German Shepherd, anyone got one?

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Faz

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Hi

Looking for a new hound, we use German Shepherds in work and I love them to bits and their handlers love them, however, I dont know anyone else who has one as a pet, I would love feedback, stories, trainability for in the home but more important how good are they out and about in the woods/mountains etc....
 

Faz

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Their leg meat is stunning! The dogs are used for various tasks in work. Not sure how else you can take it!
 

Faz

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Yes, I have seen one on the phone before now. They aint that good at brewing up and make a crap hot chocolate.
 

ex-member BareThrills

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The GS is one of the brightest dogs out there. Most herders are bright and eminently trainable. Its about you rather than the dog to be honest. you will get back what you put in. Watch the hips though as they are prone to displasia.

I have a Border Collie and shes brighter than my wife :D
 
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They are about the most trainable dogs that exist & if well educated will be great as an outdoor buddy................however, if you don't have the time or inclination to train, exercise, socialise & keep them occupied both mentally & physically, have no knowledge of dog training nor understand the mentality of a German Shepherd & if you would be leaving them at home alone all day, then the GSD is not for you.
 
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I'd have thought for biting wrong 'uns and finding people that don't want found.


I doubt it, more dissuasion & doing the rounds I think..............Guard dogs are not allowed to bite nor can the handlers order an attack on someone unless it's a case of legitimate defence. I assume of course that the OP doesn't work either with the police or for H.M. prison service :D
 

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I have had dogs all my life including GS dogs and i have had three serious bites from dogs everyone from a German shephard two needing A+E one on the neck:yikes: I would not have another !
 

Faz

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The dogs at work get to chase bad guys. I am looking for one as a family pet but would like to involve them in all that we do. Don't get me wrong, something that deters anyone from entering my home helps but thats what i am there for so not top of my list.
 

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i was considering one too. then i read about how they're susceptible to some anal complication thing

kinda made me stop and think
 
not me personal as its a large dog and i dont do large dogs, my brother on the other hand has had loads, he gets them from the raf and armt dog handlers as rejects. all of which have had to put down before there tenth birthday because the hip bone has snapped from the ball jiont, the reason why they failed the dog medical due to hip scoring. almost all dogs , so called pure breeds are so badly interbreed the health issues are concentrated .

all of his dogs by the way were very very sharp some for the good and some for the worse the one was so sharp he worked out how to open fridges and ovens and how to help him self to the sunday roast in the freezer once. great animals

we have whippets a smaller dog for our sized family and they make brilliant gaurd dogs all you have to do is train them to bark when they hear someone at the front door or back garden.

drove the posty mad the one year as every time he came to the do he used to hear " hold on mate all most there" " woof ,come on you two woof, bad man at the dog its time to woof, come on woof, COME ON WOOF"

AS FOR DOGS THAT BITE, NO THANKS i have children in my house and if any dog even thought of doing some thing other than totaly realiable and gentle it would be gone in seconds,

and can i point out that if you know what your doing any gaurd dog can be stopped very quickly by a determind criminal
 

forestwalker

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Agreed that they are working dogs, and if you are not going to work them they will use their capacity to instead do mischief. Agressive? Not nessesarilly, I've seen children learn to walk by pulling themselved up on the fur of one. But you need to be firm, as with any dog, about who is the pack alpha, and just where in the pecking order they stand.

It can also be quite hard to find good ones, at least here in Sweden they were for a long time very popular, so stupid/evil people breed anything with anything, which means that mentality and health (hip displacia is quite common) is poor in the general population. The police have almost given up finding good ones for their needs...
 

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