Lack of socialization. We have people who collect prospects and warehouse them in kennel runs, then on Thursday they get a bath, blown out and loaded in a van to go to a weekend of shows. Once there, they spend almost all of their time in the van or in a x-pen. Sometimes multiple littermates are kept and if folks aren't careful to separate them they bond to one another and not their people. Then, when a response isn't "perfect", a correction and some extra training, a crash course after the show behind the van. "STAND, STAY!!!!!". Conversely a dog who lives as a member of the family, used to household chaos, road trips to children's sporting events...very different animal. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 2/7/2014 7:13:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx writes: So why would a dog be afraid??? I have no idea, other than bad nerves. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================