The most hurtful thing you have ever been told about your dogs is…..

[msvette2u]

Originally Posted by KaiLouie

My Dad's secretary said that she "has seen a lot of German Shepherds, but Louie is the meanest looking and scariest one she has ever seen". I've actually heard tha from a few people. It must be the pattern of her black markings on her face, but I think that is what makes her so beautiful!

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She is beautiful

[GSDMUM]

Originally Posted by KaiLouie

My Dad's secretary said that she "has seen a lot of German Shepherds, but Louie is the meanest looking and scariest one she has ever seen". I've actually heard tha from a few people. It must be the pattern of her black markings on her face, but I think that is what makes her so beautiful!

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They are CRAZY! That is one beautiful, gorgeous, loveable bear of a dog! I would not be afraid of her. People can be so ignorant. He is NOT scary at all!

[GSDMUM]

I posted this in the puppy section but it also belongs here as it hurt me so much today about some ignorant workers we had here today and the fiasco that ensued over my 6 month old puppy, a BABY! Her it is:
I hired a handyman who has two assistants. I told the handyman on the phone that I had two GSD's and is he and his workers comfortable with dogs as they have to use the yard occassionally. He said, "yeah". They were working on our shed and the first time I let my gentle elderly dog and 6mth old puppy outside everything was fine. I sat there and watched the dogs and though a little afraid, the pup did well.

In comes our dog trainer. It was a great opportunity to have her show our pup how to behave around strange people so we both walked in the yard again. My sweet gal ran up to one of the workers to greet him, since she already met him and he starts screaming at my pup, taking his cap and swatting it around like a person swatting killer bees. The pup thought he was playing with her and she was happy. He kept swatting at her and then "barking at her and lunging at her!!!" Both the trainer and I yelled at him to stop it right away, he kept on doing it saying "That dog attacked me! I was bitten by a dog before and she wanted to attack me!" He was making the situation Waaaaay worse for an already people fearful dog who up to this point was progressing well in overcoming it.

The trainer yelled at him, while I caught my pup and we put a leash on her. The trainer said, "Sir, I am a dog trainer and saw that the dog didn't come near your body and definitely did not attack you!" He yelled,"You a lousy trainer , go and train her the right way... Dat dog ain't right in the head". Which got me VERy angry. The trainer said, "YOU, You're the one not right in the head! and some other choice words. The boss told him to shut up and end his tirade of complaints and the other worker told the trainer that she'd never win arguing with the other guy as he never gives in. If I would have known, and now I do , I will always keep her on a leash in the yard in case of crazy rabid people.

Another thing that upset me was that the other quieter helper, BEFORE, this event, was petting my gentle elderly dog and saying things to him like,"You're the good one, the other little dog is not nice like you, she's bad and you're good." All she did was barl alot at a dog on the other side of the fence, ran all over the yard and playing rough with my other dog. I overheard him and let that one go.

I told the handyman never to bring them again. He was petting my pup and my pup was just fine with him because he approached the pup as a normal person should.

I just will never really trust any stranger and will have my dog on a leash to protect my dog from ignorant people. If she was agressive or fear aggressive as an older dog, I would never have her out there even for a short potty break. I have been working with a trainer to socialize her with both people and dogs. She's a great pup, sweet, rowdy as pups are, playful, and joyful. I love her so much. The trainer said that the way the guy was lunging at my pup, started to hit her with his cap, was bordering on animal abuse.

[GSDMUM]

Originally Posted by Germanshepherdlova

A nasty comment I received recently, "I don't know why you guys have all those dogs for, they are too much work and I don't know how you can pick up that disgusting dog poop when you take them out on a walk. Just the thought of picking up poop with only a plastic bag separating my hand from the poop makes my stomach turn. You should get rid of those dogs and just get an alarm system. It's much cheaper and less trouble."

Another one-"You shouldn't love your dogs as much as you do, you practically idolize them and that is a sin-they aren't people they are just animals."

"Your German Shepherd is too big, people shouldn't have such big dogs in the house. Why don't you get rid of him and just keep the lab?"

Yeah, I have heard some pretty nasty stuff over the last couple weeks. You should have seen that persons face when I responded by saying how I would always have dogs, and already have picked the next puppy's name out.

Tell them all that they had just proven, by their words exactly WHY you prefer dogs over some people!!!

[GSDMUM]

[QUOTE=Germanshepherdlova;2387964]A nasty comment I received recently, "I don't know why you guys have all those dogs for, they are too much work and I don't know how you can pick up that disgusting dog poop when you take them out on a walk. Just the thought of picking up poop with only a plastic bag separating my hand from the poop makes my stomach turn.

Tell him to remember what he said in about 40 years when he is in a nursing home playing with his own poop or wishing someone would help him clean him off after a bowel movement.

[GSDMUM]

Originally Posted by GSDMUM

I posted this in the puppy section but it also belongs here as it hurt me so much today about some ignorant workers we had here today and the fiasco that ensued over my 6 month old puppy, a BABY! Her it is:
I hired a handyman who has two assistants. I told the handyman on the phone that I had two GSD's and is he and his workers comfortable with dogs as they have to use the yard occassionally. He said, "yeah". They were working on our shed and the first time I let my gentle elderly dog and 6mth old puppy outside everything was fine. I sat there and watched the dogs and though a little afraid, the pup did well.

