On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 04:05:49 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> We also own cattle/sheep herding dogs, currently
> > three, down from 5. The breed we own not only is used for herding but
> > the Dutch swat teams use them as their K-9 dog of choice. The SO has
> > also trained a few as personal protection dogs for high profile people
> > who don't want one of the traditional dogs used for protection work. If
> > you don't know what breed I'm talking about, good because we want to
> > keep it that way. Most of us who own this breed keep the PR way down
> > because they lousy pets for the average Joe.
> >
>
> German shepard?
> --
*NOT* a standard protection dog, which a german shepard is. So, it
could be anything from an Austrailian Sheep Dog *which I'm having
trouble visualing as a personal protection dog* to a pitbull.
Personally, I'd take a standard poodle any day. They look like sissy
dogs, but they have big hearts, protect their families naturally and
are very, very smart.