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moose eater
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Had my sites set on an abnormally large, friendly, cuddly male German shepherd puppy of almost 10-weeks of age, but due to down-time after an incredibly expensive radioactive scan in Anchorage, I wasn't able to drive the 300 miles right away to pick him up, and thus, lost out.
Oh well.
But what has followed, as I furthered the search, has taken what was already a critical negative attitude toward most of humanity, and cast an ever darker shadow.
The number of people who seem to view one of the smartest, most devoted, loyal, loving and gentle (to their owners/family) breeds on the planet, and treat them as disposable, is nothing shy of cringe-worthy.
A 12-year-old tan female GSD in Victoria, Australia, dropped off to be euthanized the week-end before Christmas after having provided dedicated companionship to her 'family' for over 12 years, nothing wrong with her, so the family could get a new puppy for Christmas; the vet and shelter refused to euthanize, instead putting her up for adoption.
She was heart-sick and home sick, trembling in her steel pen, abandoned. I hope her former 'family' is ashamed and experienced the shittiest Christmas ever.
I found people departing Anchorage, to my south about 340 miles, looking to leave their trained, well-behaved German shepherd of about 2-years-old, as their travel plans didn't include their trained, well-mannered German shepherd; a breed that develops strong life-long bonds to its 'pack' or family, and having raised many breeds over the last 60+ years, is, in my opinion, the brightest, most loyal and dedicated, loving breed I've ever worked with.
After more than a half-dozen similar such stories and still searching for my forever male GSD to be a companion to our spayed 27-month-old female GSD and my wife (once I go into the ground), I've concluded that many, if not most humans in no way deserve to be in the presence of such gracefulness, loyalty or love.
The 'Dixie Cup stage' of human evolution wherein nearly everything is disposable for convenience sake.
Oh well.
But what has followed, as I furthered the search, has taken what was already a critical negative attitude toward most of humanity, and cast an ever darker shadow.
The number of people who seem to view one of the smartest, most devoted, loyal, loving and gentle (to their owners/family) breeds on the planet, and treat them as disposable, is nothing shy of cringe-worthy.
A 12-year-old tan female GSD in Victoria, Australia, dropped off to be euthanized the week-end before Christmas after having provided dedicated companionship to her 'family' for over 12 years, nothing wrong with her, so the family could get a new puppy for Christmas; the vet and shelter refused to euthanize, instead putting her up for adoption.
She was heart-sick and home sick, trembling in her steel pen, abandoned. I hope her former 'family' is ashamed and experienced the shittiest Christmas ever.
I found people departing Anchorage, to my south about 340 miles, looking to leave their trained, well-behaved German shepherd of about 2-years-old, as their travel plans didn't include their trained, well-mannered German shepherd; a breed that develops strong life-long bonds to its 'pack' or family, and having raised many breeds over the last 60+ years, is, in my opinion, the brightest, most loyal and dedicated, loving breed I've ever worked with.
After more than a half-dozen similar such stories and still searching for my forever male GSD to be a companion to our spayed 27-month-old female GSD and my wife (once I go into the ground), I've concluded that many, if not most humans in no way deserve to be in the presence of such gracefulness, loyalty or love.
The 'Dixie Cup stage' of human evolution wherein nearly everything is disposable for convenience sake.
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got someone here locally trying to give their 18 month old registered GS away due to health issues (theirs, not the dog) alas, three cats and new carpet forbid a dog these days. my wife (former vet assistant) doesn't like/trust GSs anyway. worst bite i ever took from a dog was a GS, but i still like them. 
moose eater
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People who encounter health issues unexpectedly are exceptions to my judgement. And even people in my own circumstances who are well aware of the probability of the dog outliving them, but for which there is an existing care alternative or substitute. Especially one with whom the dog is already bonded. In my case, it's probable that the substitute or replacement 'bond' with an adult human would most likely be my wife, or, if something were to happen to her, my oldest son, who my wife's GSD loves immensely, becoming quite excited on the rare holidays he distances and masks sufficiently ahead of time to safely be in our home.got someone here locally trying to give their 18 month old registered GS away due to health issues (theirs, not the dog) alas, three cats and new carpet forbid a dog these days. my wife (former vet assistant) doesn't like/trust GSs anyway. worst bite i ever took from a dog was a GS, but i still like them.
It's the people for whom it seems as though any twist or turn is sufficient grounds to dump their devoted 'family member.' In my biased opinion, they are shallow excuses for oxygen thieves.
