(08-18-2016, 08:38 PM)madbluboy link Wrote:When I was a teenager I witnessed a German Shep attack my brother and he required stitches, totally unprovoked.
German Shepherds can have a mental condition, I cannot remember what it is called but it is a result of the breeding which causes them to be timid. That generates fear in them. It's the reason so very many of them are rejected by the military and police as service dogs, they come across as aggressive basically because they are scared and react defensively unpredictably in unexpected circumstances.
When the forces get a dog they put it through of series of special tests to determine if they are suitable for training, most are not. I have heard the success rate is as low as 1 in 40!
Subjectively I have been told it is the same condition that causes those little dogs to tremble all the time. So in reality, if that is true, it's the fault of breeders.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"