Anyone know anything about this dog? Tom vom Haus Pixner - Page 1

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I'm looking at a son of his and just wondering if anyone here has any comments on this dog.


Thanks!

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Looks a little heavy on the fast-normal hips for my  taste.

 

I saw Tom at the WUSV and he was a Very Memorable dog in terms of power in the protection phase. I don't think he scored well there, but he is a very strong dog. I also remember watching them do the tattoo check immediately after protection and he licked the lady in the face while she was looking in her ear. I was blown away and I will always remember that  I was impressed with his character.

A friend of mine had a half brother to Tom that he purchased from Helmut Huber, both were Ernst sons.  Tom also belonged to the brother or brother in law of an SV judge friend of mine.  From what I remember, Tom was sold just before the 2005 WUSV.  This is like 3rd party info and I wasn't there, but from what I was told the reason for the 60 pt. protection performance was that Tom bit the helper on his unprotected arm and wasn't about to let go.  His half brother had similar problems.  He was the type of dog that if you stepped on his foot by mistake, he would absolutely try and eat you.  He was such a cocky possessive animal that when the sleeve was slipped to him during protection and he was told to "platz", he would hold his head up high and the sleeve would never touch the ground.  You didn't dare approach him with the sleeve in his mouth.  He had to be commanded to "out" with the enforcement of an electric collar and then the sleeve could be carried away.  You could not heal him away from the sleeve.  My friend happened to bump into Herr Huber while traveling to the WUSV as a spectator and he asked him, "How do you get the sleeve away from XXXX?".  To which Helmut chuckled and replied, "You don't!"

Just an FYI that Ernst seems to throw some handler strong dogs and I know for a fact that Mink absolutely throws handler strong progeny.  Not saying you don't have enough experience to handle such a dog, I don't know you.  My friend was an experienced handler/trainer having competed twice at the WUSV himself but he was forced to sell the dog because of risk factors around his wife and newborn.  Good luck with your decision, hope this was helpful.

Tommy trained for PSA with my club. He took first at regionals but your right about the outs. He is a VERY powerful dog, beautiful to watch in protection and OB.  He just doesn't like to out, especially if the decoy puts it to him. He throws pretty pups, with alot of bone and nice structure.