Pick Of The Litter

[hubbs 178]

Blue pocket rocket you sound like a knob .....

The pups are not 8 week old yet !

I'm in no rush to get rid pal it was more about the homes than anything else !

I've only had to advertise two as the others went word of mouth !

[nothernlite 18,089]

  On 08/09/2013 at 09:57, hubbs said:

Blue pocket rocket you sound like a knob .....

The pups are not 8 week old yet !

I'm in no rush to get rid pal it was more about the homes than anything else !

I've only had to advertise two as the others went word of mouth !

did most of your pups go before they were 8 weeks ?

[hubbs 178]

Yes to people I know !

[nothernlite 18,089]

  On 08/09/2013 at 10:04, hubbs said:

Yes to people I know !

got my first lurcher at 6 weeks old the lurcher that is lol

Edited September 8, 2013 by nothernlite

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

  On 08/09/2013 at 09:18, Blue Pocket Rocket said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 06:38, Gaz_1989 said:

 

  On 07/09/2013 at 22:58, CBdogsA1 said:

 

  On 07/09/2013 at 18:58, Blue Pocket Rocket said:

 

  On 07/09/2013 at 18:00, jcm said:

Don't pick a pup till they are about6 weeks and then it will be easy

How would all the other pups.... be able to be 'booked'... if the guy who has pick... wont pick until 6 weeks?....

Think this all boils down to the seller being honest and telling the interested parties that someone has pick of the litter then after that the picks are on a first come first served basis at whatever age the first choice is done.

This is what Hubbs off here did for me. He offered to gift me pick of the litter and said he wouldn't let anyone else view them until I picked mine and if I wanted to wait until they were 8 weeks I could.

I pretty much knew the one I wanted from a photo, well it was between 2 and my mind was made up when i went to see them at 4.5 weeks.

I wanted the calmest, quietest, steadiest pup which wasn't nervous or shy. It wasn't scared to come to me but it was just as happy to curl up on its own and go to sleep.

It has worked for me. She just eats and sleeps

Without sounding like a knob....

 

Maybe thats why he has 2.... now 1 pup left over? ..... if you would have chosen yours the week or so it was born....maybe they would have all homes sorted earlier than now? ....

 

....

Maybe so but how can you pick a pup the week it's born? You can't see it playing and gauge the temperaments can you?

[B.P.R 2,798]

  On 08/09/2013 at 10:31, Gaz_1989 said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 09:18, Blue Pocket Rocket said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 06:38, Gaz_1989 said:

 

  On 07/09/2013 at 22:58, CBdogsA1 said:

 

  On 07/09/2013 at 18:58, Blue Pocket Rocket said:

 

  On 07/09/2013 at 18:00, jcm said:

Don't pick a pup till they are about6 weeks and then it will be easy

How would all the other pups.... be able to be 'booked'... if the guy who has pick... wont pick until 6 weeks?....

Think this all boils down to the seller being honest and telling the interested parties that someone has pick of the litter then after that the picks are on a first come first served basis at whatever age the first choice is done.

This is what Hubbs off here did for me. He offered to gift me pick of the litter and said he wouldn't let anyone else view them until I picked mine and if I wanted to wait until they were 8 weeks I could.

I pretty much knew the one I wanted from a photo, well it was between 2 and my mind was made up when i went to see them at 4.5 weeks.

I wanted the calmest, quietest, steadiest pup which wasn't nervous or shy. It wasn't scared to come to me but it was just as happy to curl up on its own and go to sleep.

It has worked for me. She just eats and sleeps

Without sounding like a knob....

Maybe thats why he has 2.... now 1 pup left over? ..... if you would have chosen yours the week or so it was born....maybe they would have all homes sorted earlier than now? ....

....

Maybe so but how can you pick a pup the week it's born? You can't see it playing and gauge the temperaments can you?

True....

 

Wasnt being a knob.... just seems a long time for the breeder to wait... until he can let the others be booked .....

