Your GSD????

[Rena55]

I will never forget the day I got my first GSD. My mother, sister, and I were at home about to have dinner and my Dad was at work as a NYC detective. The next thing I knew into our apartment comes my Dad with a large GSD male on a leash. The dog had been wandering around the precinct neighborhood and the cops brought him into the sation house. My father had to get back to work and walked our leaving us to tend to this strange, very large dog. Not only was this my first GSD it was the first dog we ever owned! He was very hungry as he walked into the kitchen and grabbed the entire roast beef off the table and had himself a grand dinner. We named him Duke and he promptly settled in. He quickly became my best friend and slept between my bed and my sister's bed every night. My mother became ill and there were times while she was walking him that she passed out and Duke would not leave her side for anything. The police brought him home once. Sadly my mother became so ill that she was hospitalized for quite awhile and my sister and I were sent away to travel with relatives. When my sister and I returned we found that our Dad had given him away, because he could not properly care for him while working his job. Part of my heart left with Duke. Many years later while trailer camping in Pa. we found a stray black shepherd with tan markings on the side of the road. We named her Lady rescued her, put meat on her bones and loved her. My kids were 8 and 10 at the time. We brought her home but my LL kept telling us that we had to get rid of her. Tried to change her mind but she wouldn't budge. Wound up turning her over to North Shore Animal League. She was so smart and gorgeous that she wound up being adopted within 4 days. This reopened old wounds so I continued owning cats which I had been around since I was born and we owned a Rottweiler, Pitbull, and miniature poodle while my kids were growing up. The Rottie and poodle were at the same time. That was a hilarious seen at times! My grandson who lives his parents and us kept asking for a dog, and finally we caved which is how Samantha came into our lives. Then we rescued Zach so she could have a sibling and to make our family complete. This is my story with GSDs. Sorry it was so long but it brought up a lot of memories. This was a good idea for a thread.
Rena

[lcht2]

i went out and bought one.

[abby]

I grew up with my grandparents GSD then we finally got a gsd x collie when i was ten lol cost 15 pounds i then got my boy i have now from battersea dogs home in the uk actually went for a friend to find a dog and came home with kobe and hes been my faithful friend since.

[pigeon man]

my daughter had her in n.c. she is in the ARMY and she got deployed to the phillipines after realizing she will always have a chance of being deployed she gave her to us .. she is a 65 lb. bundle of love... we never had a house dog always outside so this is a change but we love the change

[Jessiewessie99]

My family & I got Molly, from my sister's friends neighbor whos dogs they didnt get fixed.SO she is from an "oops litter".Tanner we saw at the shelter.He gave us his paw and that did it.lol I have always wanted a German Sheperd, and have always had a thing fro them.We had recently lost our 2 previous dogs, and my dad wanted a bgi dog, my mom wanted a nice medium dog.My had a GSD growing up.So we decided we would get a GSD or Lab.We got a GSD, Molly, then we got her a playmate, which would either be Lab or another GSD.We got Tanner.The 2 are inseperable!

We love them so much! I am for sure going to own a GSD or GSDs in the future!

[StarryNite]

I was born wanting a GSD for some reason. When I was 'knee high to a grasshopper' I used to tell my parents "mommy and daddy, one day I am going to own a house wayyyy up in the mountains, a pickup truck and 10 German Shepherds!" That was when I lived in the city wayyyy back when I was about 5.

So now I have the house 9,000 feet up in the rocky mountains (or condo, house coming next) haven't purchased the pickup truck and really don't want one now, more of an SUV person

I finally got my first GSD recently after my mom passed. Was one of those "It's time, I am getting my GSD now!" moments. I used mom's small amount of life insurance money to buy Lulu as well and now I can see why I prophesied that I would have 10! I can easily see myself owning many more to come but not until I am able to. I am working with a GSD rescue right now and if I had the land and proper home for them I would probably try to take every one in I have met so far!

