Certainly can go both ways for sure. I have sold 2 dogs over the years who went into service with the RCMP. One was a drug dog that went all the way to Resolute for awhile (one of the more northern communities in Canada). The Inuit were apparently scared to death of Cajun. He was a tough dog that did not intimidate. The other was used for high profile hostage situations....he went into prisons without a handler when there was an uprising. Also took down an armed suspect in a bank robbery. And yet the officer he lived with said he was just the best with the family and great with his grandchildren. Both of those dogs were from lines linked back to Megan of Springrock, Waltraut's Blackjack, Robinsonway and Waldesruh. They were the foundation way back of my current line....strong, sound and long long lives. I have a male here distantly associated to a similar line as Cassie (Survival in Canada) that has always been my fearless protector. He watches me like a hawk and can read every body movement I make. Always feel safe with Cash around. His full sister was an Can/Am futurity Victrix in 2003. These dogs are not table ornaments, they can do it all if asked. Molly In a message dated 10/7/2011 2:28:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, frontiergsd@xxxxxxx writes: These are all different lines and BEAUTIFUL. There is no doubt in my mind these animals are strong, tough, and VERY SMART! YES even from the 'weakling' show lines there are a lot of these animals that could make it. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================