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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh come on people, let's give OP some credit.  She wants a GSD, not a goldie,  She says she's done research, [b]her kids are not toddlers[/b].

My sister is an avid GSD owner and she got her youngest pup of 1.5 years from Golden Ridge Farms in MD.  This dog is great around my kids and my dog.

For what it's worth, my family of 3 kids under 10 got our first dog last year and while the puppy phase was NO JOKE, we've done really well because I was obsessive in my search for a breeder of calm temperament and about the breed in general.   It seems like you're doing the same.  It was really helpful to join one of the many breed-specific facebook groups, just to read all the daily questions and comments about what it's like to own [fill in the blank] breed.  Good luck OP.[/quote]
Our rescue (not GSD, but another large breed) required us to read a book about having dogs in a house with children before we adopted. The name of the book escapes me, but I remember being really surprised that, statistically, the children who are most likely to be bitten by dogs are 9-11 years old.[/quote]

That’s really interesting.  I think at least some dogs perceive little kids as puppies that one should tolerate but tweens as basically peers.  My dog definitely views my tween as a peer, whereas he views the older teens and adults as being adult humans in charge.  [/quote]

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