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Valor is a good dog with puppies (and small dogs for that matter). Very patient, doesn't over do it. He is pretty neutral to other dogs unless they are in his pack. His pack would be my BFs dogs he only sees sometimes. A beautiful retired 7 year old breeder GSD girl, and my former pit mix who is unstable and we are trying real hard to find an only dog home for him. The puppy will not even meet the pit mix if BF still has him end of April. He even puts stable grown dogs off their game, the pit. Anyway that is the back story.
So Valor will be 2 months shy of age 2 when the puppy arrives. I plan to crate and rotate for a while with free together time only when I can supervise. I already do not allow dogs to play/roughouse in the house. In fact I try to limit their hard play interaction, period. I am their fun.
Our intention is to do a bit more IPO with both dogs. I would not mind getting a bit more serious about it since this year is going well (guess you never know if you have the time or ability until you try) Valor hopefully goes for his 1 in late summer. Obviously puppy not do anything until BH at 15 months...maybe ZAP test if it becomes required for the breed survey outside of Germany. Eh, my club runs it so next time it comes up I'd do it regardless if pup was old enough.
Tips on how you integrated a new IPO prospect into your home would be appreciated. Did you start luring/marking right away? When did you start with a bowl for positioning? What is your idea of socializing a young working line from jump street?
I got Valor at 5.5 months and he was raised until then with a family with kids..so someone else did his early Ps & Qs. He was pretty easy except for a bit of excited handler jumping and a bit too forward defensive at too young of an age. We have smoothed that over nicely. He will still gleefully jump if praise is too effusive, in the voice department. Has great tug drive so thank goodness not to much Elmo voice praise needed lol
I'm posting here instead of puppy section, looking for specific feedback from sport homes. I'd love to just hear various experiences. I understand some delay OB until later and only do early bite work (pillows, flirt poles etc) while some start posotions and focused heel right away. I think I'd like to do the latter. From what I see the pups love it and it is great focusing/bonding stuff.
I have rubber bowls ...which I tried to start Valor on at about 95lbs because his arse end always swings out...it was like that movie Harry and The Hendersons though where they teach bigfoot to "sit" and he crushes piece after piece of furniture lol We are still working on it. It doesn't help that when he is on a bowl he is nearly eye to eye with me hahaha. My boy, he has taught me so much. So yeah, I think I will go ahead and start eeeearlier. I also have balance balls and puppy pilows/tugs.
Eh, anyway help me pass the next agonizing 5 weeks by planning ahead lol
So Valor will be 2 months shy of age 2 when the puppy arrives. I plan to crate and rotate for a while with free together time only when I can supervise. I already do not allow dogs to play/roughouse in the house. In fact I try to limit their hard play interaction, period. I am their fun.
Our intention is to do a bit more IPO with both dogs. I would not mind getting a bit more serious about it since this year is going well (guess you never know if you have the time or ability until you try) Valor hopefully goes for his 1 in late summer. Obviously puppy not do anything until BH at 15 months...maybe ZAP test if it becomes required for the breed survey outside of Germany. Eh, my club runs it so next time it comes up I'd do it regardless if pup was old enough.
Tips on how you integrated a new IPO prospect into your home would be appreciated. Did you start luring/marking right away? When did you start with a bowl for positioning? What is your idea of socializing a young working line from jump street?
I got Valor at 5.5 months and he was raised until then with a family with kids..so someone else did his early Ps & Qs. He was pretty easy except for a bit of excited handler jumping and a bit too forward defensive at too young of an age. We have smoothed that over nicely. He will still gleefully jump if praise is too effusive, in the voice department. Has great tug drive so thank goodness not to much Elmo voice praise needed lol
I'm posting here instead of puppy section, looking for specific feedback from sport homes. I'd love to just hear various experiences. I understand some delay OB until later and only do early bite work (pillows, flirt poles etc) while some start posotions and focused heel right away. I think I'd like to do the latter. From what I see the pups love it and it is great focusing/bonding stuff.
I have rubber bowls ...which I tried to start Valor on at about 95lbs because his arse end always swings out...it was like that movie Harry and The Hendersons though where they teach bigfoot to "sit" and he crushes piece after piece of furniture lol We are still working on it. It doesn't help that when he is on a bowl he is nearly eye to eye with me hahaha. My boy, he has taught me so much. So yeah, I think I will go ahead and start eeeearlier. I also have balance balls and puppy pilows/tugs.
Eh, anyway help me pass the next agonizing 5 weeks by planning ahead lol