Rescued a dog tonight.
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I have never owned a pure bred German Shepard though I have had a Belgium Malinois and a French Beauceron, some of the best dogs that I have had. Tell you what, the first day we saw this dog sitting there we knew he was a good dog. When I crawled into that drain pipe to herd him into a loop, I drew on a lot of years of interactions with dogs that he was not going to go for me out of fear or temperment. As I said, my wife and I would have readily taken him in if not for the full house. Whomever eventually gets him will have many good years.
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We have 6 cats that have come to our barn. 3 we found after someone dumped them. The other 3 showed up and stayed. We now have another one trying to join up,but she is having a hard time getting in.
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I was asking because I lost a white German shepherd last month. I saw her a week ago and she was in a culvert as you described.
We took her in as a rescue a few months ago, but she was so badly abused she doesn't like people very much. I still see her but she won't come to me, I guess she's happy just being feral.
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We're in laurel county close to clay county line,so I know first hand what you mean. We're on our third stray now that stay there. One was ran over & killed in the road. Another one in the pic I sent has been hit twice but he's tough.. And a slow learner to watch for cars Sent from the mountains
A friend took in a GS that was extremely protective and weighed in at about 150 else that dog would have been probably put down. He knew how to handle her and keep her under control. That dog would have readily given her life for his family. (He never had to worry about his boat when he moored somewhere along the Cheasepeak), I have a boxer with the same temperment that came out of a drug deal.
We take precautions but when we leave our house, that boxer is loose and on duty. His only option would be to get put down. With adjustments, there are places for most any dog though sadly not always.
It can take alot of work to turn an animal around once abused. I don't think any animal is happy being feral but fear is a tough thing to overcome. Catching food, evading predators and parasites, keeping dry and warm, you name it. An animal gone feral reacts out of fear and it sometimes takes alot of creativity to catch them.
We have lived in our current house for over seven years. The first year we caught a feral cat and her three young kittens. It took alot of patience but you would never know that that cat was totally wild at one time. And, in that time we had only one male cat that managed to move into the group and be accepted (whome we promptly neuterd).
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I went to school in Barbourville, KY my freshman year and had a GF in the SW program doing an internship, and occasionally I used to go on home visit rounds with her.
I was shocked by the poverty, and alternated between amazed at the genteel nobility of some hill folks, and dismayed by the ignorance and cruelty of others.
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Our stray (A mixed black german shorthaired pointer) was the same way but stayed on our property. After 3years she would finally come on command. However we still cannot put a collar on her and she still doesn't get the concept of retrieving. It looks like the white German shepherd has not adopted you yet. Our dog came and will not leave she is not fenced or tied. Our neighbors very expensive German shepherd broke all collars and was constantly running away. Maybe the dog needs to be neutered.
