Not my problem. Like I said, I'm picky. I don't have a lot of puppies so I can be VERY picky. My puppy, my call. I don't look for "a" home but the "best" home. Don't like it? I don't care. I like "not my problem". It's like "let it go". See? NMP and LIG. Where's Ed? Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 2/12/2015 8:08:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, rautt75@xxxxxxxxx writes: This reminds me of trying to get a job when you don't have experience. Everyone wants 'experience. How do you get experience without having the job? Maybe the same with a GSD. You want a person to have experience first. how are they going to get the experience if they can't have a GS in the first place? Get a lower drive, pet and have a mentor. It worked for me. Yes, I had other dogs but never a GSD. Colllie, beagle, mutt etc. Anne, GA Sent from Anne's iPad On Feb 12, 2015, at 7:54 AM, (Redacted sender "_Pinehillgsds@aol.com_ (mailto:Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx) " for DMARC) <_dmarc-noreply@freelists.org_ (mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote: No, not a good fit for the average first time dog owner. Trouble is our dogs are smarter than a lot of people. I always ask people who call looking for a puppy what their experience is w/ GSDs or other large dogs. If their experience is limited to looking things up on the Internet and deciding for themselves a GSD would be a good fit....nah. It could work, but I'm picky. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 2/11/2015 11:50:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, _edwinx@comcast.net_ (mailto:edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx) writes: The reason I ask is because , is our dog a good fit for the first time dog owner? Until I was about 5 years old I was deathly afraid of dogs! My dad was really mad at me and thought I was being a baby ( ex-marine Sargent ) My whole extended family had dogs, mostly bird dogs! I may have over- compensated later in life getting involved with protection GSDs... Didn't mean to turn this post into the Dr. Phil show! Lol. Good night Johnny! FB Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App ------ Original Message ------ From: Sue Mazzeo To: _edwinx@comcast.net_ (mailto:edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx) Cc: freelist Sent: February 11, 2015 at 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Question? Just curious! My first pure bred dog was a rough collie. He was born the night the breeder was giving my mother a baby shower for ME! He was a pet puppy out of a show litter. My next pure bred dog 20+ years later was a GSD. Sue Mzzeo On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:35 PM, <_edwinx@comcast.net_ (mailto:edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote: was the GSD NOT your first pure-bred dog!...my first pure bred dog was a Great Dane! And my dad showed them ( briefly)... Any one else have a first pure bred dog that was NOT a GSD? FB Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App