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BBH, that's a good question, and let me explain my breeders point of view.big brown horse said:Sorry MP
Are you going to stick with the German short hair breed?
My breeder assured me this was the dog for me, so I purchased my dog from them.
I felt odd when a email prior to pick up was sent about their current food, I never was alerted myself that at four weeks they were eating Iams, not milk. Than I needed to pick her up ASAP and was given Bil-Jac food when I did pick her up. I was confused as to what food she was eating, still never asked why she was eating food at 4 weeks.
I have never had a puppy, just dogs from the pound, what??? that's fine. But never a purpose dog/puppy to help in the fields and be a family member. So I latched onto the breed because I can. I never understood the breed before I even met my breeder. DW had done the research, I read Joans books on the breed, and took it in as face value.
Yesterday my breeder brought forward several aged dogs of the same breed/bloodline which showed me what I was looking at.
I showed how I had worked w/ Sarah and she followed and did several things I taught her in front of the breeders. Even in the presents of another German Short Haired they were raising at 6 months of age was running all around the living room, all over the place, on the couch, hit the walls, and just high strung in general, Sarah followed my commands and pleased me by sitting down. Breeder said she (6 month old dog they wanted to trade) is crated and doesn't come in the house often. The breeder never did get her to do any command they asked her to do, and their bragging of clicker training, well I would think that dog has never been clicker trained. Peanut just sits if she hears a clicker, DW showed me yesterday even after years of not hearing it.
The breeders also brought a 2 y/o bloodline German Short Haired Pointer in the room, she was nothing less than beautiful. She was confident, secure, pretty, and off the hook as far as how she behaved. She was all over the place and the breeder held her down by the collar to make it seem like she had settled. She wasn't settled, and I could tell she was crated, not a family dog in the spirit.
If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have chosen the breeders.
I do like the breed, and I am not giving up just yet.
I like the stance and physical being of the breed, I like how they are confident and smart. I like their position and how they see the world. I like how they wanna smell and explore the world and to be forwardly active on what they think.
But the breed demands more attention than I am able to give. The issues brought forward of ranking as far as Sarah was concerned was a problem. But she was doing her thing, and it is what it is.