I kind of joined this forum to discuss wildlife issues but I guess I'm allowed to put up a photo of my dog too.

May I introduce Kelly to you. She's a Belgian shepherd and is 13 years old. She's very smart, active and organised. She does not approve of foxes, alas, although she did stand up on her hind legs when she first met a cow...and she's reasonably okay with horses and cats. She enjoys broccoli and stealing toys from anyone who will go in pursuit of her. She dislikes oranges, loud noises and my university rucksack (which she knows means that I'm off out without her).



Oh yes, and she has mixed feelings about some of my Canadian "friends". This scene did not end happily although Yip (the coyote) lived to tell the tale.

She looks pretty good for 13. Sounds like a good dog and I bet she's wonderful even though Yip now has to stay away from her

Great pictures too

haha, that's great. On top of the TV eh? I've heard people that put them on bookshelves, and their beds too. I wish I had a few.

Well, hopefully Kelly won't beat up Yip anymore.

She looks really good for a dog of that age. You must take really good care of her. Is she a Turvuren mix or full blooded? I think that the Belgian Shepard is also called a Turvuren but I'm not 100% sure, that is why I am asking if you know.

Basically the Belgian shepherd is found in four very slight variations, all named after Belgian towns. Kelly is indeed a Tervueren but her parents were Groenendaels. That is, they were jet black and she is orange. The only difference between the variations is the coat, which is why one form can give birth to another! The other two have curly coats and short coats respectively.

But yeah, if I'd wanted to show her professionally, I could have done as she's compliant with the breed standard. She's orange, therefore she is Tervueren. If that makes sense...

Yes, it's down to genetics but I guess we don't want to give everyone on here a headache by discussing genetic theory LOL

She's very active and playful, and if she doesn't get her daily walk she has ways of letting me know, like messing up my room...one of her favourite games is me hiding something (like a toy) and then being asked to search for it.

I've heard of all of th Belgian shepards but I did not know that they could give birth to each other. That is very interresting. If I am not mistaken the other two sheperds are Lakineois (sp?) and Malinouis (sp? on that one too). I know how to pronounce the names and I know what they look like but I'm not sure on the spelling is, see in the past I used to watch dog shows all the time and have even been to a few so I know a lot of different breeds of dogs and the belgian sheperds have always been on my favorite list ever since I saw them at a dog show and looked them up in a book and did some slight research on them.

May I ask if you do research on dogs often or did you just know this off the top of your head cause it is something that you heard about growing up?

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Evergreen wrote:

May I ask if you do research on dogs often or did you just know this off the top of your head cause it is something that you heard about growing up?

I used to swallow books whole as a kid (not literally - I just spent a vast amount of my time reading!) and dog books were a part of that. But I guess you do that little bit extra research about a breed when you decide to take them into your family. However, I did check up on the spellings (Flemmish isn't my strong point!)

The two forms with unusual coats are very rare in the UK. I believe that it is just the longhaired ones which can give birth to each other.

I've been to Crufts a few times. I love watching agility and Flyball. And Kelly is lying beside me whining which suggests her patience in waiting for a walk has expired, so I'd better go out with her now...

Poor Yip Well, Kelly looks great and I like that shot of her running, great shot.
I wonder what Yip thinks of Kelly . . . lol

lol, I like the translation part. Nice touch of humor.

As long as they aren't beating eachother up anymore