Why would a breeder of that sort of dog sell one to a completely inexperienced person? (I breed a completely different sort of dog, obviously).
My guess is that the buyer only talked them on the phone and talked a good game. Probably had more $ than brains and wanted the “best German Shepard” he could afford. Not really for the family to but to impress his friends.
Go to the Kraftwerk German Shepherds webpage https://kraftwerkk9.com/ I’m sure they do talk to the people, but this is a business selling Shutzhund trained GSD’s for protection and advanced agility. Most of their dogs come from East German and Russian lines. That means they are really really working dogs. Anyone who approaches them should know what they are getting.
The people didn’t buy a puppy rather a fully trained protection dog. My daughter and her husband have GSD’s I showed her the web page and while she really liked the looks of the dogs her comments were these guys aren’t pets and unless you really wanted a protection dogs and knew how to handle them these were a loaded gun given to a small child.
My guess is that the buyer only talked them on the phone and talked a good game. Probably had more $ than brains and wanted the “best German Shepard” he could afford. Not really for the family to but to impress his friends. He may have even told them he had a local trainer who was going to help him with the dog at first.
Go to the Kraftwerk German Shepherds webpage https://kraftwerkk9.com/ I’m sure they do talk to the people, but this is a business selling Shutzhund trained GSD’s for protection and advanced agility. Most of their dogs come from East German and Russian lines. That means they are really really working dogs. Anyone who approaches them should know what they are getting. The one thing I didn’t like about the site and kennel was the purchase contract for the dog on the website. I hope it’s only to hold the dog until they can talk to you about what your getting and making sure you can handle it. I’d certainly never buy a fully trained dog over the internet. I’d want to see it and how it interacted with the family and how well we did with it.
The people didn’t buy a puppy rather a fully trained protection dog. My daughter and her husband have GSD’s I showed her the web page and while she really liked the looks of the dogs her comments were these guys aren’t pets and unless you really wanted a protection dogs and knew how to handle them these were a loaded gun given to a small child.