Scouted Breeders

04/30/2023

Five years ago today this litter of crazy beasts was born!

04/24/2021

Gotta love the diversity in these dogs. As well as their devotion to people around them.

Judy, a purebred pointer, was the mascot of several ships in the Pacific, and was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken to a prison camp. There she met Aircraftsman Frank Williams, who shared his small portion of rice with her.

Judy raised morale in the POW camp, and also barked when poisonous snakes, crocodiles or even tigers approached the prisoners. When the prisoners were shipped back to Singapore, she was smuggled out in a rice sack, never whimpering or betraying her presence to the guards.

The next day, that ship was torpedoed. Williams pushed Judy out of a porthole in an attempt to save her life, even though there was a 15-foot drop to the sea. He made his own escape from the ship, but was then recaptured and sent to a new POW camp.

He didn't know if Judy had survived, but soon he began hearing stories about a dog helping drowning men reach pieces of debris after the shipwreck. And when Williams arrived at the new camp, he said: "I couldn’t believe my eyes! As I walked through the gate, a scraggly dog hit me square between the shoulders and knocked me over. I’d never been so glad to see the old girl!"

They spent a year together at that camp in Sumatra. "Judy saved my life in so many ways," said Williams. "But the greatest of all was giving me a reason to live. All I had to do was look into those weary, bloodshot eyes and ask myself: 'What would happen to her if I died?' I had to keep going."

Once hostilities ceased, Judy was then smuggled aboard a troopship heading back to Liverpool. In England, she was awarded the Dickin Medal (the "Victoria Cross" for animals) in May 1946. Her citation reads: "For magnificent courage and endurance in Japanese prison camps, which helped to maintain morale among her fellow prisoners, and also for saving many lives through her intelligence and watchfulness".

At the same time, Frank Williams was awarded the PDSA's White Cross of St. Giles for his devotion to Judy. Frank and Judy spent a year after the war visiting the relatives of English POWs who had not survived, and Frank said that Judy "always provided a comforting presence to the families."

When Judy finally died at the age of 13, Frank spent two months building a granite and marble memorial in her memory, which included a plaque describing her life story.

12/16/2020

I used to be one of those people who bought these for my dog and then I did the research. Lucky for me I didn’t have this happen to any of my dogs but please don’t let it happen to yours! Carrot sticks are a nice crunchy alternative:)

12/12/2019

Look what breed is rocking it today!

The versatile, medium-sized German Shorthaired Pointer is an enthusiastic gundog of all trades who thrives on vigorous exercise, positive training, and a lot of love.

There will be 36 competing at the National Championship later this week! 🏆

06/03/2019

Looks like the public finally caught on to what we here at Scouted Breeders have known for decades.

German shorthaired pointer surprisingly blew into the 'Top 10' list of most popular breeds, nearly 90 years after AKC recognition.

03/07/2019

Just in case you weren’t sure about your dog here’s the breakdown ;)

Ah yes, the snack detector! We all know about the snack detector.

11/07/2018

Who doesn’t love this breed!

11/01/2018

Well I’m not entirely sure where she found it BUT Penny brought me her first bird! Haha celebrating the little successes here at Scouted Breeders. Penny is still looking for her forever home!

11/01/2018

Well it’s been two weeks and today they were freed from the cone! We still have this lovely little lady looking for a forever home! Dont miss out.

10/18/2018

Our little girls have had a rough day, but they are home safe and sound now. Their mom is also mad at me because she has to be outside while our girls recover :$