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Category Archives: German Shepherd Dog

Dogs Go Swimming Again

Leecy and I were taking advantage of the sunshine by changing out the cages for the Polydamas Caterpillars.  However, as usual, if you don’t pay attention to the dogs, especially Maggie, they will end up in the pool. Even though Maggie is 8 years old, when it comes to water she thinks she’s still a…

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Dogs Go Swimming

Sometimes when we’re out in the backyard pulling weeds, feeding the fish, or simply not paying attention to what we should be, the dogs decide it would be a good time for a swim.  This is particularly true for Maggie, our Golden Retriever.  If she had a choice, she’d probably choose to just live in…

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Dog Hoarder

Have you seen those shows on A&E about people who hoard things?  Well I’ve got a dog with the disorder.  Sascha, the lovely German Shepherd loves to hoard every toy she can find, then just lay on top of them.  This serves two purposes; 1) Maggie doesn’t get any toys as far as Sascha is…

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Smart Dogs

Just an interesting article I came across today.  It talks about the recent data gathered by Stanley Coren (he’s published a bunch of books about dogs) that shows that even the average dog has the mental capabilities of a 2 year old child.  The top 7 “smartest” dogs are below.  No wonder I always have…

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Crazy Dog

If you’ve been reading for a while, you may remember that at some point I posted some pictures of Maggie, my Golden Retriever.  Maggie is the old lady at 8 years old.  Sascha is the big bully. Sascha is a German Shepherd (yes they can be black).  I imported her from the Czech Republic 5…

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