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I've been meaning to post more here but I've been stressing about a lot of things over/since the holidays. I've been destressing a little each day by mindlessly reblogging things on my personal.
I miss the dog talking though so I'm going to double up my efforts to post things here and get in to some rousing discussion.
For all the nerds out there like me who enjoy things like preserving food, cleaning with vinegar, and cloth diapers. Party on rock stars.
I found this fantastic website/blog last night and absolutely needed to share it. Especially with Laura and Martin, so guys, this post is for you!!
I've been glued to my computer just reading and reading and reading... oh crap, I still have to go to the butcher today. Good thing I can keep reading on my phone as I walk!
In my opinion, it's an A++ resource for farm or homestead life. I got pretty excited when reading Shaye's entries on making homemade butter and all the things you can do with the leftover buttermilk. I mean sure, I probably sound like a huge dork, living in the city and getting excited over things like that, but damn if that isn't the life my boyfriend and I want in the future.
No cities. No neighbors (close by). No noise.
Perfection.
One day man, one day...
Lery von Tajgetosz
Figo vom Fuchsgraben
Quasimodo vom Rosseleck
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Tonight was emotionally draining.
I'm saying fuck it to my diet and having a glass of wine or three.
What I'm playing in my down time. It's been a while since a game had me hooked from the start, but Far Cry 3 didn't just hook me. I was whisked away on a gritty, violent, fucked up journey as soon as I took control of Jason Brody.
Probably the best game I've played in a long time.
Here's some random incoherent rambling:
Early on when I was whining about Bosco's intolerance of strangers, my mentor stopped my hand wringing fest and asked me what old Czech line dogs were specifically bred for. To be man stoppers. Ah ...yes. I never thought of it that way before. It shut me up permanently. I don't know what a "fine line of socialness balanced with natural suspicion" looks like in reality. Czech dogs (often) come with a lot of suspicion and that can be expressed as aggression. Read the nutty desperate aggression threads on GSD.com for many specific examples. My conversation with Bosco's sire's breeder was really illuminating - I wish that I could have flown around the earth a bunch of times and turned back time so that we could have had the conversation three years ago. It taught me a lesson about talking directly to people who owned/bred/worked specific dogs in a pedigree before selecting a dog. Just knowing the parents isn't sufficient to give you a good understanding of how a dog might mature. Finally, I was recently asked by a small breeder to look at a future mating in case I was interested in a pup. Wowza. That combination has the potential to create pups with awesome working ability AND also extreme aggression. I declined since we don't have the skills to handle a dog from that breeding. I talked to a few other dog friends and they had the same assessment. I was pleased since I feel like I'm making (slow) progress in my knowledge base.
My mentor had me watch videos of notable tracking GSDs, I'll see if I kept any of those emails. The archives of PDB are good for learning about specific GSDs (and there are some really good old obedience threads there too) and so are some of the threads on Alpine K9 but like any forum, fully apply your critical thinking skills to weed out the crazy nutters. Also, some posters have very heavy biases to what a GSD should be and so it helps to clearly visualize what you want in your GSD. I know one poster who constantly writes how her GSD is the pinnacle of the breed and I've met the dog. I'm so happy that he belongs to the poster because I would be extremely disappointed if he was mine. He's not a bad dog- just not what I want in a GSD.
Okay, let me just first say that I absolutely am so goddamn happy to be friends with you and we're able to have these discussions. They make me so very happy because I think we have similar tastes in our GSDs. Seriously, okay. I ♥ you.
SO! I think that fine line to me means no outright or unwarranted aggression. So moderate to high thresholds, although not too high to be slow to show aggression in the right situation. I think social wasn't the right term to really use, since it lends too much towards the happy go lucky kind of socialness we see often in pet bred dogs or other breeds. I guess I meant more of the aloof and neutral 'socialness' that's seen in the czech and DDR lines. There goes me though, fumbling my words lol
I would love to see those emails if you still have them, I'll shoot you a private ask with my email in case you find them. I absolutely agree with you on knowing the parent's alone isn't enough. My goal is that when I find a dog or pair that has been producing what I'm looking for before, to talk to owners of existing progeny. And now that you say it, I should definitely go back and read pretty much all of the Alpine K9 forums again because I've always admired Hans Prager's dogs ♥♥ I can never get enough of watching Ox z Jirkova Dvora work, what a dog!
