Hi HFM
Thanks, he is only 10 months today, and VERY STRONG, I have never had another type of dog so can only speak for the GSD, they get a bad rap once in a while, BUT my STRONG BELIEF IS " there is no bad dogs just bad owners/breeders"
For an all around dog you can not go wrong with the GSD.
My wife owns a Golden Retriever,"Thor" and he is vastly different then Fischer, not worse or better just different...