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by vonissk on 27 June 2011 - 19:06
Laura I personally like small, slow growing females. I have had the same comments about my girl. The only other comment I get--because she is a very very dark blk sable with racoon eyes--is she must be part wolf. You can look at her eyes and tell. I used to argue with people and now I just nod my head and walk off. I mean you can't argue with an expert right?
by brynjulf on 27 June 2011 - 22:06
Sorry I can't post photos of the dogs in question :) They are client dogs and I can not post photos of dogs I have in for training without the owners consent. But I have been in Shepherds for over 26 years I guarantee that these dogs look NOTHING like american bred specialty dogs.
by laura271 on 28 June 2011 - 12:06
@vonissk - A wolf! LOL. Now I know what I have to look forward to with my next GSD (likely a sable).
I've been firmly told while standing in my front yard that "my ugly dog is part jackal and I should be ashamed for having such a dangerous animal". Senta, the dog in my avatar, looks like a stereotypical GSD. What can you possibly say to that? Wait here a second while I fish her pedigree out of my messy buffet?
I've been firmly told while standing in my front yard that "my ugly dog is part jackal and I should be ashamed for having such a dangerous animal". Senta, the dog in my avatar, looks like a stereotypical GSD. What can you possibly say to that? Wait here a second while I fish her pedigree out of my messy buffet?
by ggturner on 28 June 2011 - 12:06
Reminds me of people who never had children who tell parents how to raise their children!
So many people out there think they are experts on every topic under the sun. I have a light colored purebred gsd (her father is a solid white gsd) and a couple people I encountered at the vet were "sure" she was part coyote.
So many people out there think they are experts on every topic under the sun. I have a light colored purebred gsd (her father is a solid white gsd) and a couple people I encountered at the vet were "sure" she was part coyote.
by vonissk on 28 June 2011 - 14:06
What about this local " expert"? Several years ago I was getting gas at the local convenience store. I had my boy in the truck--he is just an average rich colored sable-he was about a year old at the time-anyway this guy comes running over to me and asks about breeding him to his girl. I proceeded to tell him that he wasn't old enough and would have to have his xrays and I wanted his UKC CH. So I ask the guy about his girl. Well she was so rare she didn't need papers. I said oh yeah? He bragged on and on about how rare she was. Guess what color she was? Yep an average blk/tan with a bitch stripe. But she was a rare silverback and there were very few of them around. So I gave him a big list of things she'd have to be to breed to my boy--I figured that would nip that in the bud rather then argue with him about papers and all that. It did-never heard from him again..................
Then there are the " experts" who know just enough to be dangerous. At the same store I saw a girl in a car with a pit puppy. It was at the most 6 wks old and someone had BUTCHERED his ears and they were all infected. Again I had a dog with me--probably my boy. She asked me if I had a bitch I was interested in breeding to a nice male. He wasn't show quality and he was blue but by golly one of his parents OFA'd good and the other excellent so that made him breedworthy. And as she is telling me all this I am looking at this poor puppy's ears with pus oozing out of where they had been cut and thinking wow she must have no idea how this all looks. So yep they're out there!!!!!
Then there are the " experts" who know just enough to be dangerous. At the same store I saw a girl in a car with a pit puppy. It was at the most 6 wks old and someone had BUTCHERED his ears and they were all infected. Again I had a dog with me--probably my boy. She asked me if I had a bitch I was interested in breeding to a nice male. He wasn't show quality and he was blue but by golly one of his parents OFA'd good and the other excellent so that made him breedworthy. And as she is telling me all this I am looking at this poor puppy's ears with pus oozing out of where they had been cut and thinking wow she must have no idea how this all looks. So yep they're out there!!!!!
by Q Man on 28 June 2011 - 17:06
A lesson learned: Too many people are really Ignorant and Stupid...
I think our dogs are usually worth more then so many of the people...
I also think that it bothers people more if you'd just listen to them...then just turn and walk away...
"Ignore the Ignorant"
I think our dogs are usually worth more then so many of the people...
I also think that it bothers people more if you'd just listen to them...then just turn and walk away...
"Ignore the Ignorant"
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