Your GSD????

[paulag1955]

I was trolling newspaper ads for a lab puppy and saw this.



So, yeah, who could have resisted that?

[mssandslinger]

i always wanted a GSD and on my birthday my boyfriend found an ad for WGSD and he surprised me by taking me to pick one up!

[Melina]

Originally Posted by paulag1955

I was trolling newspaper ads for a lab puppy and saw this.



So, yeah, who could have resisted that?

I think that's what Koda would have looked like as a pup. I would have loved to see him as a pup!

[VChurch]

I've wanted a GSD since I was about 5 -- they've been my favorite dog forever. I wanted to get one a few years ago but then Sobacca walked into our garage so I held off a few more years to get a GSD.

[Zoeys mom]

Zoe picked us I would have never chosen her- I'm a male dog person. My neighbor who is also my bf intentionally bred her GSD's last year hoping for one liter. I was there helping the night Zoe was born and there every day after cleaning poo, weighing pups, clipping nails, and socializing them- BUT I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN A PUPPY!!!

Zoe would come right to me when I came in the door and whine and bark if I didn't get back to the whelping box fast enough. I thought she was precious but again I'm not a female dog person and wasn't interested in having another puppy. 6 weeks came and went and potential buyers began to come and meet the puppies one by one. Zoe had an interesting coat as a pup and was a huge hit.....but she would flee the arms of visitors and run to me instead. I started not coming buy as not to prevent her from being sold, but even then she would sit in the corner while all the other pups ran to the new people to say hi. So finally my neighbor handed her to me one day and said this is YOUR dog, she always has been , and apparently your her person. She was 10 weeks old when I snuck her in and even the DH couldn't say know. She is still a mamma's girl and will be one next month....time has really flown with her

[King&Skylar]

my mom has a dog boarding kennel, and she had a shepherd there, the owner had to move away so we took King
Then, 6 years later, I wanted one, too! So I decided to get a puppy from a breeder, and after 1 1/2 yrs of research I got Skylar.

[shadow mum]

I had always been terrified of GSD's from the time I was 12. I had been attacked by a pack of 3 running wild.

When I got married, I had a peke-a-poo and a westie-poo. My DH had always wanted a hound, and we saw an ad saying there was one at the local shelter. My DH and I went down, just to look. There was no hound, but there was a small black bundle of fur laying in an outdoor run. We were told he was a shep/rott. The dog looked at my DH, my DH looked at the dog, and I swear, I saw a bolt of electricity pass between them. Needless to say, he came home with us.

It took me a long time to become used to Smoke, but he stole his way into my heart. Smoke was with us for 10 yrs, until he suddenly passed 2 yrs ago. He was an amazing dog, who totally changed my view of what a GSD was. There was no question when it came time for another, what breed to get.

RIP Smokie Joe, mum misses you each day.

[kidkhmer]

I got Karma 4.5 weeks ago. She was the result of two rescued GSDs that came out of Vietnam and was an ooops / BYB pup. I was actually on the look out for a Khmer farm mutt but when I heard there were three GSD pups ( still inside mum ) to choose from something inside me clicked and I thought " yeah....GSDs.....I like em !". I had been recently exposed to a male pup that a friend of mine had here in Cambodia ( Banjo is now back in California ) and I thought he was a **** of a dog. So I went for it and thus far.......AWESOME.

[Courtney]

I have wanted a GSD since grade school when the local police department visited our school with their police dog "Bullet". I have admired them since then. I grew up with rescue dogs-never a GSD.

This year we were FINALLY in a good position with time, property, etc. to get our first dog-of course it was a GSD.

I know now-I will NEVER be without one-the best breed I have ever been around

[Klamari]

I grew up with a GSD from age 0-7. Haven't had one in my immediate family since then, but at least two people in my extended family have always had GSDs.

Now that I'm graduating from college, going to be moving out of my parents house soon, single right now so probably living alone. I knew I wanted a big dog for a companion as also as protection (even if she was just a visual deterrent).

I researched many different breeds for probably 6 months. I thought I wanted a dobermann, then a boxer, a Mals or Dutch Shepherd. But I just kept coming back the the GSD. The only thing that turned me off from them was the hips and the hair. Well, finding a good breeder would help with getting good hips. And really, hair in my house would be a small price to pay for getting the best dog I can get.

So now I'm here. I found so much information on so many good breeders on this site and others. I am completely confident I made the right choice. Now, hopefully less than 6 months away from getting my pup.