So who knows, maybe some day my childhood dream may come true! (besides the pickup truck )

[mjbgsd]

My first GSD that is personally mine, is Cody.
I looked at the standard for the GSD in 02'(I was 13) and new that my parents had a GSD named Brandy when I was a baby. I also looked at other breeds like the doberman, pitbull, and malinois, I seemed to be attracted to guard breeds, lol. I seemed to be more attracted to the shepherd and read about them in books, I realized then I was destined to get a shepherd so I looked in the newspaper and found an ad that said GSD puppies. We called her up and took Cody home June 21st 2003. That summer was the best summer ever, it was nice to spend 3 months with Cody before school started, we went to the beach, camping, you name it. Now that I'm almost 21 and he's almost 7, we're still having a blast. He is a wonderful dog and so loyal to me, he loves to snuggle and just do about anything if it envloves me.
I will be devistated when his time comes....

[LaRen616]

We almost didn't get Sinister. When my boyfriend and I decided it was time to get a dog we both had our "perfect dog" in mind. His was a Bulldog mine of course was a GSD, not any GSD, I was looking for a solid black one. My BF didn't even know there was such a thing. Well we both started calling breeders. My BF was getting frustrated because every breeder he called were selling their puppies anywhere between $1,500 to $3,000! Every breeder I called didn't have solid black puppies until........... the last breeder on my list. They had a litter with 2 black puppies (the others were black/tan) I wanted a male and they had a male and female. That's all I needed to hear! We got in the car and the BF kept saying "We are just going to look, we are not going to settle on the first puppy we see, I still want a Bulldog and we are still going to look at them." The whole time I'm thinking "Yeah right, I'm getting a GSD whether you like it or not." Well we drove 2 and a half hours to get to the breeder and took one look at the little black ball of fur and there was no way that I was leaving without him. He came running up to us, licking and dancing around, never once bit us, he knocked over a beer bottle and drank some beer in front of us and then stole a bone from one of the full grown GSD's and I knew he had to be mine. He was 11 weeks old (the breeders wanted to hold on to them for a while and socialize them with all of the other full grown GSD's and with people before giving them away.) He was a complete angel. He never cried at night had only 2 accidents (my fault) never chewed a thing (until 3 months ago when we left him home alone and he decided he hated the carpet and tore some of it up) he is completely my dog, if ever my BF and I break up Sinister stays with me. He is the best dog ever and I cant imagine how I ever lived without him. I cant wait to add another GSD to my family, I will always have one in my life!

[diana72805]

We used to have a rescue - she was a beagle/coonhound mix. Very sweet and loving dog, but we had to move and she couldn't come with us. She now lives with a friend of mine and her dogs. Since finally moved to a place that allows us to have dogs again, hubby and I decided we wanted a puppy again. I was leaning towards a small or medium breed (first choice was a Pug, actually) But the more I researched them, the more I realized they're not for us. I'm not good with noisy snoring and snorting and such. I guess we were thinking that a small breed would be easier, even though we both love big dogs. When we talked about exactly what it was we're looking for we came up with: intelligence, must be GREAT with kids, guarding / protection, loyal, and beauty was a plus. Hm... sounds like a GSD to me! So after extensive research on the breed, we finally found our puppy!

Now, I couldn't imagine owning any other breed! The only one that comes close for me is an English Mastiff. Maybe some day, in a much bigger house. But we'll definitely get a second GSD once Jaz is older!

[Trina]

My husband grew up with a German Shepherd named Thor that he used to always talk about. I always had a dog when growing up, and at the time that we met, I had a Norwegian Elkhound named Thora (thought it was a neat similarity.)

Anyway, when the time came for us to get a dog together, my husband had his heart set on a GSD. Me, I love all dogs, so I just went along with it. That's how we came to get our first GSD as a couple, Axel. He was about 7-8 weeks old, a bi-color.

I was so impressed with Axel's intelligence, athleticism, and over all personality, that GSDs have since become my favorite breed (although I still gush over every dog I see, GSD or not .)