panzer426 said:
no problem. did I understand you correctly? she is a police dog? Im not doubting you, just curious because you werent sure of her background, said you were told she was german working lines. I thought all of the police departments and federal agencies were importing dogs from germany, czech republic and belgium on their own. where did she come from?
in 1985 when I was only 6 years old my parents had to give up a gsd mix that my dad rescued from a co worker. it was her sons dog and he went off to college (I think, long time since I heard the story) and the dog lived on a chain about 6 feet long under their deck. my dad told her after hearing this that she could give it to him or she could give it to animal control after he called them. truthfully I doubt they would have taken it since it was being fed, had a dog house, had fresh water and was getting regular vet checks. anyway, we had the dog for maybe 6 months and he was perfectly obedient on leash but off leash he would vanish in a second. and to make it worse he could easily hop the fence which was 6 or 7 feet tall. not sure how my dad new him but the guy who adopted him from us was a police officer and he became a k-9 partner for him.
anyway my point was that I didnt think any american police departments did that anymore, thought they all imported them now.
Well I guess all Police Dept's are not importing directly from where you mentioned. As a matter of fact I know a couple narcotic only dogs that are pound rescues. And trained after rescue. And another certified patrol dog that has no background at all.
The breeder (I think I said trainer before, but it was the breeder that told me this, oops). The breeder said her father was a police k-9 coming directly from Germany working lines. I am not sure about the mother. So more than likely she has some German working bloodlines but then mixed with American or something else. I am just really not educated enough to even talk about this in general.
When we got her my husband and son (5 years at the time) met with breeder and trainer together. Our main concern was her reactions to our children. She passed with flying colors. The breeder gave the trainer the Akc papers and he handed them to my husband and said he had no use for those, I guess he believes in an individual dogs ability not putting importance on
where they came from.
But Rocket passed her tests for drive and working capability.
So I still have her puppy registration papers for Akc, I don't have her pedigree yet, but when I send them in I will have more information.
Actually she was training with my husband(after months of training with the trainer) for only one week and they had to cert to be able to work on the streets and they passed with lots of great comments referring to them working so great together.
She was certified in narcotics, tracking, apprehension, and protection, which qualifies her as a patrol dog. So, because she fits in so great with our family, and does her job equally well, I just am not so concerned about her physical attributes, although it is very interesting, thats why I asked.
And again to answer your question, not all law enforcement agencies have their dogs imported. But I live in WV, I do not know what other states do. But I would be inclined to believe it is up to the individual departments to buy what they want and from where.
Thanks for your help,
Julie.
Gunnar is German show lines and was about 7 months old in this pic.
