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| PLACED -- Zeus graduates to
advanced training and certification for Explosives Ordnance Detection with US Customs.
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Photo courtesy Cameron Ford |
Wilderness walk after a swim in the creek.... |
NorthWest K9's Zeus is a young Australian
Cattle Dog ("Blue Heeler") 12 months of age, possessing striking good looks and a compact, muscular
body exemplifying the standard and his working bloodlines. Hips/elbows clear.
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Zeus is a superbly athletic and agile dog. He possesses superior intelligence, strong handler
attentiveness, an eagerness to learn, and the resilience and determination that are hallmarks of the Cattle Dog breed.
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Searching storage building for his ball... |
Zeus searching for the ball in the holly and blackberry bushes in the rain.... |
Zeus is an extreme ball nut with pronounced drive for the
hunt indoors and out. Tremendous play drive, with a physically demonstrative and affectionate nature.
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Good to go on all manner of
environmental heights and surfaces, including standing and moving water, slick floors, rubble, heavy brush,
metal, fabric, polished concrete, etc.
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Exploring the concrete rubble pile... |
Hunting for his toy tossed into the blue spruce... |
High energy and drive regardless of climactic conditions,
wet or dry, demonstrated in temperatures from 25F to 98F.
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His wilderness runaway master mantrailing shows
outstanding trailing and hunt abilities, with a commitment to the find.
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Zeus working a wilderness runaway... |
Practicing "hup" on the obstacle course.... |
Showing facility to verbal commands sit, down, here, heel, crate/wait/come out,
leave it, give, hup, jump up/jump down, tunnel, brings, aus, go find, look here and hand signals sit, down, here.
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Zeus is a hardy, energetic, "can do" working dog beautifully
suited for the handler experienced with training the high drive working or sporting dog, who seeks an exemplary
partner for demanding performance training and service goals.
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Resting after a successful mantrail find in the forest... |
Preliminary Trait/Drive Summary
Rev. 07/24/02
| TRAIT/DRIVE |
NOT EVALUATED |
NONE TO LOW |
MODERATE |
HIGH |
PRONOUNCED |
| Prey |
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| Play |
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| Food |
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| Trailing |
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| Hunt |
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| Retrieve |
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| Biddability |
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| Ball |
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| Tug |
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| Object Guarding |
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| Food Guarding |
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| Socialness |
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| Child friendly |
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| Ability to settle |
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| Dog friendly |
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| Suspicion |
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| Rebound/Resilience |
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| Handler Focus |
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| Independence |
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| Variable noise threshold |
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| Variable height threshold |
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| Variable surface threshold |
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| Agileness |
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| Athleticism |
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PROGRAM TRAINING COMPETENCY
This candidate has completed the following phases of NorthWest K9 Program Competency:
| Basics |
Social |
Environ |
Travel |
Drive I |
Drive II |
Obed I |
Obed II |
Scentwork I |
Scentwork II |
Agility I |
Agility II |
SERVICE SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT
This candidate shows potential for advanced training in:
| SAR |
Detection |
Competitive Sport |
Agility |
Flyball |
HANDLER SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT
This candidate is best suited for individuals with training and handling experience level:
PRICING/AVAILABILITY
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