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[Robsmom]

Oh my. Just oh my.

[Robsmom]

I had our lab/mastiff/rottie mix out for a walk last night with our newest addition, Molly, a 5 month old purebred St. Bernard. I can easily walk both dogs with both leads on one hand. A guy came up to me and asked how on earth I controlled both of them like that. (um, they're both slow moving?).

THEN he proceeds to tell me that Molly's GONNA GET BIG. Really? I had no clue when we rescued a St. Bernard.

Duh.

[Jessiewessie99]

People constantly think my Black GSD, Tanner, is a wolfdog, or is killing machine.Yeah he is big, but that dont mean anything. When I am walking him, people will be walking towards us and once they see him, they literally cross the street, stare as they are walking, then when they think they are safe, they cross back over and look back.Its like they think he will go all werewolf on them.My family and I would take them to dog park, and people will literally call their dog and say "Come here, Spot(or whatever),that big scary dog might eat you!" I just go "Oh yea he will totally eat your dog."Tanner just plays and teases the dog.He gets a big kick out of the little dogs.I have also hear some people say "Isn't it illegal to have wolves as pets, or have wolfdogs?"I just wanna scream "HE ISNT A WOLF!!"He is the sweetest and biggest baby!And eats everything!He even ate fettucine alfredo!lol.But there people that insist he is a wolf or wolfdog, and think we should have enthunized or get rid of him

When I walk our other GSD, Molly, I constantly get asked "She is beautiful.Is she spayed?" I say "Ummm yeah..." They go "Oh because we have a pure-bred GSD.We were thinking of breeding him." I respond "Oh, thats cool."And continue walking thinking "Stupid BYB!"I have even been asked "How much will it cost to breed her?" I just go "No thanks." When I was asked that again I said "Sorry, she is taken." or "I tell them I don't breed for profit." Thank god she is spayed.lol.

People constantly ask if Molly is a police dog or try to avoid her.She is a sweet baby! People constantly tell me "She i dangerous you know." I jst say "Oh yea she is dangerous, I call Molly, she jumps up,hugs me and kisses me. Then I reply "What were you saying about GSDs being dangerous?" They look like idiots.lol.Another thing people aways say is "Look!Its Rin-Tin-Tin!" I usually love that.lol. People have asked me if Molly was Rin-Tin-Tin, I usually just smile and reply, "No, but he is reason GSDs are so great!"

Seriosuly does Tanner look like a wolf or wolfdog to anyone?:








Here is Molly:

[Dainerra]

this is dog related, but also just the plain old dumbest thing anyone has ever said to me. There is an empty lot on the other side of our neighbor's house. Instead of knocking at the neighbor's to ask about the junk cars parked there, they came to my house. 2 VERY scraggly looking creepy guys. I left the screen door closed and was holding Rayden by the collar who is growling and barking like mad. The guy looked at me and said "Is that your dog?" If I hadn't been so dumbfounded I would have said "What dog??" instead of "ummmm yeah??"

[DJEtzel]

I've been told by a nine year old recently that Frag was a great dane..

[Baja'smom]

I am going to jump in here a bit even tho I am the new kid on the forum. Due to a large number of poorly bred dogs across the US today there are plenty of GSD with nerve issues, nippy etc. also lack of exposure, training etc. contributes to that problem. It is sad and unfortunate. That being said the dumbest thing I hear on a very cinsistent basis is "your dog is really small for a gsd. As baja weighs 70lbs she is an average size dog for her breed, and I certainly am not disappointed with her size . I patiently explain that GSD are not supposed to be the size of Great Danes and there is some variety in weight and height.

[atravis]

My two favorites:

One woman at the dog park asked if he was a Great Dane/Lab mix (what??). When I said no, he's a GSD, she proceeded to tell me how vicious and unpredictable they are. I then called Mulder to me, told him to sit, did a "high-five", and walked away. Vicious and unpredictable indeed!

The second was a woman at shelter charity event that asked my if he was a schipperke. He was a year old and 75lbs

[mandelyn]

You know, I try really, really hard to forgive people their lack of knowledge. They don't research German Shepherd until they're blue in the face. They didn't have 17 rescue dogs and 4 show dogs through out their childhood to get this knowledge ingrained into their head at an early age. They never dealt with a truly vicious animal, or even seen the change from a dumped reject dog to a wonderful child safe companion. They don't know all the training options, or all the possibilities of what a dog can do. Nor can they accurately identify just about any breed and the known color variations of each breed.

That being said, here's some of the top dumbest things I've ever heard.

"Is your dog part wolf?"..... Um, no.

"Is your dog mean?".... Of course, it's why I brought her out in public.

"Why don't you shave your dogs?".... Because I know how a hose and vacuum cleaner work. And I spent the $50 on a furminator.

"How do you trust them to run in the woods off leash?".... Training, it's a nice concept.

"Are their ears cropped to make them stand up like that?".... Really? Like... really.

[Josiebear]

I've been asked if Josie is a mutt. Which i can understand because there isn't a whole lot of sables here. I get asked if she's a Malinois alot.

[DJEtzel]

Oh, another stupid comment I get a lot is an "Wow he's a well behaved dog" when I ask him to sit. Anywhere. I've gotten this comment in high distraction areas and in no distraction areas. I usually reply with a "Yes, he is, but I expect any dog to sit when asked." They usually rant about how their dog won't sit because it has so many problems, blah blah blah. All leads back to a lack of training and exercise on their part, of course.