# Dogs **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dogs/252032 "2010-05-10T12:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![1BIGMOFO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d9b06d/32.png) [@1BIGMOFO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1BIGMOFO)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dogs/252032/10 "2010-05-10T12:55:10Z")
> [@hmmm...Lions on GI ??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmmm-lions-on-gi/31801/22): > > Lab as stated. They are smart dogs and great in family settings. > > I had a German Shepherd (pure bred) from when I was like 8 till about 21. Good looking dogs and very smart as well. I’m sure he’d be fine with your kid as long as you got him as a pup. > > Mine developed a hip problem and within a month he was gone. Thank you for the info and I am sorry to hear of your loss. Thats another thing I am doing a lot of research on because my son will be 4 and I dont want him to have a dog for 3 - 4 years and have to be faced with death. I know its a part of life and we would deal with it but it would be nice to get a dog that has a 10 year life expectency… Thank you again --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dogs/252032)._