what happened to the real german shepherds? - Page 2

"If someone jumped at your dog then you should tell it to leave it and if someone gets bit that only jumped at your dog it is your fault and due to your poor handling skills. You are liable and who lets their dog bite someone for only jumping at their dog? Whackos!"

Leave it? You're watching too much Victoria Stillwell.

Sounds like you've never had a complete idiot take you by surprise with your dog before. Lucky you.  Can't say I'd ever "let" my dog bite someone but if they made a fast, menacing motion toward my dog and got too close it's their damn fault. Too bad the law doesn't see it that way.

Years ago I had some horse's ass come up behind my PPD trained bitch, get down and hug her from behind, loudly exclaiming, "I LOVE german shepherds!". I did not see it coming and had no idea someone could be so stupid. Her eyes went instantly black, those pupils dilated so fast and the dipstick never noticed her stiffening up. Thank god for good obedience, sit means sit and she didn't act- if I'd hauled the guy to his feet a few moments later he might still bear a token of her affection on his face.

So was my dog a "p***y"? I call it well trained, especially when it saved me a lawsuit. Now, I wouldn't have a dog with lesser control out in public in the first place, so let that be a lesson to anyone whose dog is still in training and doesn't have that control yet.

Yes, it is still your fault for not being aware of what is going on around you. Being taken by surprise is no excuse at all. Your dog...your responsibility.

....a smart dog knows if the jump is a threat or playtime...

Precisely. A responsible owner has control, and thankfully I did. It was still not that knuckleheads place to come up and hug my German shepherd.

von which person is more stupid the one u met or the one i did lol


in pet smart i was shopping and a guy who worked there asked me what my dogs name was when i told him he was holding a broom then he quickly loomed over her in a threatening way and tried to kiss her on the lips while holding a broom i stopped him though and he said sorry and felt stupid


usually if the person is friendly and its in public though my dog would probably like the attention but the way that guy loomed over her with a broom put her on guard but she didnt go off i could tell she was thinking about it though, i didnt let him get close tho and told him to let her sniff his hand first

Destiny, sadly, we have to idiot-proof our dogs nowadays. It's part of the responsibility of owning a protective breed. My anecdote was only was of many, many acts of mind numbing stupidity I've dealt with over the years.

Smith,
I would think that it would be pretty easy to find a gsd that would react when jumped at.  Among other qualities I like dogs that will fire up bite and holdon to a person that is totally non agressive only because you gave him the command.  A threatening person may infact be talking to you calmly to hand over your wallet.

SportyGuy
What an idiot you are, If the Dogs back is turned away and yours as well and you jump at us from behind, what reaction would you expect from both dog and owner not the one you are talking about
 Take me for instance a couple of years ago i whist i was on a weekend trip to Blackpool, England i was attacked from behind by two Guys,
The first i knew when my face was rammed against a metal Pole holding the stop go light as i stood there waiting to cross over, Now what was i supposed to do eventually turn round and ask them why they did it if they had given me the chance which they did not intend to do, 
Or fight back of which i did breaking the nose of one and fracturing his jaw. The other one ran.
If i  had just had the time to ask them what they were doing would i have shown strength of character and would i have been in control of myself then.
As it did turn out then to you i was suffering from weak nerves and out of Control to react as i did.
All i can say that i am glad my Dogs are not like yours and that i am NOT like you
Steve1

And before you may ask why i never heard footsteps behind me i did, However i was going to a pigeon show that Sunday morning and walking from my Hotel to the Venue i guessed it was other Fanciers doing the same as i  walking down to the Show to save a high Taxi fare so i never turned round to see. You would not expect Jerks like these two in broad daylight

Quote: I was at a training resort checking it out and the dogs there were sport only if i jumped at a dog it would back up and not even bark, and he was supposed to be their "best dog".

This is a good example of why people freak out about having new people work their dog. I have had many similar experiences, and I am not ever sure what these people are thinking when they do stuff like this without asking. I look at it like this, I am working my dog in sport. If I was playing basketball with you, and decided to pull your shirt over your head and start wailing on you, is that how it should work ? We are playing basketball and not hockey, same as if I tackled you. 

Now if we were playing football and I tackled you, then all is good, as that is how the game is played.

I am really not trying to create a police dog when I am training. I am just trying to get the exercises in the dogs head correctly. I am TRAINING, not TESTING. So maybe that is where the confusion you are feeling comes in. People are TRAINING their dogs not TESTING their dogs, and the sport they are TRAINING in, doesn't require people jumping at the dog, then the dog bites.

I have a dog that you can jump at if you want to, he would be more than glad to bite you. Is that what you were looking for ? To get bit ?

 Every one wants a BIG MEAN NASTY GSD till it comes up the leash on them then it,s a psycho and needs put down.