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I adopted a 4 1/2 month old male shepherd from the pound 6 years ago..His attitude was the exact same as this puppy everyone is talking about.He did the avoidance and the eye stareing,The unprovoked biting and snapping..He was a beautiful deep black and rust male..They had found him running loose and didnt know his background..He was dog aggressive,food aggressive,And would very strongly insist on you not touching any of the toys or he would try to rip off your hand..He was fear aggressive and dominent,and very confused, didnt seam like hed ever really been properly disciplined for much...Within 2 months, i ended up adopting this puppy to a working home and to this day he has been awesome..He works in search & rescue and has done very well..After teaching this dog what was black and white, that there was NO in between..He lost if he showed negative behaviour and he won if he show the correct behaviour..Serious discipline,Motivation, strong praise, pulled this dog from CUJO to a working trusted k9 that could get along in society..So yes from experience, I would say IN THE RIGHT HANDS THIS PUPPY COULD BE TURNED AROUND..BUT NOT WHERE HE IS NOW.

Cudos......Thanks for your input....

Guttenhaus -- i commend you and you have my utmost admiration -- if you have been following along this post -- you can see that without a good thorough evaluation .. and then with the correct path a 16 wek pup can possibly have a chance -- of course if other factors come into play such as neurological problems or just very very ppor genetics then .. well -- you have obviously done what mlost people don't do for one reason or another ..-- wow and your dog is doing search and rescue ... thank you for bringing your experiences to this post site --- it hopefully will make others contemplate their outlooks ---