[NAGDU] training my own again

Lisa Belville missktlab1217 at frontier.com
Thu Apr 6 18:25:30 UTC 2017


Vivianna, I like your description of No Tail Girl.  She must like you or at 
least your scent <grin> or she wouldn't be so interested.  Maybe she's 
trying to tell you something, like pick me, pick me.  Plus I actually like 
the idea of no tail if only so I could have a coffee table again.  LOL

Oh and those innitials, NTG, they are catchy.

Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com
IF THE HOUSEWORK IS DONE - THEN THE COMPUTER IS Broken!
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From: "Vivianna via NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] training my own again


OK, well, here’s the puppy story.
So, i went to see the puppies yesterday.  These are european dobermans, and, 
i’ll tell you guys, these are some big dogs.  they look very different 
from the american doberman that i worked with for 10 years.  the bone on 
these guys is amazing, the muscle is heavy, the muzzle is shorter and much 
wider, the head is broader, well, the entire dog is broader.
the breeder pulled out a gun and shot it right there and the pups didn’t 
even look.  heh.  they were all running around in an open field and, when 
they came to me they were very calm.  no licking, biting my hands, jumping, 
barking etc.
there were 2 boys but, i think that 1 will be to big.  he will prob reach 29 
or 30 inches and be 100 pounds easy.  the other boy was tall but not as 
heavy.  he will prob reach 28 29 inches and 90 pounds or so.

there was3 girls, 1 the breeder thought would have to much drive.  the one 
that came to me right away, even before playing with the other pups was very 
stout and heavily boned but will prob only be around 24 inches at the 
shoulder, but, the vet screwed up her tail and, she has no tail at all.  the 
3rd girl did not come up to me until i was there a long time but, she was 
calm when she did, she will prob be 24 26 inches and slightly longer body 
than the no tail girl.
they all have very solid temperaments, no quivering, barking, etc.  they 
have been kennel raised and not in the home.  the place was brand new, clean 
and pretty fancy.
i did get to meet the parents and they were some big dogs.  lol.
every one of the pups would sit and stay sitting when i asked them to with a 
push on their butts.
but, i’ll tell you, the paws on those boy pups were twice the size of my 
88 pound GSD.  lol.
it’s super hard to choose but, i tentatively chose the smaller boy.  but, 
i do like the no tail girl too.  lol.  she kept coming up to me instead of 
playing with the other puppies.  i know that they say not to let stuff like 
that sway you and go by temperament but, it’s so hard to tell.  lol.
Well, there you go.  Any comments welcome.

Take care;
Vivianna


  On Apr 2, 2017, at 9:35 PM, Mardi Hadfield via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
wrote:

  Vivianna, When I house broke Sedona, I just took her out side to the same
  place every time and waited until she went. I would then say good potty 
and
  give her a treat. I gave her a chance to sniff the area but kept her in
  that area. It did not take long for her to get the idea. I now just open
  the door and let her out in my vast fenced yard and she heads to the back
  yard to do her thing. I kept her crated when I could not watch her in the
  house and she did occasionally pee in the crate if I did not get her out 
in
  time. She will whine and bark to let me know she wants out. so it is  up 
to
  me to get her out in time.    Hope this is helpful.    Mardi and
  Shaman,retired and Neechee,GD and Sedona,GDIT.    PS  Shaman was 10 months
  old when I rescued him from a shelter. He had no training whatsoever. I 
did
  the same thing I did with Sedona when House breaking and he was house
  broken in 3 weeks with no accidents.  He learned every thing pretty fast.
  He had not been socialized but he did learn that while he was being 
trained
  as I worked in dog friendly places as well as people places, like shopping
  malls.After he was attacked several times he became dog reactive and I did
  work through it, but ended up using an electric collar to get him over his
  reactivity. Nothing else had worked  so I chose to use that method and It
  only took 2 zaps and he no longer had a problem. I don't think the age 
that
  I started his training had anything to do with his reactive problem . I
  think it was just his personality, and the fact that he was socialized at 
a
  later age ,and the E collar was the only thing that helped shape that part
  of his personality.

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