opinions in selecting 10 week working pup - Page 1

i am considering buying one of the bicolor pups from this litter in above video and am not sure which of these2 to pick. if anyone can give an unbiased suggestion i would be greateful, as i cant tell any difference. they both seem to have decent prey for 10 weeks. what do u think????

I tried to copy and paste the link, but I can't get it to work....  Is anyone else having a problem?

I too am having a hard time picking a pup, I have 8 males to pick from , i know what you are saying , at least i have 3 more weeks to observe  and play with them yet. good luck  its very  hard

The darker pup, it may be wearing the blue collar.  Not the one with the lighter chest, if I had to decide form 2 minutes of video.

Jim

 I agree with Jim

 OP, I beg your pardon to ask a question to members visiting your thread about one thing I noticed, is crushed gravel good for puppies to walk and play on?

Thanks

I would take each puppy out of their comfort zone and bring each one to an area that is unfamilar to them.  For example, take them in the house and see how they handle the environment.  while it is there playing with say a child or an adult, test their sensitivity to noise.  Get a pot and drop it, see how each react to this noise and new surrounding.  Maybe new footing, carpet vs hardwood, concrete, etc. when it gets dark, have someone approach the puppies in an unfamiliar manner.  See which one stand its ground and move forward to investigate.  Another test would be to use the Lieberg test of the pain and on the back. 

If you are looking for a working puppy, they should display no adverse effect to picking them up by their "scruff" and put them down.  Put them on a table, see how they react to height.  Tail tucked in and whining, walk away. 

My puppies were showing much more aggression on the prey/rag...at 5 wks.  biting, thrashing, holding onto the rag with full jaws and being lifted off the ground with their front legs wrapped around the rag.  When they got a hold of it, they ran to a secure place and protected this rag.  If approached, they would try and bite your hand.  No sensitivity to any sound, strangers or unusual sounds. their pain threshold was strong.  They would get stepped on and come right back biting on my sleeve and thrashing.  Tested them in uneven landscape, snow and dirt, concrete and hardwood flooring.  High slopes with snow/ice to see their footing and how they found their way from bottom of the slope to the top.  To me showing a form of using their instincts to navigate and their ability to fight to get to the top without whining for someone to pickthem up and bring them to the top.  See if they run from the sound of  a dog barking at them.  I had my puppies at 5-6 wks go right up to an aggressive male in his box and they were jumping on the crate front while he was barking at them.  With tails wagging!   All linebred, Fero/Grief lines.  Just plain awesome to behold.

This video does not show me much to evaluate the puppies.  You need to see more before buying.  Go there with a checklist to test the puppies, not because they are jumping about and biting a piece of rag in familar surrounding, is this enough to evaluate a pup for working purpose.  JMO!

tenmom, put you video where your mouth is. show the video of the 5 week old pups!!

Sorry sable, I did not mean to come off bragging or anything like this. My information was just to help if I could.  Not to brag!  I really wish I had taken videos.  But didn't.  But take my word for it, I had several club directors and club participants come over (at different times) and tested the puppies at various ages started at 5 wks.  Their opinions were uniform throughout.  They visited at different times, etc.  "Have not seen such a high driven set of puppies like these for a long time" No sound sensitivity and very indifferent to an approaching strangers.  Seek human to interact with, Jumping over the foot and a half plywood that was set in place to keep them in, with no problem.  When they fell on the other side, bounced back up with not a whimper! I truly wish I had taken a video of them.  But please do not go into one of the familiar site negative chant here.  They were as I described them.  Even the runt that was half the others size, was the top of the list by everyone.  The one to keep.  But I couldn't since I promised him to a friend before the litter was whelped!  I stood by my word and he came for him on the weekend. 

Some litters mature faster than others. The breedings I did seemed to be very quick to mature and show plenty of drive at 5 weeks. Others don't. A summer litter may show better in some areas, where a winter litter may test better in some like flooring change, etc because you are limited to the house if you live in a cold area.