White Shepherds

[Sophist]

FWIW, my dad does has a lot of say in selecting dogs for area law enforcement and he is searching more actively for Belgians or white shepherds. Apparently, they're becoming known for having better temperaments and lasting longer health-wise than GSDs. A lot of this is no doubt due to issues in "American" GSD lines, but I found it somewhat interesting. Nicole's dogs appear to be healthy and stable and beautiful and will no doubt produce exemplary service dogs. I think that deserves at least as much respesct as excelling in herding.



Don't mean to hijack, but this thread has me wondering--- is the black GSD registerable? Didn't see it specifically faulted in the AKC guidleines like the whites and some of the dilutes... but for some reason I was thinking it wasn't anyway?

[jackfrost]

Honey- you have your hands full right now. Some people just like to start something and as someone said to me " thrive on discontent.."

If anything i have said is untrue, i'll be the first to admit it.

I totally agree with you statement of "well bred WGSDs have slightly more drive and brain." It is so true.

More drivey and more brains than my working dogs??? OK sweety, I can see i'm hurting you and your friend's feelings and you feel a need to try and get back at me. Anyone with any experience at all with working GSD's knows that is nothing but a bold faced lie. But just to let you have your time in the sun, let's say they are. But I have experience with service dogs for the disabled as well, and you know the funny thing is, they are almost exclusively looking for lower drive dogs. you must be working with an anomoly. and back to your comment again, if they're so intelligent and have so much drive, PROVE IT, don't just say it. I go to lots of trials, and see very very very few whites doing anything, let alone winning. If you indeed have a dog with more drive and more brains than a GSD, than surely it will be at the top of the podium, winning at the PSD service trials winning HGH trials sometime, but I know what this will get, more lip service, as I can tell you that in the past 50 years there has been a handful at best to even compete in these trials let alone do well. and that my dear is a fact.