No apologies about hijacking (sp) the thread. Your dogs are beautiful! I like hearing the stories too!
I think that any breed can be "vicious and bite". It depends on the responsible owners to work with their pack. In all honesty, before we got Stryder I told my husband I did not want a GSD, because they were dominant and overprotective. Then I found this forum and gained a ton of knowledge and I am still gaining. Now that I have Stryder, I will forever have a GSD.