I have a male and a female.? The male is the most loving and puts up with all the female gives him including dragging him around by his collar and taking every toy.? He loves her.? When she came in heat he was going nuts.? I put him with my friend and he tried to escape one night.? Luckily he went up to my Son in law who caught him. I got real smart and now send the female to my friends.? She is very happy there and he loves to stay with Mom. -----Original Message----- From: Ann Mariano <brittaleahnasa@xxxxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:56 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Speaking of male dogs/Keeping a male? If you do decide to keep him, make sure you have a cement run, with a LID for him since he WILL try to escape to get to your girls. I had a friend with an intact male, and her dog actually broke through a pain glass window SEVERAL times when her neighbros bitch was in heat. He was actually known by the police for all his antics. I have my own sad story of a male I owned years ago, and he busted through my front door on several occassion, would climb our 6' ft fence to get to the neighbor's girl. When we decided to get a lid for the kennel that coming weekend to keep him confined when the neighbors girls came in heat he climbed out, and broke his neck on the fall down. Being a newbie I was clueless then on his behavior, but now I know. Just make sure you know what you are getting yourself into, and take evry step to ensure a secure place for your boy when those girls come in heat. If it were me I would place the male in a show home that you can breed too. I am in the same situation as you are, in a small residential neighborhood, and learned my lesson the hard way years ago as I said. I have Friends who have males/bbithces, and have heard about their males barking, digging, refusing to eat, howling when girls are in season because one of their females is near by & in-heat (they don;t even have to see them). Just something very difficult to deal with in a residental neighborhood unless you have the property /facility to deal with. Trust me, I know your heartache, I have a gorgeous male I kept backand he will leave eventually since I don;t want to risk pissing off my own neighbors later or dealing with bitcheds in season/and his potentilal behavior myself. Ann Marie www.geocities.com/amarigermanshepherds/Amari.html Home of Ch Fairway's Leah v Nadelwald TC OFA R/Best in Futurity Ch Amari's Ava Gardner TC OFA Ch Amari's Beware of Foxy Roxy CGC (Group placer) Breeder/Owner of Ch Amari's Bandit of Broadcreek (Multiple Group Placer) Amari's Cinderlla von Hornberger (pointed @ 11 months) --------------------------------- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================