A mentally sound German Shepherd shouldn't be. But that's why we shouldn't encourage puppy mills and back yard breeders who aren't careful about socialization and the genetic components of temperament.
There are different types of aggression in dogs and not all German Shepherds are aggressive. The German Shepherd is a herding type dog and extremely intelligent; however, they are a breed that tends to have a high guarding drive. There are many reasons why a dog could become aggressive. It could be health, social, or incident driven and it is usually best to find a professional who works with the breed and is qualified to assess and re-train such a dog.
They are FAR from aggressive, protective yes but never aggressive unless threatened or abused to be that way.
Further more German Shepherds are police dogs and from such working lines are supposed to take down a criminal, they may look aggressive in doing this but are only gripping a certain part to restrain, a dog is only aggressive and this is any breed in fact if the owner can not control it and doesn't make it clear that they are alpha.
No, not generally.
Their is no exact number, but German shepherds are third most popular dogs in the world, so think about it.
Alot of people.
That is not true. There is nothing stating that Jewish people will not own German Shepherds. As a matter of fact, many German Shepherd police dogs are trained in Israel and imported into other countries.
German shepherds are also called Alsatians.
There is no information on the actual cost of the Gosselin's German Shepherds. Those dogs were not German Shepherds but a mix so not much.
German shepherds come mostly in brown and tan colors
no. White German shepherds are not recognized by the K.C
Of course not! they can hear perfectly well. The only difference between white German shepherds and black and tan German shepherds is their colour!
As a whole, a lot of people see them as Beautiful, or intimidating, or even cute. Its persona opinion. Personally I see them as intelligent.Depends who your asking? Personally I think that they are loyal, cute, intelligent,loving dogs but since most military dogs are German Shepard's some people are scared of them.
Some people think that pit bulls are more protective than German Shepherds. Some people think that German Shepherds are more protective than pit bulls. It all depends on the person and their opinion.
German shepherds are mostly common in Germany since that is their origin.