Of course there are some breeds better geared toward certain types of 'work' and typical LGD's wont do a long send and arent high on consistant OB but it can be done with a select few and in Russia the CO's are used as guards and military dogs.
My CAO is 1yr and he does have a distrust of strangers and he is probably the most socialized dog in the world...Machin
e shops, sheetmetal shops, oceans, schools, playgrounds, elevators, crowed NYC hotel, escalators, guns clubs, walking on strange surfaces, opeing umbrellas, loud noises, petstores, long car rides, parks, camping and had more people handling him as a pup. One thing he didnt do is seek out attention from people outside his family...ppl could pet him but he wouldnt look for you to pet him. and still without a proper introductions, you couldnt just go up and pet him. I let people pet him when they asked but I personally dont like random people handling my animals.Â
My female CO she is only 25wks old and very much a puppy in so many ways...but I met her momma LOL
A dog that is unstable, weak nerved, fearful etc...would never belong in sport training....a most of the time, the pups go to their new handlers at 6wks so they dont go through puppy pack dynamics
Watching a dog and handler perform in any type of work is such a beautiful thing to watch...whethe
r it is a seeing eye dog, a shepherd and his LGD, police dog, bomb detection dog etc...it is amazing watching the two work together
Here are some links
http://www.germanshepherddog.com/http://www.leerburg.com/schusa.htmhttp://members.aol.com/malndobe/frring.htm