First, a brief introduction! We're Anne and Zak, Leo's owners. Neither one of us had owned a dog since our high school/college years, and both of us are in our thirties now--so it had been a while! After we bought our new house early in 2007, the talk turned to a possible puppy in our future. And here we are, with the little rogue up above now sharing our home!
So where did we find out about this breed, and why did we decide to go with an ISSR Shiloh Shepherd?
It turned out that Zak and I both had some pretty definite ideas on which breeds were our favorites! We knew that we would like a dog that was good with other pets, because I have two cats. We wanted a breed that was very good with kids, as Zak's and my siblings both had little ones. I wanted an intelligent, easy-to-train dog, because after years off I wanted to get back into Obedience and maybe Dog Agility events.
Zak and I took to looking through big dog books, talking together about what we did and didn't like about breeds and which ones fit our lifestyle best. Some of the books had bunches of breeds not recognized by the AKC yet. It was while looking through The New Encyclopedia of the Dog by Bruce Fogle that we came upon the entry for the Shiloh Shepherd!
2 comments:
Leo, I love this picture of you! What a goofy grin you have, and now we know what you will look like when your ears stand up.
You are growing so fast. Your coat and colors are very similar to mine. Best wishes for a great new year with your new family! I hope we get to play together again, maybe at homecoming in August.
Your sister (Green Girl),
Ginger
What a cute pup Leo was, Anne! He is growing o fast, same with Brandy, I remember when she looked like that!
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