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Originally Posted by rrosenberry  I have had a German Shepherd dog in my life since I can remember my dad has always had one.. Love them.. last year guess what kind of dog ran out from a random house and attacked Bailey.. yep a GS.. do I blame all GS's now..no. It happens.. all dogs can be aggressive, I've seen Bailey do it..more than once.
I think it is how the dog is raised.. and the circumstances. |
We had a german shepherd when I was a baby/toddler named Boots. Family legend goes he attached himself to me when I was born, slept by my crib guarding me, once I was older my mom could say, go get Nikki, and he would run and herd me into my mother. A big old sweetheart. Within the last few years I read an article that said the number one dog bites of children- german shepherds.
I kind of wrote it off as families are probably just more likely to own them making it statistically more probable. I don't really know but the one thing that always worries me about pits is that I've always heard they were bred for fighting. It seems unrealistic to expect a dog to be completely different than what we humans in all our wisdom have bred them to be.
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