I have a 4 yr old male GSD who I purchased when he was 3.5m old. When I meet up with the owner I immediately noticed he wasn't in the best of health he looked sad and somewhat thin. I should have known better, the owner was sketchy but I was young dumb and really wanted a dog. I felt bad about...

Have you ever had something that you wanted to tell someone, but didn't want to make a whole thread for it? I think that we should have a thread dedicated to little random things that pop into our heads or for the little occurrences that happen throughout the day. So is it just me, or does it...

I made the decision to send my dog to Ivan Balabanov’s training center. As some of you may know, he developed dog aggression after being attacked a couple of times by off leash dogs. It’s been a nightmare walking him around other dogs. I took him to off leash dog park (not inside!) to...

Good afternoon to all. I am new to the forum and interested in adding a GSD to our family. I’m a novice on the breed and have not owned a dog in over 15 years. Our previous pet was from the animal shelter and lived with us for 8+ years until he became ill. All members of the family have...

take note of the word "popular" How many dogs have been damaged by early socialization . If the forum is a fair , random, sampling , I would say quite a few. so let that be the opening salvo to open the discussion .