Deutscher Schäferhund

The German Shepherd Dog is one of the most popular dogs in the world, and for good reason. He has been our constant working companion for well over 100 years. His utility, his serviceability, his courage, and his drive have set him apart from the world's various other dog breeds. Various other dog breeds who have faded into sad obscurity, or worse. Those poor animals who have been transformed into witless docile showpieces. Dogs who are nice to look at, but who's temperaments are utterly lacking in the substance that once made them useful and relevant. The working dog community has managed to maintain the German Shepherd Dog's working ability. The German Shepherd Dog has been an agricultural tool, a utilitarian service animal, a guard dog, and a companion. He still has the innate ability to excel in all of those functions as demanded by his handler. The genetics are still there for work and as long as they are carefully tended by the perverse few of us who want a powerful working dog, the German Shepherd dog will continue to be one of the most popular dogs in the world. That, in a nutshell, is what it's all about. We've got to continue to select strong working dogs for breeding, and expose and eliminate the pretenders from spoiling the gene pool with crap. This will be the focus of this open blog. Be it Schutzhund, SAR, Ring Sport, police K9 work, personal protection training. . . .whatever . . .we need to ensure this breed can continue to do it well.

I'll be posting often with various topics and hope other's will comment as well.