Pet peeve
I don't know of any campground that does not require pets to be leashed. Why then, do people NOT leash their dogs? If you can control your dog with one word, no problem, but I'm not talking about thos...
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Pawz4me wrote:xteacher wrote:
When a dog's tail is up, especially if it's arched highly, it's a sign that the dog is on high alert, not calm, happy, and relaxed. A tail that's level or slightly down, and ears that look relaxed, shows a more relaxed dog.
True. But those dogs' tails are farther down than what you see on relaxed, happy dogs. They're almost tucked. Plus the video goes for about five minutes and there are almost no wags. Not even when the owner/trainer/whoever he is pets them. The very few wags that do occur are half-hearted and very tentative. OTOH there is lots of subtle and not-so-subtle flinching, and of course the cringing incident I mentioned above.
FWIW -- I grew up with GSDs. My grandparents always had at least two. My earliest dog related memory is playing with a GSD named Brick.
FWIW. I respectfully disagree, and I used to breed GSD in a full blown, full service, dog kennel that we owned. Not a backyard. I had the opportunity to raise, and then train over a hundred of them.
I think you are reading too much into this. Usually, but not always when a GSD cowers in fear, it is very visible, and not subtle at all.
There is just not enough evidence to make the conclusions that have been made here. But then again, that is common on forums.
