Shiloh was a hard working German Shepherd Dog with a hard temperament, high prey drive and a breeding background from the line of a Czech and DDR origin.

SHILOH was trained in K9 Search & Rescue work, and HE LOVED IT! Shiloh was about ALL WORK and very little play. “GIVE ME A JOB AND I WILL PROBLEM SOLVE MY WAY TO GETTING IT DONE,” was what most characterized Shiloh’s whole life, from start to finish. The very kind and helpful Veterinary who assisted me in putting Shiloh to sleep, said of him after meeting him and hearing about his life story, that he, to quote her, “HE IS TOO NOBLE A DOG TO DIE A HARD AND WASTING DEATH!” That he was!!!

 The first day I brought Shiloh home as a 7 week old puppy, I clipped his front nails and he quickly ran to the other side of the room, flopped on the floor, and tucked his front paws underneath his body – as if to say: “There, PROBLEM SOLVED, you will never get at my nails to clip them again!”

 The very first time I tested Shiloh to see if he had the “right stuff” to be a Search & Rescue K9 when he was only a year old I had my wife, Karen, hide out in our woods up in a deer stand. She had to climb a narrow ladder to get inside the structure. I told Shiloh, “GO FIND MOM,” (he was distanced about 3 football fields away from Karen), and in no time at all he had not only located her, but in his frustration to connect with Karen, he solved the problem by climbing up the ladder to get to her! “GOOD WORK, SHILOH!”

 Shiloh was not the most affectionate dog; he would tolerate me petting him for 3 to 5 minutes a day, then he wanted to go to work! In Shiloh’s 7 years of helping me in my dog training business, he would calm fearful dogs, correct aggressive dogs and playfully engage and socialize all dogs. Shiloh lives on in the lives of almost 750 other K9s that he directly influenced and mentored into being “GOOD DOGS” for their respective owners who brought their dogs to “SHILOH K9 OBEDIENCE Training & Boarding Center, LLC” over the 7 years of Shiloh’s time with us. Shiloh had finished his career by mentoring his last puppy, another GSD, called; “Süss,” a German name for “sweet!” This was so fitting for a summary of the kind of dog SHILOH has been his whole lifetime!

Shiloh was always on the run!

“THE NOBLE ONE!”