Kirschental - Page 2

A friend of mine has a Kirschental dog.  Going by the times I have seen the dog,  I have to agree with trac123 about the temperaments....

Good for you Frogman

I have never been disappointed to date.
Best of LUCK !!!

 "Rather sharp"?  LOL.  These are about the most biddable dogs I've ever seen, and "sharp" is about the last thing I'd call them.

Excellent kennel, very high percentage of really fine, great looking, versatile, biddable dogs.

In my opinion these are some of the nicest showline dogs around.  In general they are very trainable, have excellent all around health, temperment and structure.  I just titled my Amigos vom Kirschental to a Sch1 and we will be working on the Sch2.

Thanks for all the positive comments which fortunately outnumber the negative by a large margin. I was wondering how well pups handle the long flight from Germany and are they given water in their crate and should I be prepared to give her water right away on arrival?


Thanks


Frogman

The pups do fine and suffer no adverse affects from the flight - although they want to get out of the crates and can be vocal about it..

As for water, the crate the pup comes in has a water bowl attached to the front grate, and the pups are supposed to receive water upon arrival.  That said, I'd bring a water container that has a nozzle so you can pour the pup a drink through the bars of the crate into the bowl.  They will also be hungry - very hungry, in fact - so having a few cookies on hand to put in the crate is also a good idea.

If you are picking her up from Logan, I would not suggest letting her out of the crate at the airport.  If she wriggles away from you and gets loose there is too much traffic around the shipping terminals and too much risk of harm.

Thanks Donald, I will indeed be picking her up at Logan. I assume she will need to relieve herself ASAP so I hope I can get to an appropriate spot but grass at Logan is almost impossible to find.



Frogman

She'll have already gone in the crate a few times - she'll have been crated for about 12 hours by the time you finish running over to Customs in South Boston to get her paperwork stamped and get back to the shipping terminal to pick her up, and young pups can't last more than a few hours.  

The Lufthansa cargo terminal is at 112 Harborside Drive.  There are a few small grassy areas and medians around there, but you'll need to get a leash on her if you take her out of the crate.  She will most likely arrive with a collar on, but check with Marion to make sure.