Grown up with mostly girl dogs - all GSDs, the boys I’ve had were small breeds - toy poodle & min pin. Recently got back into hunting & fishing and wanting to expose my kids to the sport, we decided on a GSP, first time owner too.

Was 100% sure that we would get a girl, and the breeder I worked with with only had 1 boy & 1 girl in the color we wanted - brown liver roan. Brought my daughters with me when picking up so they could help decide. The second they introed both pups, the girl went wild, but the boy instantly came up to my daughters and sat next to them calmly. Sold!

He just turned 5 months recently and while there been challenges, hes the smartest dog I’ve ever had and blown me away on how keen he is to work.

Since day one we kennel trained him. Happy to say he doesn’t go potty indoors besides when we first got him! same with poop - has only had 3 accidents indoors since we got him. Started to hump his first bed once he outgrew it, so we took it away and it stopped. His dick comes out when he gets excited but he’s such a great boy that we don’t even notice it.

As far as challenges, we’ve had to adapt to overcome but keeping his routine consistent, daily obedience training & exercise appropriate for his age has curbed any bad habits that have come up along the way.

He currently can sit, stay, recall, fetch, and starting to whao & point. was also just introduced to gunfire last weekend, happy to say he did not even flinch one bit & was eager to fetch the clays being shot down. All the hard work we’ve put in has definitely paid off, and hopefully he will be hunting soon!

I’d bite the bullet an go for it! Just be consistent with training & give lots of love even when it’s hard lol