[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: a temperment rant

  • From: "Norma Ramey" <gsdramey@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <diwri@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:49:53 -0500

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
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