Would you sell your 8yearold champion? - Page 2

I agree with Ms  Vice Pres Elect Veronica K9...it is not always because of more than 3-4 dog,,,also the older bitch makes some older couple a loving pet and you have a couple of new girls to title and maybe your health is failing and  you desire a female or male ,,chp. to go to somones forever home....   I know a lot of breeders and trainers give a gsd away at 8 years old or will sell one for a miminal fee,,,,called a rehoming fee.....not about money at all........I love all my girls and it hurts me to sell or move one..but last month I sold one of my 7 year olds for what I sell a pup for.. To assure that this man and wife would honor her and be her new family......

I get to see her whenever and I get updates and pictures when i want them......so now that I have to gear down,,,my body and heart have two different paces now.......its called    AGE>>>>>>>>>>

I see alot of these ads and my first thought is "how rude" to the dog. Then I remember....I did this once too. I bought a titled import at 4.5 years of age. Because she was bred and due soon I did not think it was a good idea to introduce her to the house dogs. Long story short.... she lived in a kennel. I made her a better one than when she arrived, it had a 5'x6" sleeping area in a insulated  heated 8'x16' building. Her outside run was 16'x50'. Every day she was walked in the woods or taken for a drive and then a walk in the woods. I felt like crap because the inside girls would not accept her. Ya know if you spend 2 or 3 quality hours a day with a dog they spend 21 or 22 hours alone. It ate at me constantly and she was given away to an elderly couple. I kept in touch and it was the best thing I could have done for her, or I like to believe it was. One of my last letters from them said "I am still her chef and chauffer, when she is gone I do not know what I will do as she is not replaceable. Just looking in her eyes tells me someone very special lives there." But I do feel when these dogs are nothing but a commodity and can no longer make you money they are gave away or sold and new young stock is bought...this is wrong. They are not pieces of meat.....

I rehomed Mira's mom, I believe she was around 6 years old, she was rather large for a female, weighing
close to 100 pounds, and also very friendly, cause her entire background was search & rescue, find a person
to love, she was too friendly for a GSD, a stranger could just walk in and pet her, so I new she could adjust well
in a new home, but she was the exception, I believe.

She went to a very loving home where she was the only dog.

I wouldn't rehome any of my GSD's after the age of 2, because they are faithful to their family, and have become
very attached, it seems since I've been breeding the DDR bloodlines, they are extremely smart and more serious
than other bloodlines I've had in the past, and they would probably be waiting for you to come and get them after
they went to a new unfamilar home.

You'd have to pry my dog from my cold, dead, hands... a bit morbid, but you know what I mean.

When you see these 8 yr old dogs for sale, they were just breeders, not family dogs. They lived in a cage about the size of my bathroom, not on a leather couch. So, when you see one for sale - knowing it'll probably go to a warm home, be glad it's no longer going to live the life of a baby machine.

For the males, they'll hopefully live the rest of their lives protecting someone's kids - taking up most of the bed every night.

It's sad... but what do you do when you have 10-15 dogs in your kennel and they're done breeding? I don't think these are "hobby breeders" that are getting rid of these dogs. If it really bothers you, don't do business with this type of breeder. I know I will definitely take this into consideration if, and when, I get another puppy.

Sell?  Probably not. 

Gift to the perfect person and home?  Very possible

I bet my boots that most breeders would sell to the first stranger that comes up with the cash, needless to say that they would not even ask where and how the dog will be kept. They use a dog , to make their name and reputation and then its simple. You advertise in the database and get rid of the old newsance.Why keep it since you have his or hers super pups? Kick the bagger out and carry on winning trophies. The least they should do in my opinion is get into the burden of finding a good loving home for it WITHOUT ASKING FOR MONEY. Havent they made enough out of the poor dog? It is when I see ads in the database that I get really mad. The cheapest trick of all is that they announce all its titles and achievements so that they can get rid of it as soon as possible. Because kennel space seems to be worth a lot more than the soul that was dedicated to their commands. SHAME, SHAME. I am also a breeder and I have given dogs to my friend's families so that I can visit from time to time and check on their well being and help where I can with their old age problems. I feel at ease knowing that they are safe and close by , with people I've known  for years, NOT just any stranger.Some of these retired dogs can still compete in veterans shows you know and by God they do enjoy being out their again, thinking that they can still be of some use. Love them comes before Use them in my opinion, and gratitude to your breeding base will give you respect from everyone in dog world.

 Never! Dog's are not disposable, you bring them home make them a part of your family and they stay with you until their end.

Stop making excuses for getting rid of your dogs, maybe you should not have brought one home in the first place.

NEVER ! DOGS ARE FOR LIFE.. ITS CRUEL. THEY GIVE YOU THAIR LOYALTY YOU GIVE YOURS IN RETURN.

Oh Boy, had PETA taken over the board?

I have kept my dogs through the hard years (all their life) but I think the breed is more adaptable to rehoming than some give them credit for, without deleterious effects.

I would wager that the typical police or military dog may have more of an attachment to its handler than many pets, but it is SOP for them to go to different handlers over time.

I have seen a few dogs rehomed - one was a SAR dog who was retired to a pet home, and they have done quite well getting the extra attention in their new home.