The Czechoslovakian
Wolfdog Agar (who I call Shargoo) spent 2 years of his life with me in
Holland. I brought him over as a 6-week-old up. Avoiding the basic mistake
of bad socialization, I took Shargoo all over - to cowshed, sheepfold,
stable, pig's farm and hen's farm. Having the chance to sniff all strange
smells, he forgot about unsafe ideas to chase unknown animals. There is
a custom in Holland to begin with dog's training in age of 3 months. Carried
away by the idea of improving Shargoo's upbringing, I entered the course
for puppies. Pup's courses are very popular and sometimes pups are not
the only ones who learn. Trainings have a form more like discussing group
than anything else. Before a lesson starts, anybody can bring in a question
concerning dogs. (I remember, once we have been solving a question of
certain lady, which concerned blocked break winds of her Malthesen!) Local
trainer saw Czechoslovakian Wolfdog for the first time in his life. He
didn't give Shargoo much chances and Shargoo didn't disappoint him. Nothing
went good and instead of training, he was more interested in raking the
ground. He moved all turfs to my feet. Which I found extremely embarrassing.
Situation seemed to be serious, not desperate though. A lot of patience
with Czechoslovakian Wolfdog gets you far. At least it worked by me. It
didn't take long and we reached the diploma of puppy course, obedience
training A and B. (these are the variants of basic commands and ones that
are more difficult). In the age of 2 years came the fundamental break
point. Shargoo began to listen. He understood quickly what I want from
him and even commands were done with grace. This motivated me to go on
for training variant C, but trainers made a lot of excuses to don't do
so. They say that Czechoslovakian Wolfdog don't get very far. That he
is unconcentrated and loses interest about training really soon. All my
effort to controvert this opinion turned to nothing. They don't believe
in him. When I tried to get on defense training, I was faced with total
distrust in my dog. Czechoslovakian Wolfdog has in Holland status of an
exhibition dog. I went through a quiet few courses, but nowhere was a
sign of the same race dog. The only successes of Dutch breeders are probably
the exhibition's. What a shame! If they would find a way to the heart
of a dog with a mask of wolf, they would discover in there much more than
only a beauty champion.
Michaela
Pokorna
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