Bakers Pond Fence

Meadow & Venom · Orleans, MA

Meet Meadow & Venom

Two working-line German Shepherds, and why a safe, enclosed yard matters to each of them.

Meadow and Venom are working-line German Shepherds: smart, athletic dogs bred to work, who need real exercise and a job to do every day. Here’s who they are and why a safe, enclosed yard matters so much for each of them.

Meadow, a 4-year-old sable German Shepherd, one of Meadow and Venom, lying on the grass with her front paws on a blue ball, tongue out, with the cedar fence behind her.
Meadow and her blue ball, inside the fence.

Meadow

Working-line German Shepherd · female, 4 years old

Meadow has idiopathic epilepsy, a seizure condition with no known cause, and she takes medication every day to manage it. Like any German Shepherd, she still loves to run, play and be outside.

Because of her condition, we want her exercise to happen somewhere controlled. A secure, enclosed yard right outside our door means she can run, play and enjoy life while we stay close by and keep her safe.

  • Age: 4 years old
  • Health: idiopathic epilepsy, daily medication
  • What she needs: regular exercise in a safe, controlled space
  • What the fence gives her: freedom to run and play close to home
Meadow trotting across the lawn with a teal ball in her mouth, autumn trees and the house behind her.
Ball in mouth, on the move.
Meadow lying on the lawn mouthing a large blue ball beside the cedar privacy fence.
Meadow and the big blue ball, along the fence line.
Meadow waits, then sprints off to fetch.

Venom

Working-line German Shepherd · male, 1 year old

Venom is our 1-year-old male, and he has energy to spare. Working-line shepherds need regular exercise, training and mental stimulation to stay happy and well-behaved, and Venom is no exception.

The yard is where his training happens: practice sessions, games and plenty of running. A secure fence lets us work with him off-leash at home, safely and every day.

  • Age: 1 year old, and still learning
  • What he needs: daily exercise, training and stimulation
  • What the fence gives him: a safe place to run and train off-leash
Venom, a 1-year-old black German Shepherd, lying in front of the cedar fence with a yellow ball between his paws, tongue out.
Venom by the cedar fence, ball at the ready.
Venom leaping across the yard toward a ball, all four paws off the ground, with the cedar fence and trees behind him.
All four paws off the ground.
Venom sitting on a raised dog cot in the yard on a long green training leash.
Venom training in the yard.
Venom brings his ball back.

See them in action

More videos and photos of Meadow and Venom playing and training behind the fence.

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