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Hey Bro,

The level of aggression shown in the video does not seem particulary high.  This is not to take anything away from your dog.  If he were preperly trained it is possible someone could pull a good level of agression out of him. 

My dog is being trained for a sport other than schutzhund though she is not very sporty, she comes with bad intentions, when she works not just playing tug.  just on command her intensity = your dog times fifty.  Slap her in the face with a stick = youdog times 150.  I do not get how you can generalize the motives of all sport dogs.

This is not to say your dog does not have it but rather has not had good training.  Nice looking dog though.

You may have gotten the 1 in 1000 dog but I just do not see it.  I am very particular about working dogs and am good at picking them in their work.  this dog does not make my top ten.

Although my current gsd is the best I have had so far I see her weaknesses.  She has good prey drive 8 out of 10.  Although not super crazy high in prey. I do not particulary view this as a falt.  She is well ballenced though naturally on the civil side and slightly defensive ,, a bit of an edge if you will,although not fearful or agressive to strangers.  She is very aware of people around her and will let them  pet her.  She never seek attention from others though.  Good prey in work but it is serious i want to hurt you prey.  Not god with kids, this counts as a bad.  She can not be petted near the trainng field she will alert to anyone moving gear or no gear.  Her weakness is that twice she overloaded in bite work.  both times I had to do an attention heel to focus her.  Usually though obedience is incooperated into agitation. 

Point being that all dogs have weaknesses and thresholds.  You speak as though their are very few people who have dogs like your or infact better than yours.  My next dog will be better than my current dog.  For this to happen someone has to have a better quality dog than I currently have.  With a dog of your caliber he must be getting studded out 10 -20 times a month.

Although you say you have been around different trainers and dogs you do not seem to have lots of exposure to quality dogs.  You would need to see enough to from opinions based on what YOU see.  And takling to knowlegable trainers is good to understand their point of view.  However you should not base what you think based totally on someone elses experiences.

I found the video humerous.  it reminded me of the many times people have told me how agressive their dog is because of the way it barks and growls inside of a fenced in yard.

It sounds like lack of knowledge.  This is coming from a person who has to be around working dog and involved in dogs one way or another.  My dogs have trained aside with people who's dogs were working line, psa ,some schuzhund, activepolice dogs, french ring, attended various trials of different sports and competed in PSA.  Having seen all of this I can form educated opinions based on what I have seen or experienced with my dogs.

Now I know most peolpe in my circle know sooo much more than the little experience that I have.  Thats why I seem to learn something every time I train my dog or see someone elses dog trained. 

I say this to say if you think that that display of agression is magnififant you have not seen much.  Not to be mean but if that is the best I can hope for in the GSD breed than I am putting them  down (not to be confused with putting to  sleep).  I give up my next dog will be a malnois or dutch.

Robert