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(22,206 posts)The fox terrier I am referring to, was a case of what you get when you inbreed; a neurotic mess.
As for the German Shepherd, it was an old farm dog protecting the house. When she heard that bell go off and I was there in the house alone and opened the door, she lunged for what was at the door. It was an instinct at work best I can figure.
I loved that dog btw and nothing like this ever happened again.
As for my poor Dad having to bust his butt like that for two years taking care of these people's property, well, I never knew about this until after he has passed away. My mother told me about it being she was the one that had adopted that dog and she felt really guilty about it. She had a "thing" for German Shepherds.
Ever since this happened and some of the things I've seen around where I now live (a young woman across the road had a black Labrador Retriever that bit her baby in the face and tried to pawn it off on me), I'm very reluctant to get any sort of dog at all.
Maybe things will change someday for me, I don't know. I'd really love to have a service dog as one is really needed around here. For now I have one solitary cat left having lost my other two this past year.
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