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So I recently put a deposit on a puppy, due in early December. Now I'm debating whether to scrub the whole thing. I have had Beaucerons for years, at one point we had 8 in our house, my husband is the German Shepherd person in the house. Anyway, I put my last Beauceron, Java, to sleep 3 years ago this week. My husband and I agreed recently that I really did need to get a new pup to have a dog of my own to work. I haven't been "dogless" all this time, we have a dog business and we constantly have dogs in house for training in addition to my husbands dogs and my children's dogs we have 6 dogs, 5 of which are GSDs. I have been looking for a Beauceron, but don't love what is being bred out there, and don't want to import a dog (the last 2 I imported from France were a huge disappointment). I constantly have new people at the Schutzhund club ask which dog is mine, and I say "none". But I always have a dog or 3 to work that are here for training so it's not like I'm bored. While I adore GSDs and feel they are absolutely the best all-around working dog, they just don't make my heart go pitty-pat at the thought of one as my dog. Part of me thinks, well when I get the puppy I'll love it regardless and part of me thinks I should just not get a pup until I find a Beauceron pup I want, but that really could take years since most of the breeders I trust are scaling way back.
The GSD litter I have a deposit on is a fantastic breeding, and we have 4 dogs from this kennel in our Schutzhund club currently, so I have a pretty good idea of what I'm getting. So it's not that I'm hesitant about the breeding at all.
Sorry, just venting I guess.
Here's a link to the pedigree, it is a repeat breeding of this girl.
Layla von Hugelblick - German shepherd dog
The GSD litter I have a deposit on is a fantastic breeding, and we have 4 dogs from this kennel in our Schutzhund club currently, so I have a pretty good idea of what I'm getting. So it's not that I'm hesitant about the breeding at all.
Sorry, just venting I guess.
Here's a link to the pedigree, it is a repeat breeding of this girl.
Layla von Hugelblick - German shepherd dog