tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955077234995938266.post467611373199870045..comments2024-03-15T03:43:53.437-04:00Comments on INSIDE THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS WORLD: TEMPERAMENT AND PERSONALITY - TWO DIFFERENT THINGSBarbara J. Galassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06374747787599553697noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955077234995938266.post-90672093084468467642010-01-21T14:37:45.341-05:002010-01-21T14:37:45.341-05:00Yes Kathy, when you have a dog like your Koda (nic...Yes Kathy, when you have a dog like your Koda (nice name by the way), they are truly a joy to live with! Thanks for sharing!Barbara J. Galassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374747787599553697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955077234995938266.post-90674016213989285922010-01-21T14:19:39.664-05:002010-01-21T14:19:39.664-05:00Greetings Barbara: I’ve been blessed with a number...Greetings Barbara: I’ve been blessed with a number of GSDs with great temperaments, plus personality. But yes, I’ve had a few with some and not the other too. I know this is a new topic but I wanted to write about temperament/personality. I guess I’ve never brought this into thought they’re two different things. Barbara, you’re so correct that you can have a dog with a great temperament but can be completely boring, not interested in working or too much energy that they’re in your face constantly. Good thought. At the moment, I have a GSD, Koda with a very pleasing temperament & an awesome personality. Every one that meets him loves this dog. He has always been the star of his obedience class. And I’ve had many who say, “He’s the goal I eventually want to see in my dog.” How nice is that?! My boy is funny, he wants to please & work for me with tons of energy. Maybe a bit too much at times but he’s young yet. Only three, but he gets out and about which I love at the end of a day! <br /><br />I’ve only bred a few litters & have been blessed with fairly good temperament, awesome personalities, looks, working drive & most of all longevity. Many of those shepherds entered in the 13 Club. That breeding was an outcross two different times with the same stud/dam, sadly to say, I don’t have that line anymore. So I pray with my dog, Koda which is mostly line bred with a bit of out cross will have a long life too. I truly feel breeding dogs is first knowledge, an art in putting that knowledge together with a lot of luck to add. Kathy & Koda PartchKathy Partchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659038664711640570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955077234995938266.post-90379469487336339122010-01-13T16:16:07.245-05:002010-01-13T16:16:07.245-05:00We have a veritable menagerie of personalities in ...We have a veritable menagerie of personalities in this house. Kizzy the garbage hound, Vinnie the ham, Arwen (aka Rock Baby) and "INEVERSTOPGRACIE".<br />All have excellent temperaments. By that I mean that I can walk any of them through crowded streets without incident. That being said, each brings something different to the table of life. <br />Kiz and her incessant search for the perfect taste (this includes sand, branches,tin cans, terry cloth towels and in one instance black malaga soap from Spain)...Vinnie who is always looking for the flash of a camera and his best angle...Arwen whose closest friend is a 30 pound boulder whose only fault in its existence is being in her way..<br />and Gracie who RUNSBACKANDFORTHFROMTHEDOORTOTHEKENNELWITHMYBALL...<br />Literally...would run after that ball till she dropped. <br />Her nickname is "The Eveready Bunny"....<br />Its intriguing watching them interact and meld all of the various personalities into one cohesive mob. Particularly when Grace decides that Vin just HAS to have a hair redo and attacks him from any and every angle, leaving streams of slobber all over his newly washed coat. Or when Arwen, (tiring of boulder number 1)decides to further dismantle our stone wall and search for the NEXT boulder victim...proceeding to bark at it while draping her tongue across. Could never figure out what that boulder did to her to make her SO determined to "kill" it.<br />Could you imagine the resulting puppies from breeding Bu to Vinnie???? EGADS! You would have non stop diva's ! lol...LaxfieldGSDshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09512172125650194485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955077234995938266.post-60922592346673024592010-01-13T15:20:22.512-05:002010-01-13T15:20:22.512-05:00Hi Barbara, I enjoy your writing and topics. Rega...Hi Barbara, I enjoy your writing and topics. Regarding your female who buzzes the top of your head.. I interpret that as her telling you who the boss is, and for the moment, it's not you. Jumping up of any kind is disrespectful and I would take exception to it. As well, I would want her eyes trained on me and the ball and not on any of the other dogs in the room. She is doing your job for you by monitoring all the dogs and very soon might be showing everyone what their boundaries are (including you), if you do not show her who is number one. Establishment of the number one position gains peace and harmony within a dog household. There is such a thing as too much freedom and not enough direction.<br /><br />Your girl is a cleaver one...Katenoreply@blogger.com