Hi! Since this topic was brought up, I thought I would chime in a question about GSDs. I have been wanting to get a dog for a very long time(I miss my childhood dog so much since she's gone to the rainbow bridge), but I have been waiting since both my husband and I work so much and our commutes are so long. I've been doing my research on a couple of different types of dog that I want to get and have been sending emails to breeders and stuff like that for opinions. How would a GSD do in living situation like mine? We have a small fenced in yard. We have 2 cats (no kids...but maybe in 5 years) and we both work. Since we live in Silicon Valley, we have annoyingly long commutes. I'm hoping to get a fast internet connection (DSL or Satellite) so I can work from home 1 or 2 days a week. If I were to bring in a dog, I would walk him(or her) in the morning, than again in the evening. Since I go to aerobics now, I'd definitely want to keep up the exercise...so I'd stop going to aerobics, but I would do things with my dog instead. Also, we're pretty active on the weekend-we like to go places, so I would want my dog to be comfortable travelling in a car. I was also planning on doing obediance and then on to agility after completion of obediance.

I'm also interested in rescue. There is a GSD rescue in the area as well as GSDs in our local shelters! I couldn't believe how many there were! What is getting a rescue like? How do they adjust into new living situations? What about the probability of them having hip displasia, since we probably won't know the background of these dogs? What is your experience with rescues?

I would definitely like to do some sort of rescue