Why DDR Dogs??? - Page 5

"I see FAR to many GSD's who are bred so over the top that the dogs are not trusted around strangers, can not be controlled in a house, or trusted off lead."

This is what sport has done to the breed. Today's protection work is not the same. You get a lot of dogs that are prey driven and not enough defense because defense takes time to develop in a young dog.

IMO :      Far too many people today are in too much of a hurry to train their dogs properly.  I would rather give patience and time and have a better dog.

Shannan  :)

Everyone is going to have their own interpretation of what Stephanitz invisioned for this breed and I do not want to say one is correct and one is not.  Looking through in Word & Picture you will find GSDs jumping nearly 5 feet, climbing about 10, cuddled with small animals, and obeying children without any training devices attached to them... this is how I interpret the ideal GSD... a jack of all trades... a reliable working dog AND companion.  I see nothing extreme about this dog except his devotion to his family.  For me, the lines that come the closest to this are the DDR bloodlines.  In one litter you may have some that are well-suited for work or sport and others that would make great pets for families with young children and small critters, but whichever they are best suited for they are likely to make a good companion as well if they are given the level of exercise and obedience they need.

I like an all around dog who can do it all.  There is no reason why they cannot also be beautiful.

Remember, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.  Many West German showline people probably don't think our DDR bloodline dogs are so beautiful as they have a very different vision of what beautiful is.

If I wanted a prey monster, I would call Ivan and get a Malinois from Ot Vitosha.  At least his prey monsters are sane.

My dogs have always traveled with me and gone to client's offices and homes.  I don't want a hinky jinky nerve bag.

Pharaoh is a high maintenance puppy, but, at 14 months I can see where we are going.  I have started him in Schutzhund and he is doing quite well. 

Here is what Pharaoh gets to do because he is so mentally stable.

www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/bulletins_read/246577.html

"She is a little over 2 years old. Her D.O.B is July 16, 2006"

Thanks Jyl.  She's not over-done in bone at age 2 years like some of the others and looks like there is still room to groaw without becoming coarse.  Good luck with her!   

Love those DDR dogs!

Terri

Orchardhof

Thanks.

djon:

             So they should not be appreciated for ther looks only working abality? To me you seem almost offended because people find them good looking dogs? Maybe i,m not getting the emotion because it,s the internet but why canm,t a dog be a good working dog and still be a good looking dog?. 

I,m sorry sometimes i,m a little thick and don,t catch on quickly. 

I,m not talking show dog looks here i refer to the working dog . I would not want a showline dog for a door stop. 

To be honest the DDR-dogs and the showdogs doesn´t seem to be so far from each other, like alreday been said, the DDR-dogs popularity seems much be based on their looks and some nostalgic history about these dogs, don´t even know if we can call them DDR-dogs when it was almost 20 years they were breed in DDR. I suppose there are very few good DDR-dogs left, wich are good producers that can do well both in sport and policework. If someone want a GSD wich are decent looking and good at work you can find that more easily in other lines compared to the few 100% DDR-dogs that are left,or?  There are lines that have more or less influence of DDR-dogs that have been breed for different types of servicework to a large degree, so I would think those loines are closer to the old DDR-dogs compared to majority of the DDR-dogs today.   

Bob I never said a dog can't have looks as well. What I've said was looks are secondary when looking for work dog. Shouldn't it? I agree with you about show dogs. Pretty as they may far removed from working. Just not my cup of tea or coffee forgot the correct saying.