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*sighs* I'm tired of everyone thinking Chance is a bad boy. Just because he's a big dog/GSD.
When we went to animal control to adopt a dog, I went in for a 10+ year old blind/deaf Chihuahua. Mom and I had talked about a big dog but when I saw the Chi online I knew I had to have him. When we got there he'd been PTS already. So mom let me take my pick at a different dog. Thats when I found Chance. I asked mom and at first she said she didn't want a German Shepherd because "they're aggressive and thats why they're used as police dogs". I of course jumped to correct her and explain how thats not true. She finally gave in and he was mine.
Now my mom likes Chance. She says he's a good dog and I've found more and more lately she tells others how good of a dog he is. (Though she never thought he was a bad dog, she just enjoys him a lot more than she's ever enjoyed a big dog especially one who lives indoors)
Problem is, other people aren't so sure about him. My grandma wasn't sure about him at first because he "fought" back when her littler dog went after him. NOBODY let me introduce them they just let them at each other (I was in the other room and didn't even know she was here yet) and Chance being a hyper-active puppy (He just turned 1) went right over with his puppy hellos and tried to play with him. Bandit didn't like this and so they got into it. Nobody was hurt and it wasn't a FIGHT, just a "back off", 5 second thing. No big. I still don't think she fully trust Chance but she hasn't said anything else about it.
My ex-boyfriend thinks he's mean and going to kill everything thats smaller than him. It's one thing I WONT miss about him when he finally moves back to CA. When we were together and talked about plans to move in with each other, he said that Chance wouldn't be allowed near his cat because he didn't want him to eat SOB. (Son O' Banshee just to get that out of the way XD) My cat "ran away" (Hid in the woods and came home during the middle of the night to eat then left) for 2-3 months and we finally found him 2 days ago. The reason for this is because Jellybean (Cat) had never been properly introduced to big dogs I don't think and he came face to face with Chance and ran off because Chance being even younger than he is now, chased what moved because he thought it was a game. Jellybean was fine with my 3 little dogs but wasn't sure about Chance at ALL. Jellybean was picked up by SOB's breeder in CA when he was only a few days old. She raised him and then gave him to my ex since she was his "mentor" or whatever and they agreed to take him. When we met for the first time IRL (Internet relationship for a while then he moved here) he gave me Jellybean. Only big dog Jellybean has ever been around and I don't know how much he was around him, was June's (SOB's breeder) Doberman, from what my ex tells me.
Keep in mind, I got Chance at 6 months old and don't believe he's ever seen a cat until Jellybean.
So I decided to start introducing them in a positive way so that Chance wouldn't chase him and Jellybean wouldn't run. The WHOLE introduction even when the stupid cat was in the carrier, my ex was flipping out because Chance was SNIFFING HIM. Yeah, he pawed him but he did the same thing to my little dogs. He's not sure about it and wants to know what it is. Believe me, in that 15ish minute session, had he wanted to hurt Jellybean. He could have killed him because I did take him out of the crate at one point and they came face to face. Chance has been around my RAT for Gods sake. He's NEVER killed another animal or attempted to. But my ex see's his natural curiousity as wanting to eat them because Chance sniffs, paws and has even licked them.
And then theres 2 people in the neighborhood who've never even met Chance and think he's some vicious, wild animal.
Why can't they see the big baby that I see? The dork who gets bossed around by my Chihuahuas. ****, my male Chi has actually made Chance BLEED because he bit him in the face when Chance got on his nerves. Chance backed up and looked at him like "WHATJUSTHAPPENED?!". Didn't go after him or anything...Talk about vicious.
Now he's even more convinced he's bad because my grandmas dog Lexus, went after him because he kept sniffing her face while she was laying down. Chance did with her what he did with Bandit and so before he left he said I need to "watch him with her". >_> She's old and a grumpy and doesn't want some "kid" messing with her.
Now keep in mind, Chance is only 50ish lb. Bandit is 20ish lb and Lexus is around 40lb. They aren't tiny.
Yeah, I guess it's my fault for letting them sniff but these are the ONLY dogs he's ever done that with and nobody was hurt nor did either dog ATTEMPT to hurt the other. It's more of a quick "leave me alone" than "I'm going to kill you" thing. Way more. And believe me, he's met a LOT of dogs. More than I can count because I want him used to every one and every thing. He's a PUPPY, he's learning, he's testing, he's growing.
This is my child. Chance is my everything. It's like having a kid who your neighbors thinks is a bad kid because of the way they dress when they know nothing about him/her. It breaks my heart when people see him as a bad dog.
Especially when their dogs don't have HALF the obedience he does.
