[bcarlsen]

Thank you x 1000!!! We are beginning a search for a Rottie puppy. Already having had experience and the frustration of "empty" wombs and re-breedings and w-a-i-t-i-n-g, we are starting now. I hope that our efforts pay off within the next year and a half.

LOVED these links; have printed the info out and copied to a disk for future reference for myself and other dog lovers.

I also appreciate the note that overpriced does NOT mean well socialized/reared pups. All this info can make looking for a great pup, even a companion pup, a bit more complicated but in the long run a LOT LESS complicated than dealing with shy, fearful or aggressive dogs.

You can be sure that I'll be cruising some Shows and trials this spring and summer, and now I'll have some great questions to ask too!


[I decided to post this information after contacting a breeder, recently, who was selling very overpriced pups. After asking this breeder 3 questions, I surmised that the only socialization the litter had the benefit of, was hearing a garage door open and close a couple of times a day. I don't care HOW stable the dam and sire are, this is a recipe for fearful pups that become fearful dogs, which with our breed, is a recipe for disaster.

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Not only is this information helpful to breeders - it's very good information for the buyer as well. Not every breeder will perform every exercise on a litter of pups, but, as a buyer, you want to make sure that the litter from which you buy has had the benefit of good stimulation. By reading the following links, you, as a buyer, will be able to question breeders about the methods of socialization they use on a litter.