What I love about my dogs/this breed.... - Page 1

This is what I love about my dogs and this breed!

Two of my dogs (2 years and 9 months) on Sunday, pics from protection phase......
   

 

My dogs today, doing a demonstration on how to greet dogs, showing off obedience, and then getting bombarded with elementary schoolers, totally relaxed and loving it...

Very Cool!!!

VKGSD...

  I am totally jealous of their temperaments...  Your dogs are very good looking with great color too...


            Enjoy.....: )
 

Thank you for the compliments!  They are very different dogs, almost opposites in many ways but what I love about both is that they are very versatile (the two year old has titles in conformation, obedience, agility, tracking, and protection and will be titling in lure coursing and dock diving this month) and they are very safe and stable dogs when the situation is non-threatening.  What's funny is that none of my GSDs particularly care to be social, as in, they aren't wagging their tails and dragging me towards people like my mutt, but because they are aloof and indifferent people tend to be drawn to them since this temperament makes for good manners.  They certainly aren't going to bite or nip, nor will they get overly excited and knock kids over.  Toddlers, kids, grown men...really makes no difference to them.  My mutt demonstrated how to greet a new dog and then the kids practiced greeting him, then the 2 year old came in and did a bunch of obedience (out of motion exercises, recalls, right and left finishes, retrieve over the jump, and your average stupid dog tricks like speak, play dead, roll over, heel between my legs), then the puppy came in during snack time to socialize.  I made a homework packet for the kids which was to read over the instructions for greeting a dog with their parents and practice with a stuffed animal or their own dog (so they teach their parents NOT to touch a dog without asking!!) and color the inside illustrations.  Outside on the lawn we found another group of kids and let them roll all over the dogs while we talked to their babysitter.

      It sure sounds like you have a couple of fine dogs...: )

       What are their pedigrees??

Thanks, one is show line one is working line

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=699492

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=685999

The quintessential GSD! Congratulations! Pedigree helps, but I think a lot of training is manifest here as well. And way cool of you to educate kids AND their parents! So nice to hear good news! jackie harris

Definitely nice, all the way around. The training, different  ages and being around the children. For me when there's more than one dog you get the best of both worlds....... You can see the "individualism" and if they're from different lines you can see that also. Yet, at times when they are together you can see the "pack structure" or the "strength in numbers" mentality. Just on Monday I had my bud and his wife over for a BBQ. This would have been there first time over and my intentions were to have all the dogs kenneled upon their arrival. They know my male and we go hiking together but this would be the first time to meet the girls 2 yrs and 10 months. And all three together.

Well they showed up early and the dogs were out. Open yard no fence. As soon as the vehicle pulled up everyone sounded the alarm! All three held their ground with the pup being the most vocal. She comes back towards me but not next to me and holds her ground. All three "stand by" at certain locations and once I give the command for "release" saying they're okay then it's a major "greet and meet" and since my buds have five Wein? then it's all about sniffing. It's nice to see how things turn out/work out with good training and nice dogs, even at a young age.

One funny thing for me is the one pic in the classroom where the dog is down. Maybe he can't move and you want him to stay. Mine LOVE children and I honestly think they wouldn't stay that still for that long with SO MANY children around them. 

LOVE YOUR GORGEOUS S/L!