Authenticity of the pup - Page 3

- Vk, because I just got an female to and I would not like to have pups from a male which is not titled. We love him as he is, with or without title, but from breeding perspectives is a no no.

-Sunsilver, I am going to fully finish my intro to ipo with him and then see what's happening with him. He's from a show line.

Time will tell, there are few things that I would like to breed from him and a few that I would not.

By the way, this is my female http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=2635022-luna-vom-team-angeleyes

Any thoughts on her lineage?

Rdt, manage the dogs carefully. No need to neuter. Get him a vasectomy if you think you really can't keep them apart for 2 weeks per year.

Jenni, it's mostly because I don't want to risk anything.

Here are the things I would not like to breed with him:

Big floppy ears, I had to tape them to make them stand up.

Huge body, he's 6.5 months old and already over 70 pounds even though I kept him on a good diet and he's not fat.


He's drive for work is really bad. Even he's food drive is really low.

I will have to wait a bit more until I decide, but I would like my future liter to be from high quality parents.

if his drive is that low, I'd be asking the vet for a thorough examination of his heart and thyroid.

LOTS of show line dogs are that way at that age. Not saying he's breeding quality- just saying no reason to jeopardize his health further by neutering. I totally agree with vk4 on this. And you can do a vasectomy at any age since hormones are not affected.

Thanks for the advice, I will look into it. I will most some pictures later on with him, he's an amazing looking dude.....

Re; the ears - my showline's ears were up when I brought her home at 12 weeks. By 14 weeks, they were down again, and didn't really go up again until she was nearly 9 months old! Here ears were fine after that, so don't despair. There is still time for them to go up.

 

Star at 8 months - you can see from the crease in the ear that they are still a little wobbly!  When I showed her photo to a breeder who had the foundation bitch of one of her lines several generations back in the pedigree, her comment was "Now you know where her big ears came from! That particular line ALWAYS had big ears!"