Jen and I were at an annual picnic for people in our area who raise ISSR Shiloh Shepherds.
The Shiloh is a breed developed by a woman in New York state who wanted to return the German Shepherd bloodlines back to what it used to be before all the dog shows, AKC and puppymills perverted the breed. She started in 1974 and has done some amazing work.
We are looking for an all-purpose farm animal -- stock guardian, companion and a working and herding dog. We had seen two Shilohs a few years ago and now that we are looking for a dog, they have risen to the top of our lists. We saw six adult dogs and a couple puppies of various ages. Each and every one of them was well behaved around people they did not know, very mellow and just hanging out with their owner.
Very smart and very beautiful. I took some photos and will have them posted at the Brownsnout website tomorrow. Here is one of the creatures we met today from his breeders website:
What's not to love!