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German Shepards
Jul 25, 2012, 1:40 PM
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Are they good family dogs? Cause I'm really considering i
Getting one.
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German shepherds. Excellent. Extremely intuitive.***
Jul 25, 2012, 1:51 PM
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Re: German Shepards
Jul 25, 2012, 1:54 PM
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Definitely. Exceedingly loyal, smart, protective. They do need a confident leader and training is, in my opinion, definitely worthwhile. They are quite powerful and investing in some professional training can pay huge dividends. Also they love having something to do to keep their brains active, and having some commands you can run through periodically with them is one way to stimulate them.
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We've had 4, and I agree (thumbs up) with him 100%.***
Jul 25, 2012, 2:06 PM
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Re: German Shepards
Jul 25, 2012, 2:07 PM
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Absolutely the best ! Smart and bonds to your family, not other dogs. easily trainable. We have a three year old female, and my wife would probably pick her over me in a crunch.
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Re: German Shepards
Jul 25, 2012, 2:11 PM
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lol funny on the wife thing. we have 6 dogs in total and I am pretty sure I would fall no better than 5th on a list of my wife's favorite living things.
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Wife wanted a smaller dog. We had to put down our last GS
Jul 25, 2012, 2:13 PM
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due to cancer after 13 loyal years. She wouldn't even consider another breed. I've been around GSs my entire life. I won't either.
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I forgot to add that we now have a 13-week-old male that
Jul 25, 2012, 2:20 PM
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is already house trained, sits/lies/shakes on command and even travels like a pro from the very first 3-hour trip as an 8-week-old.
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Re: German Shepards
Jul 25, 2012, 2:09 PM
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We got a German Shepherd in February. Named her Sammy. Extremely intelligent and playful. She can be too smart for her own good though as she has figured 3 different ways to get out of our fenced in backyard. At roughly 8 months old she is already nearly as big as our oldest (and biggest) older dog. I fully expect her to push 80 plus pounds before she stops growing so be prepared for a lot of large piles of crap to clean/mow. 
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I've had 6... they have best of all traits.***
Jul 25, 2012, 3:15 PM
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Great family dogs, smart, playful,
Jul 25, 2012, 3:49 PM
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excellent breed of dogs.
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Re: German Shepards
Jul 25, 2012, 4:18 PM
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Best dog there is in my opinion. Highly recommend it, smart, intuitive, great companion dogs, and the ones I've owned have been great with other pets.
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God bless dogs and their families.
Jul 26, 2012, 8:04 PM
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I hope that dogs are actually aware of how much we love them.
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I don't know your living situation but
Jul 26, 2012, 10:54 PM
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the majority of apartment communities will not allow them. I don't know if you would ever live in an apartment or whatever, but it's just something to keep in mind.
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Re: German Shepards
Jul 26, 2012, 11:37 PM
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Very smart and loyal dogs. I grew up around German Shepherds and they are of course my favorite breed.
Mine is 6 months old and very good company.
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If you want a german shepherd i can help
Jul 27, 2012, 9:37 AM
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I can get you a purebred german shepherd pup really cheap my buddy just had another litter and theyve had too many lately. He still has a few left for info text or call me 8643564026
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Amateur [34]
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Oh also they are 12 weeks old now***
Jul 27, 2012, 9:38 AM
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I have had three, great dogs for family and kids. Start
Jul 27, 2012, 10:48 AM
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obedience training early. Make sure his/her hips are checked out.
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