Workinglines vs Showlines - Page 10

Susie, IMO here in the US there are just as many decent ASL's as GSL's and just as many bad ones. I don't see that breeding to the SV rules has done much to strengthen the breed in the US anymore than breeding for AKC show dogs has. 

Seems pretty straight forward to me, Cliff. I think I'm glad I never bred a litter of GSD's. 

Blitzen; 'There is the Alsatian, there is the ASL, there are the Chinese perversions - these dogs may be outstanding dogs in itself, but they are no German Shepherd dogs - and we, the "founders" of the breed, willingly serve the international ( and national ) market...'

Thank you Gustav for replying

All I know is I had to go to a completely different breed this time to get a new service dog candidate.  It is disgustingly difficult to find a GSD that is suitable for such work.

What are the classifications of police dogs, I mean I know

Drug sniff dogs

Bomb detection dogs

Riot combat dogs

What else?

Most departments use dual purpose dogs such as patrol/narcotic, but there are still single purpose bomb dogs, drug dogs, patrol dogs, etc. 

Also, 90% of the work done by police service dogs involves nose work at some phase of the operation. Even a lot of the bite work originates with nose work first. That's why, when I hear people rant and rave about police dogs and they focus primarily about bite work, I know there real exposure to police dogs is very limited. But this is another big misconception, that the primary function of PSD is bite work. Very similar to the gun, most work by police officer does not require the use of the gun.

Ibrahim, 99% of all police dogs today are either single or dual purpose dogs. That means either patrol/explosives or patrol/narcotics. There are a few dogs trained STRICTLY for detection such as cadaver, thats it.

Most departments use dual purpose dogs such as patrol/narcotic, but there are still single purpose bomb dogs, drug dogs, patrol dogs, etc. 

Also, 90% of the work done by police service dogs involves nose work at some phase of the operation. Even a lot of the bite work originates with nose work first. That's why, when I hear people rant and rave about police dogs and they focus primarily about bite work, I know there real exposure to police dogs is very limited. But this is another big misconception, that the primary function of PSD is bite work. Very similar to the gun, most work by police officer does not require the use of the gun. Are they necessary,? Guns for police and bite work for patrol dogs......in most cases yes! But there is a lot more to the utilization of these dogs than bite work.

I agree, HD!