I might be interested in a suitable GSd in/from another area of the Country, but the disadvantage of lack of multiple in-person visits to establish suitability would have to be overcome by greater depth and frequency of phone and internet communication, followed by some expensive air freight after a vet's visit and documentation.
Meanwhile, the source that previously had offered the very large male puppy I'd been contemplating acquisition of, phoned, stated that they're elderly, and they're "all dogged out," and looking to re-home the several-year-old father of this last litter, as well as the several-year-old undersized mother of this litter, so that's now the question on the proverbial table.
The down-side to any older adoption, and especially with a bright critter, involves unlearning bad habits and improving on good habits, just as if someone were to take an adolescent person under their roof... But fuzzier...
HEAR HEAR!!!
moose eater
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Well, I guess my elaborating on the issues involving separating the male from his mate, as well as his original primary family, and overcoming all of that, talked them right into withdrawing the potential adopting out of their pup, with the husband reportedly saying with attitude toward his elderly wife that if I came to get the dog, he was staying upstairs and refusing to say goodbye to the pup.
Glad to have been of service, and all's well that ends well.
Thursday I get to review the latest scan from last week in Los Anchorage, and that might illuminate either the wisdom or folly of this pursuit.
Glad to have been of service, and all's well that ends well.
Thursday I get to review the latest scan from last week in Los Anchorage, and that might illuminate either the wisdom or folly of this pursuit.
From the dispensary Garden Remedies in Newton
I used to fly a lot before I retired. I am really, really glad that I don't now. For all sorts of reasons.
i worked on planes while in USAF. i'm surprised there are not MORE crashes...MANY more.
Exactly. Hearing about that flaming landing in Japan. The window 'plug' pop out mid-flight. That shit is what a frequent flier has nightmares about. I often had trouble sleeping on flights overseas & I remember staring out of the window of a darkened cabin looking out at the ocean miles below & thinking what a long way down it was.
My first dog was a female GSD, decided for my 2nd dog I wanted something that shed less and bought a beauceron.
A beauceron is not a GSD.
Nothing beats a GSD, nothing. You really understand that once you've had another breed. They are special, always looking for affirmation from their owners. Make a GSD part of your family and you will know what I mean.
GSD lover, brother. I now have a 10 year old Czech working GSD. Its my 3rd dog. My wife walked him for the first time when he was a 9 week old puppy and she said," He is always looking back at me. " I said , "I "know sweetheart, he wants to make sure his owner is ok with his actions." Always trying to please their family.
As far as lazy ass bitches who own a dog, well that would be many dog owners. I walk my dog twice a day, 1.5 miles each time, thats 21 miles/week. I feed my dog twice a day. I brush my dog once everyday.
I spent two years ,many dollars, and lots of my free time on training my dog. I cant tell you how many times I hear people say, boy that dogs well behaved. No, his owner is . There are no bad dogs just bad owners.
Most people shouldn't have a dog or for that matter kids. There is an old saying. "To get a driver license you have to take a written and driving test. To be parent requires neither. "
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moose eater
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I've had dogs since I was 2-years-old, and raised many breeds, both purebred and mongrels. all have had unique personalities.
We've had 2 German shepherd females, counting the 28-month-old that we have now.
After having a couple opportunities (3) fall through, I nearly bit on a 2-1/2-year-old 3/4 Belgian Malinois, 1/4 GSD male with a fair bit of protection and companion training under his belt, but after more reading, decided that I'm in no position to take on a dog that's even brighter than a GSD, more high energy than a GSD, and bred with a bite instinct.
So, I found a smaller 3-month-old GSD female that was mid-size in her litter. On overall development, she's lighter weight than she ought to be (though developmental spurts don't come like clockwork for all GSD's/dogs).
Our current 28-month-old GSD female came as sort of a rescue from a younger Native woman who was being made to get rid of the dog by people she was staying with, and the pup was, at that time, between 8 and 9 months old, based on my assessment, and had been on shitty food since being purchased by the young woman (Ol' Roy brand dry food from Walmart... Bleh!! I don't even think I'd bait bear with it, if I were still into that sort of thing)
But it was what she could afford.
Brought the current 28-month-old GSD home and put her on Diamond Naturals large Breed Puppy with lamb and rice, and added an occasional egg, and she flourished like crazy; beautiful coat, filled out, etc., and she's now over 80-lbs.
I'll be putting the 13-week-old puppy (that's arriving here later this week, transported by my daughter) on either a beginning diet of Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream puppy chow (salmon, potato, pea, etc.), or the old stand-by of Diamond Naturals Large Breed Puppy, Lamb and Rice.
