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by hellsbeast02 on 15 May 2007 - 21:05

I am hoping that I will hear from all the long time experienced breeders that are very well respected on this site for some advice. I am posting this for a friend, since I do not consider myself an expert.

Has anyone had a male pup that was slow to mature, both mentally and physically. By this I mean even at 10 months he acts just like a 4 or 5 month old pup and physically even though his ears did come up during teething they are still soft and flop when running. Everything that could be done or added to his diet has been done for his ears but his owner just decided to let maturity take care of it. My question is, if you produced and kept back this now stunning pick pup as a future breeding dog, would you just wait and let him mature or if excluded at what age would you make your decision ie: 12, 13, 15 months of age. Keeping in mind this dog willl make an awesome family companion or sport dog or even therepy dog.

Will genitics also play a big part in how fast the dogs mature? Are there some lines that mature very slowly? This dog comes from Yasko, Quando and Ursus lines?

Thanks so much in advance

Debbie

by DesertRangers on 16 May 2007 - 01:05

I have always had working lines for almost 20 years and the males are always slow to mature as compared to the females. By maturing in several mental areas such as drives and temperment. Yes they will act like puppies while being over a year old and over 75 lbs. Once mine hit 1.5 to 2 they really come into their own. Many breeders buy a pup hoping to be of high quality for breeding only to be disappointed later. I cannot help you on the ears as mine have always had excellent ears but I can tell you the chances are very slim at this age that they will ever improve, some may tell you a few mircle stories but overall the chances are low to see improvement at ten months of age. I do not even consider a dog for breeding until after two when hips/elbows etc are known to be good.. It is ok to keep one and hope but you have to be realistic to be a good breeder. Hope this helps..

by oso on 16 May 2007 - 01:05

I have heard that males from Ursus lines can be slow to mature.

by EchoMeadows on 16 May 2007 - 03:05

I don't think I would say it's necessarily "lines" here's the reason why... I have 3 Male pups from the same litter all are 11 months old, One still acts like a puppy, and still looks like a pup, one is high drive and very serious, and maturing physically and mentally in my estimation at an even pace. The 3rd pup was neutered at 4 months old, He has matured physically very fast, however mentally he has some catching up to do but is more mentally mature than the first pup. So in one litter of 3 Males that we still have here, all 3 are at different levels of maturity mentally and physically. I would have to lean more toward individual dogs rather than lines.

I also have a coming 3 yr. old Male that is physically beautiful and Mature, But he's a big baby, He's is such a silly and loves playing with puppies, and with us, He loves his cuddle time. My Big Male sitka, Is very Mentally mature has filled out nicely in his structure too, But is not quite the "baby" that this other dog is. Again even though they are not related at all, Makes me still think it's a matter of individual.

by sueincc on 16 May 2007 - 04:05

Working lines are slow to mature.

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