Sorry I haven't been as attentive as normal this last week, but a new face has arrived in the family.

A new grandchild you ask?

NO! (have enough of those ) This is better.

You may have noticed I'm a bit of a pup person and I guess I've passed that on to my offspring. After a lot of consideration beyond the normal "should we get a pet?" questions, my son has added a canine to his household. The really different part is he is going to be expected to earn his keep.

Most of you also know my son is a cop in our fair burg. After a nagging personal want and the apparent occupational hole in the local services, he set about researching and formally purposing that a K-9 addition would be a self-supporting service the department needed.

He was told "that's a good idea, but there is NO budget to establish it. If you can raise the $35k, we'll do it"

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We have a pup.

(only those interested in the uniqueness of a police dog need read on)

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Gorgeous specimen. Hopefully he'll be a loyal friend and partner for many years to come for whole family.

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf

"Onco" is an 8 month old male imported from Germany, one month ago, to the
Von der haus Gill German Shepherds Inc. kennels.

Last Thursday, No.1 son left for a small town near the Indiana border to first be interviewed/inspected all day Friday, then after passing, work with and select from 7 possible dogs, his to-be partner. Sunday night Onco came home.

He came from Germany with the name "Onco" (which no one seems to be able to find a translation or meaning of ) and while he could be renamed, it would only be confusion to relearn a new name. At this point we are only interested in 'learning' and not 'UNlearning', so he IS Onco.

Onco is acclimating to living in a house for the first time and has learned how steps work in the last two days. He has met his first little people and we are happy to say he does not think they are food. (He's working on that lesion with the 2 cats They aren't too pleased with him either. )

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Cats= the other white meat.
Cats were put on this earth for two reasons, targets and chili. lol

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf

Onco sleeps in his crate/cage in the dinning room for now and is being introduced to one or two new people at a time. The next week and a half will be spent 'bonding' with partner and learning to be part of a people pack. Then he and No1 return to Von der haus Gill for 6 weeks where they'll be cross trained together in three disciplines. They'll come home on the wekends and YES, ......... I will be there to see what they have learned. (especially the son )



I'll keep you posted as early developments happen.

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He looks beautiful! We have a German Sheppard mix (we rescued him at 8 months old) and still working hard to move more towards the learning aspect and away from the unlearning part! We have a pitbull/collie mix who actually just shakes her head and rolls her eyes at our fiesty pup (the pitbull is about 12).

Amazing pics and great additions to any family!

I agree, any animal is a wonderful addition to any family so long as it's the right animal for them. I wish you and your son's portion of the family good luck and congratulations.

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf

Ooooh, he's a good doggie. Is that you in the pix, PF? Handsome devil!

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He's a fine handsome fella! Made cry in remembrance of my twin brother when we were in the academy back in '73.

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Any new developments with Erok?

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PF...that is a gorgeous dog. He is a wonderful specimen. The pictures of you and your dog are very nice, too.

Our remaining 3 dogs are doing well. The chi is past 20, almost totally blind, a little hard of hearing, but will chase after the wolf mix when stomped on. Wolf mix is almost 9, now. Lab/Greyhound is almost 17, we think. He's a little bit slow getting up in the mornings and his arthritis kicks in a bit.

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Mae, all we lack is the wolf in mix in our controlled chaos. Lucky the pom-X is (est.)16, blind, deaf, & too dumb to get out from under my feet, but he still lets Riley the Lab/Blue Heeler know when she's intruding on his space. Riley looks very like your lab/grey, with tiny little feet & legs supporting the big bulky lab body. Fortunately she's still young & strong, but very touchy about her feet.

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