I also really agree that people have major bias when it comes to talking or posting about their dogs and not wanting what other people want in their GSDs. There's just so many different POVs on these dogs since they're so versatile, which is pretty nice if you stand back from an unbiased point I suppose. But if what you want in a GSD and what I want in a GSD and what John Doe might want in a GSD could be vastly different or extremely similar, and I think it's pretty great that we can all find our dream dogs if we put in the work no matter what. Although boo on those people who want goldens in GSD clothes. Booooo
I'll write more later, but right now Nate and I are off to get burritos so I can have a cheat day on my diet and then it's time to go visit his sister and nieces!
Very broadly speaking, Old Czech/Slovak lines do have good hunt drives but beware of the folks who only breed for dark sable/coon eyes/big heads- those dogs are bred for colour and not work. For the lines bred to work, dog and people aggression is something to reflect on. (I can guess what well-known stud will come up as producing male pups with severe aggression issues.)
I don't have the patience to read GSD.com but the archives of DDR Legends, PDB, GSD-euro (Yahoo), German Shepherd Dog Breeders (Facebook), and that green board that I can never recall the name of are good places to start. Sometimes it's easier to make a list of the dogs you enjoy watching work and look at their pedigrees than starting with broad types.
Oh yes yes. None of that faux-GSD crap for me. I want the whole package, the balanced, well put together package. I have a tendency to lean towards dogs that are HOT or BHOT, it speaks so many levels to me and really shows that the breeder is in touch with their dogs and what they're producing.
As for the dog and people aggression, I tend to shy away from any who are overly aggressive in these areas. Since my ultimate goal is to train (and maybe produce down the road? Who knows, it would be years from now) police and/or military canines, I'm very interested in finding that fine line of socialness balanced with natural suspicion, topped with drives and good thresholds. No one realizes it when they first get in to GSDs I think, but man do you find out later that breeding or finding your perfect dog is the ultimate fusion of science and art.
I usually don't have the patience for the board either, I stopped posting for a long time because it was just the same garbage being spewed all the time by new members who didn't know jack squat, but I do stay and browse for the experienced breeders and competitors that hang around and dispense knowledge here and there. I started a thread last night ( Genetic Trackers? ) and have gotten some really great feedback from Carmen from Carmspack GSD, Lisa Clark from zu Treuen Handen, Sue from K9 Imports/von Tajgetosz, and Liesje (a user who I think is pretty experienced in a variety of sports).
I'll definitely look in to the other places you mentioned (although sometimes I feel like PDB is a big mess lol). I'm also going to reach out to Jerry Bradshaw I think and ask him for some counsel since I just became facebook friends with him. He and his wife Britney I think will be great assets in finding my right dog.
I'm actually most interested in finding dogs that excel in tracking right now, because I haven't found much on them in my limited searching. I think I'll have to start broadening my horizons and start looking for information abroad as well (especially if I want to dig much deeper on the old czech lines). I'm kicking around the idea of getting my hands on some German or Czech language books and learning. Nate knows German from high school, so he could probably help me along.
dynamisch answered your question:Time to dig deeper in to my tracking bloodlines! ...
I had a great big huge reply prepared for this, but my computer shut off and I loST IT. Do you mind if I shoot you my phone number?
Not at all!
Time to dig deeper in to my tracking bloodlines!
Anyone have some dogs they like that are superb trackers with a natural, deep nose? Share them with me please!
I'm going to be looking for a well rounded, high drive GSD that has lots of natural tracking ability for my first school dog. It'll probably stay with me after as well and be my personal competition and demo dog.
My reading so far has pretty much told me this: old czech bloodlines are an excellent source of tracking and hunt drives. DDR as well, and Lord v Gleisdreieck. I'm reading through old threads on GSD.com and will be starting my own later today to see what current dogs (1st or 2nd gen on a ped) have been producing nice trackers.
