Ah, life in the "Wish we were all there Lane" Hey with "Burnin' Luv" as his name, what else would you expect? I wish ya'll Da Best in this new adventure for a good guy! ENJOY Norma no L ----- Original Message ----- From: <diwri@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:08 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] a temperment rant This past weekend I went to KY to pick up a new-to-me dog, CH Windy Acres' Hunka Burnin' Luv v J-lyn. He's come to me to learn to be a herding dog. What an AWESOME temperament he has! He's incredibly easy going, confident & comfortable in his own skin. The first day I got to KY, we were working him with sheep. Imagine 3 crook wielding strangers with a dog who knows no one, asking him to do things he doesn't really know how to do. NOT A BIT SPOOKY, GOOFY, HESITANT OR SHY! He never left us or the sheep, altho he was off leash and had a huge field he could've run off in. Flirty Tervuren & Briard girls bouncing all over engaging him in play at their first introduction. Here's a dog in a strange place, with strange animals & strange people waving sticks around & he is behaving as if this happened every day of his life. I'm sure you've all seen dogs that when handed off to strangers pull at the leash & try to scurry away. Or dogs that stretch out leaning to sniff a friendly stranger, without the nerve to step forward. Or dogs so uncomfortable in their surroundings that if a pin dropped they'd probably poop themselves or rabid barking at strangers (people or dogs) as the unsure dog intimidates the threats from coming closer. Dogs that if you looked them square in the eye would feel threatened. Temperament IS the dog. Without temperament, all you have is a pretty fur coat. Please look at your dogs without the rose colored glasses when evaluating temperament! GSDs should be comfortable & confident where ever they are with who ever they are with. Don't sacrifice temperament for better anything.... nothing is worth more. BTW, my new dog acted like he'd herded in a past life! I think he's going to work out REAL well! I'm imagining a dual CH herding/breed GSD! ;-) SOON! :-) Diane Wright & HC Jack & herding-dog-in-training CH Windy Acres' Hunka Burnin' Luv v J-lyn > > > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================