Age/Titles/Scores - Page 1

At what age do you folks figure the dog is mentally ready for the challenge and for the fight that will be issued in a trial?

Do you think that a dog that is preserved with lots of patience and training till the age of let's say 2.5-3 years of age do better than an 18 month old?

As far as Sport I guess it does not matter,but when you are truly testing the true character of the dog(true proofing)do you not think age matters??

So should scores be a deciding factor for selecting a stud or puppy?

At whatever age he LOOKS ready.

Not neccesarily. If the dog is ready, he is ready, more age will only make him older.

Yes, at 3.5 my dog is still getting better, more mature, more confident.

Hell NO!

Scores should never come it to the equation when picking a puppy or a stud. The dog will tell you when he is ready for more pressure.

I see I am not the only Shepherd addict  up early!!lollol

I,m at work, and boerd too tears just waiting for FRIDAY.

I,m at work, and boerd too tears just waiting for FRIDAY.

Kreiger
Izzys father was mature and good enough to be entered for the 2009 WUSV Championship in which he scored a high 7th place overall from around 143 dogs throughout the World, and he was only 3 years old then so i guess it comes down to how good the Trainer is and how good the Dog is and how mature the dog is as well. In another thread of yours i put two videos of this Dog for you to see one when he was in the WUSV on Obed and the other as a 8 month old Puppy in training, i do not believe you commented on them at all, if you did then i have made a mistake and i appologise, But you asked for Videos and i gave you two
Steve1

Krieger,

I think you can test at many different ages, however every dog mature at a different rate. If you follow all the way back to UTZ Haus Shutting he was known for produceing early maturity and his line was genetically predisposed to early mental maturity. So with that said, its basically all in reading your own dog and knowing his threholds before pushing them.

Take in my home. I have a 20 month male that is still puppy as all get out. However I have a female that is 12 months that demonstrates the ability to work at a level of a dog twice her age(following norm). So its all relavent.

This is a topic I have brought up on here before and was able to ask some very inttelligent people that were able to break down the genetic aspects of it to me as well as how it is inheritted and passed down. However take the zPS farm in czech.this was one quality they bred for so they dogs could be service ready earlier therefore extending there dogs shelf life for active duty.

So its all relative to the particular dog.

Lee you said I have a 20 month male that is still puppy as all get out. However I have a female that is 12 months that demonstrates the ability to work at a level of a dog twice her age(following norm).


Now is that because the there is a differance in bloodline or that one is a male and other is a female ? I know my female was much more matured at a young age then my male. (hell he is 6 and still hasn't matured)

Depends on the dog. I do feel showlines in particular mature slowly, so rushing titles in a young dog ends up really reflecting poorly later in performance.