puppy pics from jorah's breeder!
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Comments (40)Oh, Colleen, Calvin sure is a cutie pie! He looks so serious under his nice shady hidey place. Thanks for posting the picture and please keep the pix coming. Giving Bonnie a haircut wasn't easy. Puppies are a challenge, but first haircuts are the worst. It's not easy to give a haircut to a moving target! For doing around the eyes I use thinning shears. They are blunt on the ends. They give a nice raggedy natural look around the eyes. Straight or curved regular blades tend to give a chopped look I don't like. To work around the eyes I grab a hunk of beard to hold their head steady. I don't want to take any chances of poking them in the eye. I think if you call a groomer and ask for a tidy up on a pup who's not quite ready for his first full haircut, and take in a bathed and brushed/comed (to the skin -- no mats) dog they aren't going to charge you much or take very long. It would probably be a good junior practice session for Calvin too. I wish you lived next door. Our pups would have such fun romping together and we could train them together too. :)...See MorePuppy is being very aggressive. Please Help.
Comments (25)Daggett, I agree with Eandhl. You did the right thing to call your breeder. She did the right thing to come and get the pup and give you a gentle pup. Your breeder sounds like an excellent, responsible breeder to me. She will observe the pup. It is very likely that the pup temperament tested just fine and showed no sign of anything wrong before you got him, and yet there is something wrong. Some problems take a while to manifest and show up. Breeders aren't gods and they can't know everything about how a pup will turn out to be when they are only 8 weeks of age. Nobody can. Nor can they be blamed for everything that could possibly go wrong. If they're doing their best to be informed, conscientious and responsible, that's the best anyone can do. Your breeder seems to fit that description beautifully. I have never lived with that breed so I don't know what is normal, but based on all the different breeds I have known and the many, many puppies I've raised, I find your description of this puppy's behavior worrisome. It may or may not be serious, but it's good that the breeder will be holding him back and observing him carefully. I know of a case recently where a very good breeder sent a pup of a nice tempered breed home with a nice family. She took the pup back at 6 months of age because he was growling and snapping at the children in the family. She didn't know if the children had provoked it or what had happened, but she did the responsible thing -- and way more than that. The dog behaved strangely, growling at the wall at times, just weird. She worked with a behaviorist, but this didn't sound to me like anything a behaviorist could fix. She took him to the vet. And finally, she took him to a university for a very expensive CAT scan. What they found is that the pup was actually missing the left frontal lobe of his brain. It simply was not there -- some sort of birth defect. She showed me the pictures. She continued to work lovingly with the dog, but in the end the dog had to be destroyed as he was large and posed a very real threat to humans and did bite. When he wasn't being dangerous, he was the sweetest dog you'd want to meet. His breeder was the best you could ever find. She was heartbroken, but she gave that pup every chance. She then sterilized the parents and quit breeding for good. It was a very sad story and I really felt for her. I used to breed and show dogs. I once purchased a dog who acted somewhat like what you're describing at just 9 weeks. I'd never seen anything like it either. I put the pup on a plane and sent him back to his breeder. I found out later that the mother of that pup had a horrendous temperament and never should have been bred. I hadn't been able to find that out in all the research I'd done beforehand. Fortunately, the breeder took the pup back and returned my money. I wanted that pup to show and breed. There was no way I was going to breed that temperament; I didn't even want to live with it... and I teach dog training. But there's nature and there's nurture, and at 9 weeks old we are generally looking at nature. There is also something called "rage syndrome" in some breeds of dogs. We don't fully understand it and it's likely that there is more than one cause for what is being lumped under that heading. Some cases have responded positively to epilepsy type medicine, as it's like the dog is having some type of seizure. Other cases are being attributed to other causes, or are simply not yet understood. In many cases the dog has to be destroyed. Congenital problems are not always possible for a breeder to spot, or easy to avoid. Some problems might be in a great grandparent, and might only affect one pup out of a litter, skiping generations. Conscientious breeders are doing great work in many breeds establishing much better record keeping, and working with the scientific world to try to eliminate defects from their breeding programs. This is costly for them and they have my deepest respect and best wishes. There is a great deal about the brain and behavior that scientists, doctors and veterinarians simply don't know yet. In time, hopefully we will have much better answers, and better tests to be able to tell whether a dog is simply like Linda117's dog, or whether is has a physical brain anomalie or a chemical imbalance of some sort. We will probably see medicines and techniques emerging to overcome some of what we are unable to overcome today. But for now, you did exactly what you should do, and so did your breeder. I wish her and the pup the very best of luck. Let's hope that has a happy ending for everyone, and she truly owes you no more explanation than she has already given you, and undoubtedly at this point has no better explanation. In the meantime, I'm very glad that you have a nice mellow little cuddle bunny there to love and cherish, and to enjoy for years to come. I hope you will be posting of many happy times together....See MoreTop Puppy Tips!
Comments (51)Thanks sueb20 for leading me to this great discussion, We need all the help we can get with Ollie. Rescue dog…we think he was in a crate most of the time because his little back legs (part Dachshund says the Vet) were so weak. And the van ride, in a crate, was 28 hours. I don’t think he was ever fed in a bowl…kibble just thrown on the crate floor. He is a little skittish about putting his face into a dish. Will not get into or stay in the crate. Rather than being a haven for him, I think he thinks of it as jail. All that said, I do think the Rescue does the best that can be done. It can’t be a one on one situation. Potty training…today Ollie got an A+, but yesterday….a D. He is trying so hard to please us, but it is going to be a long haul. He loves to ride in my husband’s truck…one reprieve : > }...See MoreAdopting a puppy when you are 65
Comments (17)My first question is: Do you really want a puppy? A positive reason for getting one is that maybe now you are retired and have the time to devote to a puppy - they require a lot of care and attention, just like human babies. So if you are home all day anyway, that could be good. The negatives are that puppies grow quickly into young energetic hyperactive ill-disciplined dogs. They will require a lot of exercise, unless you get something squat like a bulldog. They will also need a lot of training, otherwise they get out of hand quickly. Do you like to hike? Go for long walks and explore outside of your neighborhood? If so then you can handle a teenage dog. If you spend most of your days inside, on the other hand, you might not be the best home for a young dog with lots of energy. In that case you would be setting the dog up for misbehavior. This is why older dogs are often a good match for older owners. They are happy with a walk around the block twice a day and being in your company the rest of the time. But if a puppy is the right match for you, then I say go for it. Now, you need to find a good breeder. Here is the quick way to determine if you are talking with a responsible breeder. If you walk in the door and they are willing to sell the dog, then they are not a good breeder. If the dog is simply inventory to be moved, then you want to move on. For a responsible breeder, placing the dog is more like an adoption process. They will want to know about you, your lifestyle, your home and yard, and your experience with dogs. My first breeder turned me down after I met with her and the dog. She didn't think I was the right person for that dog. I was willing to put down $2000 and she said "no". That's the difference between a responsible breeder and someone who is breeding dogs for profit. I hope that helps. What kind of dog do you want to get?...See MoreNinapearl
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