There are A LOT of german shepherds being abandoned in the Baton Rouge area. Its very sad.
www.redstickgermanshepherds.org/adopt
People get a working dog,or a dog for guarding their house. They don't do research they put the dog In the yard all day while they work. They don't give the dog the attention and exercise they need then wonder why he digs or barks or whatever bad habit they develop from boredom. My last one before the two I have now came from our pound. I could 't understand why she was there. In our home she did e everything we asked of her. Picked up traing like she was a pro. So these dogs can become well behaved even if they didn't for the prior owner.