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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Shepherd_Dog
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In the United States, German Shepherds are responsible for more random bitings than any other breed, and have a known tendency to attack smaller breeds of dogs.[25] Reports have found that statistically German Shepherds are the breed third most likely to attack a person.[26] Another report found that German Shepherds accounted for almost half of the dog bites that required medical attention.[27] These claims have been refuted on the basis that German Shepherds represent a higher proportion of the population than other breeds."
Just goes to show you we have a lot of dumb fawkers who don't know how to train their dogs.
I have grew up with 3 German shephards and all of them were the most friendly dogs I knew and great family pets. I will say they get a little stressed when new people come over, but as long as you have someone next to you that knows the dog, then it is fine.
Hell the last GS we had, we would just let it out in the yard and kids......hell even other dogs would walk by and it would just chill in her yard and just watch them. Now as far as them walking on our property, then might be a problem, lol! They are very loyal friendly dogs, just don't step on their toes and it will be fine.
Only other dog I would have besides a GS is a yellow lab, lol!
I know, night and day difference. I just like labs.
Parents have a 10 month old GS right now and is close to 50 pounds and loves to play.........actually she likes everyone, but she is young.
She plays with my 20 month old baby like it was her puppy. She licks her and just sits next to her. Sometimes she growls at me when I pick her up, lol!
Also any breed can go haywire, just certain dogs are more likely to snap than others.
My next door neighbor for years had a Siberian Huskey, who was so nice, that you thought, man I would love to have that dog. So good and plays nice with the kids. Well one day it snapped on the 4 year old and ripped half his face off. 450 stitches on a 4 year old..........yeah, he looked like Frankenstien!
He actually has healed up quite nicely. Is amazing! Dog was put down a few days later after the incident.
I guess, you just never really know.