| | Abby K9
 | Abby K9, Abby for short, is a German Shepherd Dog who lives with her two humans and her two feline "siblings" Murphy, and Finnegan in southern Virginia.
Abby is a purebred German Shepherd dog whom we go through the Fairfax County Animal Control shelter in Fairfax, VA where she had been dumped like yesterday's garbage by her previous "owner". Fortunately for us, Abby has a tattoo in her ear that allowed us to find out more about her, get her actual date of birth, find out about her German-import parents, and about her training that had to be stopped due to a medical condition. Someone put a lot of money into breeding, raising and training her - only to adopt her out to someone who'd just dump her at the first sight of any issues. Just goes to show no adopter can ever be scrutinized enough.
Now that Abby has a good home, she is blossoming and turning into the best dog we could have ever asked for. Not only is she beautiful, which is something we get a lot of compliments on, she is also very smart, friendly with people and other animals, and truly enjoys doing the things that we enjoy as well. She's fun to have around the house because she's relaxed and perfectly happy to spend the day laying on the couch. She's also fun outdoors because she's always ready to go and will try pretty much anything we take her to, whether it's swimming on the beach, hiking in the woods, shopping in downtown Alexandria, or going to a re-enactment.
Abby has recently retired from her two jobs: servings as a mascot and honorary recruiter for US Army Recruiting, and visiting a residential care home with a program for the memory impaired as a working Therapy Dog. She has also recently been started in sheep herding, which she enjoys very much.
Abby also accompanies us to living history events and re-enactments where she plays a role as either a military working dog or a pet dog, whichever is accurate for the time period we portray at that specific event. She is very popular at these events, especially among visiting and participating children (and adults, of course) who take turns petting and playing with her.
In our free time, we like to involve Abby as much into the things we do as we can and bring her along to every place that allows dogs. Some of the activities we also enjoy are dog-packing (backpacking with dogs), camping, and hiking.
As a dog who is out in public a lot and interacts with many different people and other dogs, Abby also serves as an ambassador to the German Shepherd breed by showing the side of the well-behaved, outgoing, and friendly Shepherd. Too many people already have a misconception that German Shepherds are "vicious killers" because they are used by police and the military as working dogs. That's very unfortunate, because German Shepherds make wonderful family pets and companions and are well suited to a lot of other work, such as service dogs and search and rescue work. | | General Information | | Profile Type: | Personal | | Gender: |  Female | | Tags: | German Shepherd Dog, GSD, canine, dog, K-9 | | Languages: | English | | I'm here for: | Photo sharing, Friends | | Contact Information | | Email: | abbyk9 (at) krasnovia.com | | Personal website: | http://abbyk9.blogspot.com | | My Cities | | Current: |  United States, Virginia | | Background & Lifestyle | | Marital status: | Single | | Sexual orientation: | Straight | | Smoking: | Non-smoker | | Drinking: | I never drink | | Children: | I don't want kids ever | | Education: | Grad/professional school | | Ethnicity: | Other | | Origin: | German | | Body type: | Athletic | | Height: | Average | | Interests & Personality | | Interests: | Enjoying a relaxing afternoon at my favorite stores and pubs, meeting new people, hanging out at the park, traveling, curling up on the couch with my loved ones, swimming, and living history and re-enactments | | Sports: | Living history (not a sport per se, but very demanding), for-fun agility, dog packing, and herding. | | Music: | I don't really have a music preference. | | Movies: | I'm not picky about movies, but I like the ones that have dogs in them. | | Television: | I enjoy Animal Planet and animal-related shows most. | | Heroes: | Rin-Tin-Tin, Chips, and Lassie. | | Books: | "The German Shepherd Dog" by Cavalry Captain Max von Stephanitz. | | Friends: | Rex, Moskitomaniac, hijinks, Hawkwoman, Hhendricks, WolfSpirit, Pukute6, Jeremy Gentles, Prostar205, DANGAR | | Friend of: | Paskalis, John Moses Browning, Kaitlyn2006, LTRedpaw, Jeremy Gentles, Pukkka, DANGAR | |
Add to friends 