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Thank you for your answer Kit Kat.

".....to sit and wait for ENOUGH FOOD to satisfy him....."

if l fed any of my dogs or puppies enough food to satisfy them, thayd founder.

so, kitkat, do you build on prey drive for training?

Then don't YOU raise your dogs in packs, Hired Dog.

Blitzen, I do not breed, I dont have time nor patience nor room for that, plus, I have a life, however, when I put out $1500-$2000 for a puppy, it better be what I want and come with certain qualities and drives as well as behaviors, depending on age, when I get it, so, again, this is not about me, its about those who breed and sell working animals.

HD, I'd think that you have had enough experience to know who breeds GSD's that meet your requirements so you of all people shouldn't get burned on a dog purchase, should you? If you're concerned about others getting cheated, then maybe  you could offer a referral service to breeders you know who are producing good working dogs?

That is an excellent idea Blitzen, thank you.

Going a bit hungry surely doesn't automatically make any dog more

likely to bite a child ?

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The part about dogs living ok together as a pack versus whether they are

OK with 'outside' dogs is interesting.  By and large  most of the dogs I

worked with ['99 - 2011]  were aggressive towards non-pack, non-site

dogs when they were running together as a pack, or part of the pack.

They'd gang up and 'fence fight' passing outsiders.  And in that case I

would not have fancied the stranger's chances if they had got outside.

BUT by and large as individuals when outside themselves being walked,

they were friendly or neutral to other people's dogs.

 

I have even known many of them, (though not all, over the years) individually

or in company of 3 or 4 of the others, tolerate visiting dogs INSIDE the property;   

the young black dog I'm saying had the best temperament was pretty good with

all others and in all circumstances;  if he was with a bunch of them fence-running

he'd run and bark, but never looked as though he would seriously fight

with the outsiders,  even when the others were clearly showing that that was what

they wanted to do.

 

Generally, dogs raised and living in a pack without the one on one input so important in developing individuality will not be able to stand up to stressful confrontations with any semblance of fortitude. They are like a lone wolf or coyote or feral dog separated from the pack; they are not whole...they depend on and rely on the re-enforcement of the rest of the pack.

Joan...dogs actually eat less, if they don t have to worry about it. Food and water available at all times does not make any one woof it down. They eat a few moth fulls here, a few there.

Thats been my experience anyway...i been doing it like this always.

As a kid, my father was a spoftsman...Beagles for rabbits, German Shorthair for birds....they too had 24/7 food....them Beagles would run rabbits all day long.

They ain t hunting to eat, they hunting for sport...because they were trained

Heres one of my last PACK hounds that just was donated to a local school to serve as a service/therapy dog to assist troubled kids.

   I have been told she is su h a valuable assett to these kids, they can t thank me enough....solid as a rock