We had a Cocker when I was a young lad, bit my Dad in a caravan in Rhyll, best part of the whole holiday.
Yes, they are lovely.
I believe from research that some Springers can have that Sudden Onset Aggression Syndrome.
Whereas GSD's are just plain awesome.
That's interesting.
When I left home, the dog stayed with my parents...it was about 3 years old.
It became extremely aggressive, mainly with food but I put that down to my dad.
It snapped at one of my kids (almost biting him) and I refused to bring the kids back to visit.
It turned from being a really sweet loving dog to a very nasty animal that I would never trust around my kids
And now for awesome GSD's
Never had a bad one. My last dog, Wallace (and forgive me if I've said this before) was superb.
As you know my son has autism. When he was young and would get upset, or go into a meltdown, the dog would lay quietly beside him until he was calm. We never taught him to do that. In fact, I used to get worried as my son would lash out but still that dog never moved from his side.
We were all in bits when he died and it's taken my son a couple of years to 'like' our current GSD.