how do u choose your pups?

[markdog 18]

what do you look for when you find a well bred litter?

Had alot to do with greyhound trainers when i was younger and some of their superstitions about choosing pups were mad.

i bought one pure bred greyhound a while ago guy before me wanted a black dog only one in litter it turned out an open champion my blue dog was a good grader, is it all luck what if there had been 2 black dogs?

do you have your own pointers when it comes to choosing?

[benny 1 5]

mate i could do with the same answers i have a full litter i need to pik fro mand icant i like them all so wat do u look for i na pup

[Guest jt750]

Look for the biggest most forward dog/bitch in the litter and you won't go far wrong. Pick the pup thats nervous shy and likely it'll end up like that rest of its days

[lofti 579]

if you have pick,

the most alert,most active or comes

out of kennel first.good legs and bite together.

i think most of the time its a gut feeling.

 

lofti.

[benny 1 5]

cheers lads its hard to pick from ur own litter i like all my pups

[shamo28 1]

i always like the runt of the litter or i look for a good long tail

[markdog 18]

i always like the runt of the litter or i look for a good long tail

do you have any strange rules when picking, i guy i know will never have a fawn greyhound with a black muzzle says they are not genuine.

personally im not a big fan of brindles so would pick one of those last but other than that i think its just about going with your gut and pickin what you like

[Catcher 1 639]

I have been in the game a long time.Most times i think its down to luckatb.Catcher 1

[skycat 6,173]

Look for the biggest most forward dog/bitch in the litter and you won't go far wrong. Pick the pup thats nervous shy and likely it'll end up like that rest of its days

 

I've had several 'nervous. shy' pups and they turned out to be demon workers: if you have the right sort of temperament yourself, are not hasty, loud or impatient, the shy pup will often bond completely with you and do anything for you: 2 dogs I had which were shy around people became deadly fox killers, so I wouldn't say that they can't make good workers, though I'd agree that some pups just aren't into other people or even dogs.

[Neal 1,873]

I'd tend to agree with Keano. I've previously picked pups based on different things until over nine years ago when I bought my current top dog. The breeder opened the run door and most of the litter raced off past me and around the corner to the paddock; however one pup came straight up to me, put his front paws up on my knees, wagged his tail like mad and seemed to be saying, "I'm your new dog." Since then I'd always look for that kind of honesty and je ne sais quoi in a pup.

[ribb 15]

mate i could do with the same answers i have a full litter i need to pik fro mand icant i like them all so wat do u look for i na pup

i have always found with a litter,the longer you keep them the easier it is to see what you are looking for

[Bryan 1,362]

spin them in the air and shout heads or tails,

do this one by one till there is only one left, then check that to see if it's lame etc. job done

 

pick the one you like, you can't see into their heads,hearts or picture their stride at a few weeks old.

Bryan

[Fieldsporthunter 1,864]

Look for the biggest most forward dog/bitch in the litter and you won't go far wrong. Pick the pup thats nervous shy and likely it'll end up like that rest of its days

 

 

i disagree but i used to think the same, i picked the quiet one in the litter last time i got a pup, its turned out a topper, very forward and easy to train, i could not ask for more.

 

ATB.

[dawnraider09 75]

the pup i have now is 7 months ,when i chose him i spent an hour watching the litter play,of course theres the physical points to look for like good feet,even bite etc but sitting back and observing for a while can tell you alot

[MIKE 18]

When I bred a litter last year I was trying to figure out which way to choose the pup I wanted, I watched the pups for hours and I mean HOURS I wanted to make sure I chose right but in the end the pup I chose had a mutual liking for me . She was the first to climb out of the bed the first to come to me when called the most dominant pup in the litter including the dog's and the tallest finest built of the bitches, but mostly she was the only one that wagged her tail when I picked her up and talked to her (she did this from 3 weeks old ) this meant to me she had already bonded well with me and this in turn should make for a good working relationship I.M.O. I was lucky that I had the whole litter to choose from and the length of time to study them all individually, not everyone has this opportunity as most people just have to make the choice when visiting a breeder, then I think there is an element of luck as well thrown into the mix. I think after my experience of breeding my own and having trained her for the last year I would endeavour to breed my own from now on as I feel you have a greater advantage when choosing your future sapling.

 

All the best

Mike