So proud of my gsd girlie, she is 14 months old now and I had to take her to the vet for her boosters.  As we walked in the vet said " what a lovely boy he is "  She's a girl I said, and he was quite surprised as he said he hadn't seen a b***h that big for that breed for a long time.
Jabs were no problem, but then I asked if he could clip her nails as they were rather long, (we do lots of fields and beach walking) the vet seemed a bit wary and said he wasn't sure it would be that easy and could I get her into a half nelson, of course I replied.
She struggled a little and whined but it was no problem, I think he expected her to be aggresive, and because of her size was wary.
Cant say I blame him, but I was so proud of her, she is fantastic, and all the time I've spent with her from 7 weeks old has paid off when you hear a vet compliment you on what a lovely dog. love her to bits, and just had to share my pride.

Awww, im so pleased doggie is all healthy :)

In regards to the nail clipping, I dont think your vet should be wary, and my vets (maybe its just mine) always have 2 people in the room whilst doing things like this. One to hold the dog and the other to do what they have to do, and im normally stroking him to keep him calm.

Im thinking of getting a GSD at the moment. So im interested in all GSD posts, lol :D

Hi Gonzo

Thanks for your reply, I think because I'm on the Isle of Wight, the vets here seem  to work on their own with just the receptionist.

I love the breed, probably because my mum always had them from when I was 3 years old.  This is the first time I've had one of my own and am actually training her myself.  My mum is no longer here but fortunately I used to watch her training ours and remembered alot.
They are very loyal dogs, and Macey has been very easy to train, I dont work so I can spend lots of time with her, we have yet to master walking to heel, as she is such a big dog, I need lots of strength, sometimes she's good but other times she gets so excited.
I would recommend a GSD, as long as you have the time and patients, they are eager to learn and can be the softest dogs in the world when loved and respected.

Hi

I'm a GSD girl too - have a sable boy who will be three in October and a four month old b****h pup who is my pride and joy.  The boy has been hard work as he is real alpha material if we gave him half the chance but I adore them both and wouldn't have any other breed.  My other half was a cat person and these have been his first dogs and he now says that he wouldn't ever have anything but GSDs - there is something very special about them.

With our older lad we were forever being told what a problem dog we had and no one would come near us at training.  We have recently been asked to do some demos for our obedience class and he is beginning to win at agility where everyone tells us what a lovely dog he is.  There is something that makes you swell with pride when you hear comments like that :)

Jayne