What is for you a "REAL" dog ? Wants to hear opinions from those who talk about Inges!! - Page 4

I knew it!! There is a doggy version of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" and it can be purchased from the International Shiloh Shepherd Association/Club or whatever. Now, watch! The Shiloh has been invoked (again), in the context of ridiculous statements (again) and cult-version has been rejected, (again). So, the Shiloh cultists are going to invade this forum any moment to argue their dogma, and insist on the veracity of this "mid-air" fable. I just want them to explain the clearly irresponsible parenting while they are at it.

What, Mystere, you've never had a two year old get 'out of control' like that? You're the perfect parent, right?

Okay, let's not get dragged into Shiloh-bashing. Let's forget for a minute about the much-maligned Tina Barber (who founded the Shiloh breed for EXACTLY this reason...she wanted a kid-safe dog!) and get back on track.... 

I'll use instead an example from my own experience. Let's say you're at a dog training class, and a little tyke comes running from behind you, and throws his arms around your 80 lb. male GSD's neck, before you can stop him. What sort of reaction will a REAL GSD have to that?

My dog, Ranger, just sat there. That's why he's now my service dog.

The GSD in my sig would have bitten the kid's face. I had it happen when a kid (who was old enough to know better!) tried to hug her in spite of being told numerous times not to go near her.

So, which dog do you want in your home? The one who 'accidentally' rips its owner up for [reportedly] 80 stitches, or the one who can control its drives enough to pull back at the last second?  And, which, in your opinion, is the better representative of the breed?

Sunsilver:
 
I will admitt you did qualify that this was not a shiloh but a German Shepherd. 

(Misbeeb, she found one with a correct temperment. She was a REGISTERED GSD, named Tammy. And she started her own breed because there weren't enough GSD's out there like her. Hey, your mileage may vary on that, I know...just don't blast Tina for doing what SHE thought was right!)

To drag this back on track again...

So, how many of you agree that Inges does NOT have a correct temperment?

I know opinions are going to differ on this, but IMO, any dog that bites its owner, and causes that much damage, does not have a good temperment, even if it WAS a 'mistake'. The dog can smell, can't it? Then, catching its owner's scent in the seconds before the bite should have been enough to either prevent the bite, or inhibit it to the point where it caused no or very little damage.

Geez, even a PUPPY knows how to inhibit its bites!

Edit: Thanks, Bob! At least one person here is reading my posts before responding!

I guess before i made a judgement call on this dog in question on this thread I,d have to see it work and been witness to the incident before I armchair it, In all fairness...

 Fucking Walt Disney at work again. The real story is Tinkerbell gave the bitch a midair smackdown. LOL

That Tinkerbell would even give ME a run for my money, huh Jeff? LOL.

I don't think there's anything wrong w/Inges just based on this story. We don't know enough, IMO to say that. I don't think he necessarily has improper temperament; perhaps he just didn't like Frank, LOL. I'm joking, but trying to point out that there is so much we don't know, from environment, to the way Inges was originally handled and trained, to what actually happened in those few seconds. There might be something wrong with the dog. There might be something wrong with the way he was handled. We simply don't have enough info to judge. I am very happy that it doesn't sound as if the dog will be put down over this.