joshuagough
Well-Known Member
I would agree with your choice on the breed and the correction bit. However not everyone will side with us.
Many of the questions are unanswerable, you can't generalize breeds in the fashion the questions are asked. There's a lot more to it than meets the eye. You can say they have common traits and lines have common temperaments.
What you're purchasing in a pup or young dog is nothing more than potential based on gene's. What the sir & dame have been able to accomplish. Not discrediting them, nor their work but that doesn't always equate to a top notch pup. You need a very knowledgeable breeder to build drives in the pup from a young age & someone who's been in the protection game a while to help you temp test the pups. This is regardless of the breed. It's not a breed thing, it's a dog by dog thing.
A herding dog (GSD) vs a working class (CC) have many differences. That said I've seen top notch IPO/Schutzhund dogs from both breeds.
If you ask a Schutzhund club, typically comprised of 98% or better GSD's you're going to end up with a lopsided answer, right, wrong or indifferent.. it's comparing 10's of thousands of GSD's to the few CC's out there in the sport.
Can the CC hold it's on? You bet you butt, however just like the GSD.. you've got to have the right dog, temp & drive wise. I think the CC just looks better doing it.. but I'm way basis when any Mastiff is in the mix, its a heart thing. That's what will drive you in your training, thus my question of.. which breed do you like better.
You're likely looking at 1,000+ training hours for Sch1.. easy.
Once you answer that you move on to finding a breeder..
Many of the questions are unanswerable, you can't generalize breeds in the fashion the questions are asked. There's a lot more to it than meets the eye. You can say they have common traits and lines have common temperaments.
What you're purchasing in a pup or young dog is nothing more than potential based on gene's. What the sir & dame have been able to accomplish. Not discrediting them, nor their work but that doesn't always equate to a top notch pup. You need a very knowledgeable breeder to build drives in the pup from a young age & someone who's been in the protection game a while to help you temp test the pups. This is regardless of the breed. It's not a breed thing, it's a dog by dog thing.
A herding dog (GSD) vs a working class (CC) have many differences. That said I've seen top notch IPO/Schutzhund dogs from both breeds.
If you ask a Schutzhund club, typically comprised of 98% or better GSD's you're going to end up with a lopsided answer, right, wrong or indifferent.. it's comparing 10's of thousands of GSD's to the few CC's out there in the sport.
Can the CC hold it's on? You bet you butt, however just like the GSD.. you've got to have the right dog, temp & drive wise. I think the CC just looks better doing it.. but I'm way basis when any Mastiff is in the mix, its a heart thing. That's what will drive you in your training, thus my question of.. which breed do you like better.
You're likely looking at 1,000+ training hours for Sch1.. easy.
Once you answer that you move on to finding a breeder..
LOL!... want my opinion on thatI think all dogs need to be trained using positive methods. I do not believe it is ever fair to correct a dog for doing something that we are not sure they know how to do, so all our puppies are trained with praise and treats until I am certain that they understand what I am asking. Once I am sure, there is a correction for not doing as asked. The correct is based solely on the dog as each have different personalities that there is not a cookie cutter way to deal with each, IMHO.
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