My 53kg long-haired GSD is mostly black, and often has daft women picking up their precious yappy things when they see him miles away. In reality, he's a proper gent, well-behaved and loves to meet everyone. However, just to prove how gentle and soft he is, today I caught him sharing a bone with my young Spinone. It went like this.... 'I've been chewing it now you have some... ok now my turn... now your turn...' Was the funniest thing to see. So now I know all the hours and hours of training were all worth it!!
Mine aint soft but he is as good as gold with tiny dogs, puppies and children (even though he has hardly had any exposure to them particularly the latter)
Strange you should say that about children. My boy has no experience at all with them, yet when a little girl came out of nowhere and threw her arms around his neck (I was talking to someone and he was sat next to me on his lead), he didn't move. Just let her hug him while I got my blood pressure under control...
My 55 kg white longhaired gsd is the very same, totally submissive to everyone and everything that moves. He seeks out attention from people when we're out, and kids just adore him coz he looks like a polar bear (only smaller lol!) and they too, fling their arms around him (but only after asking me first!) and he laps it all up, he can't get enough. He honestly wouldn't hurt a fly. Hasn't always been this way, at 5 years old when he found us, he would have killed them, but my previous gsd and me taught him how we do things around here and he's been like this ever since. I would stake my life on this one being a big softie. My 3 yr old on the other hand....hmmmm, maybe one day when she's mellowed out a bit more
I think girls take longer in general to mellow. My boy turned 2, went in a week from being the ASBO dog from hell to a chilled, laid back dog I could be proud of. No idea why... he's stayed that way ever since. I got the Spinone a couple of months later, and now they are best buddies (although the Shep does put him in his place every so often), but at just over 2 and a half my Shep is a proper grown up dog!!
I wouldn't say either of mine are soft particularly - esp not my bitch, but my male is definitely a sensitive soul
I wouldnt say my dog is soft but he is extremely sociable and if there is an agressor around he will defend once commanded
My bitch is definitely not soft and I can't really see her ever mellowing out. Yiannis is soft with everyone and everything but because he makes funny noises and sounds like a cow people tend to stay away. Adults tend to move out of Zane's way - partly because of his size and partly because of his eye. They are amber/light hazel and he can look quite veil at times. But he has certainly calmed down. He is a proper gentleman and loves kids (well he had the pleasure of growing up with Oscar and going into primary schools). As a rule kids do ask to pet him first and I can see the look of shock and horror on their parents' faces but once they realise that all he'll do is lick them to death, they soon calm down. We don't often have people or children running up to him and flinging arms around his neck though. But then he's short coated and very tall. He doesn't look cute and cuddly. This combined with his eye colour, very large ears and a huge nose that he uses to look down on people really dones't help the situation!
My girl isnt soft at all, she is very sociable though Yoda my male was extremely soft, not a bad bone in his body, he loved attention off anyone and everyone.
great piccies. my male is soft, he loves to be petted, lets my bitch take toys off him, infact just today he was whining because he wanted to go in his bed but the cat was sleeping in the middle of it, and he wouldn't move him my bitch is very hyper, she loves nothing more than playing and loves attention from everyone.
He is gorgeous and looks to be a real softie! Is he Foxfold or Gefni lines? He looks like he could be one of those lines. He is lovely
Molly is an absolute sweetheart, totally submissive with other dogs, big or small. She's aloof with adults but adores children.
