- Nov 17, 2025
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I love her so much that if i start to think of it, my eyes get watery, but just like it usually doesnt work when a man and a woman base their relationship on cheap acts of hedonism, "happiness" wouldnt be the word to define my relationship with my gsd
She is my soul guide and this is why i got a gsd specifically, she is the right dog to shake me up and drive me to unexpected situations
I am anxious and anxiety sometimes comes with fear and she taught me that courage is trainable; i was on meds and now i am no more (i wouldnt recomend to any anxious person to get a dog though, specially a gsd - it doesnt work unless one trully love dogs)
I didnt spay her nor i give her antidepressants; the experience with her is raw and makes me think of what Nietzche said about how Greece was declining when Socrates arrived to represent a state of mind that was depressing thanks to the absence of war; i am not saying war is good but a life without enough action gives room to negative nonsense thoughts
And the life of trying to understand what such dog needs comes to a lot of doubts; it even made me wonder whether i should look for someone who owns many dogs and live in a big farm where she would be happier; but what i did was to study the breed, study wolves, adapt what i had to adapt and she became more stable once she reached maturity; then i was worried whether she was really stable or bored and got another dog to make her company; but its surely no fairytale where they hold hands and howl Disney songs to the moon and now i have 3 scars of redirected bites
She makes me meet many friends and foes; friends who share their intimacy with me and foes who test my confrontation skills and mental sanity; today i had everything; rain days they get more agited because they stay home for longer; neighbors who got mad cause they grandchild is afraid of my gsd and finishing with a beautiful windy night where they got to run and play a lot in the park
Recently i got emotional with a video on reddit of an elder gsd and a mutt that went to rescue after their owner went to a hospice; i thought "could that be me in the future?" - what i hope for is that i have the chance for, once one of my dogs passes, to get an elder rescue to live an elder life with my elder dog
The life with my gsd is a life of learning one should always look to be stronger, never looking for garantees
She is my soul guide and this is why i got a gsd specifically, she is the right dog to shake me up and drive me to unexpected situations
I am anxious and anxiety sometimes comes with fear and she taught me that courage is trainable; i was on meds and now i am no more (i wouldnt recomend to any anxious person to get a dog though, specially a gsd - it doesnt work unless one trully love dogs)
I didnt spay her nor i give her antidepressants; the experience with her is raw and makes me think of what Nietzche said about how Greece was declining when Socrates arrived to represent a state of mind that was depressing thanks to the absence of war; i am not saying war is good but a life without enough action gives room to negative nonsense thoughts
And the life of trying to understand what such dog needs comes to a lot of doubts; it even made me wonder whether i should look for someone who owns many dogs and live in a big farm where she would be happier; but what i did was to study the breed, study wolves, adapt what i had to adapt and she became more stable once she reached maturity; then i was worried whether she was really stable or bored and got another dog to make her company; but its surely no fairytale where they hold hands and howl Disney songs to the moon and now i have 3 scars of redirected bites
She makes me meet many friends and foes; friends who share their intimacy with me and foes who test my confrontation skills and mental sanity; today i had everything; rain days they get more agited because they stay home for longer; neighbors who got mad cause they grandchild is afraid of my gsd and finishing with a beautiful windy night where they got to run and play a lot in the park
Recently i got emotional with a video on reddit of an elder gsd and a mutt that went to rescue after their owner went to a hospice; i thought "could that be me in the future?" - what i hope for is that i have the chance for, once one of my dogs passes, to get an elder rescue to live an elder life with my elder dog
The life with my gsd is a life of learning one should always look to be stronger, never looking for garantees
