- Stop naming your dogs Bella or Luna there are too many
- There is a fundamental difference between believing in a preservation of a breed to do what it was bred to do....AND being totally unwilling to accept that the world is changing and breeding the WHOLE BREED EVERY BREEDER exclusively for that job (which barely exists) is a little....ehhh...
You want to do it? Fine, great good for you!
Does it really bother you that much when not EVERY program or breeder cares about traveling to the country side to find boars to hunt or sheep to herd or whatever it is.
Yes, I sort of want a dog if need be could do then job it's ancestors did because I believe there are traits that come from that that I enjoy (Merlin is example is hardworking, handler oriented etc..)
I don't give two flying twizzlers if he doesn't care about sheep (I wouldn't know he never sees any, SHOCKING living in Seattle).
If those traits can be used in other ways, if his parents did agility or obedience or whatever and the work ethic is proven to still be there, GREAT, forget the herding for all I care.
He was tested on sheep/ducks, as was his whole litter...waste of money IMO. None of them went to herding homes and at the end of the day, the JOB he does as a pet is a thousand times more important.
I'd rather breeders take their money and spend it on their dogs being better companions or whatever it is they feel is important instead of some weird dog fancy obsession with purity and original jobs.
Breeds were created to fill a niche that people NEEDED.
People don't need dogs to do certain jobs anymore, so I understand and support some breeders going towards other things.
- I for the life of me also do not understand why sports breeders and dock diving breeders are accepted...and companion breeders are not.
Why is breeding for a 2 minute obstacle course or jumping off a thing more important than raising a proper companion for life?
Anybody who doesn't think that being a companion requires more than a couple of things has never lived in a city with a dog, had kids, traveled with their animal, had a SD or better yet, has NEVER had to chase down working breeders and waiting 16 years for a low drive "dud" working puppy to appear and for it to be BESTOWED on you.
"There are pet puppies in every working litter" they say. But I've met plenty who started out as ok fits for families and ended up just like their very high drive parents.
- "Choose another breed then!"= "GET OFF MY LAWN!" "NOT IN MY BACKYARD" "THEN GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM SONNY"
There is a difference between wanting a cocker spaniel who makes a lovely family dog and wanting a border collie to be a couch potato. It's not changing the fundamental work ethic, it's just making it more to fit modern times.
I want a golden that still can retrieve and loves water...I just also want one that is more suited for the beach with kids of all ages at the cape than my spare time duck hunting.
- BRUSH YOUR DOGS.
but especially, brush your retrievers
Want to know what that gross smell is, it's not a wet dog smell. It's the smell of your dogs gross undercoat that's been gathering under there since 1902 STINKING up the building.
The reason I don't want to pet your poor dog is because that oily gross smell is going to get on my hands which would be quickly remedied if you BRUSHED YOUR DOG.
- There is a fundamental difference between believing in a preservation of a breed to do what it was bred to do....AND being totally unwilling to accept that the world is changing and breeding the WHOLE BREED EVERY BREEDER exclusively for that job (which barely exists) is a little....ehhh...
You want to do it? Fine, great good for you!
Does it really bother you that much when not EVERY program or breeder cares about traveling to the country side to find boars to hunt or sheep to herd or whatever it is.
Yes, I sort of want a dog if need be could do then job it's ancestors did because I believe there are traits that come from that that I enjoy (Merlin is example is hardworking, handler oriented etc..)
I don't give two flying twizzlers if he doesn't care about sheep (I wouldn't know he never sees any, SHOCKING living in Seattle).
If those traits can be used in other ways, if his parents did agility or obedience or whatever and the work ethic is proven to still be there, GREAT, forget the herding for all I care.
He was tested on sheep/ducks, as was his whole litter...waste of money IMO. None of them went to herding homes and at the end of the day, the JOB he does as a pet is a thousand times more important.
I'd rather breeders take their money and spend it on their dogs being better companions or whatever it is they feel is important instead of some weird dog fancy obsession with purity and original jobs.
Breeds were created to fill a niche that people NEEDED.
People don't need dogs to do certain jobs anymore, so I understand and support some breeders going towards other things.
- I for the life of me also do not understand why sports breeders and dock diving breeders are accepted...and companion breeders are not.
Why is breeding for a 2 minute obstacle course or jumping off a thing more important than raising a proper companion for life?
Anybody who doesn't think that being a companion requires more than a couple of things has never lived in a city with a dog, had kids, traveled with their animal, had a SD or better yet, has NEVER had to chase down working breeders and waiting 16 years for a low drive "dud" working puppy to appear and for it to be BESTOWED on you.
"There are pet puppies in every working litter" they say. But I've met plenty who started out as ok fits for families and ended up just like their very high drive parents.
- "Choose another breed then!"= "GET OFF MY LAWN!" "NOT IN MY BACKYARD" "THEN GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM SONNY"
There is a difference between wanting a cocker spaniel who makes a lovely family dog and wanting a border collie to be a couch potato. It's not changing the fundamental work ethic, it's just making it more to fit modern times.
I want a golden that still can retrieve and loves water...I just also want one that is more suited for the beach with kids of all ages at the cape than my spare time duck hunting.
- BRUSH YOUR DOGS.
but especially, brush your retrievers
Want to know what that gross smell is, it's not a wet dog smell. It's the smell of your dogs gross undercoat that's been gathering under there since 1902 STINKING up the building.
The reason I don't want to pet your poor dog is because that oily gross smell is going to get on my hands which would be quickly remedied if you BRUSHED YOUR DOG.
