comments from the clueless - Page 3

Your husband listens to you Agar?  I AM impressed.  Where'd you learn how to get him to do that?  If it is a class sign me up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With an ad in my local newspaper advertising a litter sired by a SchH1, KKL1, a gentleman called and said he wanted to see my puppies, but he was going to see another advertised litter first.  He spent about 15 minutes there and then came to my house.  Upon telling the other breeder he was coming to see my puppies- this is what he was told:

- you don't want one of those puppies- they are agressive- that's what those titles mean- they were bred to be agressive.

- all puppies are shy until you get to know them.

-any puppy other than a black and tan is not a true German Shepherd

- no breeder can guarantee hips- all old GSDs get dysplasia

- the mother and father (father was on a chain) were bred because they are friendly and pretty

-don't let your lab out of your truck because the puppies are afraid of big dogs

The gentelman bought a puppy from me, after spending an hour and a half of playing with my puppies and watching the puppies play with his 8 month old lab.  The next day he took his new puppy for its first vet checkup and his vet said that the puppy was the most healthly and well structured GSD puppy she had ever seen.

The other breeder called him the next day and upon hearing he bought his new puppy from me-the lady said... "why on earth would you pay double for that other puppy when mine are so beautiful..."

This makes me agressive... :)

Yep, and my 6 yr old believes Spounge Bob lives off the coast of Florida...... Cause she saw it on TV.  Some people need to get a grip [no pun intended]

I get the same crap from people.....LOL

Is that a husky mix?  For my sable female!

Funny story, had a client that wanted a GSD, they had lost their's recently.   I gave them a list of "good" breeders in the area, said you need to know what you are looking for.  There were working kennels and show kennels in the area.

Of course they didn't do their homework and ended up at a pet store!  These folks were also notorious for their animals being fat.  This now young GSD was a little chubby for my standards so I showed her one of mine.  I said he doesn't have to be this lean, but somewhere in between would be OK.  (being nice I was)

Upon seeing my male, she asked, "why doesn't my dog have a head like that!"  I just laughed thinking well if you had listened in the first place!  

From Pendleton Round-up 2007:  said to drunk lady tugging on Barbie's ear as she is dressed in her clearly marked "SHERIFF" harness  " I wouldn't make a habit of that"  "But it's just a drug dog" she says  "No she is a cross trained patrol dog who is losing patience with you"  meanwhile the other deputy is laughing hysterically hoping for a good show and drunk lady backs quickly away from dog.

From Pendleton Round-up 2008:  Drunk folks section T Row A  "Can we put beads on the dog?"  "NO!"

(double points if you correctly guess the BAC of the individuals involved )

I was taking my 7mo old bitch Zoe to obedience class and was in the lobby talking with some of the other owners with whom take the class with me, when this National Guardsmen and his wife come in with their Standard Poodle puppy.  Their dog starts staring at mine, and Zoe just starts barking with her hackles up.  Well, this guy has the nerve to tell me, "Oh yeah, that's aggression, you need to work on that, our puppy isn't like that at all" as if he knew what the h**l he was talking about!  If you can't tell defensive barking from aggressive barking on a dog (teeth not bared, dog backing up instead of going straight for someone") then you're an idiot!  I almost told him, "The owner's scarier than the dog, you fool."  I haven't seen them since, or I would give them a piece of my mind.  Grrrrr......

Oh, I forgot one- we were eyeing a 36' dog bed at PetStoopid and the clerk walks up and says, "oh, you'll need a much bigger bed, that's a german shepherd, she's going to be 150 pounds" I look straight at him and said, "I certainly hope not, I breed my dogs to be correct". Shut him right up.

I could fill a book with idiot comments!

Idiot - Is that a German Shepherd?

Me (accompanied by longcoat bitch) - Yes

Idiot - Thought so, I can tell by the woolly ears

Me - Really? (expecting the usual German Shepherds have long hair, Alsatians have short hair twaddle)

Idiot - Oh yes, from the war when the Nazis had the breeding experiments, sheep and dogs you know.

Me - Speechless!

I have search and rescue dogs.  I wear a bright orange shirt that reflects I am part of a search team.  I put a bright orange harness on the dogs when they are working.  These are all hints. ;o)  Then inspite of all my hints they approach us while we are in the middle of working, I say please don't pet the dog, they are working.  This still isn't enough for most people, then they reach the dog & start loving on them and trying to ask me guessions.  Then they think I am the mean one when I say what did you NOT understand when I asked you NOT to touch the dog because it is working.  

I am nice as long as I can be but Damn.  I don't mess with others when they are in the middle of something, or get in their business asking them why they are laying in the grass at the park reading a book, etc.  There is so much waisted conversation about the most stupid things.  I am trying to work my dog!  I didn't open a class and I'm not giving lessions in search & rescue work so can you let me alone.  I know I sound mean but this is serious work and I don't appreciate being distracted in the middle of it.  I don't mind someone watching and asking questions when I am finished but be a little more respectful of someone elses time & energy.  

I need to buy a harness that says, I'm mean and bite at any given moment stay back 500 feet because I run faster than you. :o)  

Teri