Strolling Sam
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Merlin

Jeg fik Merlin da han var ca. 17 mdr gammel, han var blevet opgivet af sin tidligere ejer, og indleveret til Kennel Khetashio, for at de kunne finde et nyt hjem til ham.

Han var en meget stresset hund og havde svært ved at finde hvile og kunne godt lide at gø, når tingene ikke passede ham dvs. når han ikke syntes at han blev aktiveret nok, eller når han ikke mente at fik opmærksomhed nok. (han gøede faktisk hele tiden)

Merlins stamtavle siger at han er en Blue Merle, men efter en del forskning på nettet og udspørgen af autoriteter inden for Aussiefarver, mener man, at han faktisk er en Dilute Black, hans farve er ret unik, men desværre ikke anerkendt i racestandarden.

I 2005 kom Merlin med i en svensk aussiekalender udgivet af den svenske specialklub for Aussier. I 2006 prægede han flere boligforretningers husfacader, biler og var i flere forsk. blade bla. Bo Bedre, fordi han var med i en reklame for møbelfirmaet BoConcept.

Merlin har trænet brugsarbejde i Frederiksborg politihundeforening, samt Agility, som dog er lagt på hylden, da Merlin har en rygskade som han døjer med engang imellem.

Merlin er meget intelligent og han havde lært en del tricks da han kom til mig. Dette har jeg bygget videre på og da han elsker at optræde for et publikum, sker det at vi giver en lille opvisning. Vi gør en smule i Freestyle/HTM, vi er nogle tøser som mødes en gang imellem og træner sammen. Vi øver til små musikstykker og træner på div. tricks.

Merlin stammer fra Sverige.

I got Merlin when he was aprox. 17 month old, he was abandoned by his former owner, and taken in by Kennel Khetashio, for them to find a new home for him.

He was a very stressed dog, and he was having trouble finding rest and liked to bark, when things didn't go his way. He barked when he thought he wasn't activated enough, or when he thought he wasn't getting enough attention. (He actually barked all the time, SIGH!)

Merlins Pedigree tells us that he is an Blue Merle, But after some research on the internet and asking questions to authorities within Aussiecolour, people think to believe that he is a Dilute Black, his color is quite unique, but unfortunately not allowed in the standard

Merlin is now a calender dog - Mr June 2005, he's in a Swedish Aussiecalender made for the Swedish Australian Shepherd Club. In 2006 He did a commercial for a furnisher's, appeared in many different fasion Magazines and they had a gigant poster of him on their shops and cars.

Merlin did obedience and defencework at the Danich Policedog Association. We also did Agility, but had to stop because of his back injuri.

Merlin is quite intelligent and knew some tricks when he came to me. Now he knows many more tricks and he loves to preform in front of an audience, so now and then we give a little display. We als train Freestyle/HTM and Rally-O but do not compete anymore, we only do it for fun ;O)

Merlin comes from Sweden