Our puppy program.
These puppies are great for pets and family protectors.
I start them as soon as they start walking to follow me and to be apart of the household. I have them around cats, older dogs, loud TVs, noisy loud men, kids, pans and dishes clattering and all those everyday things. I get them comfortable in a crate, go for car rides, have strangers handle them and give them lots of love. I start their obedience at 4 weeks with a "come" and work with sits, stay backs, leave it, and Potty. I start clipping nails at 3 weeks so they are use to it.
I will keep you in touch with their progress at all times.
I take deposits early so I can use it to put into raising the puppies with lots of good food, fresh goats milk, clean cedar, bottled water, and little things like collars and vet checks. It may not seem like much but it makes a big difference when you take the time and care to raise them this way.
With the breeding program I have all dogs in 3 generations have been checked for hip problems and are clear.
Buck has been bred 18 times and we have not had any puppies come up with hip problems. If you look at the Buck's pedigree you will find 2 dogs to have OFA'd excellent hips.
Breeding to Buck with Soco gives you a pedigree with 6 dogs with OFA Excellent hips.
On the issue of what lines my dogs are, they are mostly american show lines with a touch of German lines in them.
I have been breeding since the 80's and have found that the American lines are easier to train and far less head strong. Which would be good if I wanted a dog to think and react for himself and do as he pleased. My American lines are pleasers and want to do as you say. With training, sit happens and when you ask the dog to sit, he should be eager to sit. Not "I will when you make me" or "in a minute".
I also suggest early training for the family pet. The sooner you learn to communicate with your dog the better the dog will be. But firm or harsh training on a puppy could turn the puppy off on listening to you. Please have it a happy experience for your puppy so that is it a pleasent to the pup for future training. Make it unpleasent now and you will have problems later.
I hope to meet you soon and look forward to having a puppy go into a family who is active and want their dog to be a part of their family.
That's the best kind.