So. Discussion? Suggestions?
So after a long while of consideration...
This made my night, wow I’m so happy ;o;<3 I think you’re going to love it honestly, and I’m thrilled to be someone’s inspiration; that is six levels of flattering! Not to mention I am feeling quite warm and fuzzy. I ACCEPT THE BLAME, I take it all. There is no blame left for anyone else because it is all mine. I like being a bad influence. Do you have any ideas on when you’re looking to go? I want to help, with everything. Need a track layer? I’ll do it. Need a decoy? I’ll dooo it. Need a practice judge? I can hold that clipboard and shake your hand.
Heheheh, it's all thanks to you! I've been sitting on the information packet I got over the summer for a while, made some spread sheets to get an idea of equipment costs and whatnot. I'm finally pulling the trigger and setting my mind to it after a lot of thinking and weighing my options.
I'll most likely be going next January to give myself enough preparation time, unless things come together beautifully and I get a lot of support from my family. There's a very small chance I might be able to attend in July if things go really, really well. I'm not expecting much support though, my family really doesn't get my love of dogs, but that's okay.
I'll take you up on all of that! And you can count on me for the same once I'm there c: Although I'll need some teaching to be a decoy... If I manage to drag my boyfriend down with me later on he's already been told that he has to learn to be one for my future dogs, so there's always him too ;)
So after a long while of consideration...
I'm going to take the plunge and start getting my ducks in line to attend TRS as well.
As soon as I'm back home I'll be having a chat with my family. I'm hoping mom will take this seriously, I'll need her help in the vehicle department.
Boyfriend is on board and even receptive to the idea of coming to St Louis with me after I'm done the professional course so I can attend the masters if things go well. If he doesn't wind up going to Plano or Bethesda or Edmonton @o@
I blame this all on dynamisch of course ;) It's been a long dream of mine to work with police and military dogs, and TRS is the perfect path for me to follow filled with experienced, knowledgeable people to surround me.
Tomorrow it will be time to shoot some of the school people an email about a general timeline about when to do certain things and whatnot.
I'll also be shooting dynamisch an email as well, so if you're reading this, THANK YOU for introducing me to the Tom Rose School. You're a simultaneously wonderful and bad influence ♥
this is a compilation video of dogs that are too scared to walk past a cat
DOGS ARE THE MOST PRECIOUS LITTLE SHITS AND DESPITE LIVING WITH THEM FOR 21 YEARS I STILL CANNOT GET OVER HOW PRECIOUS THEY ARE
I actually don’t blame them for being nervous— cats are unpredictable dicks
FTFY
Handsome Trent <3
Argos la Sarmisegetuza by Landt Willi
mojave's commentary: Woah! How cool is this?? That dog must have a phenomenal temperament and rock solid nerve.
Is that puppy wearing an e-collar :/?
Yes she is, but what is your issue on that matter? Did she look harmed, fearful, nervous, or ill trained? The problem with positive punishment via tools (such as electronic or prong/pinch collars) education on Tumblr/online is that more often than not the examples shown are always bad. You never get to see good training.So there you go friends: a good video of a happy pup wearing an e-collar, being rewarded, and performing nicely u_u<3
I find that most people who demonize electronic and prong/pinch collars are also unaware of the process of introducing dogs to them to begin with. They think it's simply 'put the collar on and crank/yank/zap away'. Ah such ignorance.
This video represents a snapshot of Ronya’s Obedience skills, except send-out with random sit or down, recorded at the Tom Rose School when Ronya was 20 weeks of age.
Happy lil’ Labrador pup, what a nice dog.
Now that is one happy little girl! I like seeing non-shepherd breeds working with that kind of focus, it's so refreshing.
mojavek9 replied to your quote: Laura you’re the devil. Now I’m never going to stop reading property listings and hounding Nate to move asap.
My work is finished. Insert more maniacal laughter here.
I’ve been wasting my time on a nothing but angry rants group (cap locks is encouraged). It’s super cathartic. :)
You don't say... you should share them. Just saying c: I could use a vent outlet now and again.
