-notch working homes.

Pete Felknor