Camjr
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With kids, I've always gone with herding dogs. They've always treated my kids (now 11 and 13) as their flock, and have been completely different around other people and dogs when the kids are around. Not aggressive, but much more vigilant. I know what would happen if my kids were in harm's way and any of the dogs in my family were around. I put my Australian Shepherd (a big 80 pound male) down after 13 years in March 2008 due to severe arthritis, and have an 18 month old German Shepherd rescue that came along at just the right time. He's been with us since he was pulled out of a box thrown in a lake by some meth-head in East Texas when he was about 10 weeks old. As one of the earlier posters said, just his presence makes others think twice about committing nefarious deeds. Nobody gets within 3-4 houses of me in my suburban neighborhood without him being alerted, day or night.
I bird hunt, but have chosen to keep herding dogs in my family instead of hunting dogs. I'll leave that to my friends.
Great thread.
Cheers!
I bird hunt, but have chosen to keep herding dogs in my family instead of hunting dogs. I'll leave that to my friends.
Great thread.
Cheers!