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Originally Posted by hanninadina
And please you do not want to tell me that a IPO III high working class gsd is hold as a pet in a house with kids. In germany these animals are sitting in kennels. The owner tell you that these animals will only work very good because they had to wait so long and are ready to work when letting them out.
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If a GSD has aggression problems and reactivity, it is not a typical GSD and as previously stated before on this forum and elsewhere, dog sports like IPO and SchH titles are not indicative of actual proper working character of a GSD.
In fact there has been much criticism leveled at sport-bred GSDs and the amount of prey drive and excitability they can have. This includes dogs from Germany.
A proper level GSD is not a cat-killer nor inappropriately aggressive to strangers. And as far as I know, Czech line border-patrol GSDs were not at the time sport-bred, and the z P S lines are even today known for stability of character.
And yes, I do know of actual working personal protection trained GSDs that are at home in a family with children, other animals, and other dogs. Actually, the woman I personally know has a personal protection trained GSD from z P S lines, the lines from which many GSD in CSV were founded on.
CAN a GSD be aggressive when needed? Of course, and that's is often part of their job, to have an attack drive. But these drives in a stable dog are manageable and in GSDs, often in response to directives from handlers.