DRESDEN — Ember Sheppard said she loved her German shepherd, Sarge, and would never have done anything to be mean or cruel to him.
When Sarge was found dead in Sheppard’s backyard on E. Muskingum Avenue on Aug. 14, Sheppard said she was shocked.
Now Sheppard, 25, has been charged with one count of misdemeanor animal cruelty and faces a $750 fine and up to 60 days in jail if found guilty. Sheppard pleaded not guilty to the charge and has a trial on Aug. 31 in Dresden Mayor’s Court.
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Detroit — The search continues for a German shepherd
dog believed to have been intentionally set afire Wednesday on the city’s northwest side.
Witnesses saw burns on the dog‘s face on Livernois and Puritan, but the dog ran off before they could help the pooch, according to the Michigan Humane Society.
The case remains under investigation as the search continues for the dog.
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After years of service, one member of the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Department is happily retired.
Meet Croix, a 9-year-old German Shepherd, who has been living a life of retirement since May with his new owner Joanne, who also worked with the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Department.
We spoke with Croix’s handler of seven years, K-9 Handler Morgan Case, to find out a little bit more about Croix, and also, to find out a little bit more about the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit.
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TOLEDO, Ohio — A German shepherd that survived six gunshots in Ohio soon will move to a no-kill shelter that took in pit bulls seized from Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring.
The Best Friends Animal Society says Sarge will leave for his new home in southern Utah by the end of the month. He’ll be with about 1,700 other animals.
Humane Society workers in Toledo had said Sarge wouldn’t be put up for adoption after he bit two employees, but the Utah shelter has agreed to take him in
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A Wichita pet owner learns the hard way about a deadly disease carried by ticks. Now, Laurie Vickery wants to warn everyone about the rare condition her German Shepherd “Recon” is fighting.
Recon is a nearly 8-year-old German Shepherd who is trained in search and rescue. Her career was ended by a tick.
“Recon came from a neglectful home, but she’s been a great dog.,” Vickery says. “At six months she went right into training,” she recalls. Recon was pressed into service the night of the Greensburg Tornado.
But this past spring Recon got sick, her local veterinarian treated her as best he could but advised the family to transfer Recon to a Kansas City intensive care animal hospital.
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Just by sniffing out an old deer carcass, a five-year-old German Shepherd named Sweety has potentially earned his owners thousands of dollars and propelled them into the world of antler mania.
While roaming around last spring, Sweety led his owner Richard Ewing to a deer carcass that was rotting away on their property in Ohio. To Ewing’s astonishment, the carcass was attached to a massive pair of non-typical antlers that stretched out over 29 points and measured 24 2/8 inches on the inside spread. When the Boone and Crockett Club eventually took the tape to the rack, it scored 263 inches. It will likely become the fifth largest deer to ever be scored in Ohio, according to The News-Herald.
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K-9 Bandit, a 7-year-old German shepherd whose keen sense of smell and training helped police confiscate 20-plus kilos of cocaine and thousands of dollars in cash, died unexpectedly Saturday morning.
The department’s only canine member, Bandit is believed to have died from a sudden contortion or twisting of the stomach — a condition that occurs in some breeds of dogs.
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The German Shepherd Dog, also known as Alsatian is a breed of large-sized dog that originated in Germany which dates back in 1899. Developed originally for herding sheep but because of their strength, intelligence and abilities in obedience training, today they are often employed as police war dogs.
