German Shepherd vs. Bouvier Des Flandres. - Page 3

This thread is going a lot more cordial and informational than I thought it was going to be. A lot of the older post when the GSD was compared to other breeds became kind of unruly

Forums shoul dbe civil so we can learn from each other. Everyone has thier favorite breed and some have had both GSD's and Bouvier's. Some stay and some change but in the end its each of ours dicision.

 Hi Guys,
If you are interested in (or curious about) a Bouvier, you really need to look at one totally from working lines - good working lines. There is quite a delineation between the contemporary working and show lines. I noticed tracking was mentioned. Here are a couple of females, the younger of which has the look of the old (original) Bouviers mentioned here, who compete in a sport called Campagne. Campagne includes two lengthy tracking exercises (one to find a decoy, the other to locate objects) as well as a search in a lake or other body of water for an object hidden there. The contestants and dogs never know what they will encounter in the exercises they will face until they face them in a trial. Because of the completeness and difficulty, Campagne success can give you a pretty good idea of a dog’s abilities.

2.25 year old female, KNPV and French Campagne/Ring lines, in Campagne 2,
 http://www.youtube.com/user/billh96007#p/u/0/dtCNf_Krybc

Her ten year old grandmother, trialing and training in Campagne,
 http://www.youtube.com/user/billh96007#p/u/19/1K4h_o7ajBE

Here is an old style Bouvier female from KNPV lines - I think she is 5 years old now,
http://www.youtube.com/user/billh96007#p/f/2/wihgznaystA 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZbbv6yvmY&feature=relmfu



zmod edit:  made links clickable

I've worked a few working line Bouvs.....powerful and aggression....grips were so so.....all 3 were imported from Holland! I like the breed but not for me:-)