Sibes and other northern breeds

[Kootenay]

Romy, what ANCD might you get to meet?

Sounds like one definitely might fit with what you're looking for, although I might go for one of the more GSD influenced lines (Fresca maybe) if you want an alert barker. Yarrow definitely does not bark much. I think Fresca and Iowa are having a litter that might suit you?

[noodlerubyallie]

I think that Ruby would be a good tracker, but I don't think she'd be consistently good at finding something I wanted her to find.....

No alert barking from her in our house, Allie and Noodle take care of that for her.

Good luck with the new puppy search!!

[AllieMackie]

Beauty is quite shy with new people, uses her nose a lot, doesn't alert bark until she realizes she doesn't know someone... oh and she roo-roos all the time, it's adorable.

[monkeys23]

Lily is so chatty. I love it! I honestly can't imagine being without a sibe, though I definitely prefer the ones with GSD mixed in. Luckily/sadly no shortage in rescue to chose from either!

[Lyzelle]

Sibe/GSD mixes are definitely my favorite. Haven't met a bad one, yet. Best of both worlds.

[Romy]

Originally Posted by Kootenay

Romy, what ANCD might you get to meet?

Sounds like one definitely might fit with what you're looking for, although I might go for one of the more GSD influenced lines (Fresca maybe) if you want an alert barker. Yarrow definitely does not bark much. I think Fresca and Iowa are having a litter that might suit you?

That would be awesome. I may get to meet Little Bear, not really sure who he's out of. She mentioned his owners are newer to having dogs and asked them if they'd like me to do a training consult in exchange for letting me come over. Fingers crossed that it will work out.

Was Yarrow out of Cola? I can't remember now.

[monkeys23]

Originally Posted by Lyzelle

Sibe/GSD mixes are definitely my favorite. Haven't met a bad one, yet. Best of both worlds.

I can't believe how many I've seen in the shelter in the past five years.

I'm so glad I took Scout. Sigh, that woman couldn't say I didn't warn her though! I said over and over how she didn't really want a dog like Lily! Guess she was meant to make her way to me, or some stuff like that.

[Kootenay]

Originally Posted by Romy

That would be awesome. I may get to meet Little Bear, not really sure who he's out of. She mentioned his owners are newer to having dogs and asked them if they'd like me to do a training consult in exchange for letting me come over. Fingers crossed that it will work out.

Was Yarrow out of Cola? I can't remember now.

Oh, cool. Little Bear is a Pepsi x Starbuck puppy. And yeah, Yarrow is Cola x Cinnabar

That would be awesome! I just saw an update on Little Bear for the first time, he's a cutie.

[PitBullLove]

Lorraine please please please bring me with you whenever you go to look at a new dog/puppy! Do you still have my phone number?

[Romy]

Originally Posted by PitBullLove

Lorraine please please please bring me with you whenever you go to look at a new dog/puppy! Do you still have my phone number?

I think I lost it. Send it on over though! And totally yeah! Unless I end up having one shipped in. But then you can totally come along to the airport.

Originally Posted by Kootenay

Oh, cool. Little Bear is a Pepsi x Starbuck puppy. And yeah, Yarrow is Cola x Cinnabar

That would be awesome! I just saw an update on Little Bear for the first time, he's a cutie.

Aww, nice! She sent me a video of him doing some basic OB stuff and he was so cute. I wish I had a giant farm and could be a dog hoarder and have an ANCD puppy, and a fila puppy, and an azawakh. Well, not really lol. I'd probably go insane. But it's getting harder to decide which one is the best fit. It'll probably come down to who is actually on the ground when litters are born and who individually will be the best fit for our family.

I e-mailed the local contact for FEMA's urban SAR trainers (like for buildings collapsed in earthquakes and stuff). I used to help with the trainings for the local SAR group and it was really fun. My hope is the urban SAR will be a lot less expensive than the woodland SAR, because it would be really neat and I bet an ANCD would be fantastic at it.