Dog Owner Chat v2

[Jazi]

Yep, yep (little over a year old) & yep. Titles arent the most important thing imo. Both are all round family pets, Hermes is started on hogs and weight pulling. Midget is being retired & spayed after this litter. Just becouse a dog doesnt have titles, doesnt mean they are breed worthly.
Theres reasons behind the breedings, but Im not going into details since it wont matter to you.

Any ways, all puppies are at good weight, look & sound good. Most seem to have Hermes markings.

Except Hermes isn't even fully health tested, as he can't be at under 2 years old. He also isn't safe to start any significant weight pull training until he's at least 15 months but preferably closer to 18-24.

The ENTIRE point of titles is to prove that a dog is breed worthy. Be it sport titles or confo titles, that is literally why they were invented in the first place. So, yes, I would say that breeding two untitled dogs from what seems to be mainly untitled pedigrees does indeed mean that the dogs aren't breed worthy. "Family pets" just doesn't cut it- there are plenty of family pets out there dying in shelters, and GOOD breeders who are health testing and titling still get dogs that are "just family pets" in their breedings. Not every puppy in a litter will be a puppy that goes on to be bred- but you would think that a decent breeder would already know that.

Sorry, but this is not a breeding I would support at this point in time, and I can't really say that I agree with your good breeders etc stamp in your sig if this is what you consider good breeding.

[Nyxeva]

I'm planning on getting a Malinois puppy in the far future, and I have questions already written down for any prospective breeder. I'm curious to see how you would answer them about your litter, Voodoo.

As I want to get the right puppy, I'd be curious to know how you grade the temperament of your puppies and what steps you might take to ensure perfect matches? Also, given the potential for animal aggression in this breed, I'd be curious to know how your puppies are socialized? Do you do any early training in this process? I am also very into diet and health, so would be curious to know what the puppies are fed and what their vaccination schedule might be? At what age do you wean and place your puppies?

What kind of health testing have their parents had? What about their grandparents? What are some issues that you've noticed in your lines, and what are you doing to weed them out? Do you have an references I could call about you and your dogs?

[1120]

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LET ME INTO THE KITCHEN ASDFGHJKL;
no seriously
move

That's hilarious, we have that exact same gate for our dog and he does the same thing. If the kitty door on the bottom is open he'll lay with his head through it.

Thanks. It's so annoying, yet dogs are so adorable you can't help but forgive them. ^^
And I'd love to see a picture of your dog in the cat door. c:

[.muse.]

Personally, I'm very anti poodle and anything mixed with a poodle. Bad experiences, and working in the grooming salon for the time I did, didn't help.

But I also agree with the not wanting to approach guard dog breeds. Had a guy with a rottie mix try and say it was friendly, when it most certainly was not. Almost got bit, but thankfully the only bites I've sustained were from my great grandmas crazy poodle, and then my own dogs when rough housing with them.

[Rainbow Dash]

Dog breeds you don't like: I used to be scared of pit bulls since I got full-on attacked by one when I was five. I've gotten over it due to the sweet ones that come in for boarding but I still feel a little wary around them. Even though they're really cute and I can appreciate they're objectively cute.

As for general dislike; beagles. Never met a beagle I liked. Again, real cute, don't like 'em all that much. Awful awful sounds they make.

[Cardinal]

Don't trust these dogs. That murderous glare. They all need to be put down.

[.muse.]

Lol Cardinal
That murderous how dare you let me have fun at the river glare. Too cute though.

[Imzadi83]

I don't have any dog breeds I hate. All of the ones I dislike are just from an I wouldn't want to own one perspective. I met many individual dogs from breeds I don't care for that I've loved.

[MacGyver]

Oh Lord, everybody look out! Satan's spawn has arrived!

[Cardinal]

While I am kind of being silly its not a mix I would ever purposefully seek out for any reason, all the GSD/Rottie mixes I've met thus far have been very very similar to Juniper.. in a bad way. GRANTED we have a large quality of nerve bag GSD's and highly reactive Rotties.. Soooo.

Speaking of which. I made the mistakes, for the first time I can remember, of not having Junipers backpack on durring a walk.. Iwanted to keel her. Highly reactive to everything, jerking the leash around everywhich way and pulling so hard she was hurting me, not listening to a darn thing and not following even the simplest commands, and I really didn't matter to her at all and when she would come for treats she was way to rough, bitting and nipping. Never again am I forgetting her backpack. Never ever ever ever.