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  • cabinetman
    Gone but not Forgotten RIP
    • Jun 2006
    • 15216
    • So. Florida
    • Delta
    #1

    German Shepherd vs Louie The Squirrel

    This is about German Shepherds, I've had 'em all my life. My greatest shop dog was a German Shepherd named Beau. He was 115 lbs and had him trained dual personality. A magnificient friend that lived to be 14 yrs old, and died in my arms. His stealth and valor was proven one morning when I entered the shop and found blood all over the floor and window sill in the front of the building. There was also blood all over the sidewalk outside the window. The window was broken and I checked Beau for cuts, and he didn't have any. Called the police and they determined that Beau nailed someone that broke in, chased him out the broken window, and came back into the building. Gave him an attaboy that day.

    I now have two German Shepherds at home and the smaller one 80 lbs, is a voracious hunter. Her name is Shadow and she has an ongoing bout with a squirrel we named Louie. Louie is one smart squirrel. We had a hanging bird feeder from a tree limb, that Louie would scurry down the rope, get food, and climb back up. Well, I fixed that by hanging that birdfeeder from monofilament and put grease on the line. We watched from the house as Louie started down the monofilament and slid down and crashed into the roof of the bird feeder. He tried to get back up but couldn't get a grip, and we were roaring with laughter. Shadow was below the feeder just barking and waiting for Louie to fall. He didn't have any choice but to jump to the ground. Lot of loose dirt flying and Louie ran around the tree with Shadow inches behind, lost his footing and shadow won. I called her out and put her in the house. Went out to see Louie, and he wasn't moving. Got a shovel and went over to take care of Louie, but he was gone (played dead).

    Our back yard has netted kills for Shadow beyond belief. She has picked off low flying birds (2), one possum, one iguana (2ft long), and several snakes. She's in the process of mentoring our other Shepherd Katie (98 lbs) in hunting techniques.



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    • WayneJ
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2004
      • 785
      • Elmwood Park, New Jersey, USA.
      #2
      Your story reminded mr of my squirrels. I have a bird feeder on top of a 6ft piece of 1 1/2 pipe. They could get up that no problem. I got a feeder which would close off if to much weight was on the perch. The squirrels learned to go up on the roof of the feeder and hang down and eat. Like you I greased the pipe with wheel brng grease and that stopped that. It was fun to see them tring to lick the grease off there paws.
      Wayne
      Wayne J

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        • gerti
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2003
          • 2233
          • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
          • BT3100 "Frankensaw"
          #3
          It is so sad that the AKC has such a twisted view of the shape of an ideal German Shepherd. When my mom (not a dog person) came over from Germany and saw a dog show here, her comment on the German Shepherds entering the ring was "Oh my god, they are all crippled!". I wrote the AKC and asked them to kindly change the name of that breed, as they are no longer German Shepherds. I grew up with a German Shepherd.

          Now it is Alaskan Malamutes. We have 3 of them (long story) and they do their share of pack hunting in the yard. But all they get is the occasional bunny, and very rarely a squirrel.

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            • cabinetman
              Gone but not Forgotten RIP
              • Jun 2006
              • 15216
              • So. Florida
              • Delta
              #4
              gerti

              I know what you mean about "crippled look". I've never had one like that. I think they train them like that for the shows. I have friends who have Malamutes, and they are regal. I love big dogs. Mine sit with me during Animal Planet and F1 races. They are starting to get into German Touring Cars, and British Touring car races. Say hi to your mom for me.



              I'M NEVER WRONG - BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT"

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                • gerti
                  Veteran Member
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 2233
                  • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
                  • BT3100 "Frankensaw"
                  #5
                  Originally posted by cabinetman
                  Mine sit with me during Animal Planet and F1 races.
                  Mine love the F1 races too. Maybe it is because they know my hands are mostly idle during the races?

                  Originally posted by cabinetman
                  They are starting to get into German Touring Cars, and British Touring car races. Say hi to your mom for me.
                  Where do you get coverage from the German Touring Cars? I'd love to see it!

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                    • dlminehart
                      Veteran Member
                      • Jul 2003
                      • 1829
                      • San Jose, CA, USA.
                      #6
                      Are you guys talking about the "hyena" look for German Shepherds, wherein the hind quarters are squashed down lower than the fore quarters? I don't know when this became the norm.
                      - David

                      “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” -- Oscar Wilde

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                        • gerti
                          Veteran Member
                          • Dec 2003
                          • 2233
                          • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
                          • BT3100 "Frankensaw"
                          #7
                          Originally posted by dlminehart
                          Are you guys talking about the "hyena" look for German Shepherds, wherein the hind quarters are squashed down lower than the fore quarters? I don't know when this became the norm.
                          Yes, that's what is really bugging me. To me it just looks sad. A German Shepherd is a proud, strong animal. That look is not becoming to the breed. But I am not even a dog person, so what do I know?

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                            • mater
                              Veteran Member
                              • Jan 2004
                              • 4197
                              • SC, USA.
                              #8
                              That reminds me of a German Shepherd ( Buddy ) I had in the early 70's. He rode in the back of my truck and went just about anywhere I went. He would not come out of the truck unless I let the tailgate down. He liked to chase and catch field rats. I was always burying rats.
                              Ken aka "mater"

                              " People may doubt what you say but they will never doubt what you do "

                              Ken's Den

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                                • Rounder
                                  Veteran Member
                                  • Jan 2003
                                  • 1287
                                  • Sanford, FL, USA.
                                  • BT3100
                                  #9
                                  I used to have two hunting curs and a lab mix. The pack leader was a yellow cur named Luna (short for Lunatic). She was about 35 lbs of solid fury and muscle. The other cur was a 80 lb brute named Jeb that was very sweet except when it came to stuffed animals. The Lab mix was named Star and she was about 50 lbs and could jump.

                                  The three of them had control of my back yard. The back yard was roughly 80' x 90' and surrounded by a 6' high fence. Every once in a while i would find the limp body of a cat that had committed suicide in the yard. It had to be suicide as the cat had to stand on the 6' high fence and see three snarling dogs jumping up and down. Then it had to look across the yard and think "I can make it." And then leap and try. And cat owners say cats are smarter than dogs.

                                  As far a squirrels, my neighbor feed them and did rescue work on baby squirrels. One day he knocked on our door and asked if I would walk the woods behind our houses as he was sure there were homeless people out there. He commented on the decline of squirrels in his backyard and figured they were being eaten by the people living in the woods.

                                  The next day my handy man mentioned to me that my dogs were sure **** on squirrels as he saw them catch another one. And then he showed me where he had been buring them. I never mentioned it to my neighbor, Better he thought they were food, than a pull toy for the curs.
                                  George AKA Rounder

                                  "Amarillo Slim, the greatist proposition gambler of all time held to his father's maxim; You can shear a sheep many times, but you can skin him only once."

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                                    • cabinetman
                                      Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                                      • Jun 2006
                                      • 15216
                                      • So. Florida
                                      • Delta
                                      #10
                                      One of the coolest WARNING - BAD DOG signs I've seen is a warning to anyone getting inside the yard. It reads: I CAN MAKE IT TO THIS FENCE IN 1.9 SECONDS, CAN YOU?.



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