Your GSD????

LaRen616 · 03-12-2010, 01:06 PM

Hey guys, I was just wondering how you ended up with your first GSD? Did you plan on getting a GSD? Did you find one and he/she became yours? Were you looking to get any dog and saw him/her in a shelter? I think these kinds of stories are interesting and we can learn a little bit more about each other.

ch3ckpo1nt · 03-12-2010, 01:09 PM

My dad talked about getting a GSD ever since I was a kid. He got me wanting one so bad. 15 years later, I finally have Damian!

atravis · 03-12-2010, 01:12 PM

Mine was a rescue from the streets. A shop owner was feeding her behind his building, and my grandfather just picked her up and brought her home one day.

I was actually afraid of her at first... now I can't have imagined my life without her.
Lordy how I miss that dog

JKlatsky · 03-12-2010, 01:58 PM

DH went to the Humane Society to get another cat, back when we were dating and not living together. He went home with a HW+ 80lb WGSD named Ellie. Prior to that he had English Mastiffs, we were both impressed with the trainability of the GSD. (Although Ellie ended up having some rpetty severe anxiety)

I liked his dog so much that I got Argos. He was my first dog ever. My family didn't have mammals as pets growing up. We wanted a male puppy and after being turned down from all our local purebred rescues because we didn't have a fenced in yard, we went to a local breeder and got Argos. I love that dog. It was such an ordeal to find him that I think it must have been fate. Hard to think it was only 3 years ago, he's changed my life so dramatically.

And now we have 4...

**Vinnie** · 03-12-2010, 01:59 PM

Here's a good thread with lots of answers to a similar question.

http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...lved-gsds.html

JazzyGirl · 03-12-2010, 02:18 PM

As a kid, my mom went to a breeder and got the one I grew up with. Brutus was a fabulous dog.

Jazz, I got from Frederick County Animal Control.

If I ever get another dog, it will be a GSD.

Vault_101 · 03-12-2010, 02:42 PM

I left a note under my pillow and the stork brought me Rex in a wicker basket. lol Actually I had been wanting one for 4-5 years but never really intentionally searched for one then one day a breeder had mentioned his on Craigslist (which isn't allowed) and I saw it 5 minutes before it was taken off the site.

I was skeptical of it being off CL but when I went and saw his dogs I was so impressed I couldn't say no and Rex suprises me everyday with his manners and inteligence.

Mrs.K · 03-12-2010, 02:46 PM

My parents are breeders... eventually everybody in the family ended up with one.

ChristenHolden · 03-12-2010, 02:46 PM

I lost my big Walker Coon Hound. Trouble a week before Thanksgiving (RIP). My mom knew I was looking for another big dog. I had looked at rotties, mastiffs, and other large breeds. Then my mom asked me if I liked GSDs I told her of course. She told me some friends of hers had a pair and was gunna breed them. And that they would give me one. The rest is history I bring Uley home the end of april.

SunCzarina · 03-12-2010, 03:46 PM

I came home from the hospital as a newborn to the big slobbering kisses of a black sable GSD. There's only a couple of years of my life where I didn't have one - I had a Siamese cat then!

03-12-2010, 01:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
LaRen616 Knighted Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 2,241	Your GSD???? Hey guys, I was just wondering how you ended up with your first GSD? Did you plan on getting a GSD? Did you find one and he/she became yours? Were you looking to get any dog and saw him/her in a shelter? I think these kinds of stories are interesting and we can learn a little bit more about each other. __________________ Sinister~16 month old Black GSD 3/11 The Cat Pack Isolde~5 mth old Tortie Ragdoll Kitten 2/21 Wicked~2 yr old Calico Cat 3/17 Chaos~3 yr old Calico Cat 7/17

03-12-2010, 01:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
ch3ckpo1nt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brandon, FL Posts: 439	My dad talked about getting a GSD ever since I was a kid. He got me wanting one so bad. 15 years later, I finally have Damian! __________________ Damian- 9/6/2009 Vegas Grandkid! http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/...ee/634401.html

