Shaman is an Entlebucher Sennenhund, the world's best dog!
This breed is very intelligent as you will see. She learned to sit at 9 weeks (one week after she joined our family), she aced the obedience class, got bored at agility class (she wasn't afraid of any of the obstacles) and she learned how to herd after sheep herding classes. Now, she herds our Pygmy goats and two cows.
At present Shaman knows over 80 words and phrases. She knows most of her toys by name: fuzzy, ball, tweedy, boodha, elephant, etc. When we introduce her to people by name, she will go back to that person later when we say, " Where's John?" If we mention her best friend's name (Meesha, a Newfie Lab mix) she goes crazy and wants to go see her. So we have to whisper or spell her name.
She loves people and especially children. When she was seven months old she let an eight month old baby boy pull her ears and patty cake her stomach. She would kiss his face and make him laugh. She only kisses children. The vet says that dogs recognize children as another species and Shaman proves that. When my niece and nephew visited me Shaman would go to their room at 7:00 each morning and wake them up because it was time to play!
She loves to be doing things; working and especially playing. When we got a kitty, Tarzan, from the Humane Society, it was love at first sight. They play constantly and even cuddle together. Shaman is his big sister and he misses her when she goes away. Most of the time Tarzan sleeps with Shaman at night instead of us. They even play with the same toys at the same time.
See what I mean about her being the world's best dog? There are many things I have left out, like the fact that she is an excellent watch dog. We live in the country and we taught her to bark when cars drive up, so we know when someone is coming. The only time she barks is when she hears someone coming or hears a strange noise outside. She is truly a guardian. Her command to bark is "Go see" and that she does.
And did I mention she loves to go places. She doesn't like to be left at home alone. We took her camping last year and she slept in the tent with us. We made her a little bed and said "In your bed" and she slept through the entire night. What a dog!
Note:
If you would like to pronounce this breed name like the Swiss do, it sounds
like Ent-lay-bukh-a Sen-nen-hund.
Please be sure to read the Frequently Asked Questions
page for more specific breed information.
Shaman
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