German Shepherds are good dogs, mine is a serious dork and afraid of her own shadow. Someone abandoned her when it was -20f out. Their loss and my gain.

 

Beautiful protectors!

My K9 protector takes her job very serious protecting the property from Jack and cottontail rabbits. When she hears a wolf, she will make very certain the path to the house is clear as fast as she can. If people show up, she will bark, jump on you, “bite” and run circles around you while furiously wagging her tail. She wants everyone to be her friend.

 

Nice.
Ozzy looks great and rifle is not bad either. The butt stock is some nice wood.

 

The stock on that 450 is stunning. Nice looking dog too.

 

Great looking Shepherd and some really nice figure in that lumber! Looks like you have all the bases covered!
My German Shepherd…

Not my German Shepherd but could be!

 

Revisiting this thread I have the same reaction. Your dog is gorgeous. I love the coloring and the length of the coat.

 

One of my protectors. 12 months old and about 140 pounds.

 

Very nice looking pair!

 

The Marlín 450 is sharp! Ozzy looks like a great companion!
Here is my companion, Sophie. Protector not so much.

 

That's a fiery stock! Absolutely beautiful.

 

Thanks for the replies, I am very deaf now even with hearing aids and cannot even hear a cow running through the bush, but Ozzy lets me know if anything is around.
If it is something bad like a bear or cougar or wolf he will look in that direction and then look into my eyes as if he is telling me to look over here.
I have had dogs all my life and he has got to be the smartest dog I have ever owned. He let me know these guys were around before I saw them. Thanks for looking Steve!

 

A beautiful set of protectors!

 

Good Lord, that is mighty fine-looking wood. Gads, I just love it. You are so lucky to have such a fine-looking protector to look after your rifle. Please tell us about the rifle. Is the wood special after-market upgrade or is that factory wood? I have only seen showstopper quality factory wood one time, on a Marlin .30-30 that a fellow was carrying in the Virginia woods. I couldn't believe the beautiful quality of that wood and the hunter seemed to think it was just another .30-30; no apparent appreciation of wood quality. IMHO you have show-stopper wood on your rifle.

 

Thank you, people, I made the stock about 10 years ago from a piece of wood I got from beaver lumber.lol. I also put a McGowan barrel on it at the same time. I just cold-blued it and as you can see it is all worn off, but it does get carried just about every day. The rifle is very accurate and has won a few meat shoots. thanks for looking. Steve!

 

OK, thanks for the clarification about the wood. I was feeling kinda poorly about the "utilitarian" grade wood on my Marlin 336 compared with your show-stopper wood.

 

here,s a better picture.

 

Man, if the wood on my Model-95 looked like your mine would be a safe queen and never see the wood. You have wood that was touched by God.

 

Here's my pup, names Winton, got him from the shelter when he was 6 months old didn't weigh 60 pounds and was skin and bones. Since then I've trained him to be my service dog, he's just over a year now and over 150. He's my beautiful great dane and the only guy I let spoon with me at night lol.

 

The companions are swell (make me miss mine) and the wood everything everyone says. What I want to comment on is the dimensions of that forearm. To me that is what the 336s should look like rather than the Perch-belly. It’s a matter of taste, I know, but for me you’ve got the proportions down perfect. Maybe that is how the Marlin 450 started life. I’ll have to go look.

 

Update with my dog: she is still a dork.

 

Is she related? 😆

 

Wow, that's a great piece of wood on your Marlin. Love it.

 

Nice dag, how old? they don't live long enough The rifle is not bad either!

 

Beautiful dog & nice wood on that stock!