BYC Café

[ShrekDawg]

They are young, never had a dog before & are too smart to listen to anybodys advice.






Major dislike! What kind of snake is that?

Ugh! The worst kind of people!! And the animals suffer for it.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

I admit to having a prejudice against GSDs.
After the neighbors pair attacked the other neighbors cat, growled at my 80 year old father on my property, charged my DH, killed one of my chickens and did this to Ben, I just don't like the breed.
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Oh no, that's terrible! Can't say I blame you

 

[N F C]

Dh and I went to eat late yesterday afternoon (Cracker Barrel), and on the way back I noticed a sign that said German Shepherd puppies for sale. On a whim, we stopped in. We talked with the owner for quite some time. First off, the pups are at least 5 months old, and on the skinny side, with dull coats. One of the females, she's not selling. I asked why she waited so long to start selling them. According to her, she didn't wait, but she doesn't advertise, or list them, she only puts the signs out by the road, and these are what she has left. I suspect they had parvo, and they're just getting into decent enough condition to attempt selling.

Secondly I asked about how they got along with other animals. Well, she had a cat, but the parents killed it. They've also killed other cats that have wandered on to the property, and have taught the pups this behavior. I mentioned we have 2 cats. Then she added "they're German Shepherds, so you know how that goes". I listened, without commenting, but no, I don't know how that goes. Growing up, we owned a couple good German Shepherds. They got along fine with my poodle, cats, and cockatiel. I've heard, and seen a lot of ads complaining about this breed not getting along with other animals. Maybe it has to do with us raising ours with other animals, or they were of a better temperament, and disposition, but neither of my German Shepherds had problems with other animals. In fact, they were a herding dog, so all of this high level "other animal" aggression is somewhat contrary to what their true nature should be.

Thirdly, they are not AKC registered, but NKC registered. NKC registration can be very iffy. The dad looked good, but they would not let us see the female. Too aggressive for them to control. Not exactly the temperament I'm looking for.

She was only asking $1,000.00 per pup. I'll pass.

Glad you passed GAC...that wouldn't have been any type of bargain even if they'd been free.

I didn't want to double post. In the posts below are some pictures of the area in which I live and Girona one of the major Catalan cities.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-on-the-bank.1101447/page-15527#post-21475360

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-on-the-bank.1101447/page-15527#post-21475520

What a lovely area you live in Shad! Love the old architecture in your pictures

 

[007Sean]

That is very true!!! People will think all GSDs are aggressive and mean and nasty from these pups and their parents people don’t care if the dog is a bad example of the breed, they just know it is that breed.

Same can be said of pit bulls...but the same thing can be said of any animal, it all depends on the animals owner.

 

[007Sean]

I admit to having a prejudice against GSDs.
After the neighbors pair attacked the other neighbors cat, growled at my 80 year old father on my property, charged my DH, killed one of my chickens and did this to Ben, I just don't like the breed.
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I tend to agree with you Tonya, my grandfather was attacked by a neighbor's GSD, on my grandfather's property, sneaked up from behind and sank it's teeth into his thigh, the neighbor didn't apologize, offer to pay for the emergency bill, or anything. Another bad owner, this dog even bit the neighbor's 3 year old son. SMH

 

[ShrekDawg]

Same can be said of pit bulls...but the same thing can be said of any animal, it all depends on the animals owner.

Yeah I was thinking of them too when typing that. Too many people just judge a dog by the breed without even meeting it. And yes bad owners can cause bad animals of any breed or species!!

People can be ridiculous too though. I’ve heard stories where people will be loving all over a dog and asking all kinds of questions but then they hear what breed he is and go oh I would never have one of those or suddenly act afraid just because of the breed even though 2 seconds ago they were playing with it.

 

[007Sean]

A friend of mine has a GSD, it's the biggest goofball I have ever seen, big lovable dog but at the same time if something triggered a bad response it wouldn't be a pretty sight ...that dog could do some serious damage to something or someone.

 

[ShrekDawg]

A friend of mine has a GSD, it's the biggest goofball I have ever seen, big lovable dog but at the same time if something triggered a bad response it wouldn't be a pretty sight ...that dog could do some serious damage to something or someone.

That sounds like a good one!! Only protective or aggressive when necessary but super sweet otherwise!

 

[N F C]

The scariest experience I had with a dog was a GS. One evening I went to visit a boyfriend at his dad's service station/garage. I walked in the bay only to get knocked to one side while the BF shoved off the dog that was flying through the air straight for the back of my head. The dog never made a sound, thank goodness the BF saw it coming.

Turned out the BF's dad had got the dog from a cop as a theft deterrent. That dog was so mean and uncontrollable, the police wouldn't keep him. I knew the cop that trained their K-9 dogs, he was an excellent trainer but this one dog was untrainable and vicious. After BF told his dad what happened, his dad decided to put the dog down. Too much liability.

I've known good ones too (actually had one for a brief while, until he was stolen). But that experience made me leery of them unless I know they've been well trained.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The scariest experience I had with a dog was a GS. One evening I went to visit a boyfriend at his dad's service station/garage. I walked in the bay only to get knocked to one side while the BF shoved off the dog that was flying through the air straight for the back of my head. The dog never made a sound, thank goodness the BF saw it coming.

Turned out the BF's dad had got the dog from a cop as a theft deterrent. That dog was so mean and uncontrollable, the police wouldn't keep him. I knew the cop that trained their K-9 dogs, he was an excellent trainer but this one dog was untrainable and vicious. After BF told his dad what happened, his dad decided to put the dog down. Too much liability.

I've known good ones too (actually had one for a brief while, until he was stolen). But that experience made me leery of them unless I know they've been well trained.

Wow that dog sounds like he definitely had something very wrong with him!! Ha probably better he was put down. No warning even is scary. I understand some dogs are protective and will bark or growl, intimidating and scary but at least there is a warning, and even trained attack/police dogs, are usually trained to go for the arm or leg, just a takedown to temporarily incapacitate them until the handler gets there, but NOT lethal. This dog sounds like he was in full on hunting, stealth, go for the kill mode, not even protective. He sounds like he was full on stalking and hunting you. Scary!! What did boyfriend do? Knock him out the sky? Pin him down? I imagine he would not have appreciated that very much. Scary. Glad you are okay.