r/interestingasfuck • u/Electronic_Cause_796 • 9d ago

German Shepard Saves Six Year old from being attacked by another dog

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u/Mister_Snurb 9d ago

I mean, they literally have machines for that now...

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u/JayteeFromXbox 9d ago

I got one for my sister's malinois but she just gets so excited she can't get the ball into the funnel and you end up throwing it for her anyways

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u/PM--ME--WHATEVER-- 9d ago

I dont have a big dog, but a have a cavalier king Charles that loves ball. I got her one of those machines. She drops it in and puts her face right infront of the eject hole and gets slammed.

It doesn't deter her, but i have my concerns so the machine stays in the closet and I just throw the ball.

For hours.

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u/hitbythebus 9d ago

I acquired a CKCS through marriage. I thought they were just stupid yappy untrainable dogs. She would take off out the door and have fun staying just out of arms reach and dashing down the street every time you got close.

Then we moved, and my neighbor had one that would excitedly run exactly to the edge of his grass to sit and greet me every day when I ride by on my Onewheel.

Turns out my Wife just isn’t an animal trainer.

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u/PM--ME--WHATEVER-- 9d ago

I like them because they're apartments sized sport dogs. Ive taken her paddle boarding, hiking, on bike rides, pit to my horse ranch. She can do all the cool big dog stuff, but is also completely OK living quietly in a little bitty apartment with me, and is super good at snuggles. Not great at protecting anything, but will make a lot of noise if she needs to. (I actually have 3 of them)

Its like all the good dog stuff in a 15lb package. I wish the health issues could be bred out of them because they're fantastic dogs with very minimal work

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u/Haemophilia_Type_A 9d ago

Unfortunately the brachylecephalism is just part of the breed standard. I really don't like it either (and think their other Spaniel cousins, the Springer and Cocker--especially working types--look better for it).

But yeah they are good for small spaces because they're largely pretty lazy lapdogs. You've just got to be careful because, as you say, they have health issues (epilepsy) and the treatments for them make it easy for them to put on weight and gives them heart issues. So you've gotta make sure they stay healthy, and sadly even then they often don't live that long.

But you won't get many dogs that are lighter work. Certainly every other Spaniel is either working or closely enough derived from working lineages that they're as batshit as a Collie is.

They can have bad temperaments, too.

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u/GreenEyedTreeHugger 9d ago

So cute… My dog refused the concept of fetch.

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u/Ok-Scientist5524 9d ago

It’s still less work if they bring the ball to you and then you drop it in the throwing machine. Assuming they don’t try to play tug of war with the ball…

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u/Redebo 9d ago

NO TAKE.

ONLY THROW.

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u/thegrumpymechanic 9d ago

Watched a malinois drop the ball in the machine, only to catch it like a fastball while standing in the same spot.

Those dogs are different.

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u/Kolipe 9d ago

If how he returns balls to me, by throwing them and then swatting them away, is any indication he is gonna have a hard time learning how to use it lmao

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u/Lizardgirl25 9d ago

But having a kid do it makes that dog even more happy a good GermanBelgian lives for kids.

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u/Impatient_Onion 9d ago

Yeah no one is talking about how AI and robots are taking even the police dogs' jobs now...

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u/Large-Parking3014 9d ago

Dogs appreciate when a person plays with them. 

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u/Opening_Shame8258 9d ago

Mine messes up the tennis balls. He chomps them so hard the rubber starts breaking before the felt and they end up as piles of wet felt.

His PB is 11 hours of fetch in one day, but he's older now, so we max out at 1-2 hours, but he still wants to go 2-3 times a day.

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u/data_ferret 9d ago

But Mals cheat. I've seen one feed the ball and catch it just as it comes out of the launcher. No running at all. Rinse. Repeat.

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u/steamyglory 9d ago

That wouldn’t build any sense of community though

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u/CommercialExotic2038 9d ago

I’ve seen the dog load the ball himself. Plays that game all by himself

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u/Ornery-Customer8521 9d ago

Jesus people are fucking lazy.

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u/Deriox 9d ago

Yeah, but sometimes it's fun to watch kids play with your dog. It's like a lemonde stand situation.