After our last Shepherd passed away we began discussing about getting another pup. I grew up with German shepherd and they were the only dog I’d ever owned. My partner suggested we go for a different breed this time round – one that would be more of a family dog rather than a one person companion – although good with the whole family our sheps all wanted to be only with me and this showed. Also he suggested a shorter haired dog that didn’t shed so much might be nice. I couldn’t fault his comment about hair – over the years got used to having a perm 2nd carpet. Besides I didn’t want to even look at GSD puppies after losing Chewy.

Deciding to narrow down our search to short haired, large working dog types. Active – intelligent types at the top of our list. After reading up on many different ones narrowed down to 3; these were – Doberman, Vizsla and Weimaraner.

We tracked down some Doberman pups – but after speaking to the breeder and being appraised of their ultra sensitive tummies felt this was not the right breed for us. I cannot count the many times when I have walked in to lots of guilty faces (including dogs faces) on guys feeding a digestive biscuit or two on occasion. Tit bits were also a big no no – as were dog treats brought from pet shop. We quickly re-evaluated and looked at the others on our list.

Finding Vizsla pups or even crosses at price we could afford was an absolutely no go.

Leaving Weimaraner – maybe last on our list at beginning of search – but not in our hearts – we instantly knew this was the pup for us the moment we saw Chi-Anna. She and her sister had been returned to breeder and was 12wks old when we got her. If i had not done research before going might have been tempted to take both.

Chi-Anna was the dominant one in litter and breeder called her feisty – doesn’t surprise me at all – bold and unfazed by anything or anyone we have had to take a real firm hand – none of our GSD pups at same age showed such confidence. So saying, she is great with children – cats – ferrets – and shows no food aggression - all positive signs. She still tries to throw wobbles when don’t get her own way – but is quickly learning that we won’t entertain this behaviour.

I am finding her to be ultra intelligent – learning to sit and wait – walk to heal and sit when i stop and retrieve a ball. Having a few problems with lie down command but hoping puppy training will help with this. She is also learning many things I haven’t taught – like using chair to jump on table (thanks to cat) open doors and also my bin.

All in all she is a real sweetie and am even considering getting another in 9months to a years time.

she very sweet,
they are lovely dogs though i look after a few over the years they love to use their brains and work.
with sam i got him to find things like a gun dog would he loves it, he hide balls all over the place in all types of ground, keeps him busy finding them.

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Stryder the Utonagan


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She is lovely

My hubby has always wanted an AB (my daughter would have any dog), so she spent a year doing research on the AB's and as a family we decided that it would be the right dog for us.
And he has brill leanne does the training with him and he no's his place in the home.

We were looking at dogs that were good around kids,that been very important to us.
The Stafford kept coming up time and time again,we did our research I knew what they were like as my friend had one when we were growing up,our first was a rescue,then of course we got the showing bug....
20 yrs later we still have SBT's,they have such a character,once owned by a stafford no other breed compares!
Lovely pup,gorgeous!

i picked smudge because the previous owner didnt want him no more and felt sorry for him at the time,,,

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Keep Dreaming Smudge! HAHAHA

We picked ours because we have always had Sheps , though after losing our last one has taken three years before i could bring myself to get two more, only wish i had not got them the same age, but wouldnt part with them love them loads, we are getting over the puppy stage so its getting a bit easier.

when we got Toby (lurcherX) the idea was to get a pup that wouldn;t grow to big, LOL that went out of the window as soon as we saw him

with the griffs, we saw some petits an the tv and fell in love with them but they were smaller than we thought in the fur so we went for the grands instead. we love em as they look like scruffy monkeys and they are

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Paula
Grifdegalles

She is gorgeous!!

We looked into getting a Weimaraner but when researching most things said that they were not very good with children .

She is absolutely gorgeous!!

We chose a CKC spaniel. as we have 2 young children and wanted a small dog they could walk.

I would like a couple of choccy labs when the kids get bigger though! They are my ultimate fave dogs.

hiya iam tayah my mum had lots off dogs but she wanted some thing diffnet
now we have a staffy his great he so good at homeand he nose his place