If this new one tops out at >70-lbs. I'll be a bit surprised, but as long as she's a great dog with good temperament, it's all good...
The older GSD we currently have is more closely bonded to my wife, though when we brought her home, she was intended to be my pup. She picked my wife. Maybe smells my cancer or cynicism?
The one we had before that died on my wife's and my 33rd wedding anniversary 2 summers ago at age 12. She was my best buddy. She came hard-wired for intervening in violence, responding to smoke in the house, tucking everybody in at night, and much more. She was my baby. Fucked up our anniversary, but she died of an untreatable condition (we knew she had), and when she went, we stroked her as she passed, and it left a cloud on me.
Anyway, my wife currently throws red Kong balls for the 28-month-old pup several times each day, and she runs like a cross between a galloping horse and a gazelle. Beautiful to watch. Truly. Incredibly fit and strong, yet with her family, she's incredibly gentle.
Many of the books state that a GSD requires 4-6 miles of running per day, and I don't know if she gets quite that much, but she chases that ball until she's tired and lies down in the snow. Up until that time of defeated tiredness, she works a sort of ball exchange game with my wife, like a library loan exchange program where you bring one book back and then can take another. If she drops the ball at my wife's feet, then my wife throws another for her to chase and bring back.
Red Kong balls are her favorite, and she has a small collection of them. One of the few brands of balls she didn't destroy in short order with her very strong bite and sharp teeth.
But they're real trips. Gentle, loyal, smart as a whip, loving, involved, attentive, and when needed, one impressive enforcer for boundaries and threats. After 63 years of dogs, and breeding purebred dogs once or twice, I'm in absolute awe and love with GSD's. Period.
A Belgian Malinois or Dutch shepherd is a great dog, frighteningly strong and quick for their somewhat more compact size in contrast to a GSD, but GODDAMN(!!) they are intense.
A fellow sent me videos of his 3/4-Malinois-cross climbing nearly vertical rock piles about 15-ft. tall, as well as jumping a good 9 feet up into tree branches and hanging onto a branch by his teeth... on command. Too much for me to be responsible for at my age and health. But I made a friend in my interactions with the guy, over in the Yukon Territory, and we have lots in common, so if I live for my next trip over there, maybe in July, if not before, I'll be stopping in to visit him... Dog people.
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the trainers at Lackland AFB call them "Malligators"...
I've had dogs since I was 2-years-old, and raised many breeds, both purebred and mongrels. all have had unique personalities.
We've had 2 German shepherd females, counting the 28-month-old that we have now.
After having a couple opportunities (3) fall through, I nearly bit on a 2-1/2-year-old 3/4 Belgian Malinois, 1/4 GSD male with a fair bit of protection and companion training under his belt, but after more reading, decided that I'm in no position to take on a dog that's even brighter than a GSD, more high energy than a GSD, and bred with a bite instinct.
So, I found a smaller 3-month-old GSD female that was mid-size in her litter. On overall development, she's lighter weight than she ought to be (though developmental spurts don't come like clockwork for all GSD's/dogs).
Our current 28-month-old GSD female came as sort of a rescue from a younger Native woman who was being made to get rid of the dog by people she was staying with, and the pup was, at that time, between 8 and 9 months old, based on my assessment, and had been on shitty food since being purchased by the young woman (Ol' Roy brand dry food from Walmart... Bleh!! I don't even think I'd bait bear with it, if I were still into that sort of thing)
But it was what she could afford.
Brought the current 28-month-old GSD home and put her on Diamond Naturals large Breed Puppy with lamb and rice, and added an occasional egg, and she flourished like crazy; beautiful coat, filled out, etc., and she's now over 80-lbs.
I'll be putting the 13-week-old puppy (that's arriving here later this week, transported by my daughter) on either a beginning diet of Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream puppy chow (salmon, potato, pea, etc.), or the old stand-by of Diamond Naturals Large Breed Puppy, Lamb and Rice.
If this new one tops out at >70-lbs. I'll be a bit surprised, but as long as she's a great dog with good temperament, it's all good...
The older GSD we currently have is more closely bonded to my wife, though when we brought her home, she was intended to be my pup. She picked my wife. Maybe smells my cancer or cynicism?
The one we had before that died on my wife's and my 33rd wedding anniversary 2 summers ago at age 12. She was my best buddy. She came hard-wired for intervening in violence, responding to smoke in the house, tucking everybody in at night, and much more. She was my baby. Fucked up our anniversary, but she died of an untreatable condition (we knew she had), and when she went, we stroked her as she passed, and it left a cloud on me.
