Had a couple new ones to share:





I like this topic, it's always been one of my favorites regardless of what forum I'm on. Lot of good insight from plenty of people well versed in these dogs. I have always felt you get out what you put in and thats with anything in life. Knowing my kids will be around the dogs only makes me that much more motivated to ensure they are all properly socialized with each other, The majority of my dogs have been raised here from birth or close to it. I trust my dogs enough to be around my children when they are in the house or they wouldn't be in the house or anywhere near my kids, on the chain though, I have to be present and the dogs are locked away from anyone who would be in my yard whether child or adult, just to ensure no wanderers find their way into a chain spot. Most dogs I have owned do not act the same when on the chain compared to in the home. On the chain they tend to be a whole lot more wide open where as in the house they seem to mellow right down. I think it comes down to knowing what you have. My kids are a big help here, they help walk, feed, clean, bathe, whelp and even heal from the time the dogs are born till they leave here or die here so the kids are just another master to them in their eyes. The reality here is the Females attach to me but will still be attentive to my daughter or son, more so than they are to me when the kids are around, ( with the exception of my Lil Miss Geach, that bitch worships me and only me) but the males ALL attach themselves to my daughter. They end up becoming so protective of her that I never trust them out when she has friends here. One wrong reach or horseplay could trigger a protective action in the males therefore I don't set the dogs up to fail by ignoring that little truth... Thats is what I meant by knowing what you got...