German Shepherds

Welcome to Live Journal's Original German Shepherd community! Here we will be discussing training, grooming, feeding, dog nutrition, conformation, showing, tracking, herding, working, schutzhund, and anything else related to the GSD. Both Pure bred and mixed dogs are more than welcome in this community!
Dog obedience trainers and breeders are also welcome. If you have any questions about German Shepherds, this is the place to ask!

Your friendly mod is vtladyhawke. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me! All my contact info is on my userinfo page for my personal journal, and I'm ALWAYS checking emails if I'm not on messenger! :)


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All I ask is that you please try to get along. Arguments/debates are ok, but anything out of hand or clearly just flaming will not be tolerated... if you want to get into an all-out fight take it off the group and into emails or another private discussion forum.


Some ideas on what to post...

Pictures of your dogs
Pictures of dogs for adoption or in need of rescue
Stories about your dogs
Dog related jokes
Information on breed bans
Dog abuse alerts
Questions about the breed
Feeding questions
Information about sports you do with your dogs
Training tips/ideas
Shows/show updates
Links to informative sites


Feel free to post just about anything, be it German shepherd or general dog related. Try to keep it on topic as much as possible (about German Shepherds in some way or another), but off topic stuff is ok too. If you aren’t sure just ask!
And most important have fun!


LINKS!

General German Shepherd information:
http://www.shawlein.com/The_Standard/Index_Page/Index_Page.htm An illustrated GSD Profile! LOTS of great information!
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/germansh.html Breed Profile
http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/dogbreeds/germanshepherds.html Lots of German Shepherd information!
http://www.akc.org/breeds/german_shepherd_dog/index.cfm AKC GSD Profile
http://www.magsr.org/ Mid Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue (My local GSD rescue, they can put you in contact with ones local to you as well)
http://www.whiteshepherdrescue.org/ White German Shepherd Rescue

Common problems and some help:
Housebreaking
Chewing
Puppy biting
Biting
Barking
Digging
Jumping
Leash pulling

Other Useful Training sites:
http://www.sitstay.com/index.shtml Sit, Stay
http://www.dogwise.com/ Dog Wise
http://www.apdt.com Association of Pet Dog Trainers (I’m a member!)
http://www.atts.org/ American Temperament Test Society
http://www.unchainyourdog.org Why you should NOT have your dog chained outside

Other Useful dog related sites:
http://www.akc.org American Kennel Club
http://www.ukcdogs.com United Kennel Club
http://www.arba.org American Rare Breed Association
http://www.adoa.org American Dog owners Association website (I’m a member!)
http://www.petfinder.org/ Petfinder! Find a pet in need near you!
http://www.aspca.org ASPCA Website
http://www.badrap.org Bad Rap, a site for Pits and Bully breeds

http://www.pbrc.net Another Bully site worth checking out
http://www.stoppuppymills.org Info on Puppy mills
http://www.dogwatch.net Info on BSL’s
http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com
http://www.dogbitelaw.com Legal information for dog owners
http://www.goodpooch.com
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com General Dog information
http://www.doginfomat.com/b4ugetadog.htm Before you get your dog…
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/puppymil.html More Puppy Mill information
http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/animatedjourneys/pethealth/canine.asp Canine Illnesses and diseases
http://www.avidmicrochip.com/ Microchipping information
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp TONS of information on dog health and diseases!!
http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/OtherBreedBites/AllDogsBite.htm Other breeds attacking, it’s not always the Bullies!
Should you breed your dog??



You should also check out:
positivelydog A group for people that positively train their dogs!!
workingdogs All about those working dogs and what they do best
schutzhund_dogs For the dogs and people interested in Schutzhund
breedists_no For the misunderstood dogs... it's not the breed, it's the person behind it
herdingdogs A community for herding breeds and dogs that herd
dog_agility A group for all you Agility dogs and owners!
dog_tales A comfortable, laid back community for dogs and their people
dogswithkids Dogs and kids!
petinfo A Informational and general pet care community
driveforlife A community for Rescue Transport!!

These are all great communities that I highly recommend you stopping by to see/join!
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