Eiger

A Shepherd With an Attitude

He was so cute at 6 weeks, tail wagging, floppy ears and lovable. At 7 months he was a time bomb on 4 legs. He loved his family, all of us, and he was tolerant of women, but aggressive with men. He had to be walked on a tight leash and away from people. He was suspicious of strangers.

He came from what is called "back-yard breeding". No striving for conformation or temperament. Just the mating of two A.K.C. registered dogs of the same breed.

Strangely enough he did extremely well in obedience classes amidst all the other shepherds and more than 30 people. However he would not let the examiner run his hand over his back when it came to testing. He did not growl or snap just kept stepping away.

Only a short time after we moved to Vermont Eiger developed a serious hernia problem and at 10 years of age he had to be put down. Our children grew up with him and still remember that very protective dog.

I later learned the best place to buy a dog was from a reputable breeder. He was my first German Shepherd and he taught me a lot.

Eiger at 4 months.

After reading the following paragraph I thought it appropriate to include it here.

WHERE TO BURY A DOG

There is one best place to bury a dog. If you bury it in this spot, it will come to you when you call...come to you over the grim, dim frontiers of death, and down the well-remembered path, and to your side again. And though you call a dozen living dogs to heel, they shall not growl at it nor resent its coming...for it belongs there. People may scoff at you, who see no lightest blade of grass bent by its footfall, who hear no whimper, people who may never really have had a dog. Smile at them, for you shall know something that is hidden from them, and which is well worth the knowing. The one best place to bury a dog...is in the HEART of its master.

The above paragraph can be found at PEKEHAVEN.

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