Hikaru Vom Insel
Karu's accomplishments
Hikaru Vom Insel RFLIII-s, AD, HRDI-s/ge, CGC, HSA-d/s, HTDI-s
Three times Reserve High in Trial! Plus a High on Ducks, that was not HIT because combined with sheep.
Comment by Jean-Michele Jolly (French 10x National Champion & 10x Reserve National Champion) after awarding “Excellent” rating to Karu’s level III French trial run: “This is a very nice dog. You are lucky to have such a nice dog.”
Three times Reserve High in Trial! Plus a High on Ducks, that was not HIT because combined with sheep.
Comment by Jean-Michele Jolly (French 10x National Champion & 10x Reserve National Champion) after awarding “Excellent” rating to Karu’s level III French trial run: “This is a very nice dog. You are lucky to have such a nice dog.”
Karu's background
Male Bi-black (bi-color carrying black), at 17 months 25 ½ inches and a very lean 72 pounds.
DOB: 12-15-2008 AKC#: DN23417702 Full Pedigree
Karu is German SV A-stamped (both hips and elbows rated “Normal”), results on file with GSDCA-WDA & SV. And is DNA'd as DM Clear.
Etiology (or What’s in a name): after Hikaru Sulu, main character in the original Star Trek series, call name Karu.
BTW: Hikaru’s paternal grandfather is a Japanese import.
Above: Karu working adult Nigerian Dwarf Goats at 11-weeks-old.
top left: going around to take off fence. top right: bringing them to me
bottom left: driving them off. bottom right: meeting the challenge of the stare down
top left: going around to take off fence. top right: bringing them to me
bottom left: driving them off. bottom right: meeting the challenge of the stare down
Karu tending graze with goats eating right up to the edge of the graze. Note lush, yummy oat crop behind Karu. Goats would like to cross over to the oats, but Karu knows this and is not about to let it happen.
Videos of Karu
11-weeks working goats-A 11-weeks working goats-B 14-weeks working sheep
Herding Tested exam working cattle-A working cattle-B Working geese
12-month-old initial road work First leg on Herding Started A Sheep
Doing some ranch work
Tending graze to keep goats out of hay crop Karu keeps Nigerian Dwarf goats within a weed patch and out of the hay crop. He correctly stays on the part of the border nearest the goats, while occasionally going behind the tall mallow to make sure none of the goats are back there.
Karu dog-breaks Oregon Mini Geese This is the first day these Oregon Mini Geese have ever been worked by a dog. In this video, German Shepherd Dog, Hikaru Vom Insel, gets the geese used to being moved around by a dog. These geese do not like me and the female (darker grey with whiter breast) gets a little hissy whenever Karu makes them go near me. All goes pretty well until it is time to put them through a narrow area on approach to the repen. Then the female goose feels threatened in the tight (for her) area and has a real hissy fit. Kita must show patience while until the goose settles and moves away.
1-8 below are segments of Karu on RLFIII-s French course. 22-months-old (Lots of visual blocks to filming this long and difficult course.)
1Moving 5 head down alley
1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXPZJIgU8-E
2 Taking the whole flock out of freestanding pen and along first part of road
2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyRYLkaYzDA
3 Doing the first half of the driveway loop
3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ_aX0tYXBU
4 Driving stock to stop sign and then stopping them
4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpmdK65b0JA
5 Bringing flock along rough path in field to graze, catching sheep, gather, starting back
5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etnafgkv8Pg
6 Returning along fence
6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr4boKwl8UM
7 Enter main property gate, car pass
7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2rWZPba8iw
8 repen
8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAaTzqP_c88
Herding Tested exam working cattle-A working cattle-B Working geese
12-month-old initial road work First leg on Herding Started A Sheep
Doing some ranch work
Tending graze to keep goats out of hay crop Karu keeps Nigerian Dwarf goats within a weed patch and out of the hay crop. He correctly stays on the part of the border nearest the goats, while occasionally going behind the tall mallow to make sure none of the goats are back there.
Karu dog-breaks Oregon Mini Geese This is the first day these Oregon Mini Geese have ever been worked by a dog. In this video, German Shepherd Dog, Hikaru Vom Insel, gets the geese used to being moved around by a dog. These geese do not like me and the female (darker grey with whiter breast) gets a little hissy whenever Karu makes them go near me. All goes pretty well until it is time to put them through a narrow area on approach to the repen. Then the female goose feels threatened in the tight (for her) area and has a real hissy fit. Kita must show patience while until the goose settles and moves away.
1-8 below are segments of Karu on RLFIII-s French course. 22-months-old (Lots of visual blocks to filming this long and difficult course.)
1Moving 5 head down alley
1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXPZJIgU8-E
2 Taking the whole flock out of freestanding pen and along first part of road
2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyRYLkaYzDA
3 Doing the first half of the driveway loop
3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ_aX0tYXBU
4 Driving stock to stop sign and then stopping them
4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpmdK65b0JA
5 Bringing flock along rough path in field to graze, catching sheep, gather, starting back
5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etnafgkv8Pg
6 Returning along fence
6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr4boKwl8UM
7 Enter main property gate, car pass
7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2rWZPba8iw
8 repen
8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAaTzqP_c88
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