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After our three old girls passed away we decided we couldn't live dogless so we found two female German Shepherds being sold by a breeder whose mom was going to use them for breeding but she had passed away. The dogs are sisters. They were 10 months old when we got them in April of 2009.
Some people warned us that because they were females and littermates and had been together for 10 months that they would probably not bond with us.
I knew better.
We are retired. We interact with them together and separately. We had them in separate doggy obedience classes.
Today, they are nearly 3 years old, and no less bonded to us than our other girls were even though we got two of them as pups, and they were not sisters. One of the three we got when she was nearly five years old. She found a place in the "pack" and loved us without reservation like the other two did.
Our two shepherds can be scary with strangers, but with us they are total sweethearts and very affectionate. And they know their place within the "pack".
We live in the woods but don't let them run free. They do have free in and out access to a fenced area, and it makes me happy to see how happy they are.
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