On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:36:20 +0000, allygat0r07
wrote:

So anyway, I know it depends on the individual dog, but I'm really
looking towards rescuing a GSD or GSD-mix. Any comments?

I'm new to GSDs but love mine! I prefer adopting adults to puppies.
My adult GSDs are wonderful dogs. Very loyal and smart and loving.
They are very different in many ways, too, though. Mixes will have
even more differences. Look at the individual dogs at petfinder.com
or other such sites and see what appeals to you in a particular dog.
Often you can foster for a rescue while you decide about the breed or
the particular dog. That's how we ended up with ours and it was a
great way to go!

The drawbacks to GSDs that I see most are the shedding (but I have had
a lab mix whose hair was actually harder to deal with even though
shorter and less profuse so that's not such a big deal to me), that it
is harder to travel with a very large dog (took the dogs on a recent
trip and while there were many places that would allow small dogs, few
would allow big dogs), and the fact that they can pull you around like
nobody's business if not properly trained and restrained while
training.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy, so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay