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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 1479980" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>What kind of owner are you going to be?</p><p></p><p>It's rhetorical ... you need to be honest with yourself about the time and energy you are willing to expend to have the kind of dog you think you want before you start looking at breeds.</p><p></p><p>Generally speaking, they are like kids ... breed aside the more quality time you put in, the happier pet (and family and neighbors) you will have.</p><p></p><p>Case in point ...</p><p></p><p>I have a GSD.</p><p></p><p>My next door neighbor has a GSD.</p><p></p><p>My GSD barks, but not excessively so. I can go outside and say "Jackie, cut that out" and she will wag her tail, and go lay down in the sun. I don't have to tell her again. Well, until the next day when I let her out! LOL</p><p></p><p>The neighbor's dog barks incessantly ... if that dog is outside it is barking.</p><p></p><p>The neighbor mentioned to me the other day that her dog only barks when my dog provokes her. I can't even start to tell you how many times my dog has been laying at my feet, in the house, when her dog has been outside yapping at the fence like a crazed animal ... </p><p></p><p></p><p>OK ... now that I am done with my soapbox speech ...</p><p></p><p>I am partial to GSDs but we had Labs growing up. They were very protective, easy going and great with kids (my dad had 7 kids). Generally speaking they were healthy dogs. We also had a carload of mutts (he was also a DVM) that people would drop off in the middle of the night. <img src="/images/smilies/grumble.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":grumble:" title="Grumble :grumble:" data-shortname=":grumble:" /> Most he just had to put to sleep but sometimes we would wind up keeping one for some reason or another (mostly a crying kid, I suspect <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p><p></p><p>Whatever you decide to do enjoy your new pup! They are great fun!! <img src="/images/smilies/new/mosh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":mosh:" title="Mosh :mosh:" data-shortname=":mosh:" /></p><p></p><p>ETA: My oldest son was 4. We lived in a trailer at the back of my dad's property. Between his house and ours there was a pond. Bill knew the pond was off limits but loved going up to mom and dad's by himself (being a big boy). You could see my folks' house from my porch. I had let him make the walk by himself often enough that I trusted him not to mess around with the pond (he liked to watch the ducks) and would let him go up in the mornings after breakfast so he could go to work with his P-Paw.</p><p></p><p>One day my mom called and said that Bill had told her he and Margo had gone swimming in the pond. YIKES!! I get up to the clinic to find my 4 year old son and my dad's 12 year old Lab soaking wet. Every time he makes a move Margo is right with him. It is obvious she is doing the "momma dog" thing. He keeps saying they went swimming together.</p><p></p><p>The only thing we could think of was that he climbed up on the little dam my dad had built and fell into the pond and Margo had gone in and drug him out. I never let him walk past that pond again without watching him. Really funny thing is that Margo never let him get in between her and the pond ever again. She took to "herding" him and stayed between him and the pond from then on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 1479980, member: 1242"] What kind of owner are you going to be? It's rhetorical ... you need to be honest with yourself about the time and energy you are willing to expend to have the kind of dog you think you want before you start looking at breeds. Generally speaking, they are like kids ... breed aside the more quality time you put in, the happier pet (and family and neighbors) you will have. Case in point ... I have a GSD. My next door neighbor has a GSD. My GSD barks, but not excessively so. I can go outside and say "Jackie, cut that out" and she will wag her tail, and go lay down in the sun. I don't have to tell her again. Well, until the next day when I let her out! LOL The neighbor's dog barks incessantly ... if that dog is outside it is barking. The neighbor mentioned to me the other day that her dog only barks when my dog provokes her. I can't even start to tell you how many times my dog has been laying at my feet, in the house, when her dog has been outside yapping at the fence like a crazed animal ... OK ... now that I am done with my soapbox speech ... I am partial to GSDs but we had Labs growing up. They were very protective, easy going and great with kids (my dad had 7 kids). Generally speaking they were healthy dogs. We also had a carload of mutts (he was also a DVM) that people would drop off in the middle of the night. :grumble: Most he just had to put to sleep but sometimes we would wind up keeping one for some reason or another (mostly a crying kid, I suspect ;) ) Whatever you decide to do enjoy your new pup! They are great fun!! :mosh: ETA: My oldest son was 4. We lived in a trailer at the back of my dad's property. Between his house and ours there was a pond. Bill knew the pond was off limits but loved going up to mom and dad's by himself (being a big boy). You could see my folks' house from my porch. I had let him make the walk by himself often enough that I trusted him not to mess around with the pond (he liked to watch the ducks) and would let him go up in the mornings after breakfast so he could go to work with his P-Paw. One day my mom called and said that Bill had told her he and Margo had gone swimming in the pond. YIKES!! I get up to the clinic to find my 4 year old son and my dad's 12 year old Lab soaking wet. Every time he makes a move Margo is right with him. It is obvious she is doing the "momma dog" thing. He keeps saying they went swimming together. The only thing we could think of was that he climbed up on the little dam my dad had built and fell into the pond and Margo had gone in and drug him out. I never let him walk past that pond again without watching him. Really funny thing is that Margo never let him get in between her and the pond ever again. She took to "herding" him and stayed between him and the pond from then on. [/QUOTE]
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