[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: German/American crosses
- From: Lyn Chernak <cherlyngsd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "helenfranklin520@xxxxxxxxx" <helenfranklin520@xxxxxxxxx>, "showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 05:39:03 -0700 (PDT)
Unfortunately today many people, breeders and owners can not handle true GSD
temperament. This is a working breed, a thinking breed, a highly intelligent
breed to the point that sometimes the dog is smarter than the owner. If you
don't utilize the intelligence and use the dog in a working aspect you will
have issues. Being a "kennel dog" and running around in circles does nothing
for the intelligence of this breed, so people started to compromise the
temperament to something that was more suitable to their life style and
possibly intelligence level so the term "softer dog" became a common term. Keep
breeding softer dogs to softer dogs and you get a new term .. spook. These are
German Shepherds, they are a working, thinking breed. You need to work their
brains, give them jobs that cause this, if not they will find their own job and
sometimes that outcome is not pretty. Sometimes these GSDs are better off in a
pet home, there they are part of the family
unit, the children's companion. They may learn tricks and play "dress-up" but
they are working and learning. Over the years of working with dogs I have seen
some very nice tempered dogs but only after what had been suppressed was
brought back out and put to work. Our breed has been know to be able to do it
all, that is what they were bred for. A mind is a terrible thing to waste and
it could come back and bite you in the ....butt.
Lyn Chernak
Lyn Chernak ~ CherLyn Shepherds
AKC Breeder of Merit
http://www.cherlynshepherds.com
Three Generations ~ GSDCA 13 Club ~ Membership
CherLyn's Dixie, BH, CDX, RAE, TC, HIC, CGC
Ulric vom Kriegerhaus, CDX, RA, TC, HIC, CGC,OFA Excellent
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From: Helen Franklin <helenfranklin520@xxxxxxxxx>
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2013 5:51 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] German/American crosses
In the 60's and early 70's we all had German/American crosses. I had Ulk,
Bodo, and Flaps litters. The dogs of those days were far different in
conformation but one thing I remember clearly, temperament problems were
not a consideration or even thought of at that time, they didn't exist at
least in my experience. Perhaps I was just lucky or it was before some
genes crept into the breed. I was delighted to see that the new breed
warden is focusing on less inbreeding and "cookie cutter dogs." It appears
they are addressing health issues also. That is a very good thing.
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