the lord is my Shepherd(s), I shall not want

Ridley in the yard @ 7 months

batmanimal:

Batman has developed a really nice play drive for balls. Balls on ropes. I like the ones with plastic T-tug handles, which let me get a good grip during our tug games without getting rope burns.

Our former working ball of choice was the EliteK9 2.5” yellow ball on T-tug. After a very…

THANK YOU for making this post.

I’ve been looking for an adequate replacement rope ball for a while now. I normally buy the ones they ship from fordogtrainers… love the size and weight, but mine have, without fail, been able to pull the rope out of EVERY one I’ve purchased. I love the stopper on these… maybe there’s some modicum of hope that these will hold up against mine. 

hellinboots:

mytwogermans:

Mulder doing personal protection work. Trainer is Chris Amick, lovely photos taken by his wife Dani Amick. 

I would love to get my GSD in some training like that, since I can’t own a gun a natural protector with an approx 250lb bite is the next best thing right?

Or so you would think!

I actually do protection work with mine because I just love doing it- and perhaps more importantly, because they love doing it. On some level I feel this is the mentality people need to have when doing personal protection with a dog- doing it strictly to have an attack-trained animal to protect you will almost surely lead to disappointment later on down the road (at least IMO!). 

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Mulder being beautiful, as per usual! 

Mulder doing personal protection work. Trainer is Chris Amick, lovely photos taken by his wife Dani Amick. 

Yes, can I help you?

Ridley poses for a picture at the local pet store.

Between all the rain and a busy work week, I haven’t had a lot of time to get good puppy pictures.

So here’s a food post instead.

Ridley eats a mixture of The Honest Kitchen (Thrive) and a ground raw meat mix consisting of beef muscle and fat, tripe, liver, and heart. 

Mulder typically eats a prey model raw diet, consisting of either whole raw “prey” animals such as fish, rabbit, etc, or meat mixtures containing the appropriate meat/organ balance. For this meal, however, I gave him a taste of Ridley’s THK. Mixed in with it are a whole mackerel and the same beef grind mentioned above.