04-26-2008 - Trip to Cher Car Kennels

Today, Brad & I went to Cher Car Kennels in St. John, Michigan to visit our new puppy and his parents Rush (mom) & Touche’ (dad).  We hung out with the owners Cheryl & Lori and their dogs.  They also let us participate in handler protection training with a German Shepherd named Santos and also with Rush (our puppy’s mom).  All in all a super duper fun day!!!

To the left is a picture of Brad with, most likely, our puppy Nico. Below is me, paying the price after faking an attack on Lori, the owner of Rush. Rush is the mother of our puppy - she gave birth to 10 puppies 4 weeks ago:

We had the chance to be decoys for Rush, as well as Santos, a German Shepherd. It was pretty exciting. We’re looking forward to bringing Nico home in 4 weeks.

Here is a picture of me, having a ton of fun while being chomped on by Rush:

Here is a picture of Brad & Rush, Brad did a great job with her bite work:

We also got the opportunity, and priviledge to meet Max the German Rottweiler and his human, Dan.  Max is a fully rehabilitated Rotty, he used to be really aggressive toward humans, but is now basically a 110lb. lap dog.  He really took to Brad & I, so much so that when he came out of the training ring he ran over to us and plopped at our feet.  Dan joked that maybe Max would be going home with us!  Which would have been fine with Brad and me!  Below is the Almighty Max, 110lbs of muscle, with a little sweetie-pie mixed in!!

We also both got to do bite work with Santos, a beautiful, well-balanced German Shepherd, his bites were different from Rush, but just as effective:

Brad & Santos - Working hard!

Me & Santos.

Here are more pics of the puppies, not just Nico:

They seem to like making puppy piles….

And last, but certainly not least, Taigan the Great - little but mighty, she rules the roost at Cher Car Kennels: