Chickentrain's Dog Q&A

[black_cat]

I love love love gracie

Here I am, several years ago, with my grandmas sheltie, Sable

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Sheltie!!! What was the temperament of the sheltie? How energetic is/was she?

 

[chickentrains]

Sheltie!!! What was the temperament of the sheltie? How energetic is/was she?

She was 14 years old and is dead now. I met her like twice. Couldn't tell you

 

[chickentrains]

my grandmas got another rn, but shes from a rescue and not well bred.

that being said, barky and anxious.

 

[black_cat]

my grandmas got another rn, but shes from a rescue and not well bred.

that being said, barky and anxious.

So I guess that because of the rescue part and the not well bred part I can't really get a good assessment from that

 

[Goatlover223]

no shade to you @Goatlover223 , just pointing out what I see.

Yeah I understand all the dogs there are very well trained before they go off to a home they are trained with kids and other dogs to see what is their ideal homes

 

[chickentrains]

So I guess that because of the rescue part and the not well bred part I can't really get a good assessment from that

yeah, why I told you she is not breed type first

all of her shelties have either been way undersized, or way oversized

she was going to get a retired well bred dog, but shes a senior, wanted a senior dog, so she didn't burden any of us with a dog when she does pass

 

[EverV]

@DLHOCNT, something that the first breeder you'd posted had said made me think. Yesterday, I'd been playing one of my favorite games: find the irresponsible breeder. I'd been using a labradoodle breeder because it's doesn't get any easier to find an irresponsible breeder than with doodles. While I was on the site (I noted quite a few warning signs right away), I noticed they had merle puppies. This confounded me. Labs don't come in merle, and as far as I knew, poodles didn't either. I double checked their site, assuming the puppies were aussiedoodles or something. Nope. They claimed only to breed labradoodles. The breeder you posted made an interesting point: merle isn't really a poodle color. So not only was the breeder breeding doodles and doing it wrong, they were lying to their customers. Disgusting.

 

[chickentrains]

@DLHOCNT, something that the first breeder you'd posted had said made me think. Yesterday, I'd been playing one of my favorite games: find the irresponsible breeder. I'd been using a labradoodle breeder because it's doesn't get any easier to find an irresponsible breeder than with doodles. While I was on the site (I noted quite a few warning signs right away), I noticed they had merle puppies. This confounded me. Labs don't come in merle, and as far as I knew, poodles didn't either. I double checked their site, assuming the puppies were aussiedoodles or something. Nope. They claimed only to breed labradoodles. The breeder you posted made an interesting point: merle isn't really a poodle color. So not only was the breeder breeding doodles and doing it wrong, they were lying to their customers. Disgusting.

Yep! Haha.. Yes.

Here is another breeder I love talking about the merle poodle : https://www.windsweptpoodle.com/about-the-merle-poodle.html

 

[EverV]

Yeah I understand all the dogs there are very well trained before they go off to a home they are trained with kids and other dogs to see what is their ideal homes

I'm not trying to insult/attack you, I just wanted to point out that most puppies are well socialized, or at the very least they claim them to be well socialized: a responsible breeder will only have one, maybe two breeds that they breed, in addition to what has already been said . Just because a breeder only breeds purebreds, it doesn't mean they're responsible

 

[black_cat]

DL, what are your opinions on those puppy aptitude tests? Do you think that they're accurate? Why or why not?