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mijke · 20-07-2004, 01:00

Hi Suski and others,

As the owner of the "waterbed-dog"

(see article:An inventive wolfdog 06/01/2004) I know a lot about dammage caused by a CsW

(Letty knows also the waterbed story, we are living in her neighberhood

)
And the same dog is also an expert in escaping

(he even jumped, without any problems, out of the window from the second floor), but he is never running away... his favorite game is to find a way out en then he runs to our frontdoor and starts barking

But the measure of destroying is different between individual dogs. The waterbed-dog did never destroy anything else

While my other CsW destroyed a lot of things

For years I am a breeder of an other breed and I had replaced dogs (of different breeds) for resocialising and obedience training. And of course these were not the most easy dogs

(and also they did destroy something from time till time aso)
And in all these time I never used a bench (cage)

But since I have CsW's I had to buy benches!

After all my years of experiences I am convinced a CsW is the most intelligent expert for escaping and ruin things

So I agree with you and Letty, that you have to warn and prepare honnost the new owners what it is like to have CsW

(it is easy to sell such beautiful pups to everyone, but it is hard to find owners wich real can take responsebility to raise and train a Csw for his lifetime)

So Gidi, also tell interseted people a CsW is a real working dog

Because of his intelligence and his playful character he needs to do activity's and he likes working! (a CsW is not a sofa-dog!!)
New owners who don't like to do daily things to gether with their dog, can better look for an other breed.

And no, they are not traineble in the way like you can do with a GSD

But when you find the way to motivate them, and you don't repeat exercises again and again (so it becomes boring) they even like obedience training

And maybe they are not the best as a Schutzhund, but there are a lot of other things you can do with them!
Defence work is not any problem for them (and even without training he will defend his pack anytime

), search work they like, running and water work is also favorite, pulling sledges, rescue work, it does no matter what it is, but they need to do things!!.
And for me personal it is not even necessary to get a certificate for this (but it is nice sometimes

) because I like doing things together with my dogs and find out what are their individual possibillity's.

And when people can't find a traininggroup or dogschool where they can go with their CsW, I tell them be inventive an creative!

For example when we had here a big storm a lot of trees in the wood did fall down. And then I went with some others to this wood and we let the dogs climb for mtrs. high and search their owners. And this new experience was a big fun for dogs and owners

Because the most important thing is that a CsW can work and do something

Greetings,
Mijke

20-07-2004, 01:00	#14
mijke Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Warnsveld Posts: 2,033	Hi Suski and others, As the owner of the "waterbed-dog" (see article:An inventive wolfdog 06/01/2004) I know a lot about dammage caused by a CsW (Letty knows also the waterbed story, we are living in her neighberhood ) And the same dog is also an expert in escaping (he even jumped, without any problems, out of the window from the second floor), but he is never running away... his favorite game is to find a way out en then he runs to our frontdoor and starts barking But the measure of destroying is different between individual dogs. The waterbed-dog did never destroy anything else While my other CsW destroyed a lot of things For years I am a breeder of an other breed and I had replaced dogs (of different breeds) for resocialising and obedience training. And of course these were not the most easy dogs (and also they did destroy something from time till time aso) And in all these time I never used a bench (cage) But since I have CsW's I had to buy benches! After all my years of experiences I am convinced a CsW is the most intelligent expert for escaping and ruin things So I agree with you and Letty, that you have to warn and prepare honnost the new owners what it is like to have CsW (it is easy to sell such beautiful pups to everyone, but it is hard to find owners wich real can take responsebility to raise and train a Csw for his lifetime) So Gidi, also tell interseted people a CsW is a real working dog Because of his intelligence and his playful character he needs to do activity's and he likes working! (a CsW is not a sofa-dog!!) New owners who don't like to do daily things to gether with their dog, can better look for an other breed. And no, they are not traineble in the way like you can do with a GSD But when you find the way to motivate them, and you don't repeat exercises again and again (so it becomes boring) they even like obedience training And maybe they are not the best as a Schutzhund, but there are a lot of other things you can do with them! Defence work is not any problem for them (and even without training he will defend his pack anytime ), search work they like, running and water work is also favorite, pulling sledges, rescue work, it does no matter what it is, but they need to do things!!. And for me personal it is not even necessary to get a certificate for this (but it is nice sometimes ) because I like doing things together with my dogs and find out what are their individual possibillity's. And when people can't find a traininggroup or dogschool where they can go with their CsW, I tell them be inventive an creative! For example when we had here a big storm a lot of trees in the wood did fall down. And then I went with some others to this wood and we let the dogs climb for mtrs. high and search their owners. And this new experience was a big fun for dogs and owners Because the most important thing is that a CsW can work and do something Greetings, Mijke __________________ Vriendelijke groeten, Mijke PS: I am not a moderator anymore!!