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Anyone here own a German Shepherd?
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<blockquote data-quote="amigrad06" data-source="post: 6873148" data-attributes="member: 67243"><p>I've had dogs my whole life, and most of them Golden retrievers, and then as I got older, Border collies. In December of '06 a very small, scared, and sick German Shepard was left on our doorstep. She was somewhere around 4 months old, skinny, and had a very bad heart defect. Here is a small article that was done on us</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32999915_ITM" target="_blank">http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32999915_ITM</a></p><p></p><p>Neither of us had ANY experience with GS's, but she is an AMAZING dog. After she had open heart surgery, she was, and still is a ball of energy. She bounces everywhere she goes, not really running but pouncing. She gets along with the other dogs for the most part, we have 6 other dogs, so pecking order had to be established. There was a few scraps, but no bloodshed, and everthing fell into place. the MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OWNING THIS TYPE OF DOG IS EXCERSIZE. Shepards are a herding breed, so some of what folks might see as agressive is just a shep doing what they were bred to do, round up stuff, and sometimes that stuff maybe small children. They are fiercly loyal, and very protective of family. I cannot stress enough how important crate training is as well, it will protect your belongings, and your pet when you are not home. Heck even when we are home Hannah will just go lay down and chill in her crate, it's her safe place. Good luck with the dog!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="amigrad06, post: 6873148, member: 67243"] I've had dogs my whole life, and most of them Golden retrievers, and then as I got older, Border collies. In December of '06 a very small, scared, and sick German Shepard was left on our doorstep. She was somewhere around 4 months old, skinny, and had a very bad heart defect. Here is a small article that was done on us [url]http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32999915_ITM[/url] Neither of us had ANY experience with GS's, but she is an AMAZING dog. After she had open heart surgery, she was, and still is a ball of energy. She bounces everywhere she goes, not really running but pouncing. She gets along with the other dogs for the most part, we have 6 other dogs, so pecking order had to be established. There was a few scraps, but no bloodshed, and everthing fell into place. the MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OWNING THIS TYPE OF DOG IS EXCERSIZE. Shepards are a herding breed, so some of what folks might see as agressive is just a shep doing what they were bred to do, round up stuff, and sometimes that stuff maybe small children. They are fiercly loyal, and very protective of family. I cannot stress enough how important crate training is as well, it will protect your belongings, and your pet when you are not home. Heck even when we are home Hannah will just go lay down and chill in her crate, it's her safe place. Good luck with the dog! [/QUOTE]
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