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

  On 08/09/2013 at 10:33, Blue Pocket Rocket said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 10:31, Gaz_1989 said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 09:18, Blue Pocket Rocket said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 06:38, Gaz_1989 said:

 

  On 07/09/2013 at 22:58, CBdogsA1 said:

 

  On 07/09/2013 at 18:58, Blue Pocket Rocket said:

 

  On 07/09/2013 at 18:00, jcm said:

Don't pick a pup till they are about6 weeks and then it will be easy

How would all the other pups.... be able to be 'booked'... if the guy who has pick... wont pick until 6 weeks?....

Think this all boils down to the seller being honest and telling the interested parties that someone has pick of the litter then after that the picks are on a first come first served basis at whatever age the first choice is done.

This is what Hubbs off here did for me. He offered to gift me pick of the litter and said he wouldn't let anyone else view them until I picked mine and if I wanted to wait until they were 8 weeks I could.

I pretty much knew the one I wanted from a photo, well it was between 2 and my mind was made up when i went to see them at 4.5 weeks.

I wanted the calmest, quietest, steadiest pup which wasn't nervous or shy. It wasn't scared to come to me but it was just as happy to curl up on its own and go to sleep.

It has worked for me. She just eats and sleeps

Without sounding like a knob....

Maybe thats why he has 2.... now 1 pup left over? ..... if you would have chosen yours the week or so it was born....maybe they would have all homes sorted earlier than now? ....

....

Maybe so but how can you pick a pup the week it's born? You can't see it playing and gauge the temperaments can you?

True....

 

Wasnt being a knob.... just seems a long time for the breeder to wait... until he can let the others be booked .....

That's why I went at 4 weeks to pick one mate so he knew which one was gone and he could tell the lads who wanted one what was left.

 

I was just making the point that he offered to wait until 8 weeks if I wanted to which I thought was really good of him

[birddog 1,354]

i was told by a greyhound breeder long ago, pick a female the colour of the sire or a male the colour of the dam.....some logic there to my mind, the pup may have inherited qualities from both parents, my two bitches just now are the same colour as their sires and they're no too bad

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

  On 08/09/2013 at 10:53, birddog said:

i was told by a greyhound breeder long ago, pick a female the colour of the sire or a male the colour of the dam.....some logic there to my mind, the pup may have inherited qualities from both parents, my two bitches just now are the same colour as their sires and they're no too bad

Both my pups parents were brindle :-( Lol

[birddog 1,354]

  On 08/09/2013 at 10:57, Gaz_1989 said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 10:53, birddog said:

i was told by a greyhound breeder long ago, pick a female the colour of the sire or a male the colour of the dam.....some logic there to my mind, the pup may have inherited qualities from both parents, my two bitches just now are the same colour as their sires and they're no too bad

Both my pups parents were brindle :-( Lol

 

please don't tell me your pups fawn or black then......... the after effects of last night are making things fuzzy enough......

[nothernlite 18,089]

is this your first lurcher pup gaz ?

[skycat 6,174]

  On 08/09/2013 at 10:53, birddog said:

i was told by a greyhound breeder long ago, pick a female the colour of the sire or a male the colour of the dam.....some logic there to my mind, the pup may have inherited qualities from both parents, my two bitches just now are the same colour as their sires and they're no too bad

What if they are all the same colour: say black, like both parents?

[skycat 6,174]

When I bred a few litters I never let anyone choose a pup until they were 6 weeks old. Pups change a lot from birth to 6 weeks, and their characters don't really show until they are weaned and running about. Even then, it would be hard to predict exactly how they'll turn out. Some pups don't show their true natures and temperaments until they are away from the rest of the litter. As far as ability is concerned, you can only go by the parents and ancestors, though experienced breeders may will pick out a future star from little things in the way the pups behave.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

  On 08/09/2013 at 11:03, nothernlite said:

is this your first lurcher pup gaz ?

It's my second mate. I had Rocky in 2010 from 5 weeks of Age and he died just before his 1st birthday when he hit a tree.

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

There's some amount of shit and bunkum bandied about when it comes to choosing pups......if they're happy and healthy and well fed and well fleshed, alert and bright, bold and inquisitive with a conformity free from obvious defects just choose it, take it away and make a dog of it....... Ain't difficult....

 

And if you can't tell if a pup is all of the above try goldfish.....