Hello everyone, I'm new to this group, and I hope I can learn some things here. I also hope I can share my observations of fifteen years with the rest of you. I am not a vet, I am not a dog trainer, I am not a breeder, and I am not one of these bull[bleep] " Authors" who seem to think that the simple fact that they have been published, gives them some expertise about our favorite dogs. These so called experts, or rather these "Published Experts" have done nothing but become published. All manner of garbage has become published in our nation. That is simply a consequence of our first amendment. "The right to free speech". I have read countless books about GSD's. Trying to sort the wheat from the chaff is the difficult part. Choke chains, spike collars, head halters, gentle leaders. Long lead or short lead. Shock collar or invisible fencing. Raw hamburger, raw chicken, moist food, dry food. Crate or kennel. Indoor or out. Master or friend. AKC, or not. Don't get me started about that crowd. There is a lot of things GSD's do that other dogs don't. We need to share the personally observed behavior patterns of our dogs with each other. If we do that, we can help our dogs, we can help ourselves, and we can put to rest to these one-line answers these so called "Experts Trying Sell Us A Book And Become Acclaimed As An Author!! There is the rough, and there is the diamond. With GSD's, we are living in the rough.
Craig
