Keep an eye on the puppies you sell! - Page 1

I always see breeders planning a litter with a very special felling, and when the puppies had born and they are all sold, the breeder just forget about. The fact is that most dogs we sell just dont come back to the showsring or to working clubs! They are pets, so we loose most of our effort if we dont give those a follow up. I mean, we cant be insistent with their owners but if we can just see most of them from time to time we will be surprised how some of the just turn in magnific animals that could easely compete and make a career! If we just dont go look at what they had became, they will never get back in the world of breeders, so most of our effort will be gone! Had you take a time to look what you had produced!

Don't most breeders keep the best pups?

They try to, but the best at two months or forty five days isnt necessarily the best, most of time there are big surprises after look at a puppy sold two years before. Some dogs change a lot and became beautyfull animals! and some that me keep just dont go as well as we were especting!

Jose -- please -- that is the problem with GSD --breeding is not solely about dogs // should be about the people and their dogs -- so that is the purpose of breeding a GSD ?? in your mind ?? -- most of you show people -- you lost what the true meaning is to have a canine -- !! ' not about a dog having a carrer -- not about getting top placemant -- not about money !! and please for you who think it is to exhibit the breed -- if that were the case .. then why any placements?? why not : "these are the best representations of the GSD this year and these are the behavioral and structural traits that fits the standard and the breed -- this is how the best GSDs work and present " ??---- so not why that outlook ?? never mind Va/ V etc etc -- OK -- respond if you disagree : the purpose of the GSD is almost a recapitulation as to why day one the wolf and man gravitated to each other -- for the love of companionship with the partnership and union to work and survive / owning a GSD should be about the LOVE abd RELATIONSHIP we have for our dogs and our puppies pass onto others -- -- and what highest place could a GSD have but beside a loving and loyal family ?? the dog does not to need to be shown for it to be decoted /loved / and a working companion !! I breed just so someone can say , and for no more or less --- this is a GSD , a family pet that we can love and stake our life on ..BTW -- i will place my GSDs next to any GSD .. even any VA .. and it will take no back seat - whether placed in a family or at some exhibit

While there is great pride and prestige in breeding a VA dog as many very knowledgeable and dedicated breeders go a lifetime without one, the purpose is to breed better dogs. The purpose of all shows is to demonstrate and judge for the benefit of breeders the particular strengths and weaknesses of each dog. As all of life has costs and in particular travelling, showing, training, and breeding dogs, it is necessary even for the hobbyist to recover their expenses. Accordingly it is wise to campaign your dogs to show their best attributes and gain recognition as this makes your pups more saleable. Ultimately dog people universally continue to enjoy the companionship of dogs. That is one of the great strengths of the GSD----the ability to relate to people. The mission of breeders both fully professional and hobby is to raise the bar on temperament, health, function, structure, and even beauty because there is nothing wrong with a best friend who has all of these in abundance.

Good, I agree the SHOW ISNT ALL IN GERMAN SHEPHERD, yet it is necessary! It helps to promote the breed. I think the better part is relly to produce usefull animals, but the shows are also important. When I say thats important to followup a puppy, in order to bring him back to the ligths of the breeders is because I believe the world should see what is produced, I breeder should know when he is doing right, as well he should see when he didnt go well in his breeding program. I am not only talking about titles, I agree that not the objetive, yet it may a consequence of a responsable breedind program that consider not only conformation aspects but the most important "THE HEALTH AND THE TEMPERAMENT" of the dogs we help to bring at the world. We are responsable for the German Shepherd prestige at the canine world. Let do it right, with passion! LOVE abd RELATIONSHIP! yes I agree! whith beauty and whith the most important "WHITH WORK ABILITY!!!!!" Yes...

As usual, I think I'm seeing something different here. Jose-- You're saying you would like to see the puppies later on--when they've grown up. Keep in contact with the owners to see the good and bad---so that you can make better breeding choices for the betterment of the breed. Yes??? Knowing your love for the dogs, and the other thread you posted on HD, that's my take on your post---not showing tops companionship.

Never mind, Jose--I see your answer---You type faster.

I really didnt understand, can you say it again in other terms, I am from Brasil and speek English, but it is not my native language.

I mean, What does "not showing tops companionship" means?