Which Breed....

[Serket]

Amidst the arguments it seems to have been overlooked that the OP has made her decision.

Has she??!! I must have missed that. What was the final choice?

she wisely didn't say

[Golden Rules]

Amidst the arguments it seems to have been overlooked that the OP has made her decision.

Has she??!! I must have missed that. What was the final choice?

she wisely didn't say

Ooooooooooh, I seeeeeee

[~Shepherd~]

Maybe it was a Golden Shepherd?

[Golden Rules]

Maybe it was a Golden Shepherd?

Or a German Retriever?

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

To all you who can't read more than one sentence - I did say that it's the owners fault that a GR becomes obnoxious.

Anyway the problem is that owners rely on the good well meaning nature of a GR and ignore all the faults and fail to put any effort into training.

I don't know any owners who would assume that a GSD is going to be well behaved and good with children without any training, but 9 out of 10 GR owners I've met act like they don't need to do anything to have a well behaved dog and are surpised or think there is something wrong with their GR if it isn't. Yes, there's something wrong with it - the owner.

So I agree with you all about it's the owner's fault. I also think there is a connection between the kind of person that picks a GR and the way the GR gets trained (or rather not-trained).

My dog likes (badly behaved) GRs a whole lot more than I do. She doesn't mind if they jump on her after they've rolled and dug in mud.