Cooper is a German Shepherd dog training for search and rescue. He was purchased in West Virginia from a woman who trained her own GSD to assist her special-needs child. Cooper is now 14 months old and recently earned his Canine Good Citizen tag! German Shepherds, with a little training, can be taught to grip onto certain toys and not let go - which made for fun dragging Cooper through the water at Leesylvania State Park in Northern Virginia.








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