[shamusotoole]

I have always been partial to German Sheps. I have had one or two constantly for about thirty five years. I have bred them, shown them, obedience trained them, loved them, etc. Even so, I ridded myself of a ten month old, beautiful male, within the past month. It broke my heart to do it, but the left brain tells me I did the right thing.

In spite of the fact that he never bit any one, he was not reliable enough to be trusted 100%, in my tearful but soul searched opinion. Neither positive or negative stimulus (or a combination of both) worked to make him reliably obey. He simply remained a little scary. With neighbors and grand kids, my conscience would not let me risk them for his sake.

I'm not a paragon of any virtue, or anything, but if any one reading this sees a problem like this, I hope they also face up to it.

[Frapster]

It's good to see there are owners like you out there. My list of dogs that I don't trust are as follows:

Dobermans
Rotts
Pit Bulls
German Shepherds
Chihauhuas (those things can be mean!) lol

Not every owner is as objective as you when it comes to their dogs. And not every owner (too few in my experience) works at training their dogs. There are some dogs that are just too dangerous to be owned 'casually'.