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Skip Souza
3rd of April 2005 (Sun), 04:25
I hope I am getting the hang of this.:o

I attended the Sierra K-9 competition Saturday. K-9 teams from all over California compete in search, protection and apprehension. They are something to watch. The attached images are of my favorite breed for police work, the Melanois. Though not as large as the German Shepherd and some of the others , they are extremely quick, fast, agile, and fearless. Their somewhat diminuative size is an asset in their ability to live in the patrol cars.
The first pic is a K-9 in full charge.
The second is the bite.
Gotta hand it to the agitators in the bite suits, they had a long hot day.

I was using my 20D, and Tamron 28-300 on TV and AI Servo, 400 ISO

Tell me what you think.
Skip Souza
3rd of April 2005 (Sun), 05:05
Two more four legged crime fighters.
Mills
3rd of April 2005 (Sun), 09:20
Fabulous shots of the charging K9"s.
CyberDyneSystems
3rd of April 2005 (Sun), 11:17
Wow,. nice action shots!
ssim
3rd of April 2005 (Sun), 11:55
Very nice shots. It's amazing how gentle these animals are otherwise. I had a friend that was a K9 policeman and his dog was so gentle at home.
psk4363
3rd of April 2005 (Sun), 12:37
Having been on the end of one of these animals (in error by them I hasten to add) whilst chasing an offender I know how fast they can run so well done Skip for capturing the essence of their speed and power.

Barry
evidence tech
3rd of April 2005 (Sun), 17:18
My dept uses 2 Belgian Malinois and I really thing that German Shephards are the BEST police dog!!!
Skip Souza
3rd of April 2005 (Sun), 17:22
My dept uses 2 Belgian Malinois and I really thing that German Shephards are the BEST police dog!!!
It all depends how well they trained their handler :lol: :lol: :lol:
PaCiFiSt
3rd of April 2005 (Sun), 18:12
Wow! That first one is awesome...looking at these shots make me wish I had the money for a DSLR or that my A85 could take as good of shots as these
Andy_T
4th of April 2005 (Mon), 10:55
Skip,

I really love the first one!

Best regards,
Andy
musthavemuzk
4th of April 2005 (Mon), 11:03
the dogs seem so focused.
even in the last shot where he is sitting.

nice capture

Monty
embdaw
4th of April 2005 (Mon), 12:22
Wow, cool pics....I have a GSD with strong Schuthund lineage and my cousin trains protection work dogs (she actually had Melanois'), so what I am tring to say is I like your subject matter :).....those events are really fun to see...great job! I particularly like the first picture with all 4 legs in the air
Skip Souza
4th of April 2005 (Mon), 12:31
the dogs seem so focused.
even in the last shot where he is sitting.

Monty

Thanks Monty. In the last photo the K-9 is not just sitting. He has a firm bite on the agitators sleeve and the handler is trying to convince the K-9 to let go! :p
These dogs are deadly serious about their work :evil:
musthavemuzk
7th of April 2005 (Thu), 19:09
i guess i missed the bite part of it.

Monty
Dante King
8th of April 2005 (Fri), 00:46
Really good work Skip. All I can think of is having lots of dog treats and repeating the mantra: nice doggie. nice doggie.
cjm
8th of April 2005 (Fri), 01:33
Yeeeeeeeah that's the job I want to be bitten in the ass by a dog! Woof woof not! Great pictures but I'll be crossing that job off the career path list.
PhotosGuy
8th of April 2005 (Fri), 07:45
It's amazing how gentle these animals are otherwise. I had a German Shephard as a kid & we would get into mock fights. It was amazing that he could snap at me & grab my arm hard enough that I couldn't pull away, but there was never enough pressure to cause pain! Great dogs! ;-)
Good pics, too!