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Working German Shepherds as Pets and Companions
I apologize if this topic has been brought up before and I missed it when searching through the threads, but I was just curious what you all thought of this article.
I bumped into it on Google (Not even sure HOW, after all the searching I've done!
), and just wanted all you lovely Working Line GSD owners to comment on it. =) I'm kinda torn between getting a Working Line or a Show Line, and my primary reason for hesitating on the Working Line (Czech) is that it might be too much dog for me to handle. This is probably a stupid question, but could I find a Working Line GSD that's a bit more 'mellow' than the average Czech Working Line dog and have it function as a wonderful family pet/companion (I plan on attempting a few things like agility, carting, obedience but not too heavily), or would even the mellowest of working line dogs still have somewhat of a strong will and dominant personality? Is that just how they're bred?
:thinking:
My heart isn't dead set on the Czech Lines even if I do decide to go with a Working Line GSD, so any suggestions or a helpful push in the right direction towards a line that could be more suited to me would be wonderful.
For a Czech Working Line dog, however, I'm looking at Van Den Heuvel K9.
For a German Show Line dog, I'm looking at Mittelwest.
=) Any comments or thoughts on those breeders are welcome (and preferably discussed through a PM).
I apologize if this topic has been brought up before and I missed it when searching through the threads, but I was just curious what you all thought of this article.
I bumped into it on Google (Not even sure HOW, after all the searching I've done!
:thinking:
My heart isn't dead set on the Czech Lines even if I do decide to go with a Working Line GSD, so any suggestions or a helpful push in the right direction towards a line that could be more suited to me would be wonderful.
For a Czech Working Line dog, however, I'm looking at Van Den Heuvel K9.
For a German Show Line dog, I'm looking at Mittelwest.
=) Any comments or thoughts on those breeders are welcome (and preferably discussed through a PM).