A Noob's Guide/Journey to a Personal Protection GSD - Page 6

I had to take a look for "discernible reason" in the translation book...
Every dog has a history - if we buy an 8 weeks old puppy we know its history - if we buy an adult we don´t.
and at the end of the day there are reasons that are "discernible" for the dog, but maybe not for us.
as long as the dog is healthy, there is always a reason for its behavior, sometimes we only don´t find out.

Well, I have a 11 year old female GSD here myself that I adopted from a shelter 8 years ago. They did not know her history but said she is a very sweet dog. Well she was very sweet in the shelter and I took her because she was scheduled to be euthanized the next day.
I love her with all my heart but she has MAJOR issues. Not health issues, she HATES everybody and everything. She is great with my family but anyone else NO WAY. Dogs, cates, horses, snakes anything that moves has to die.
I was never able to fix that problem even though I consider myself a pretty good trainer. Why did I put up with it for so long? Well, I learned to deal with it. She lives inside and has to be crated when anyone comes over.
So, this shows that we don't know the history and this could have ended up pretty bad if she would have been adopted by someone else that did not know anything about dogs.

Aaykay and Jenni,

I wasn't trying to be an ass but maybe I came off too strong. I assume that people on here, especially the breeders just know what I mean. I'm glad others were able to support my idea/s.

I disagree that a "perfectly sane" dog "just mentally breaks and snaps" as you say, rather, I agree with Bhall and Susie's (also pertains to Joanro's story) most recent posts 100% and I also agree that in your situation, a rescue is not necessarily in either of your best interests. 

it could probably snap if the person was mistreating it, or not taking proper care of it. Even if it was a stable dog only so much some would take. Do you guys agree? Mine starts to get a bit tempermental if she doesnt get exercise lol If i kept her on leash all day and didnt do anything with her i am sure eventually she would break. Never tested it though. Also i have a feeling if i started just beating the crap out of my dog eventually she would just snap and turn me inside out.

Destiny, agree, that any dog has a breaking point. "Lord" being mistreated by the man I spoke of is out of the question, however. The dog actually was in GSD rescue, not a shelter. A schH 3 dog in rescue???

also you will easily get bitten by your own dog by mistake it happens all the time with dog like the op is into.  I dont consider that a dog snapping usually the owner did a mistake or it happens in training you just suck it up and deal with the pain lol Redirected aggression or something.  I have been bitten by mistake but i did not consider the dog snapping It was just a mistake. Just be careful you dont lose ur fingers or face. I thought everyone gets hurt eventually.

I disagree that a "perfectlys sane" dog "just mentally breaks and snaps" as you say, rather, I agree with Bhall and Susie's (also pertains to Joanro's story) most recent posts 100% and I also agree that in your situation, a rescue is not necessarily in either of your best interests.
 

I have to be honest Jenni when I read some of your post I just don't know how to take you, so you do put me in fight mode most of the time. First you say I'm naive and now say you don't agree with me yet you double back on yourself by saying "I disagree that a "perfectlys sane" dog "just mentally breaks and snaps" as you say," I never said a perfectly sane dog would snap did I?! I said I couldn't take the chance that a dog would snap, a dog that I knew nothing about. You are saying one thing but you are talking about something completely different. Sane vs unknown sorry if you don't see that.

From now on I think I will just pass on your post unless you make it perfectly clear that your intentions/attitude isn't what I perceive it to be.

Michael

Destiny and Joan,

I agree that if a dog/animal is mistreated and or beaten that the dog can and will most likely snap (and the responsible party will deserve what's to come). I wasn't really talking about that though. As an example lets say you get a 2-3yr old dog from the pound and everything is great but you have/had no idea that the original owner beat the dog with a red broom handle, one day you tell the kids to sweep the kitchen with your brand new red broom and they start doing what kids do and engage their new red light saber. This will most likely not have a good ending. That was the only point I was trying to make about me not getting a dog from the pound.

by MichaelCox on 14 December 2012 - 06:12	MichaelCox Posts: 46 Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2012 07:26 pm
Jenni, No, I didn't mean it as a joke. I was trying to simply put that I need to make sure the dog is sound. If I have no idea where the dog came from and what its parents are like then how do I know if it will be a sound dog? I'm sure you will disagree with this and/or you are simply trying to bait me into something. But just so there is no misunderstandings on what I am saying, I have seen an animal just snap. I have actually witnessed this action. A perfectly sane dog just mentally broke and had to be put down. You could say it was a freak accident and it very well may have been no one really knew why it happened it just did. So again for MY situation I chose to be as cautious as I can be and make the best desicion for ME.

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Right there, highlighted, is where I got that phrase from. 

Not sure why you think I have some weird, hidden agenda with you (trying to bait you into something???). On the contrary, I am pretty blunt. Ignore my posts if you don't like them, but don't overthink them. I say what I mean.