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Aries
German Shepherd Dog, male
history
Aries is a beautiful bold dog who was pulled from Jasper County Animal Shelter for a GSD rescue group. He had been found as a stray and had significant abrasions on his neck (from his collar). Weather and scheduling delays kept Aries with us for awhile and we grew to appreciate him. We decided he could use some help with socialization so he remains with us.
personality
Aries is a strong large dog and had some incidents with Gus and Sakari but no injuries have resulted. These incidents have subsided as the dogs get to know each other and they even play together now. Morgan keeps an eye on him but has not engaged him. Aries does not seem at all aggressive, just misunderstood by a couple of dogs.
training
Aries visited University Place after minimal training at the kennel. He did a beautiful job, blending well with the other dogs on the visit and charming the residents. He is easily controlled but he needs a lot of work on loose-lead heeling.
2008-03-07: fosters start CGC/TD class by Kyler Laird
Last night Aries, Gus, Marley, Sakari, and Sunny got a little exercise and then started the Canine Good Citizen/Therapy Dog class at Klondike Canine Academy with help from their handlers, Waynetta, Mary, Kitty, Jennifer, and Kyler.
Sakari did a beautiful job for Kyler, largely working off-lead getting a lot of "click-and-treat" for eye contact in sits and downs. Gus was his typical calm and quiet cream puff for Jennifer. The doodles, Marley and Sunny, were excited handfuls for Kitty and Mary. Aries was highly treat motivated but Waynetta succeeded in keeping all of her fingers intact.
We look forward to more training sessions and are interested in working with "guest trainers" who would like to learn along with the dogs.