In comes our dog trainer. It was a great opportunity to have her show our pup how to behave around strange people so we both walked in the yard again. My sweet gal ran up to one of the workers to greet him, since she already met him and he starts screaming at my pup, taking his cap and swatting it around like a person swatting killer bees. The pup thought he was playing with her and she was happy. He kept swatting at her and then "barking at her and lunging at her!!!" Both the trainer and I yelled at him to stop it right away, he kept on doing it saying "That dog attacked me! I was bitten by a dog before and she wanted to attack me!" He was making the situation Waaaaay worse for an already people fearful dog who up to this point was progressing well in overcoming it.

The trainer yelled at him, while I caught my pup and we put a leash on her. The trainer said, "Sir, I am a dog trainer and saw that the dog didn't come near your body and definitely did not attack you!" He yelled,"You a lousy trainer , go and train her the right way... Dat dog ain't right in the head". Which got me VERy angry. The trainer said, "YOU, You're the one not right in the head! and some other choice words. The boss told him to shut up and end his tirade of complaints and the other worker told the trainer that she'd never win arguing with the other guy as he never gives in. If I would have known, and now I do , I will always keep her on a leash in the yard in case of crazy rabid people.

Another thing that upset me was that the other quieter helper, BEFORE, this event, was petting my gentle elderly dog and saying things to him like,"You're the good one, the other little dog is not nice like you, she's bad and you're good." All she did was barl alot at a dog on the other side of the fence, ran all over the yard and playing rough with my other dog. I overheard him and let that one go.

I told the handyman never to bring them again. He was petting my pup and my pup was just fine with him because he approached the pup as a normal person should.

I just will never really trust any stranger and will have my dog on a leash to protect my dog from ignorant people. If she was agressive or fear aggressive as an older dog, I would never have her out there even for a short potty break. I have been working with a trainer to socialize her with both people and dogs. She's a great pup, sweet, rowdy as pups are, playful, and joyful. I love her so much. The trainer said that the way the guy was lunging at my pup, started to hit her with his cap, was bordering on animal abuse.

Please ignore this post. I could not delete and it was already addressed in another thread. I realized some mistakes I made and really don;t want to "visit" feedback on this original post as to my mistakes in this situation. Thanks all!

[Germanshepherdlova]

Originally Posted by GSDMUM

Tell them all that they had just proven, by their words exactly WHY you prefer dogs over some people!!!

[RileyMay]

Somebody said that they wouldn't care if my dogs' died right infront of my face at all because I shouldn't have an emotional attachment to an animal, and that made me really upset. We worked it out though. We're good, now.

[Falkosmom]

Originally Posted by GSDMUM

Tell him to remember what he said in about 40 years when he is in a nursing home playing with his own poop or wishing someone would help him clean him off after a bowel movement.

You're a funny person!

[SophieGSD]

Worst thing I've ever been told:

"Your G-Shep's going to hurt someone some day. She's not trained very well. She's also not very pretty. Aren't they supposed to be more tan than black, and have those weird sloped hips?"

Coming from a Pit Bull mix owner who couldn't even stand up straight because her dog was pulling her over. (This dog had already attacked Sophie once while we were out walking for her to go potty. The woman was like "We rescued her and they said she was top of her class in obedience," as the dog continued barking and lunging, and trying to bite Sophie, who hid behind me with her tail tucked." My retort:

"Actually, she's a lot better trained than Ava, who has already attacked Sophie once because you were too ignorant to watch your dog. As for her being ugly, I'd take another look at your dog and make sure someone didn't hit her in the face with a shovel at some point." I snorted and walked off, leaving her there to contemplate her own existence. Now, don't get me wrong, I like Pit Bulls too, but it REALLY chaps me when a crappy owner starts talking trash about a dog that is OBVIOUSLY more well-behaved than theirs.

OH! One other instance.. I always walked Sophie around our apartment complex during the day to get some of her puppy energy out, and if the little "bark park" was free, I'd go play with her in there. Well, there was an older guy walking with an older black Lab, and his.. I'm guessing granddaughter? She was maybe only 5 or 6 years old.. He looked up when his Lab started barking at Sophie, and I heard him say "Come on honey. Those kinda dogs are mean, and it might bite us or hurt [whatever his dog's name was]. We'll come back later when they're gone," and hurry her back into his apartment.. I'm standing there like ".....Really? Sophie is one of the sweetest dogs I've ever met, and you're trying to generalize her into the breed? Ugh.. Goes to show how much you know."

But, I DO have a funny story! My husband and I were walking Sophie in downtown Charleston, and we were walking along the bayside going to the dog park. Well, there's a gravel path with little benches to the side for people to watch the water. As we were walking, we came up on a younger-ish black couple sitting there. (I say younger-ish because they were maybe mid- to late-twenties.) As we got closer, the guy jumped up, and walked around the bench as we walked by, staring at Sophie with HUGE eyes and saying "I.. I don't like no German Shepherds.. Nuhhhh UH.." His girlfriend laughed and was like "Why not? She's cute!" and actually pet Sophie. The guy just stared at her. XD I laughed and thought "Yeah, I'm sure you've got a REASON to not like them."

(And no, I'm NOT racist, but that area is BAD about African American crime rates being sky high. If anything, my thoughts were typical of the area. I've had several black friends, so I'm definitely NOT racist, hahaha.)