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Galathiel · 03-09-2013, 07:50 AM

I think sometimes some of our dogs complement our personality, not mirror it. Maybe because we see one of our negative (to us) traits like shyness, but because we are focusing on what's best for our dogs, we push ourselves outside our comfort zones for their sake, ending up with a confident stable dog that actually helps US.

I'm a homebody when I'm not working, but because of my GSDs in the past, I took them to classes, I took them to the public walking paths, I took them to stores - things I don't normally do when I could have the opportunity to hang around the house. I can be intense and emotional, and my dogs seem to also help me to chill out sometimes and not take things quite so seriously.

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Galathiel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: East Texas Posts: 311	I think sometimes some of our dogs complement our personality, not mirror it. Maybe because we see one of our negative (to us) traits like shyness, but because we are focusing on what's best for our dogs, we push ourselves outside our comfort zones for their sake, ending up with a confident stable dog that actually helps US. I'm a homebody when I'm not working, but because of my GSDs in the past, I took them to classes, I took them to the public walking paths, I took them to stores - things I don't normally do when I could have the opportunity to hang around the house. I can be intense and emotional, and my dogs seem to also help me to chill out sometimes and not take things quite so seriously.