My rescue dog - Page 1

"Baby" is an English Shepherd, but sometimes I take other breeds just 'cause they sometimes need my help too.  Baby was one of 220 English Shepherds seized from a hoarder/breeder in Montana some months ago - most dogs were emaciated, hairless, and stunted from malnutrition.  All were undersocialized or unsocialized - some were packed into kennels with little food/water/shelter - many were running in packs on the large property.  Baby was one of the "roamers".  The scars on her face attest to her struggle to survive, probably fighting for her food, probably fighting to help  her feral puppies survive as well.

All of the dogs were rescued and that was the start of their new lives - at first kept in kennels, walked by women inmates of a local prison - not allowed to be fostered or adopted until the trial was completed months after the seizure.  Once the trial was over, the English Shepherd rescue was ordered to place the dogs into  homes within a very short time span.  Baby was the very last dog to be placed into a foster home (with me) because she had become kennel-aggressive and had bitten a few people (in fear).   
A friend of mine who is involved in ES rescue contacted me, knowing I do GSD rescue and own a boarding kennel - asking for help.  I offered temporary kenneling for multiple dogs so they could place all dogs by their deadline and would have none requiring euthanasia only because of lack of homes or fosters available.  Baby was the only one shipped to me from Montana - she's been a project but I've enjoyed it, because every day she "blossoms" a little more and comes out of her hard shell, becoming the sweet, loving and brave dog she was meant to be.

video of Baby, her first time in "public" - still a long way to go but she's doing great so far.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD0hkaLjH5k

Molly
Eichenluft
http://workinggermanshepherd.com

don't forget to vote for Tigger - she would love to help rescue efforts like the one that rescued Baby and 220 other needy dogs.    http://www.cutestdogcompetition.com/vote.cfm?h=1C63CEF23EF0779A6151C4E1C8388BA2

Thank you so much for taking this little girl in and giving her a second chance - she looks very sweet, and is a lot better behaved around all those food bags than my guys would be! Please keep us updated!

 AW, poor little thing...you'll do her a world of good.

She's beautuful, Molly!

My respect for you just went up another notch!

BTW, I found an awesome herding video (Brix) when I went to YouTube to see Baby. Ive seen HIC tests before, but never an HGH using German Shepherds. VERY interesting to watch!

Best of luck with her, I'm sure you'll find her a great home and she's in very capable hands until then. As usual, you're a class act, Molly.

Thanks -

if you are interested in the German HGH test, watch all 3 videos taken of Brix's trial/title - worth the watch.  
  Brix is one of my "babies" - SG-Brix v Eichenluft HGH - he is an Eagle son out of a full sister to V-Ahron v Granit Rose.  He's working on his Schh titles now, video of some protection work is also on my playlist.

in order -   http://www.youtube.com/user/eichenluft#p/u/14/5ifJDNFLklo

http://www.youtube.com/user/eichenluft#p/u/15/b45WYL_2Xb8


http://www.youtube.com/user/eichenluft#p/u/16/VCZzi9wwFRU

Excellent videos Molly! And for anyone who wants to take their HGH interest further, Leerburg www.leerburg.com has some excellent DVD's available which were filmed in Germany during the actual HGH, the National Herding Championship. I have the 1990 HGH, which was won by Karl Fuller - his little girl Amie achieved 98 points out of a possible 100. This, working several hundred sheep she had never met before, and in an exercise lasting 40-45 mins. Absolutely awesome..... A number of the "greats" in German herding were also entered, Manfred Heyne, Ulf Kintzel (who is now in upstate New York), and it is fascinating to watch our beloved GSD's doing the job that was originally theirs. For $24 and 4 hrs of competition, it is a bargain. (NOTE: Only highlights of each team are shown, but it is more than enough. It helps to understand the point system and what set of exercises are to be performed , you can find info on the Net. Two dogs work as a team, only the lead dog is judged.) 

Actually Brix's HGH trial was an "actual HGH" LOL - real one, real judge (Wilfried Scheld) and real title, just like in Germany.  Not the HGH Championship, but yes the real thing.   An interesting watch if one is interested in how GSDs were bred to herd (tending breed).  Brix and Ulf achieved the high score of the trial - 94 V.

molly

Molly, I was just speaking with my other half this morning about this place.  I come here now only to find specific information, rarely for entertainment.  I telling him that I don't post here for pleasure because of the depth of the bigotry and ignorance of some.  Then I saw your post above and had to tell him that, despite my dissatisfaction with the quality of the discourse, every once in awhile I come across a post like yours above that completely replaces that sense of dissatisfaction with a sense of gratitude.  I am grateful there are people like you in the world.