03-12-2010, 01:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
atravis Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 416	Mine was a rescue from the streets. A shop owner was feeding her behind his building, and my grandfather just picked her up and brought her home one day. I was actually afraid of her at first... now I can't have imagined my life without her. Lordy how I miss that dog __________________ Lex~ Mulder- black GSD [Dogster] [Pedigree]

03-12-2010, 01:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
JKlatsky Knighted Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 2,038	DH went to the Humane Society to get another cat, back when we were dating and not living together. He went home with a HW+ 80lb WGSD named Ellie. Prior to that he had English Mastiffs, we were both impressed with the trainability of the GSD. (Although Ellie ended up having some rpetty severe anxiety) I liked his dog so much that I got Argos. He was my first dog ever. My family didn't have mammals as pets growing up. We wanted a male puppy and after being turned down from all our local purebred rescues because we didn't have a fenced in yard, we went to a local breeder and got Argos. I love that dog. It was such an ordeal to find him that I think it must have been fate. Hard to think it was only 3 years ago, he's changed my life so dramatically. And now we have 4... __________________ Argos vom Eisernen Loewen VPG1, CGC, TC 3-3-07 Bianka vom Eisernen Loewen BH, CGC, TC 1-3-08 Cade vom Eisernen Loewen 3-25-09 D'Artagnan (Tag) vom Eisernen Loewen 2-2-10 G Aiko von Burkndeiros SchH 3, IPO3, FH, TC, KKL2 9-17-02 Last edited by JKlatsky; 03-12-2010 at 02:03 PM.

03-12-2010, 01:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Vinnie The Italian One Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Minnesota, USA Posts: 8,058	Here's a good thread with lots of answers to a similar question. http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...lved-gsds.html __________________ *The Black Dog's Photographer*

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03-12-2010, 02:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
JazzyGirl Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 214	As a kid, my mom went to a breeder and got the one I grew up with. Brutus was a fabulous dog. Jazz, I got from Frederick County Animal Control. If I ever get another dog, it will be a GSD.

03-12-2010, 02:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
Vault_101 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pensacola, Fl Posts: 73	I left a note under my pillow and the stork brought me Rex in a wicker basket. lol Actually I had been wanting one for 4-5 years but never really intentionally searched for one then one day a breeder had mentioned his on Craigslist (which isn't allowed) and I saw it 5 minutes before it was taken off the site. I was skeptical of it being off CL but when I went and saw his dogs I was so impressed I couldn't say no and Rex suprises me everyday with his manners and inteligence. __________________ Bear- Blue Heeler born 2/14/09 Rex- GSD born 07/01/09

03-12-2010, 02:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mrs.K Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Posts: 1,235	My parents are breeders... eventually everybody in the family ended up with one. __________________ Das mir der Hund viel lieber sei sagst du oh Mensch ist Sünde, der Hund bleibt mir im Sturme treu, der Mensch nicht mal im Winde. my blog:Head over Heels into Dog Handling

03-12-2010, 02:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
ChristenHolden Master Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oklahoma, usa Posts: 595	I lost my big Walker Coon Hound. Trouble a week before Thanksgiving (RIP). My mom knew I was looking for another big dog. I had looked at rotties, mastiffs, and other large breeds. Then my mom asked me if I liked GSDs I told her of course. She told me some friends of hers had a pair and was gunna breed them. And that they would give me one. The rest is history I bring Uley home the end of april. __________________ ~Christen BELLA~GSD BATISTA~SHAR PEI BANDIT~CHI/YORKIE GABE~RAT TERRIE/CORGIE ANGLE~RAT TERRIER/CORGIE PEPPER~RAT TERRIER HONEY~CHI RUSTY~PAPILLION OLIVER~MIXED RESCUE CHEWIE~MIXED RESCUE 6 CATS 1 TURTLE~

03-12-2010, 03:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
SunCzarina Crowned Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 11,934	I came home from the hospital as a newborn to the big slobbering kisses of a black sable GSD. There's only a couple of years of my life where I didn't have one - I had a Siamese cat then! __________________ -Jenn Otto von Hena-C 05/23/08 Morgan Donnermond 08/04/01 I have duct tape and I am not afraid to use it.