When I was down in Riverside for my Mom's funeral, I picked up a new puppy. I have always liked German Shepherds and decided to get one. I wanted a dog that could travel into the woods with me and maybe become a partner on the search & rescue team as a search dog. We saw an ad in the paper and went to look at the dogs and Lori and I fell in love with the runt of the litter. We really liked the look of him as he was the only dog have his ears stand upright, making him look like a German Shepherd. He has a little shyness problem, as when I first pick him up he yelped like I had hurt him. But he got use to us very fast, and when we took him home, he didn't want to leave my lap. We named him Zeus, because he looked so good and regal, he could have been a Greek god.
Zeus is now 6 months old, and has grown quite a bit. He's about 60 lbs. in weight and stands proud. He gets lots of compliments when he is out. He still has his shyness problem but he gets over it quite fast. We have started search training and he is getting the idea of finding people, but he's still a little afraid to approach people. Once he determines that they are no threat, he licks and loves to be petted by them. Following are pictures of Zeus the first day we got him and just last week. You'll notice the size change.
