Ishana ([info]ishana) wrote,
2005-07-19 08:52:00
Last night we went to the dog park. Coco was playing, and Jeff was throwing the ball around with the boys. A couple came up with a really cool looking dog. Here is our conversation.

Me: What a great looking dog!
Man: Thanks.
Me: What kind of dog is that?
Man: A German Shepherd.
Me: Really! I've never seen one like that.
Man: He's a long-haired German Shepherd. He's from Germany.
Me, smiling: Thus the name "German Shepherd!"
Man, snarky: No, he's really German. Most German Shepherds are not German.

The man proceeds to give his dog commands in German. Guess normal German-American dogs can understand English, but real German Shepherds must be commanded in German! Achtung!

They left, but before they did, their dog took a big shit in the middle of the soccer field. They didn't clean it up.

Guess that's what they do in Germany.

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[info]lupusyondergir1

July 19 2005, 13:39:48 UTC 6 years ago

German shepards that are trained with german commands are usually trained to be attack dogs. They can be really vicious.

[info]ishana

July 19 2005, 14:10:59 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, I get that. I have the feeling this guy wanted a "tough" dog. He was full of pretention. The woman said that the dog was pretty mean before he was neutered.

My happy-go-lucky dog just wanted to play! Heh... we can undo all that nazi training just with a bit of fun!

[info]rev_jo

July 19 2005, 14:27:14 UTC 6 years ago

probably because it's not a German Shepherd...sounds like a Belgian Turvuren...German Shepherds are always shorthaired..they don't have a longhaired variety..
so...he's speaking in German to a Belgian dog..sorry Mister..but the Reich didn't last..better parler-avec-chien..
and the German language obedience training is Schutzhund..mostly law enforcement uses it because most people don't speak German, so the dog would be getting very clear and unconfusing commands..
but i suggest, the next time you see the man and the dog, yell out "Plotz" ("down")and see if the dog drops..
and say that he has a nice Turvuren...hehehe

[info]rev_jo

July 19 2005, 14:29:38 UTC 6 years ago

correction: seems there are some longhaired, or "coated" german shepherds...
but they're not recognized because it's a mutation and not the breed standard...

[info]ishana

July 19 2005, 14:50:00 UTC 6 years ago

More evidence that the man was just too damned full of himself!

[info]ishana

July 19 2005, 14:49:23 UTC 6 years ago

Heh... I like that idea!

[info]rev_jo

July 19 2005, 15:41:57 UTC 6 years ago

i did that once to one of the drug-dogs they have at customs on the American side when i was coming back with my ex years ago...
they pulled us over and searched the whole car..only thing the dog found was a bag of Fritos..and the handler was pissed cause she thought she "got us"..so on the way out i yelled "Plotz" and the dog dropped..
woman did NOT look happy...
i couldn't stop laughing...but serves her right, judgmental wench..

[info]ishana

July 19 2005, 16:30:28 UTC 6 years ago

Does serve her right!

[info]ravenvoice

July 19 2005, 15:04:01 UTC 6 years ago

i should have trained my dog in his native tongue.

Schuyler please don't chase the cah
come on Schuyler lets go for walkies in the pahk.

he is a Boston Terrier. :0)

sounds like the guy was very full of stuff, but i know quite a few people that do train their animals using a foreign language.

[info]ishana

July 19 2005, 15:17:54 UTC 6 years ago

I'd love to hear commands in Boston-ese!

[info]prjt2501

July 19 2005, 15:13:59 UTC 6 years ago

> They left, but before they did, their dog took a big shit in the middle of the soccer field. They didn't clean it up.
>
> Guess that's what they do in Germany.

if they'd done that in germany, an older gentleman in a 3 piece suit and bowler hat would have collered him and told him if he didn't clean it up, he'd have the constabulary called on him...and when the police got there they'd wonder why the dog leavings were no longer on the ground, but jammed up the guilty guy's nose...

[info]ishana

July 19 2005, 15:18:48 UTC 6 years ago

Now that I'd like to see!

[info]prjt2501

July 19 2005, 15:30:47 UTC 6 years ago

i never saw that per se, but i did see the gentleman in question grab a tour mate of mine and demand that he toss out the ice cream wrapper properly, asserting that if he didn't, when the police got there because of his littering they'd have to remove the evidence with a pair of gloves on...

those of us who understood german on the trip were giggling insanely.

[info]ishana

July 19 2005, 16:28:11 UTC 6 years ago

Guess he'll never litter again!
;)

[info]summeranj

July 19 2005, 16:21:28 UTC 6 years ago

Hehe...Theron's sister used to train German Shepherds for showing and she would only train them in German. There was a reason, but I don't remember why.

That guy sounds like a huge jerk though.

[info]ishana

July 19 2005, 16:29:48 UTC 6 years ago

It makes sense to train them in a language that they won't hear otherwise, I guess, because they are less likely to get confusing commands from by-standers, etc.

But yes, he was a jerk!

[info]puddlediving

July 21 2005, 22:15:43 UTC 6 years ago

I am a new dog owner, and don't know of a dog park. Where do you go?

[info]ishana

July 22 2005, 02:35:08 UTC 6 years ago

It's not an official dog park, but it's at Delaware park at the soccer field near Rumsey & Delaware.

Very cool. Tons of people bring their dogs, let them off the leash, and watch them play!

[info]beckerbuns

August 5 2005, 16:38:42 UTC 6 years ago

Ew! Haha!

[info]ishana

August 5 2005, 16:41:55 UTC 6 years ago

What a cool icon you have! Did your husband take the picture?

[info]beckerbuns

August 5 2005, 17:13:54 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, last summer Dave took the picture. Actually, on my birthday! The bubbles were that synthetic rubbery-glue-smelling kind so they were easier to work with than the soap kind. :)

[info]ishana

August 5 2005, 18:54:36 UTC 6 years ago

You look like a faery!
:)
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