I’ve owned shepherds the last 30 years, my current one Lexi, is my avatar. I had a working line shepherd for about 6 weeks the breeder was looking for a good home for. Too much dog for me. The dog was very well trained, I wasn’t. High intelligence and very high drive. Like many have said above, I didn’t have the time to devote and would’ve ended up with both of us frustrated. Good luck sir.