MartyW wrote:
Now, if someone were to break into our camper while we weren't there but the dog was, then that might be an issue for the breaker-inner.
You might be surprised. German Shepherds are smart dogs.
Years ago, I had a wonderful, beautiful purebred shepherd (her owners divorced and neither wanted her anymore - she was 2 yrs old). One Saturday, my sister was going to stop by in the afternoon to drop some furniture off. I had spent the morning out at a local dog show. When I arrived home, I found my sister and her friend had already arrived. When they realized I wasn't home, my sister went into the backyard, climbed through the dog door into the house, opened the front door, let her friend in, brought in the furniture, and then hung out watching tv with the door wide open for over an hour waiting for me.
When I came in, the first question was "where's my dog?" My sister said "she's with you" and I said "no, she isn't. She was here, where is she?" I then proceeded to search the house. In the narrow space between the bed and back wall of the bedroom was my wonderful beautiful shepherd. She had been there since the moment my sister had climbed in through the dog door.
My sister made a lot of comments about my "wussy" dog, but I realized I had the smartest dog in the world - she was always at my side and protective when I was there, but she wasn't going to get herself killed over a TV.
That's one of the things I love about shepherds - they know what's important.
