puppy tests - indicative or BS?? - Page 4

vk4gsd, 

It is a new discussion for you, but for other's quite old. I looked up that Koos vid for this forum before, it isn't that hard especially if you want it for a discussion springboard. It shows the dog snarling and being  nasty because they were f***ing with the food bowl. It clearly was a learned and constant thing. I would never do that to any creature eating, it makes no sense to me. I wonder what Slamdunc got out of his conversation with Koos. It left me totally unimpressed but maybe there is something I am unawares even to this day?

I really doubt Slamdunc missed any point at all. More likely, it was the other way around.

bee, i am so sorry i have failed your expectations of me as a human being.

i am sorry that this discussion is a journey down an old well trodden path and that i am late on it

i am sorry that i failed to access the original pay per view professional science article

i am sorry that i did not put up the Koos link

i am sorry that i missed the point that slam did not miss the point but it was actually me all along that missed both points.

i am so sorry i have failed in your eyes, please just give me another chance, don't let this be the end after all we have been thru.

all the way with vk.

As some know I worked for a Belgian Sheepdog breeder--who shall remain unnamed--anyway when her pups were about 5 weeks old she brought them from her home to her grooming shop/kennel and she did that dropping pan thing but not conditioning them to it just seeing who was who. And that's the same thing I am doing. To add to my list of many things I don't believe in another is a remote controlled dog as I call some...............And no I don't have a super duper playground--I have a garage and patio on/in I store stuff and the pups being what they are have to explore everything. My pups are what they are and I believe that they are going to be that and I can't change it. But I also do believe that lots of socialization and exposures to different things can only help them along their journey..........

WD said:

 "A good puppy will tell you what he is capable of by watching his body language in any situation. Watch the ears and the tail. Show me the pup that walks down the street with his head and tail up high thinking he owns the world, and I will bet that unless some jack ass screws the pup up, he'll turn out pretty darn nice. The puppy that is calm and self assured, no unneeded hyper activity etc, all are signs of natural intelligence as well as just plain old confidence and good solid nerve."

I attended a Fritz Beiler seminar many many years ago and he referrer to this this pup as " The Sovereign pup ". His choice of a litter.