Sorry that was so long (And thank you to anyone who reads it all lol) but gah. Just really needed that off my chest. I'm hurt as a "mom" that people think he's not a good boy because I know he is. People just don't want to give him a chance. He was actually NAMED Chance because my mom gave him a chance. She gave both of us the chance to prove GSD's aren't bad dogs, there are only bad owners. She also gave him the chance at life. The day we brought him home he was diagnosed with late stage Parvo and at only 6 months old I was asked if I wanted to euthanize him. We gave him a chance and now he's a happy, healthy boy. And I want the world to give him a chance as well to see he's not a bad dog. =/
When we went to animal control to adopt a dog, I went in for a 10+ year old blind/deaf Chihuahua. Mom and I had talked about a big dog but when I saw the Chi online I knew I had to have him. When we got there he'd been PTS already. So mom let me take my pick at a different dog. Thats when I found Chance. I asked mom and at first she said she didn't want a German Shepherd because "they're aggressive and thats why they're used as police dogs". I of course jumped to correct her and explain how thats not true. She finally gave in and he was mine.
Now my mom likes Chance. She says he's a good dog and I've found more and more lately she tells others how good of a dog he is. (Though she never thought he was a bad dog, she just enjoys him a lot more than she's ever enjoyed a big dog especially one who lives indoors)
Problem is, other people aren't so sure about him. My grandma wasn't sure about him at first because he "fought" back when her littler dog went after him. NOBODY let me introduce them they just let them at each other (I was in the other room and didn't even know she was here yet) and Chance being a hyper-active puppy (He just turned 1) went right over with his puppy hellos and tried to play with him. Bandit didn't like this and so they got into it. Nobody was hurt and it wasn't a FIGHT, just a "back off", 5 second thing. No big. I still don't think she fully trust Chance but she hasn't said anything else about it.
My ex-boyfriend thinks he's mean and going to kill everything thats smaller than him. It's one thing I WONT miss about him when he finally moves back to CA. When we were together and talked about plans to move in with each other, he said that Chance wouldn't be allowed near his cat because he didn't want him to eat SOB. (Son O' Banshee just to get that out of the way XD) My cat "ran away" (Hid in the woods and came home during the middle of the night to eat then left) for 2-3 months and we finally found him 2 days ago. The reason for this is because Jellybean (Cat) had never been properly introduced to big dogs I don't think and he came face to face with Chance and ran off because Chance being even younger than he is now, chased what moved because he thought it was a game. Jellybean was fine with my 3 little dogs but wasn't sure about Chance at ALL. Jellybean was picked up by SOB's breeder in CA when he was only a few days old. She raised him and then gave him to my ex since she was his "mentor" or whatever and they agreed to take him. When we met for the first time IRL (Internet relationship for a while then he moved here) he gave me Jellybean. Only big dog Jellybean has ever been around and I don't know how much he was around him, was June's (SOB's breeder) Doberman, from what my ex tells me.
Keep in mind, I got Chance at 6 months old and don't believe he's ever seen a cat until Jellybean.
So I decided to start introducing them in a positive way so that Chance wouldn't chase him and Jellybean wouldn't run. The WHOLE introduction even when the stupid cat was in the carrier, my ex was flipping out because Chance was SNIFFING HIM. Yeah, he pawed him but he did the same thing to my little dogs. He's not sure about it and wants to know what it is. Believe me, in that 15ish minute session, had he wanted to hurt Jellybean. He could have killed him because I did take him out of the crate at one point and they came face to face. Chance has been around my RAT for Gods sake. He's NEVER killed another animal or attempted to. But my ex see's his natural curiousity as wanting to eat them because Chance sniffs, paws and has even licked them.

And then theres 2 people in the neighborhood who've never even met Chance and think he's some vicious, wild animal.
Why can't they see the big baby that I see? The dork who gets bossed around by my Chihuahuas. ****, my male Chi has actually made Chance BLEED because he bit him in the face when Chance got on his nerves. Chance backed up and looked at him like "WHATJUSTHAPPENED?!". Didn't go after him or anything...Talk about vicious.
Now he's even more convinced he's bad because my grandmas dog Lexus, went after him because he kept sniffing her face while she was laying down. Chance did with her what he did with Bandit and so before he left he said I need to "watch him with her". >_> She's old and a grumpy and doesn't want some "kid" messing with her.
Now keep in mind, Chance is only 50ish lb. Bandit is 20ish lb and Lexus is around 40lb. They aren't tiny.
Yeah, I guess it's my fault for letting them sniff but these are the ONLY dogs he's ever done that with and nobody was hurt nor did either dog ATTEMPT to hurt the other. It's more of a quick "leave me alone" than "I'm going to kill you" thing. Way more. And believe me, he's met a LOT of dogs. More than I can count because I want him used to every one and every thing. He's a PUPPY, he's learning, he's testing, he's growing.
This is my child. Chance is my everything. It's like having a kid who your neighbors thinks is a bad kid because of the way they dress when they know nothing about him/her. It breaks my heart when people see him as a bad dog.

Sorry that was so long (And thank you to anyone who reads it all lol) but gah. Just really needed that off my chest. I'm hurt as a "mom" that people think he's not a good boy because I know he is. People just don't want to give him a chance. He was actually NAMED Chance because my mom gave him a chance. She gave both of us the chance to prove GSD's aren't bad dogs, there are only bad owners. She also gave him the chance at life. The day we brought him home he was diagnosed with late stage Parvo and at only 6 months old I was asked if I wanted to euthanize him. We gave him a chance and now he's a happy, healthy boy. And I want the world to give him a chance as well to see he's not a bad dog. =/