Anyway, my wife currently throws red Kong balls for the 28-month-old pup several times each day, and she runs like a cross between a galloping horse and a gazelle. Beautiful to watch. Truly. Incredibly fit and strong, yet with her family, she's incredibly gentle.
Many of the books state that a GSD requires 4-6 miles of running per day, and I don't know if she gets quite that much, but she chases that ball until she's tired and lies down in the snow. Up until that time of defeated tiredness, she works a sort of ball exchange game with my wife, like a library loan exchange program where you bring one book back and then can take another. If she drops the ball at my wife's feet, then my wife throws another for her to chase and bring back.
Red Kong balls are her favorite, and she has a small collection of them. One of the few brands of balls she didn't destroy in short order with her very strong bite and sharp teeth.
But they're real trips. Gentle, loyal, smart as a whip, loving, involved, attentive, and when needed, one impressive enforcer for boundaries and threats. After 63 years of dogs, and breeding purebred dogs once or twice, I'm in absolute awe and love with GSD's. Period.
A Belgian Malinois or Dutch shepherd is a great dog, frighteningly strong and quick for their somewhat more compact size in contrast to a GSD, but GODDAMN(!!) they are intense.
A fellow sent me videos of his 3/4-Malinois-cross climbing nearly vertical rock piles about 15-ft. tall, as well as jumping a good 9 feet up into tree branches and hanging onto a branch by his teeth... on command. Too much for me to be responsible for at my age and health. But I made a friend in my interactions with the guy, over in the Yukon Territory, and we have lots in common, so if I live for my next trip over there, maybe in July, if not before, I'll be stopping in to visit him... Dog people.
Great post Moose.
I am turning 59 this year and my current GSD is 10. I have been thinking at 62-63 yrs old do I have the energy to take on anther GSD puppy.
Kong balls all the way. They stand up so well.
moose eater
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I may have the energy now, though spine, recurrent cancer, and inattentive Docs all can temper that.
But I have some built-in safeties for the pups; my wife is almost 61 and relatively healthy, and my oldest son has 2 dogs of his own, one of which is on the down-slope of life like myself (telling him soon that we'd like for him not to replace his male right away if/when he passes), and on the rare occasion that he masks and distances sufficiently in advance of being in our home for trips to the bush with me, or for house and dog-sitting in my wife's and my absence for medical trips for me, our current GSD just lights up for him. She's ecstatic to see him, and just bounces all over the place around him when he's here; a very good sign.
So, when I croak, my wife is the first line of support for the pups, followed by my older son.
I've told my wife that in the event of both her AND my functioning taking a downward hit, that the pups are absolutely NOT to go to doggy heaven, doggy jail, or to anyone who's not a dyed-in-the-wool dog/GSD-loving person, and hopefully my oldest son could/would take any pups we might have at that time, when ever that might be.
The pavement this pup was lying on in the video below registered 160 Fahrenheit and the air temp was 114 f.
160 f. is hot enough to cook the little guy, inside and out.
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moose eater
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A happy ending. (No, not that kind of 'happy ending').
Pup got adopted by folks who look to be more than capable of giving him an upscale comfortable life, that I may be writing to them to see if they're interested in adopting an aging human male.
And yes, I'm aware of the society disconnect where there's children and older people across the Country, and especially around the world, being blown to bits, or lacking medical care or food, and that there are sometimes dogs, etc., whose needs are more promptly or humanely addressed.
But it's critters, in some or many ways, that have some greater difficulties managing life needs on their own in an urban or suburban setting.
Pup got adopted by folks who look to be more than capable of giving him an upscale comfortable life, that I may be writing to them to see if they're interested in adopting an aging human male.
And yes, I'm aware of the society disconnect where there's children and older people across the Country, and especially around the world, being blown to bits, or lacking medical care or food, and that there are sometimes dogs, etc., whose needs are more promptly or humanely addressed.
But it's critters, in some or many ways, that have some greater difficulties managing life needs on their own in an urban or suburban setting.
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A new study has found Toronto has the third worst traffic congestion in the world, beaten only by London, England and Dublin, Ireland.
While I would agree if we are talking about cities in the US or Canada and most of Europe but I think some cities in Africa or India might change the study's results.
While I would agree if we are talking about cities in the US or Canada and most of Europe but I think some cities in Africa or India might change the study's results.
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