sf wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 04:05:49 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > We also own cattle/sheep herding dogs, currently
> > > three, down from 5. The breed we own not only is used for herding but
> > > the Dutch swat teams use them as their K-9 dog of choice. The SO has
> > > also trained a few as personal protection dogs for high profile people
> > > who don't want one of the traditional dogs used for protection work. If
> > > you don't know what breed I'm talking about, good because we want to
> > > keep it that way. Most of us who own this breed keep the PR way down
> > > because they lousy pets for the average Joe.
> > >
> >
> > German shepard?
> > --
> *NOT* a standard protection dog, which a german shepard is. So, it
> could be anything from an Austrailian Sheep Dog *which I'm having
> trouble visualing as a personal protection dog* to a pitbull.
> Personally, I'd take a standard poodle any day. They look like sissy
> dogs, but they have big hearts, protect their families naturally and
> are very, very smart.


I also said the Dutch SWAT teams use them as their K9. You would have
to know something about Dutch police operations to know what breed of
dog we own and train. If you know what breed of dog Sylvester Stallone,
singer Barbara Mandrell, and Olympic athlete Greg Louganis also have or
had as protection dogs you would also know what breed we have. :-)

SD