PINEVILLE WV, spayed F GSD, 4yo, sable-Owner surrender working line girl heading for trouble!! - Page 2

I suppose putting up fencing of some variety is out of the question?

Or getting the assistance of the relative who owns one of Molly's siblings, since that individual purportedly trained that sibling?

What about checking with the area PDs who have siblings of Molly's as K9s?  Perhaps they could either help the owner with training Molly, or refer the owner to someone who could help, or would be a suitable placement for Molly?

This dog is out of  registered sire/dam and is registered OR registerable. . . not sure if the owners got her registered when they got her as a pup. I asked about the name of sire/dam and the lady was supposed to look up her registration and let me know but she never did. I'll ask again . . . She is spayed (thank goodness!). . .The owners don't want her and dont have the time or money to spend on training or putting up fencing. The mom seems to be the only one  fond of her, but grandparents are very insistant on them getting rid of her since they are afraid she will bite the kids. Grandparents don't like the dog... . . Yes, she needs some boundries/guidance/training. . .  now being chained up again is going to make matters worse. . .Rehoming on the local 'free pets' FB only puts them in another inexperienced home or remaining chained outside as 'guard' dogs. . . it's a sad situation.

She could be one of mine, right look and age. If she one of mine I'll take her back. Why haven't these people contacted the breeder for help?

What about checking with the area PDs who have siblings of Molly's as K9s? Perhaps they could either help the owner with training Molly, or refer the owner to someone who could help, or would be a suitable placement for Molly?  I would expect the handlers of those dogs would have a good idea of what these dogs are like, and who knows? Perhaps one of those departments is looking for another green dog, or knows of another department that's looking for one? Granted, most PDs prefer to use males, but there are those that will use spayed females as well  It can't hurt to ask...

I WILL ask them if the breeder will take her back. . . We have breeders in southern WV who are not the most responsible. but they breed working lines who end up with  local PD depts. . . they could care less what happens to the pups once they get them sold.  The breeders will engage you in a conversation and can't tell you the breeding lines their dogs are out of but are anxious to tell you that they have puppies with a local PD in the area. . . .I guess bottom line is breeding lines are unimportant to the smaller PDs as long as the dog is able to do the job they need it for and expenses are kept down. I wish Molly's owners would reconsider and to want to spend time having her trained and get fencing up for her but that's not going to happen. Obviously if a murder in their back yard isn't enough to make them change theri minds about keeping her nothing will!! SO rehoming her is the only option. Our recourses for knowledgable trainers to go to is very scarce. . . some are available with a long drive if someone is devoted enough to do that, but most people aren't. Our local Pet Smart in Beckley seems to be the 'expert' go-to place for people to take their dogs to for 'training'....Molly dosen't strike me a s a candidate for PetSmart training  lol  ...I hope to meet her soon and at least get an assessment of her and more pictures. But in the meantime will see if the lady can give me sire/dam info. . . probably an 'Omega" or "Montana"  in the name. . . we're saturated with dogs from breeder with these names in their lines!!! Don't know them, do you???

You're referring to a breeder in WV, correct? Not this one actually located in Montana?

[Edited to add: not that the one linked above isn't problematic enough...but they don't breed working lines, as far as I know, unless they've changed 'direction']

Or is THIS what you're referring to? [Which, coincidently, does go back to the one mentioned above, the sire's from that breeder]  Dam of this dog is working lines...

Oh dear. . . any way to delete the excess duplicates of my last reply??. I did hit 'submit' more than once but the screen was froze up and nothing happened but evidently it did submit numerous times. SORRY!
The dog's registrations I've seen accompany some local owner surrenders in the past had dogs with Montana and Omega in their names, most likely bred down from those breeding lines you put the link to. But they also had  been crossed with ASLs and whatever else came their way, but breeders still like to keep the Omega and Montana in the name.   ..( At present I have no idea what the names are of Molly as haven't seen her registration) But thank you for posting that link as I've never taken time to research that breeding line. . . it seems to be a popular line in this area!

Send a PM to one of the mods and ask them to delete the extra posts. You can find their names/links in the TOS.