[Shefali]

Lol I would probably bet money that there was no ill-intent. My comment was just a joke. But a lot of us keep shepherds around because you never know!

There was no ill intent aside from a serious lack of boundaries. He'd called earlier about borrowing something, I said fine.

He is not a bad person but clueless and lacking social awareness.

 

[Shefali]

PS
You have a 16 month old dog that's able to snarl and stare down the neighbor/intruder....time to stop thinking of him as or referring to him as a "puppy" for both your sakes

You are right, it's just that most of the time he acts like a sweet goofy puppy. This was a good reminder that he's a GSD.

 

[WNGD]

You are right, it's just that most of the time he acts like a sweet goofy puppy. This was a good reminder that he's a GSD.

Just kidding you. Rogan is exactly the same age and although definitions vary I think it can be dangerous for people to think of them as puppies too long. I read someone say "they don't finish finish growing for up to three years so they're still a puppy" lol ....uh.....no

 

[CEMC]

Your neighbor can think whatever he wants but I assure you that he will never barge in on you unannounced or uninvited again. You have a good dog. End of story.

 

[Beau's Mom]

Yes! That is exactly what he should do in that context. Good for him!

Years ago I was similarly surprised by a stray GSD girl I adopted. She was probably ~1 yr when she moved in, and was about 18 mos old when we were both startled by the sound of my landlady’s violent, abusive boyfriend putting a key in my front door lock to let himself in. (We’d had words earlier that day, and I think he was coming to teach me a lesson.) My girl, usually ridiculously, goofily, excessively friendly to most humans, turned into the scariest, most menacing creature I’d ever seen in my life as she put herself between me and the intruder. He stood there on the threshold for a good long minute, staring at her as she grew louder and scarier, then he suddenly withdrew, slamming the door shut hard as he left. He tried to get my landlady to evict me, but he never did try to enter my home again.

I still miss that girl. You have a very good dog.

 

[WNGD]

No one had ever tried my door uninvited. I'm scary enough, never mind two German Shepherds in front of me

 

[Shefali]

Your neighbor can think whatever he wants but I assure you that he will never barge in on you unannounced or uninvited again. You have a good dog. End of story.

thank you!!! I agree. He is a good dog and the neighbor now understands boundaries much better.

 

[Shefali]

No one had ever tried my door uninvited. I'm scary enough, never mind two German Shepherds in front of me

OMG, that made me laugh!

 

[Shefali]

Yes! That is exactly what he should do in that context. Good for him!

Years ago I was similarly surprised by a stray GSD girl I adopted. She was probably ~1 yr when she moved in, and was about 18 mos old when we were both startled by the sound of my landlady’s violent, abusive boyfriend putting a key in my front door lock to let himself in. (We’d had words earlier that day, and I think he was coming to teach me a lesson.) My girl, usually ridiculously, goofily, excessively friendly to most humans, turned into the scariest, most menacing creature I’d ever seen in my life as she put herself between me and the intruder. He stood there on the threshold for a good long minute, staring at her as she grew louder and scarier, then he suddenly withdrew, slamming the door shut hard as he left. He tried to get my landlady to evict me, but he never did try to enter my home again.

I still miss that girl. You have a very good dog.

I am so glad you adopted that stray! She sounds like a wonderful dog.

one of the saddest things is that our dogs are with us for so short a time.

 

[Thecowboysgirl]

WE adopted an adult GSD X. We lived a long way from my family and it was like a year before my father came to visit so the dog had never met him. I had been stung by hornets and was having an allergic reaction and was in the bathroom running cold water on my stings when my father showed up. My young step daughter let my father in but the dog didn't know him and I heard quite a racket. I ran down the hall and found my father in the living room against the wall with the dog staring him down with a warning bark if he tried to move. I called the dog off, calmed him down and then told him the phrase he knew to go greet our guest which he did with a wagging tail- he was typically a very social dog but in that instance I was not on top of things in the house, my young daughter let in a man that my dog thought was a stranger and he was not going to let my father move until I said it was ok. What if some bad person had talked their way in past a kid while I was unavailable? I felt my dog was spot on. I was grateful to have a dog like that around. He detained him perfectly without touching him. When I told him it was fine he was friendly for the duration of the time my father was in the house.

 

[Shefali]

WE adopted an adult GSD X. We lived a long way from my family and it was like a year before my father came to visit so the dog had never met him. I had been stung by hornets and was having an allergic reaction and was in the bathroom running cold water on my stings when my father showed up. My young step daughter let my father in but the dog didn't know him and I heard quite a racket. I ran down the hall and found my father in the living room against the wall with the dog staring him down with a warning bark if he tried to move. I called the dog off, calmed him down and then told him the phrase he knew to go greet our guest which he did with a wagging tail- he was typically a very social dog but in that instance I was not on top of things in the house, my young daughter let in a man that my dog thought was a stranger and he was not going to let my father move until I said it was ok. What if some bad person had talked their way in past a kid while I was unavailable? I felt my dog was spot on. I was grateful to have a dog like that around. He detained him perfectly without touching him. When I told him it was fine he was friendly for the duration of the time my father was in the house.

Awesome!