Belgian Malinois and Belgian Tervuren. I've heard the Mals can be quite a bit more reactive, not as good of an on/off switch, harder to settle in the house, etc. For the Tervs, I decided against such a coat. German Shepherds are everything I was looking for, plus with the variety in the breed and popularity it's not hard to find the right match!
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After our 13 year old Chow passed away last year and our foster mix girl got a new home, it was lonely without a dog around. I've always wanted a GSD and DH knew this (and he too always wanted a GSD) so he caved said we could get one
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After our 13 year old Chow passed away last year and our foster mix girl got a new home, it was lonely without a dog around. I've always wanted a GSD and DH knew this (and he too always wanted a GSD) so he caved said we could get one
I've always grown up with Dobermans and GSDs. I was originally looking for a Doberman, but the dog HAD to be a rescue and there were few Dobermans available for rescue around here at the time. There were a TON of GSD's though so that pretty much made up my mind.
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Re: What other breed and why did you choose the GS
so naturally when i was looking for some place to volunteer, i chose a gsd rescue. i figured i'd get my gsd fix there, then get a cocker spaniel (my childhood favorite) for my very tiny apartment.
while i was still set on a cocker, Gia popped up in the rescue. young, rowdy, free spirited, tons of energy... i figured she'd be a pretty challenging "project", and brought her home.
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i tried a doberman, but having a dobie in the family, is different from me raising one on my own and our personalities just didnt mesh. so its been shepherds ever since.
same here.
so naturally when i was looking for some place to volunteer, i chose a gsd rescue. i figured i'd get my gsd fix there, then get a cocker spaniel (my childhood favorite) for my very tiny apartment.
while i was still set on a cocker, Gia popped up in the rescue. young, rowdy, free spirited, tons of energy... i figured she'd be a pretty challenging "project", and brought her home.
i tried a doberman, but having a dobie in the family, is different from me raising one on my own and our personalities just didnt mesh. so its been shepherds ever since.
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Re: What other breed and why did you choose the GS
There is no other breed.
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I grew up with cats, (and a couple of badly behaved, untrained shelter doggies over the years), but my hubby grew up with shepherds. So when we decided to get married and buy a house and could actually HAVE pets, we got a kitty and a GSD! I fell in love with the breed, naturally.
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There is no other breed.
Re: What other breed and why did you choose the GS
I have always loved Golden Retrievers, still do.
After my female Golden passed, I decided to go with a breed that was more challenging as far as mental stimuli goes, I was also interested in a dog that wasn't so open to strangers.
I spoke to my parents about my decision, they loved the idea! They had a male German Shepherd during their early marriage days, plus my dad later got a WGSD when I was very young.
I think German Shepherds will always be a part of our family.
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I have always loved Golden Retrievers, still do.
After my female Golden passed, I decided to go with a breed that was more challenging as far as mental stimuli goes, I was also interested in a dog that wasn't so open to strangers.
I spoke to my parents about my decision, they loved the idea! They had a male German Shepherd during their early marriage days, plus my dad later got a WGSD when I was very young.
I think German Shepherds will always be a part of our family.
Re: What other breed and why did you choose the GS
just thought i'd add, that where i plan to have 2-3 shepherds at any given time for the rest of my life. i also plan to stick a cocker in there at some point, as well as a great dane, and probably something 30lbs & scruffy that the kids find on their way home from school (everyone has one of those right?)
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just thought i'd add, that where i plan to have 2-3 shepherds at any given time for the rest of my life. i also plan to stick a cocker in there at some point, as well as a great dane, and probably something 30lbs & scruffy that the kids find on their way home from school (everyone has one of those right?)
Re: What other breed and why did you choose the GS
^oh, and a leonberger
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^oh, and a leonberger
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I've always wanted a GSD, but the reality is that what I really love (mainly in terms of looks) are wolves. So I was looking at wolfdogs, and, for a little bit, malamutes. I guess what I would love to have would be a GSD personality in a wolf's body. I did recently see a thread on this forum with a black sable GSD that made me absolutely *swoon*
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Ah...I just realized the "recent" thread wasn't particularily recent. It was from this thread:
http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=640634&page=1#Post640634
The first post, and then compare the GSD to the post at the bottom of the page showing an actual wolf:
http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=640634&page=1#Post643622
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http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=640634&page=1#Post640634
The first post, and then compare the GSD to the post at the bottom of the page showing an actual wolf:
http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=640634&page=1#Post643622
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