Thief River police dogs

That puddlejumper is one tough dude.

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Police dogs

How do you train this?

Very carefully, if you are a cat lover.


lol

Well, an old-time dog trainer told me, between chews on his tobacco, you start with a reeeeeaaaaalllllyyy mean jaguar.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

That's one of my favorites. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Some details. The cat's name is Mistral. That is his job. He is part of the final exam for a British police dog training academy. The cat's task is to be the distraction and see who breaks their sit. He graduated many classes of dogs over the years.

The original photo is credited to Reuters/Corbis and was from June 18, 1987.
Orginal Photo of Mistral & Shepherds

Of course, you can train a Shepherd to get along with cats --- you just have to pick the right cats. German Shepherd with Cats

German Shepherds are versatile

A number of years ago, Bill Gates purchased the Bettman Archive and several other stock photo agencies. They have been furiously cataloging and scanning a collection that goes back over a hundred years. Corbis is the public window to that historic treasure.

Some of the images include Herbert Hoover, Helen Keller,Gregory Peck, Robert Oppenheimer, Charlton Heston, Jennifer O'Neill, and Roy Rogers, with their German Shepherds. You can also find shots of the original 'Seeing Eye' dogs.

A search on http://www.corbis.com for 'German Shepherd' brings up about 500 images.

Years ago when I was very active in AKC obedience, one of the trainers in the advance class would walk a ferret on lead, in front of the dogs. She got about two dogs away from my Kerry Blue and decided to change her mind. I THINK he would have held but he was shakin and moanin like a puppy S#!+!n a peach seed.

Bob, you kill me, where do you come up with these sayings?

Probably from personel experience. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Y'all haven't heard of the peach pit colonic? It also removes polyps.

Oh man, oh no no no, what did I start, I should have left it alone.....polyps oohh ouch. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />