Hi I’ve got a german shepherd too who desperatly needs another shepherd to walk with, the only thing is he gets over excited when he sees another dog and some people mistake this as aggression (rearing up and barking etc), when he is a real softy, he’s a rescue dog and very sociable but can be very off putting when he acts up, once he calms down he’s brilliant its just the initial meeting, would your dog be up to such a dog I would hate to upset anyone, Zion is around 2 years old (don’t know exactly) and has been pushed from pillar to post in his short life we have had him around 9 months and tried several training groups but he just wants to play and hasn’t quite got the attention span to keep the trainers happy, if you don’t think your dog could cope with him that’s fine I’ll keep looking. Regards Jo