Dutch Shepherd Catching Big Air

Our Dutch Shepherd, Jager, loves to dock dive in our pond

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Pets & Animals

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• Dutch
• Shepherd
• dock
• diving

[jmdruck]

Slait - where do you live? Tell me about your female!

[lubbockboy1]

My 12yr old Dutch Shepherd, Bruno, is still an amazing athlete and full of energy. These are great dogs, their intelligence is just as remarkable as their athletic ability and they're good natured, loyal and affectionate.

[jmdruck]

@lubbockboy1 It is good to hear that they can remain so active at such an old age. Jager has a toy drive that is just crazy and he has not had any injuries despite how hard he runs. We just got back from competing at the DockDiving World Championships in Oregon. Jager finished 4th in Speed Retrieve and 5th in Extreme Vertical. He is awesome. As you mentioned, he is VERY good natured and affectionate - especially when inside our home. We would LOVE to find a female to breed him with!

[bluebully2]

I have a 1 1/2 year old female Dutchie. She is being trained for detection. She is extremely intelligent and so easy to train. I can not imagine owning any other breed.

[Talonsage]

did I forget most GS can't climb but dutchie's excel

[Talonsage]

any trainer with a sane mind knows the dutch shepherd is not only more trainable but more intelligent than the GS..poor breeding aside..the GS can't swim, jump or think like a dutchie and never will unless they are a half breed.

[F0ck93]

wut lol amazing jump haha xD

[Manjason08]

I have a 16 month female Dutchie that I would love to do this with, but we live in Arizona, and really not anywhere close to water. Great video!

[TypeR1013]

@UltraFighter18—LOL. The GSD is falling further and further out of favor for military/police work. Walk around the White House or any other well-guarded location in DC and you will see only Malinois.

I love the GSD, a lot (had a great Czech Female for 10 years) but the Malinois is the future of military/police work. Smaller, more agile, fewer health problems, and even more intelligent (if that's possible).

However, the GSD is still the better pet/companion dog.

[JackKangaroo1]

@UltraFighter18 I would agree that the 'working' GSD is very different than the show dog variety and it was the show dog variety---the most common form here in the USA---that I consider "crippled" by bad breeding practices. There is no other breed that has established itself as a premier working breed to match a good working specimen of the GSD and I've been told that Euro bred GSDs are still quite sound. Sadly, here in the USA it is hard to find a good one. Belgian Malinois now replace them.

[UltraFighter18]

@JackKangaroo1 so the problem is with the athletics. The GSD is heavier than a dutch shepherd so in less athletic but stronger. The thing I disagree is that you called the GSD crippled. In this clip there is an athletic GSD watch?v=9ifhjs4I6cw and suggestions of the same dog. A working GSD is very athletic, fast, strong and agile. The show GSD's are leaving a bad impression about this breed. The military and police GSD's are the true ambassadors of this breed.

[JackKangaroo1]

@UltraFighter18 Well then "UltraFighter" if you wanted to impress me with the athletic ability of the GSD why did you send me a video clip of an athletic Dutch Shepherd?  Isn't that like demonstrating the sportiness of a Mazerati by sending a video of a Porsche?

[UltraFighter18]

@JackKangaroo1 take a look at this clip watch?v=MnXQ4XB-Zwk The German Shepherds are not crippled clearly you haven't seen a working GSD they are not like the show GSD. The GSD will always remain the number 1 military and police dog.