[ SHOWGSD-L ] "Dogs Who Love and Protect." (Long)
- From: Blackoaks1@xxxxxxx
- To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:07:26 EDT
The recent topic about German Shepherd Dogs who protect their loved ones,
prompts me to share the story of my GSDCA Hero Dog, Black Oak's Sargent
Pepper,T.T. aka "Sarge."
Sarge was a grandson of Sel.Ch.Bel Vista's Joey Baby,ROM. As a baby, Sarge
developed Parvovirus, and in 1980, the Vets were not sure how to treat it. My
husband at the time told me to have Sarge put down, but I refused. He spent
some days at the animal Hospital on IVs, and survived. Five months later Sarge
saved MY life, when he attacked a man who was strangling me in the course of
an attempted robbery of the store I managed. I had put Sarge on a "down-stay"
in the room above the store where my son and daughter were asleep. When the
man came in to rob us, I struggled with him, and as the man was strangling me
Sarge broke his down (intelligent disobedience?) and came down the stairs.
On the point of blacking out, I did not comprehend what was happening. The man
had let me go, and was fighting with my dog. Sarge was making a horrible
sound, somewhere between a growl, and a roar. The would be robber was
punching,
and kicking Sarge. Thinking my puppy was being hurt, I grabbed his collar, and
pulled him off. The man fled out the door, leaving all the bloody money
strewn on the floor. Sarge's story made National headlines, and when Blanche
Biesswenger got the story, she took it to the Parent Club. The Hero Dog awards
began, and in 1985, at the St. Louis National, then President Sam Lawrence put
the Silver Medal around Sarge's neck, and he received a standing ovation. A
lot of you may remember that.
Sarge was an AMERICAN bred German Shepherd Dog. He was never trained to
bite, but was an intregal part of our family, and guarded us for nearly 13
years.
His story has been in a few books, one of which is "Dogs Who Love and
Protect" by Tom Rose. I know that a well bred, and well raised German Shepherd
Dog
will protect their family, no matter what their country of origin.
Marcia Hadley Black Oak's
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