Ty The Dog Guy On The Daily

In this post, I’d like to talk a little about how to choose a dog. This is a question I get a lot, especially since we do plenty of service dog training. People hear that labs are good service dogs, so they get a lab. The reality? Not every lab can handle a service dog’s job. Sometimes people do their research and figure out that a German Shepherd is right for their lifestyle, so they go out and get any Shepherd they can find. These owners place too much importance on the breed, because the breed book says that the dog will be a certain way. Now, those breed books have some general things correct, but a lot of things very wrong. All dogs are individuals, so within a hundred German Shepherds you’ll find a huge variety of temperament, character, personality, courage, fear, and so on. So what are you looking for in a new dog? The older the dog is, the more you can tell about its character. We can tell some things about puppies, of course, but not a ton. You want to do your best whether you're rescuing an older