Compliments on your dog

Mostly people say how good looking she is. I also get the "look at the size of her FEET".

One woman at the vets office was going on and on about her, she even had to go out and get her husband out of the car so he could see her.
I have even had people go out of their way to follow me in their car to find out about Siren.

I am half tempted to make her a "sandwich board" to wear that says where I got her. Since 99% of the people also ask that.

I get compliments on Kodee a lot - most of the time people tell me what a beautiful dog he is. I had some construction workers tell me I had a "good-lookin' dog" one time when we were walking past them near the park. One guy asked if I would be interested in breeding Kodee to his female GSD (no, thanks!). Also, moms are always very impressed when I put Kodee in a down (and he does so happily) when their kids want to pet him. Girls love his ear fluff, too, b/c "OMG he's so SOFT!" LOL! One time when I took him to Bass Pro Shop w/his "Therapy Dog - In Training" vest on, a lady just almost went berzerk when I put Kodee in a down without saying anything - just gave him the hand signal while I was talking to her.

I love it when people love my Kodee Bear!

Most people say he's beautiful or ask if he's a police dog. A lot of people think he's still a puppy, which makes sense because he does look like a PB puppy GSD, at least until the tongue comes out.

I've gotten several comments on how well behaved mine was and several people have asked me if I could train their dog. If only they knew.

My LH was truly a head turner, people would stop me and comment how stunning he looked (I could only agree ), although most would keep their distance because he looked kinda intimidating (dark face etc).
I always get compliments about the excellent shape of my dogs (Lab & GSDx), too. A neighbor down the road always stops when I walk the dogs and tells me just how gorgeous my GSDx & Lab are, but the way he looks at me, I'm not so sure who he is really talking about. I believed him when he complimented the LH, but my other dogs look pretty ordinary.

Originally Posted By: DonnaB
Any others with all blacks have this experience?

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Yep. Usually they thinkg "lab" is in the mix.

What was really funny though, with my first solid black long coat, everyone thought he was part wolf. Though it didn't help that he WAS built more like a wolf than a GSD. He was oversized AND "all legs".

With my first sable, people also occasionally thought there was some sort of mix going on. But with Siren, everyone KNOWS she is a GSD. I think that the fact that so many Police K9s these days are dark sables is "teaching" the public that GSDs DO come in that color.

My vet LOVED my Riley. He crawled on the floor and pulled her into his lap, ha... he kept saying, "man this is SOME gsd you got here!" (he sees all the local police K9s in the area so he knows GSDs well). That made me feel awesome!

I also get the "she's a PUPPY?!" "How old?!" and "MAN she's gonna be BIG!" and I say, "I know, I can't wait!" Riley's a sweetheart and everyone resorts to telling me so... of which I can't help but agree too, ha!

Yes, but they almost ALWAYS come from people who train, work with, and titled working line dogs. For example, once at the pet store a random man came up to me and told me Kenya looks just like a bitch his friend had with them in Vietnam (military dog). Saturday we did a temperament test but it was at a SchH/police dog club and all the guys there were very nice to me and complimented Kenya. I've also had people tap my shoulder at AKC shows and tell me "that's how a GSD is supposed to look!" Sometimes I get non-GSD people who never knew sables existed praise her coloring. Non-dog people usually compliment her temperament - how calm, controlled, and obedient she is in public and busy places.

Honestly, Coke, our mutt, gets the most compliments as far as looks. It's funny how many people ask me if Kenya is a mix and then ask what breed Coke is. He is a mutt, but I tell them if they really like his looks, to check out the Hovawart because he looks just like one. He has such a sleek, lush coat and rich black and red coloring. He is also a lot more outgoing than Kenya, so he is the first to approach new people and if strangers ask to pet the dogs, we usually have them pet Coke first because he is more resilient to strange behavior. If they pass the "Coke" test, then they are allowed to pet Kenya

Chance gets lots of compliments when we're out. Everyone always seems to comment on his eyes. I remember standing in Petco looking at dog treats one day and a man comes into the aisle and he keeps looking at Chance and I'm thinking oh well maybe he's scared of him or something but NO, each time he looks at him he takes a step to the side getting closer and closer until I hear "Wow! You've got a really pretty dog!" and then a "Can I pet him?". I had a talk with one man and his daughter about the GSD standard and Shepherds in general one day and he kept commenting on how pretty his liver coloring and eyes were and how he was a good dog. ^_^ I love to hear good things about my boy. <3 I've had people ask where I got him from, quite some surprised faces when I tell them he was a rescue out of the county's animal control.

Originally Posted By: Sasha2008another time somebody asked me if we got his ears cropped......???????

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When I first brought home Chance, he had semi-floppy ears and the first time I said something about hating the wait until his ears came up, my brother goes "I thought you had to crop their ears for them to stay up?". Lirl!

Chevy always gets compliments wherever we go. We get told what a beautiful dog we have and how well mannered he is and "he's going to be a big boy!". We've had quite a few people stop us and ask if they can take his photo and of course, everyone wants to pet him. He loves all the attention. At the feed store on Saturday, someone asked "What's your Shepherd mixed with?" I just said "With German Shepherd" and she was dumbfounded for a moment.

With Shya, we get the "awww! she's so cute/pretty!" While walking the other day, some man stopped us and told us how he used to have a pup that looked just like Shya and would we want to sell her to him! Ummm...NO!

The funniest was yesterday. DH and I were walking the pups and there were two small children, a little boy and a smaller girl. The boy was telling his sister "That's a wolf! And that's a little wolf!"

We actually got a nice compliment from an AKC agility judge at our trial this weekend. After we ran the course she came up to us in between Open and Novice and gave Molly some lovin' and told me that I had a wonderful dog and that she enjoyed watching us run the course. She also commented on how nicely Molly was built It was nice to get a compliment from someone that had been watching dogs all afternoon and decided to come up to my dog and say such nice things. I was very proud of my girl.

We get a lot of the "oh, she's beautiful" compliments when we are out walking. Those are always nice