From: Kathy Tank <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx> Date: 18 Mar 2008 15:23 Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Just a dog A puppy or dog that is truly sound mentally, can still have some "weirdness" due to hormones, even ensuing pano, or just adolescent silliness. Males in particular seem prone to this between 7 and 16 mos or so. They just kind of "lose it" for awhile sometimes. Young horses the same, along the ages of 18 mos to about 2.5 years , sometimes they act like they have lost their minds, lol, and that any and all training prior to, is lost in space. lol I believe strongly that a truly sound animal, will come back to being sound, regardless of it's treatment by careless owners, or regardless of raging hormones. A dog that is a "pretender" was not sound, and never will be, no matter what type of training band-aids are applied, and no matter how many excuses (which we hear often) of "Oh he was mistreated by children, or or he /she was attacked by another dog as a puppy, or whatever reasoning the owner wants to use to excuse what is, faulty temperament. Again we have seen instances where dogs we have had sent to us, truly did have some horrible thing happen to them in the past, esp in the cases of rescues. The TRULY SOUND DOGS will come back to mental stability. If they do not, then they were never mentally right to begin with, and won't be. Not truly. Kathy Tank ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================