Sportwaffen K9 is the product of my lifelong love and interest in dogs. As a kid I'd wake up, and my dog and I would go hiking up into the forestry behind our farm. I loved the outdoors and I loved my dogs so these were the best of times. Watching my dogs, I was always amazed seeing them work in drive and their abilities to effortlessly cover ground, hunt, and sense things I couldn't see. On more than one occasion my dogs defended me or alerted me to things unseen. I still remember the comfort my dogs gave me as a child, and what good friends we were. No one ever had to convince me that dogs were man's best friend; I knew that long before I ever heard someone say it. I was in awe of an animal that can be so intelligent, protective, loyal, serving, and unselfish. An interest as a child developed into an obsession as a man.