RE: Having Dogs Is A Lifestyle

I absolutely get the saying "The more I get to know the human being, the more I love my dog". I feel exactly the same.

Many people love the labrador and golden retrievers because they are known as being friendly and great family dogs. I have loved German Shepherds all my life, ever since I was a child. Rowan, the white German Shepherd in the pictures, was the first dog I bought. Myla, the malinois, standing in the middle of the last photo, was the dog bought by my sis that I took over because she couldn't handle her. That was my first experience of how rewarding it is to take over a rehomed dog. Although Myla was not a rehomed dog in the sense that she did not know me and I did not know her before I became her owner. I had known her since she was a small puppy.

My partner has always chosen to get dogs that are difficult to place, the so-called long-termers, from the shelter. Lex, the old German Shepherd in the picture, was 6 years old when he got him from the shelter after Lex had been in the shelter for 5 years. Lana, the black Dutch Shepherd, was 3 years old when we got her from the shelter with the necessary behavioral problems.

Because so many people like retriever dogs, they are relatively rarely found in shelters, and if they are there, they are gone relatively quickly. They are easy to place. This is a different story for Shepherd dogs. They often end up in shelters due to bad choices by people, and often stay there for a long time. That is why our dogs are almost always Shepherd dogs.

Skipper, the German Shepherd with a ball in his mouth, is another rehoming dog with the necessary behavioral problems. Created by people who have no idea how to raise a shepherd, and therefore unfortunately ruin the dog.