Jasper my dog

Dog saves man's life

This story really shows how valuble German Shepherds can be and you can find a good shepherd at many of the german shepherd rescue centers around the country.

Owner,Joe Stalnaker said he adopted the dog from a shelter at 8 weeks old.Joe the owner says his dog Buddy (what a fitting name),was trained to pick-up the telephone and dial a preprogramed number by pushing the number on phone(amazing).Joe was having a seizure when Buddy did exactly what he was trained to do,saving his masters life.Buddy is 18 months old at time of insident(9/15/2008).Buddy has made 2 other calls to 911 before for his owner also.

Joe's seizures are a result of an accident that happened 10 years ago in a military training exercise.Joe spent 2 days in hospital to recover and then returned home to his beloved companion.Stories like this just instill the fact of how valuble these dogs can be when trained to do certain jobs.Remember that in order for a dog to be trained to do important jobs like these,the dog must be imprinted correctly.This is exactly why I repeat so often in my posts that when training a working dog or any other dogs it is very important to imprint puppies the right way.When done right the dog and handler creat a bond that is undiscribable,and can only be fully understood by experiencing it firsthand.Cudo's to Buddy,his owner, and the people responsible for his training.

My dog that I'm training now can pick-up and get both my phones for me at command.My dog was doing this at about 7 months old,and will bring the appropriate phone to me on command.This is very good especially if you live alone and ever have an accident and cant get to the phone.If my phone keeps ringing and I dont wake up when sleeping,my dog will automatically bring the phone and put it in my hand after waking me.This is not that hard to teach a dog if the dog has no issues with different articles.I will get into the theory of this traing at a later date.