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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't care too much about this until my neighbor's unleashed German Shepherd lunged off of his front porch and attacked my Yorkie on the sidewalk. After a week in the hospital my dog is lucky to be alive but it was extremely traumatic to have witnessed. Now I am wary of any unleashed dog. [/quote]

Makes sense. GS have a really high prey drive.  I wanted one, but not with my cat.

I'm the poster with the e-collar. My parents have a house in the mountains down near Charlottesville.  We are there at least 2 weekends a month. I'm also a runner and it is a bit redneck down there so I do run with a gun, plus I also run alone on some isolated trails.  For the first time EVER I had to discharge my firearm. I was running and there was a pit bull on a porch. It was a big dog with cropped ears.  I was like "Oh shit, here we go, lets hope he stays on his porch". sure enough he got into an aggressive stance and bolted towards my way. In a split second I pulled out my gun and fired a warning shot and the dog tucked tail and hauled ass away from me. Well then I was more worried about the redneck that was about to run out the front door. Thank god he understood and I did not have to shoot his dog and he did not shoot me, but it ended well.

So, I run all over DC and log about 20-25 miles a week and have NEVER EVER in the city had a dog come after me, but out in the country yes, and I was grateful that I did have a gun and very grateful I did not have to kill the animal. If a dog came after me in DC, I would not have the luxury of shooting a gun! And do runs with spray, but you have to get so close to your attacker with spray and make sure the wind is right, that is sure is a scary situation. I don't think I would run with my dog off leash if I did not own a goofy lab, but instead owned a "scary breed" not because I don't think I could control the animal, but mainly because they are very scary looking and I do get where people are fearful, even if it might be irrational.

The owner of the GS should know better about small animals and GS…they notoriously don't go together, unless by exception.[/quote]

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