- Mar 19, 2009
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German Shepherds can be great dogs, but I can tell you this. Over the years when I or anyone I know has had trouble with dogs preying on livestock, the culprit is almost always a German Shepherd. A good friend of mine just recently found several of his prize goats shredded by a German Shepherd. He knows it was a German Shepherd because he saw it come sailing out an open barn window as he went to do chores. The window was over six feet above ground level but that was no obstacle to this dog.