Selecting a working puppy - Page 2

sueincc.. yes there are diffrent factors to consider and some  to be concearned about .. my friend's canine : we can break a chair on this dogs head as he is on the sleeve and he wouldn't even flinch ..[ he has a kill instinct] ...  ok .. i am telling most folks here somehting they already know :" this dog is high in aggression , the bite suit is 6" double thick !! , he is high in harndess/ very very high  ..he  can take more than a hit !! ... and this dog  takes a meteor to stress him ... So ... IMO not the kind of dog you want for sport... my thought---  this is a dog i would personally put aside for police work selection too unless i worked the tact unit on the slum steeets of my neighborhood growing up. you can take it or leave it .. don't underetimate the quality and the quatity of the specific traits. and be careful for what you wish for becuase you know the expression .. you just mught get it ad more than what you bargained for !! one last thought .. some traits seem empirically linked : such as : all the canines that i have seen as independent, dominireering, agressive  ... they are the ones that usually had the inclination to be ' protestors ' and / or  you can often see those traits in intense form for handler biters. !! now i can't prove that sttatement , but observing and empirically ...   if you have worked a lot of dogs i think most would generally agree. !!.... puppy selection is very very important and also if you are a breeder placing pups to the right matching home.

Alpha, I fully understand what youre saying, but I personally wouldn't look for anything different whether i was shopping for a PD, SCH or PP puppy.  But that is a personal preference. 

I just want to add, there's know right or wrong answer to the question it's all about personal preference.

In your opinion Alpha, in your opinion.  I don't share your opinion.

i always keep in mind there are many that read these posts ... opinions .. at least we can acknlowledge / accept each has their  opinions..  but for others reading the post .. i don't pay heed to 'prey drive' as such[ that just means the pup woill chase something - to boiler plate & cliche for me] .. i want  to see a 8 week pup climb a stair , run in a tunnel , run through a sprinkler..and more .. .all for the bite / i want to see if when i throw a ball that  the pup not only wants to run fast  and get it but i want to see what the pups does  when it does gets the ball . WHY .1. . it tells me about the pup .. and 2... after selecting the pup . what comes next ?? " how is one best going to train the pupas an individual !!. the biggest pet peeve i have .. oneshould  never train a dog , not knowing the dog  !! so even before i bring that pup home .. i already have a very good extrapolated idea of how i am going to connect with this pup and how /what i will  teach it .. /[ i start them in everything at 8 - 10 weeks] .  again just an opinion and --AOK .. others here take a different tact-  i can accept that. others just  reading at least have  a variety of posters' input .

Alpha what is your breed of choice?

           ALPHAPUP,,,,What is it you like to see a pup do when it gets the ball,,,????


                           Deanna...: )

Alpha, cliche? Ok, we had this discussion a couple years ago. And I hate to take this furthur of coarse than you already have, but I have to. So if you don't use terms like prey etc., please post a video of a dog doing buitwork and describe everything that is going on and everything you see without using these "cliche" terms. I'm really curious and actually looking forward to your take without them. I'm not trying to be funny or start a fight. I would truly love to hear what you have to say.

I've always thought someone could carve out a niche for themselves and make a tidy sum if they could pick out all the stars in litters, raise them up to a year, get hip/elbow/spine clearances  and then sell them.  The trick would  be picking out the stars and then of course, not screwing them up in that year, basically just teach them manners.