My Sage

Sage is almost 3 yrs old. He is the black german shepherd mix you see on my blog at the beginning and on most of my newsletter. He might be part wolf. I did not get him from original owners so who knows. I only know what people told me where they got him and the owners told them. He lives with dogs and I've trained him as I would a dog. I never lose sight of the fact he might be part wolf. He was going to be my training dog and go with me to classes and be a demo dog. The first sign that this might not work out is that he was carsick from day one. I took him in the car a lot and it is better but he still prefers not to ride in the car.

The second sign is that he guards the treat bag. He thinks it is ours not those other dogs hanging around (the class dogs). I'm working with that one. And I guess that knowing he might be part wolf, I find it hard to trust him off leash. Even in the classroom. If it is just us, he's fine. And dogs he knows like his brother or half sister. I should trust that he is a pack animal and he wants to be with the pack. When he goes outside, he does his business and is right back at the door to come in. We are very bonded and I hope to perhaps do some Rally with him and maybe compete if he's good at it. It is something we can do together like Oreo and I did agility. It really helped him in a lot of ways. Maybe Rally will help Sage.