German Shepards
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Get a long haired one as they have better temperments compared to the short haired guard dog variants. My parents had a short and long haired one until the short haired on died (legs gave out at 11 years old so had to be put down, common problem with the breed) and that was aggressive whilst the long haired one which is now 7 is very placid and a lovely dog to own.
Tip when looking at the puppys when buying though, if it looks like a ****, it will be one. Sit and watch the puppies for a while and see what they get upto and have a look at both parents if you can to make sure neither of them are aggressive and you'l get a nice dog.
Tip when looking at the puppys when buying though, if it looks like a ****, it will be one. Sit and watch the puppies for a while and see what they get upto and have a look at both parents if you can to make sure neither of them are aggressive and you'l get a nice dog.
Do this,
better to rescue one decent dog from a life in kennels rather than put more money into a breeders pocket.
Out of 40 odd dogs in a rescue ony a few will be difficult and require experienced owners and the staff will know what they have.
Don't know why I'm bothering saying anything though, people never do
Laughable.
As mentioned by others, good training is vital. German Shepherds are great dogs. Here is some pictures of my parents dog 'Roxy'. She's a great dog and very faithful to the family. My parents had 3 attempted burglaries on their house, and then when they got Roxy, there have been no problems since 
The pictures are from when they had her from the litter, up until it snowed in 2009. I have loads of other pics, but these are the best.
The pictures are from when they had her from the litter, up until it snowed in 2009. I have loads of other pics, but these are the best.
I thought staffies were nicknamed "Nanny dogs" because of their great temperament with kids?
dogs get scared when they can't see a persons face. No face = evil
I grew up with GSDs since I was 0. My dad had anywhere between 2 and 8 at any one time and there was NEVER any issues. The bitches even let us nosy kids crawl into the big kennel alongside 6 hour old pups and she never even flinched.
I won't labour the point but GSD's are very good dogs to have with kids but get a bad rep as they are also used as guard dogs and police dogs. Bear in mind that the GSD's in this role are TRAINED to be aggressive.
Get one as a pup to grow up beside the kids and you shouldn't have a problem. At least thats based on my 3 decades worth of living with them.
Oh, meant to add - they are VERY protective of their "pack". Pack being the family i.e. kids etc
I won't labour the point but GSD's are very good dogs to have with kids but get a bad rep as they are also used as guard dogs and police dogs. Bear in mind that the GSD's in this role are TRAINED to be aggressive.
Get one as a pup to grow up beside the kids and you shouldn't have a problem. At least thats based on my 3 decades worth of living with them.
Oh, meant to add - they are VERY protective of their "pack". Pack being the family i.e. kids etc
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Brilliant dogs, we have 4 grandaughters aged between 12 week and 3 years they love our gsd, the eldest one used to go to sleep with her in the dogs bed. She was a rescue dog we got her at 1 year old she had been starved and half batterd to death.
Tbh I'd be wary about getting any full sized dog with kids around, you never know what they might do, particularly with the not entirely spotless reputation of German Shepherds. As long as you never leave the kids alone with it I suppose it could be ok, but I think I'd always be a bit worried until the kids were teenage rather than children. I suppose I don't actually know anything about dogs though.