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"Morning ladies and welcome to the first Tups Tactical Defence class giving you all the skills to defend against those out of control canines".......Sorry that's what just popped into my head 😂😂😂
 
A very smart dog, very smart indeed. No suitable cation I'm sorry to say, but Blackie Tups (any tups with that substance of head-gear) and which seem to show no fear of the dog, would be considered extremely dangerous, even if they do 'know' the dog.

I feel compelled to ask, and as I've never yet had any dog staring wistfully in to the distance with a group of tups but 2-3' feet away, has the pic been photoshopped~? NOT a criticism, just an observation and a genuine question! The dog's apparent disregard for the danger is surprising. The tups appear to be shearlings, but none the less, a risk which I wouldn't take assuming that it's just a snap-photo.

OK a caption "OK lads, now listen up, if we get caught, this is is the story …….."!

Alec.
 
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Bellasophia said:
What a cracking dog..the female is also stunning.Will you keep a pup? What a wonderful line you'd have.
LOve the scenery too,makes me homesick.
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Thank you. He is a wonderful dog. I have owned this breed for the past 25 years but feel he is going to be my dog of a lifetime. Yes I will definitely be having a pup. The bitch's owner is a vet over in Denmark and so, even though my own pup won't be able to travel to the UK until he is 3 months 3 weeks, I know he will have the best of care and socialisation while he is with her.
 
Alec Swan said:
A very smart dog, very smart indeed. No suitable cation I'm sorry to say, but Blackie Tups (any tups with that substance of head-gear) and which seem to show no fear of the dog, would be considered extremely dangerous, even if they do 'know' the dog.

I feel compelled to ask, and as I've never yet had any dog staring wistfully in to the distance with a group of tups but 2-3' feet away, has the pic been photoshopped~? NOT a criticism, just an observation and a genuine question! The dog's apparent disregard for the danger is surprising. The tups appear to be shearlings, but none the less, a risk which I wouldn't take assuming that it's just a snap-photo.

OK a caption "OK lads, now listen up, if we get caught, this is is the story …….."!

Alec.
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Nope, no photoshopping (I don't even know how to!). There were a series of photos taken - and in the one where my dog is appears to be looking wistfully into the distance, he is in fact looking at the few tup lambs behind shearlings. He is used to working (alongside our collies) with our blackie sheep and both have a healthy respect for one another :)

I will add a few more from the same day.












He's good with lambs too :D




And ewes



And rides the quad too (right I will stop now ;) ) - I am very proud of my dog and enjoy showing him off - that's my excuse!

 
Fantastic photos and what an awesome place you live in. If any dog could be described as 'fit for purpose' that is certainly yours. Love him.
Do you show or compete him in some way? (Sorry if you are the world champion of so and so and I should recognise him!).
I asume he is a 'hard' type of dog but he doesn't have that scary stare that some GSDs seem to have as their default setting. Is he easy to switch on and off?
 
Clodagh said:
Fantastic photos and what an awesome place you live in. If any dog could be described as 'fit for purpose' that is certainly yours. Love him.
Do you show or compete him in some way? (Sorry if you are the world champion of so and so and I should recognise him!).
I asume he is a 'hard' type of dog but he doesn't have that scary stare that some GSDs seem to have as their default setting. Is he easy to switch on and off?
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Ha ha no - we are not world champion of anything! We dabble in tracking and working trials but prefer to spend our time up here in the hills and on the farm. He would choose to help with the sheep before anything else. To compete successfully in IPO and/or working trials takes so much dedication and so many hours of training. It might be something I will look more seriously at when my children are older and I have a little more spare time.

He looks a hard dog and in terms of work, he has bags of drive - yet with the children he is the best family dog I have. He is very energetic and athletic but has an off switch too. He is a really well balanced dog, who is the whole package imo. He will protect my property with a warning bark, but is friendly and social to all who are invited to enter :) As you can probably tell, he is the apple of my eye!
 
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Very smart pics, including the sheep! I wondered if perhaps your sheep weren't 'dogged' and so had no fear of dogs, but in your sort of country, you'd never cope without a dog! There really does seem to be an unusual relationship in place. I'm impressed, seriously so too! I was initially a little sceptical I'll admit! :)

The top pic; that tup on the right has some serious length to him. A very smart man!

Alec.

ets, How I covet those horns for stick tops, I have a ready market for them should you take your senior tups in for killing.
 
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Thanks Alec - and everyone else who has made nice comments about my photos.

I will let my hubby know about the market for tups horns - but he and my elder son enjoy stick making through the winter months, so they tend not to go to waste when we do get them.
 
I imported my last dog from Sweden..he was well socialised and came out of his flight crate like an old pro.( 4 months old).we flew to collect him but he had to travel below due to his size and weight limit.
Your breeder will hopefully take your girl with her to trials etc and you will have a wonderful pup.Mine was lead trained ,house trained ,grooming tolerant and generally well mannered when we brought him home..what a joy.
The pups from Sweden,Belgium ,Finland etc seem to be a step ahead,especially in the amount of health testing they do,plus their working backgrounds.
My st poodle is Swedish / American lines..my mini schnauzer,Russian,Belgian.. They show significant differences to my prior British dogs and seem to be much more in contact with their original working purpose..
 
Bellasophia said:
I imported my last dog from Sweden..he was well socialised and came out of his flight crate like an old pro.( 4 months old).we flew to collect him but he had to travel below due to his size and weight limit.
Your breeder will hopefully take your girl with her to trials etc and you will have a wonderful pup.Mine was lead trained ,house trained ,grooming tolerant and generally well mannered when we brought him home..what a joy.
The pups from Sweden,Belgium ,Finland etc seem to be a step ahead,especially in the amount of health testing they do,plus their working backgrounds.
My st poodle is Swedish / American lines..my mini schnauzer,Russian,Belgian.. They show significant differences to my prior British dogs and seem to be much more in contact with their original working purpose..
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That is really interesting to hear about your own dogs and I think I agree with many of your points about how many of the European countries are ahead of the UK in terms of their breeding stock and working titles and health tests. Interestingly though, the lady vet wishes to use my dog because she wants to introduce some different lines into the breeding stock over there, as they also have the same problems we do with too many of the more popular studs being used time and time again, rather than adding some genetic diversity.

I plan to drive to collect my pup when the time comes - and will hopefully make a wee holiday out of the trip.
 
MurphysMinder said:
He really is a cracking looking dog. Apologies if you have said somewhere previously but what is his breeding ?
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Thank you. He is line bred to Tino vom Felsenschloß and is mainly DDR lines with some West German working and some Belgian working lines. I can post a link to his pedigree if you are interested.
 
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