Natural Stack Puppy Critique Please - Page 1

This is Ulrike, The largest of the litter and the last live birth. It is hard to get a good stack on a 9 week old puppy. IMO, uneducated as it is, I am thinking I see more of the Showline build in him? There were 2 with his build, The other ( which was going to be my pick lol) Went to the person I purchased my male from. There are some pics of the others here too :) They have the build of the dad, pure working line. Mom is Show/Working.

Tatiana, Sascha, Ulrike, Mischa

Carina

Ulrike and Tatiana are my stalkers lol My son took one of his old fishing poles and made a Puppy Fishing pole. He ties a toy or rag on the end and plays with them, they love to chase it and bring it back, Ulrike and Tatiana will stalk suprisingly long. I have timed Ulrike stalking it up to 4 minutes without getting distracted. My son would move it just a hair and Ulrike would freeze, let it sit there a few seconds and start creeping up again, son would move it Ulrike would freeze etc. This went on for a full 4 minutes, I was impressed. The other pups were playing in the livingroom while this was going on in the dining room. Then they got interupted when Tatiana ( the most outgoing, first into everything, initiates the majority of the wrestling matchs) came and joined in lol both pups were stalking, it was cute :)

Shandra,

Did you only end up with 4 puppies?

Vickie

www.PowerHausKennels.com

No, there were 8. 1 went to the person I bought the male from, 1 went to my grandson, 1 went to a pet home. I have 4 in 1 pic and another pic loaded for the 5th, she step out of the screen as I snapped the pic of the 4 lol

Ahh, adorable pics, I just love puppies!  Nothing in the world can compare to puppy breath.

Therese,

They are cuties!  How are you doing?  Send me a PM and let me know.  We are in Houston visiting family this weekend, staying in Kemah.  It is probably my most favorite place here!

Vickie

AWESOME! My sister lives in Kemah, havnt been down there in a long while lol. I am doing good and the pups are fantastic :)

Gatta say Ulrike is an awsome looking pup. Nice head on him. Who are you keeping ?

Thanks for the compliment. When I weighed Ulrike last weekend he was at 23 lbs lol he is going to be heavy like his momma.

After observing the pups and using the volhard, right now I am leaning towards Mischa. She is a little more accepting of new situations, recovers quickly, has good prey and toy drives and is pretty much fearless, she is very attentive and studies whatever I am doing with interest. lol You can almost see the wheels turning. She is very inquisitive and loves to stalk. We have been playing sniff out the toy lately and she is getting pretty good at it. She has a bit more independance than the others right now, when walking her on a leash she does not hesitate to walk beside me whereas the others hang back behind me just a bit. She is also the first to understand Barriers and always waits til I go thru the door before she comes in lol Its funny, sometimes I will open the door then get sidetract and not go thru immediately and she wants to go in but stands there and looks at me like " Well, are we going in or what?" lol She was the first to get the hang of coming when called and going to an immediate "Sit" All of the pups, by the time they were 7 weeks, would immediately sit when they came to you, that was the only way they get fed, petted or treats lol Now if I could discourage them from jumping  on the couch when they come into the living area without discouraging the enthusiasm for jumping......

I did plan on keeping Aramina, she was going to be a real handful, into everything, fearless and always on the go but the person that got her has an eye towards competition or possibly police work since he is a police officer. He takes her with him to the precinct and of course everyone has already fallen in love with her lol. She seemed to have a real nose on her as all the pups do, they tend to keep their nose to the ground and use it more than anything else. It is a pet home but one that will potentially be more working related.

here is a pic of Mischa ( Me-Shka)

In this pic, I had been playing with Mischa and drug her toy on the ground when she wasnt watching and hid it in the bushs near the edge, easily sniffed out. This is her sniffing the trail lol its not a long trail but a start :)