New Ulm review., 1921-11-02
INTERES ING DOGS
FIND HOMES HERE.
GERMAN POLICE DOCS BRoT
TO AMERICA FOR VARIOUS
PURPOSES.
NEW ULM HAS ONE, SEARLEs
TWO AND SLEEPY EYE
ONE.

What might have looked like
vigilance committee. out for business
after daring robbery was nothing but
a group of local citizens who were in.
tensely interested in a breed of dogs
little known in this part of the country
altho their work during the late was.
made them famous all over the world.
The dogs in question were three Ger
man yolice dogs owned by Joe Karl of
this city and Henry Behrmann of
;Searles. The owners had been visit
ing at Sleepy Eye with another owner
Fof a police dog, Barber Kiefer. All
the four dogs are sisters and brothers
or half sisters and brothers and were
purchased from Staten Island dealer.
On the way home from Sleepy Eye Mr.
Behrmann stopped to have some at
tention given to the eye of one of his
dogs and in a very short time crowd
collected to look over the strange, new
animals.
Big Fellows.
"Jack," the dog belonging to Joe
Karl, is only 5 l-2 months old and al
ready stands 25 inches high at the
shoulder. These dogs grow in height
until they are year and a half old and
I.even after that put on weight so Jack
| is likely some day to be a big fellow.
The standard height for these dogs is
I22 to 26 inches, according to the
1Geogrdphdcal Magazine which has a
very interesting article on the breed.
llJoe's object in getting the dog is to
have a good, all around protector for
his family and property. The police
l5dogs are trained abroad for purposes
of tracking down criminals and they
are very good at this, being intelligent
and quick to learn and slow to forget
It is said that their powerful frame
and wonderful muscles enable them tt
Heap as high as second story window
and get their quarry even when they
are barred from entrance at grounc
floor door. Joe Karl says Jack, though
only a puppy, exhibits the ability to Dc
things of this sort, and can leap as higl
as the top Of a door even now. He ha! l;
l.no intention Of having him trained fol
this kind Of work, however. sts
Descend ant Of Champions.
d Jack is son of sBrushwood Boy,
& champion Of. Madison Square Gardens
i N Y. City, and is a great-grandson q
! the Austrian National Champion AM
1 Ian International Champion. Someso
these dogs are valued at no less thar
1|s$6,OOO. Mr.. Behrmann's dogs ar
named Bitten and Carrie ], Tn
SLEEPY Eye dog is female.
! In Germany, according to the Geo
Igraphscol W agasime, the police dogs ar
], used as shepherd dogs and are yer,
J valuable because of their intelligence
{ During the war they were used t
3 patrol No. Mans Land, to discoye
wounded but living soldiers, to carr
e Erations and messages, and many 9
+ them were decorated for courage an
steadinesss and devotion TO the cause
just as were the soldiers with Whol
! sIthey worked.
J, The police dogs are very handsome
E Of the wolf type, with long, shar
i muzzles, which, however, are blacl
! usually. The hair is tawny 3 with
], tipping Of black. y may be eithe
i rough, wiiry or smooth The ears al
t Eerect and pointed, again betrayiin
i their close relat ttiionship to the Vol { s,s
s Dangeroussi if Neglected,
T These dogs, being SO intelligen
$ restless and vigorous, must be keI
i under constant control or they vi
/. revert to the wolf and become vel
l dangerous # lost or therwise throw
1 on their own resources they becon
# thieves and murderers, and once the
h 4 fyo, };n,,ad ~, - - ny