I own a German Shepard and she is the best dog I have ever owned.

im wondering if its the only type of dogs youve owned. ever have a friend
or neighbor with one? they are the worst if looked at from that aspect.
sometimes they get real snappy too, and bite their owners. terrible dog if
you ask me. I love the one i had when i was a kid though, and had another
when a teen, he bit my friend, my first one killed my neioghbors small dogs
frequently. their bark kills too! and they are very agressive to
intruders, not necessarrily a good trait.


"Rod" wrote in message
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I own a German Shepard and she is the best dog I have ever owned.

"wolf" " wrote in message
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im wondering if its the only type of dogs youve owned. ever have a friend
or neighbor with one? they are the worst if looked at from that aspect.
sometimes they get real snappy too, and bite their owners. terrible dog
if
you ask me. I love the one i had when i was a kid though, and had another
when a teen, he bit my friend, my first one killed my neioghbors small
dogs
frequently. their bark kills too! and they are very agressive to
intruders, not necessarrily a good trait.


German Shepherds are very intelligent and VERY loyal to their families. It
is especially important to make certain the GSD (German Shepherd Dog) is
well socialized as a pup, preferable before 12 weeks old.

Also, temperament is a trait that has been bred along with the dogs so it is
important to get your pup from a reputable breeder.

All to often, "puppy mills" will breed just about anything to make a profit
and this is how you end up w/ a dog like the one you are describing.

~Mort

yeah, maybe thats teh trick. I probabyl have been exposed to too many pound
puppies that people have rescued, and seen the ones that werent socialized
properly. Ill give you that.

thanks for pointing that out, becusae i know there are very good traits in
German shepards... although i think their intelligence PAILS in comparison
to a malamute, as far as the ability to reason on a human intelligence
level. Yes Shepards are highly intelligent, but they will also jump off a
cliff after a tennis ball if you tossed it that way, and they would jump off
a cliff if you told them to also. Obedience to the death is not exactly as
intelligent as a Malamute that would look at me and say, "your crazy" and go
the other way once it realized my intentions. In other words, theres a line
to draw when it comes to loyalty, and Shepards are trained as slaves to
listen to every command, unfortunately, and its become a genetic trait,
thats one of the main pillars as to why they make such good guard dogs. You
can train them to eat a person in half, and at the same time, you can train
them down to the millimeter that the tooth bites into the skin. A Mal can
and never will be trained this kind of behaviour, it would be extremely
dangerous for dog and man alike.

So, im sorry on ending this on this type of controversial note, you were so
noble on your diplomatic response. I think i am just siezing an opportunity
to compare the intelligence between a Mal and a GSH, which is something i do
regularly when discussing the intelligence of a Malamute to people. I use
the GSH as a comparison usually due to the GSH's high intelligence. Its
just another type of Intelligece, a supreme dog intelligence, where as a
Malamute and likewise, a Wolf, maintain a very human like spiritual
intelligence.

Hope this doens't strike off a biased debate, rather an acknowledgement of
these traits. Mind you, in my time I have had 3 German Shepards, one was
half Coyote, and 2 pure bred Malamutes, a half Mal/Husky, 5 Huskies, a 45%
Timber Mal,. and raised about 12 - 22% Timber Mals. So That would explain
my bias towards the more wild breeds.
I have been bitten multiple times by one of the Shepards that i rescued,
bitten by another shepard, and almost bitten by 2 others. I have been
bitten by a Husky too. Those bites were undeserving and no reason for them.
No threatening posture, etc..
I have been bitten by Rajah, my Malamute once, and i deserved it, i was
yanking to go in one direction, he wanted to go another direction. It was a
big Gee-Haw mixup! He crunched my hand, i didnt scold him. My hand was
bleeding and crushed across the palm slightly. I let my hand drag by my
side bleeding as i sledded home. I know he didnt mean it, and that i asked
for it, it was him saying "quit pulling on my fur mother, i have already ran
10 miles, and i want to go home this way, my way, not that way" hehe. And
the same thing happened with my other 22% Timber Mal, i was yanking on the
rump fur to stop her from bolting, but it was because she was in a fight
with my other dog. SO she was forgiven instantly, and another bit slightly
bleeding sore palm. hehe.
The shepards did the same thing, just that they were unprovoked.



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"wolf" " wrote in message
nk.net...
im wondering if its the only type of dogs youve owned. ever have a
friend
or neighbor with one? they are the worst if looked at from that aspect.
sometimes they get real snappy too, and bite their owners. terrible dog
if
you ask me. I love the one i had when i was a kid though, and had
another
when a teen, he bit my friend, my first one killed my neioghbors small
dogs
frequently. their bark kills too! and they are very agressive to
intruders, not necessarrily a good trait.


German Shepherds are very intelligent and VERY loyal to their families.
It
is especially important to make certain the GSD (German Shepherd Dog) is
well socialized as a pup, preferable before 12 weeks old.

Also, temperament is a trait that has been bred along with the dogs so it
is
important to get your pup from a reputable breeder.

All to often, "puppy mills" will breed just about anything to make a
profit
and this is how you end up w/ a dog like the one you are describing.

~Mort