Let's get to know each other a little bit? (348 replies) - Page 1

My real name's Gladstone Enis(alias NigerDeltamann), a Nigerian, born/grew in Port Hacourt(Rivers State) but originally from Bayelsa State where i work n reside. Presently going through a broken "would-be marriage" that i have a lovely Son. For now i spent my time after work browsing the net, especially about the GSD. I'm finding and hoping to meet "real " happiness in the woman i'll call a "wife" someday. I have one gsd that came in from russia(she just whelped 3 huge healthy sable pups on th of july, 2011). I'm a practicing christain, tolerant to others. I thank God 4 his promise upon my life n 4 keeping me alive.

Name is Kim, I am 26 years old and live in farm country south of Ottawa. Currently own 2 horses, 3 cats and 4 dogs. Due to my age, still kind of wandering through life...especially with jobs
The only thing constant for me is my desire and passion for working with dogs and for riding dressage.
 

my real name is Don Corelone.

thanks,
Rik Atchley

I'm Amanda. I live in the Llano Estacado region of W. Texas because of job availability. My family has lived in the Nikiwasi region of western North Carolina forever on my dad's side, and that's where I call home, and to there I will one day return. 

I've worked with animals professionally since my very first job, which was giving horseback riding lessons to beginners. I've worked as a horseback riding trail guide, a horse trainer, a dog trainer, a dog groomer and a band manager for local bands- often holding two or three jobs at once, long story. Right now, I train dogs for a living and hope to until I finish college, which will be a long time because I'm not even enrolled right now. I've had to drop out twice for health reasons but I'm determined to finish. I want to be a veterinary behaviorist. 

95% of everything I do is clicker training, but since I do believe there's a time and a place for R- and  P+ I am not technically a clicker trainer per Karen Pryor's definition- more of an operant conditioning trainer. 

I have two dogs that are staying with me no matter what: 

Gir is the dog in my avatar- that's a pic of him as a puppy. He's 45 pounds, "strong and desperately brave," and just an all-around handler-oriented excellent, drivey dog. I want to try schutzhund with him. 

Zim is my husband's dog. He looks exactly like a miniature boxer. People always say, "Oh, a Boston Terrier?" No, a boxer. It's possible he's just a very stunted, undocked boxer, or really inbred or something. We found him at four weeks or so and we and the vet thought he'd be a medium sized dog, but he's a whopping 23 pounds. He's a cute little guy and I'm glad we have him. 

We have one dog that fell into our laps and we may or may not keep: 

Chadam is a Kangal dog. We found him wandering and his owner doesn't want him anymore because they already sold their herd because of the drought. Fact: it has not rained in Chadam's ENTIRE LIFE. He's about 9 months old. We THOUGHT he belonged to a guy who keeps Anatolians down the road, so when we saw him we took him in and the next day tried to return him. Took a while to find his old people, who don't want him. Now we feel kind of stuck, not sure what we're going to do. 

I really wanted my next dog to be a registered purebred and I had a couple breeds in mind. This happens to me EVERY TIME! LOL I guess I'm a sucker. 

Anyway, I enjoy grooming a lot, too, and one day I hope to be a master groomer in addition to getting my CPDT-KA (hopefully!) this fall and a degree in vet tech and then veterinary medicine... one day. At least I have high aspirations! 

I also have a leopard appaloosa horse named Stonewall. 

Hello, I'm Pete and live in rural Kaneville IL. Currently have 2 WL Females 9 months old, 
Ezra-Solid Black, Capri- Bi-Color, Titus is my 3 year male, Black and Tan, and Cadence 6 year old female pitbull- black with white chest -inherited her at 14 months.
3 Cats that the pups love to practice on. LOL
Love my critters and couldn't live without them, they keep me going.

Hello, I am Judy and I live in Grand Rapids, MI with my husband Jim who handled Mine, Bppoby Trap and Trip Wire dogs while in Viet Nam with the Marine Corp..  We have 3 Belgian Malinois - one trained as a PP dog, one with an IPO 1 and a crazy puppy, I also have 2 black GSD girls one is 13 and is my special girl and the other is a WL girl.  To top it off we have a cranky JRT and a Toy Fox Terrier.  I also foster for a local rescue and currently have 4 7 week old mix breed puppies, 2 Senior Doxies and 2 DoxiePoo puppies.  It is like a zoo here most of the time. 

My real name is Rik Astley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player Thanks, Chaz

HELLO. I AM JO ANN ADAMS. I LIVE IN THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF OHIO AND LOVE THE GSD BREED. I CURRENTLY HAVE 2 GSD'S, AND A LITTER OF FOUR GORGEOUS PUPPIES. I OWN THE MOTHER AND THE SIRE. I BELONG TO A NEW CLUB THAT WE STARTED IN OUR AREA CALLED THE "RIVER VALLEY K-9 SPORTS CLUB" WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED AND HOPE TO GROW INTO A LARGE CLUB. I AM MOST PARTIAL TO THE PLUSH COAT GSD( BUT NOT TOO "PLUSHY") I ENJOY THIS FORUM AND HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM IT. EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.    JO ANN

keep it up Chaz and we gonna rumble.

and my real chiwaawaa is named cha cha.