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    QOTW QOTW #5 Do you have any goals you’d like to work toward with your dog going into 2026?

    That's awfully close to GSD in most ways, so I think all of us here will understand the issues. From your description of her temperament so far, and given all that she's been through, I'd bet she's going to mature wonderfully, with your help in socializing and training. And a lot of that...
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    QOTW QOTW #5 Do you have any goals you’d like to work toward with your dog going into 2026?

    Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Even just thinking about doing it takes me back to my old days of showing in AKC Obedience, and I'm remembering the training routines, and starting to do a little with her every day. I think I want to enroll us in a Novice class: she'll already know a lot of what...
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    QOTW QOTW #5 Do you have any goals you’d like to work toward with your dog going into 2026?

    My girl is a rescue, and getting older too, just like me, but also like me, I think she could get a lot of benefit from getting out more. What I want to do is find out what kinds of classes are available at the nearest kennel club where I know there are qualified and experienced trainers...
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    Do you prefer Female or Male GSD and why?

    Kinda late to this party, but I've had equal numbers of both. I tend to prefer females. Some of that is because I'm small and they're smaller than the big boys. But it's also because from the very first female GSD I had, she was sharp as a tack, focused, and keyed in with me. Not that the...
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    What made you fall in love with the GSD breed?

    This is another thing that I actually appreciate very much about GSDs: the truly well bred among them are not all that needy in terms of touchiness. There's a continuum of course, and a lot of them that are bred purely for sale as pets have had that aloofness - which allows them to do a better...
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    My Tips on How to Find a Good German Shepherd Breeder

    The best dog I ever had came from exactly such a breeder. She retired and passed away. I think her partner tried to carry on for a while, but things were never the same after that. Nowadays I look for rescues, because there are are so many abandoned and forlorn GSDs out there that don't deserve...
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    What made you fall in love with the GSD breed?

    Honestly, at first it was Rin Tin Tin. I grew up in the 60s. But when I was finally out and had my own home and stopped moving every year or so, I knew I wanted that dog I'd always dreamed about. Did a lot of research, and, well, jumped in. And it's been the only breed for me, for forty years...
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    From Northern Minnesota

    Hi everybody. I've lived in northern MN for most of my life, and have had six GSDs. Each has had a special talent or trait. One, I titled in AKC obedience, but she was shown to have hip dysplasia when she was only two years old, and I basically retired her from showing because of that, and let...
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