German Shepherd Vs. Belgian Shepherd(Malinois) also pups for sale?

I'm surprised you bothered to ask, Greekman. ALWAYS look at the sources - both 1: the particular media outlet that carried the story (HeraldSun, FoxNews) 2: the source THEY got their information from (Westphalia). Do you REALLY consider that those 3 measure up as reliable sources?

Two threads got run-together in my group. What you want are the 4 messages starting at http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_F... GSDs reign supreme in Britain - ask those rioters! As for the breed overall: 1 - the sooner the GSDCAmerica & AKC agree that what they have been promoting are no more GSDs than are the BBSs - despite that they all stem from the same ancestors back before WW1 - and open a register for "Yank Thangs" such as the current NAmerican Ski-Slope Dogs and Prick-Eared Bassets and Titanic Tail-Tuckers, the better!

Britain has similar problems with its AlsatiOns and Prick-Eared Bassets. (On the 0-to-106 BIF-scale for hips, GSDs there average 18-20 - definitely a Fail by DownUnder requirements. But the GSDs shown at the 2010 British Sieger Event averaged just 9.

Kinda shows which part of the "breed" is damaging the hip reputation of GSDs in the UK!) The requirements for a genuine GSD are listed in http://www.fci.be/uploaded_files/166g01-... starting with --------------------------------------...? The German Shepherd Dog is medium-size, slightly elongated? Powerful and well-muscled, with dry bone and firm overall structure. &?

The German Shepherd Dog must be well-balanced (with strong? Nerves) in terms of character, self-assured, absolutely natural and? (except for a stimulated situation) good-natured as well as attentive?

And willing to please. He must possess instinctive behaviour, resilience? And self-assurance in order to be suitable as a companion, guard.

Aww, I'm sure you were REALLY hurt at the news. Should I send you some tissue for your sniffly nose? You know, if you cry in the shower, no one can see your tears :P I think for now, thankfully decent working GSDs are still easy enough to come by, and there is still a large enough love for the breed by many trainers and breeders that they aren't going to go the way of the dobermann and rottie YET... I can't say about the future, but I hope not.

Not to mention, some people just don't want to deal with mals! Haha, no offense, but I want a dog that actually shuts off every once in a while ;) Do I think all will become extinct? I think it's plausible that most DECENT representations of most breeds could easily become "extinct" in the next decade or so.

The public is just becoming more soft and idiotic. All they know is what is shoved down their throats. Either they're COMPLETELY idiotic and think any purebred or "designer mutt" is good, and they'll get the cheapest thing they can find.

Or if they've done SOME "research" then they think anything with a CH title is amazing. Forget the fact that many show dogs could be compared to their BYB counterparts. A showline, show CH GSD is NOT something to brag about.

So what happens with the true stock? It's already hit the dobermann and the rottweiler. Are there any good ones left?

I'm sure a FEW here or there. Look at American Pit Bull Terriers. True GAME DOGS are almost impossible to find.

So we find these oversized mutts that give the breed a bad name. And WTF happened to all dogs under 20 lbs? I don't think there are ANY good ones left!

Even the breeds that originally started out with a job have just become a mess. I say... feed them all to snakes O.o.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.