Thread: Working the potential Brood Bitch ?

For sure and another good point.

in saying that a dog that wins a competition/Title on the day may in fact not be the best dog on the field.

When dealing with show dogs and breeding, how can someone gauge an idea on workability drive etc or when a line of dog is starting to reduce it's work rate with out trialing.It's all well and good to say "i Just know"...

If someone says to me ill bet the $50 i have in my pocket that .......

I would say "Prove It" show me the $50

A lot of people claim to have working dogs but really are only glorified dish lickers

I have a working line female shepherd who has never been trained to attack anyone, though she has taken down 3 people. I don't need a dog that is that hard but ended up with her. She comes from security working dogs and has it all through her lines and she would love to do it. We would do it if it where closer.I have trained her in obedience, but have stopped due to her protectiveness and she is bored with it.

2 weeks ago I saw a Nordemmstan GSD, training obedience, from Fax and Grazie he is about 4. I thought there would be some protectiveness in it and the owner said no but he has too much drive, sport dog. I thought of one of these pups.
Sometimes you don't know what you get even if you do train a dog.
Years ago I had a Dobx and someone dumbed her, she was pregnant to a boarder collie. Her pups turned out like her, my friends took the pups and they all where protective of home and family, the male I knew and he had no protectiveness.
I do believe the mother passes on more than we know. But that is if it comes from her inner not what can be taught to her.
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