Introducing: High Jinks vom Neuanfang

[wildo]

Yep- that's right. A puppy almost literally feel into my lap two days ago, and I just couldn't turn away. Let's just be clear right from the beginning- If any of you recall me saying something like, "I'm just not ready for a pup for a couple more years" well... that was true. But this little guy is about everything I had planned on trying to find in those two years! He really rocks, and I couldn't pass him up.

So with that out of the way, introducing High Jinks vom Neuanfang- my new rescue Mal/GSD mix!

This little guy came from Southwest Michigan German Shepherd Rescue. He's about 25 pounds, and perhaps 13" at the withers. They thought he was about, or just shy of, four months old. He has an awesome rear assembly, and a typical- straight- front end. Mal coloring with a GSD face. He has SO MUCH energy, he's not stopped moving since I brought him home!! He slept through the night perfectly last night, but is not so fond of being crated during the day. Unfortunately, I was not able to take any more vacation this week, so he's having to put up with four hour crate sessions. I went home from lunch today to let him out (no accidents in varikennel) and let him chase Pimg around the yard.

And then there's Pimg... haha. She's not really warming up to him yet, but I'm not surprised. There's some good of it though- 1) I'm able to supervise play and not let Jinksy get too crazy with her. And 2) unlike a lot of puppies, he seems to be able to read/speak "dog" pretty well and gets the message that she doesn't want him jumping all over her. I don't imagine I'll every find them sleeping in the same bed, but I do think with time she'll come around to not being bothered by him. We're still REALLY early on; he's been at my house for less than 24 hours!

The rescue didn't know a ton about his background. He came from the Detroit area, and his bloodlines are unknown.





As close to a stack as I think we'll see in a while. He doesn't stop moving, and I don't have a fast camera:


Here's a video taken about 30mins after he arrived at my house:

High Jinks vom Neuanfang - YouTube

High Jinks vom Neuanfang - YouTube

I'm really looking forward to agility with this little guy. I have high hopes for him! There are more really great photos of him on the rescue's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...7568757&type=3

(Photos here used WITH permission)

[wildo]

Oh- forgot to say about his name..

jink

Verb
Change direction suddenly and nimbly, as when dodging a pursuer: "she was too quick for him and jinked away every time".

Noun
A sudden quick change of direction.

How fitting for the little dude. And of course it is intentionally funny that "High Jinks" is commonly used to mean noisy and mischievous fun.

vom Neuanfang means "New Beginnings" which while perhaps cliche, it's quite true for me. My first working line dog... New beginnings indeed!

[Gharrissc]

Congrats on the new baby. It will be interesting to see how he turns out because of the mix.

[msvette2u]

CONGRATS!!!
He is adorable!!

[GatorDog]

Huge congrats!! I saw the post on Facebook and I am so excited for you! Can't wait to see what you two accomplish as he grows. He is stunningly handsome.


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[TimberGSD2]

How cute is he!!! Congrats on the new baby! Can't wait to see more pics of him!

[Bear GSD]

Wow,congratulations! He looks awesome, I hope he's everything that you were hoping for

[KristiM]

OMG he is stinkin cute!!! Looks like he is going to be a lot of fun

[JakodaCD OA]

Congrats! He is a CUTIE! and built for agility)

Love the name, my aussie is Harmony Hills Hy Jynx, aka Jynx, when I got her I figured I'd name her that since she was such a wild thing, and hoped she would 'jinx' me at agility

Have fun with him I'm sure Pimg will warm up to him soon, teach him the ropes and keep him in line

[wildo]

Originally Posted by JakodaCD OA

Congrats! He is a CUTIE! and built for agility)

Sure is!! Just one more reason I couldn't pass him up! Yeah, Pimg will need time, no question. And if I don't keep the dude in line, she will!

My family wanted me to name him some derivative of Kangaroo- like "Kanga" or "Roo" or "Knga" (a weird pointer to the fact that Pimg seems to have missing letters in her name, of which I just find... weird). I didn't think any of those names had a "punch" to them. I don't remember what I was looking up last night, but I stumbled onto the word "jinks" (or jink- same meaning) which I didn't know. I knew "jinx" but not with a "k." I was delighted by the meaning, and loved the double meaning when paired with "high jinks." Just seemed perfect to me. I'm sure he'll have plenty of high jinks to keep my busy! I also thought it'd be fun to add a linguistic reference to the Belgian Malinois with a French "kennel name" be it that "Malinois" is a French word, but French is a dull language lacking any "punch." Thus the German...