Re: [PyrNet-L] Pyr puppy wanted

[Adrienne Wilder <draggon@STC.Net>]

JGentzel wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 98-03-24 20:40:48 EST, you write:
> 
> << So dogs that were bred to
>  protect livestock are sometimes priced out of the reach of those that want to
>  use dog for purpose it was bred for. >>
> 
> No they are not, most of us will place a dog affordable with a livestock
> situation and if I does not work take it back (never seen one that did not
> work, but probably will some day).  Your post is great, but you are not the
> 'average' I can assure you.  I think you know you are an exception.  If you
> don't know, take it from me you are.  We have to deal with the average, mean,
> etc. and that means that too cheap dogs result in disposable dogs and the rest
> of us pay for that in money, effort, and emotions.
> 
> Joe



	Joe is correct about placing dogs at an affordable price when it 
comes to working situations.  He has done it many times....
However...people who are serious about a working dog will more than 
likely need an older dog, rather than a puppy.  Puppies are a "shot in 
the dark" you have no idea if they will work well or not...and the 
trouble and time of training them out of certian bad habbits that can 
develop from time alone in the field, can be a pain.  
	Sometimes rescue dogs or "retired" show dogs are better for 
field work because they are already mature and most often can be 
"tested" and proven to be effective.

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Adrienne Wilder  www.stc.net/~draggon/index.htm (pet portraits)
Murrayville GA

"Oh, to be loved by a dog!"

Home of:
The golden gang,
Patou and the evil sister geese.
and many stray cats.