Ivan, German Shepherd
At Home In Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
A Czech-line German Shepherd who earned his IGP 1 title in Europe before he was imported to the United States. He lives in Franklin Lakes, in Bergen County, New Jersey, with his family, including two children and his canine brother.
- Breed
- German Shepherd, Czech line
- Sex
- Male
- Title
- IGP 1, earned in Europe before he was imported
- Home
- Franklin Lakes, Bergen County, New Jersey
- Household
- His family, including two children and his canine brother
- Favorite thing
- Running free on East Coast beaches with his four-legged companion
- The breed
- Our German Shepherd page
Titled In Europe,
At Home In New Jersey
Meet Ivan, an exceptional Czech-line German Shepherd who earned his IGP 1 title in Europe before being imported to the United States. With a naturally serious approach to protection work, Ivan has the confidence, the temperament and the reliable off-switch we value in our dogs.
Today he enjoys life with his loving family, including two children and his canine brother. From family road trips to traveling aboard private charter planes, Ivan has had adventures across the country, and his favorite pastime is running freely along the beaches of the East Coast with his four-legged companion. Ivan is a perfect example of a dog who combines proven working ability with the calm, balanced temperament needed to thrive as a devoted family protector.
Written by Sufian Rahim, owner & founder of Superior Protection Dogs. Who we are.
What His Story
Tells A Buyer
What IGP 1 Asks Of A Dog
IGP 1 is the first of the three IGP titles. A dog earns it by passing tracking, obedience and protection at a single trial, and it cannot enter until it has passed the BH-VT, a companion and traffic test with no protection work in it. In protection at IGP 1 the dog searches two blinds, holds the helper in the last one by barking rather than biting, stops an escape, is attacked from a guarding position and threatened with a stick, and meets a helper charging from about 20 metres. Our guide to Schutzhund and IGP takes every phase in turn.
What A Title Proves, And Where It Stops
A title proves something narrower than it sounds, and more useful. Each grip in that routine ends with a release, and a judge writes down whether the dog let go on one command or needed three. Our guide to sport titles and real protection calls the release the expensive half of a protection dog, and it is the off-switch Ivan’s family lives with. A trial cannot show how a dog meets a threat that does not follow the routine, so a title starts the assessment of a dog rather than ending it.
Czech Line Is A Pedigree, Not A Promise
Czech, DDR, West German working: our German Shepherd page calls these line labels real distinctions with real histories, which have also become sales vocabulary. For Ivan, “Czech line” describes his ancestry. His IGP 1 says what he did himself, in front of a judge, before he ever came to this country.
Charter Planes, Beaches And Two Children
A dog this serious about protection work also has to be easy company away from it, and Ivan’s family life takes in road trips, private charter flights, East Coast beaches with his four-legged companion, and two children. If you are working out how a dog his size would travel with you, our guide to flying with a protection dog covers the airline rules. With children at home, read protection dogs and children first.
Franklin Lakes, Bergen County
New Jersey holds a dog’s owner strictly liable for a bite whatever the dog’s record, and its guard-dog rules are written town by town. Our New Jersey page quotes the statute, the 2019 dangerous-dog rewrite and the rules of two other Bergen County towns, Mahwah and Saddle River. Franklin Lakes’s own ordinance is the one that page does not quote, so check it with the borough before a dog arrives.
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