Dog Food

[Meteor]

There are a few we looking at among them Von Wohlstein, bende and a few others

Anyone else you may know who has working line sables GSD’s that I could look at?

Not sable but from what I've heard some of the best german shepherds in SA. Olderhill

[malcolmm]

We recently adopted a 9year old Boston and they suggested Acana, anyone have any experience with it?


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Acana and Orijen are from the same stable. They are among the very best, with Orijen being marginally better than Acana in terms of its makeup. These brands are a leap forward from Vet food brands like Royal Canin, Hills, etc.

[afzals1]

If you go look at the pups at around 4 to 5 weeks and they all run around you trying to eat you then they probably have the right drives.

What do you want them to do work wise?

Obedience
Man work
Endurance
Also obviously gun training

[New]

Check out Field and Forest. Montego's attempt at emulating Acana or Orijin.

Expensive though. I have small dogs so at least they do not eat me out o the house...

[SSP]

Obedience
Man work
Endurance
Also obviously gun training

Not sure what you mean by gun training. Do you want the dog to retrieve or point/flush in the field for hunting or do you want the dog to be neutral to gunfire?

If it is the latter it needs to be very carefully done.

For endurance I would teach the dog how to run on a treadmill.

Obedience kills drive so go easy in the beginning if you want to do well with bitework.

I start bitework at 8 weeks when I get the dog. The breeder starts with them at 4 weeks.

As to what drives to look for, prey drive in a bite dog is the easiest to channel. You can train a defence drive dog but you have to be super careful and know what you are doing.

When looking at your puppy, see if it will enthusiastically chase a rag, and try to kill it when he catches it. That will be a good indication of a workable prey drive.

Stability is as important as drive. The breeder should have started with socialisation already - getting the dog exposed and used to all sorts of environments, textures and noise. Shake a milk bottle with a couple of rock in it when the puppies are around and see what they do in reaction. You should be able to pick them up, turn them upside down, touch their feet, touch their teeth etc with little to no reaction. This is a bit of a process though.

[afzals1]

Not sure what you mean by gun training. Do you want the dog to retrieve or point/flush in the field for hunting or do you want the dog to be neutral to gunfire?

If it is the latter it needs to be very carefully done.

For endurance I would teach the dog how to run on a treadmill.

Obedience kills drive so go easy in the beginning if you want to do well with bitework.

I start bitework at 8 weeks when I get the dog. The breeder starts with them at 4 weeks.

As to what drives to look for, prey drive in a bite dog is the easiest to channel. You can train a defence drive dog but you have to be super careful and know what you are doing.

When looking at your puppy, see if it will enthusiastically chase a rag, and try to kill it when he catches it. That will be a good indication of a workable prey drive.

Stability is as important as drive. The breeder should have started with socialisation already - getting the dog exposed and used to all sorts of environments, textures and noise. Shake a milk bottle with a couple of rock in it when the puppies are around and see what they do in reaction. You should be able to pick them up, turn them upside down, touch their feet, touch their teeth etc with little to no reaction. This is a bit of a process though.

The latter as you correctly pointed out

I may need to steal some time with you to see how best to do this work and do the best for the dog as well because I’d love to see how you work obedience, bite, gun training etc

Thank you for your time

[SSP]

The latter as you correctly pointed out

I may need to steal some time with you to see how best to do this work and do the best for the dog as well because I’d love to see how you work obedience, bite, gun training etc

Thank you for your time

Where are you based?

[afzals1]

Where are you based?

Roosevelt Park
Randburg

[SSP]

Roosevelt Park
Randburg

The club I decoy at is SA Dog Training College in Garthdale off the R59.

I am usually there on Saturdays from around 11.

Not this Saturday though. Hit me up here when you are thinking of coming out. If you get there a bit earlier you can see a bit of the puppy class and the more advanced obedience class first.

[Nyt Ryda]

Check out Field and Forest. Montego's attempt at emulating Acana or Orijin.

Expensive though. I have small dogs so at least they do not eat me out o the house...

My little Dachshund pup is on Field + Forest. Super happy with it.

It's grain-free like Acana or Orijen but it's fresher as it hasn't been sitting on a ship for ages while being imported and cheaper too.