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Old 22-01-2007, 20:43   #7
Wolfsirius
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Few words from me as well, now as this topic is “on top”,
even I don’t speak especially about any breeder, or any dogs, but generally want to say few words about the breed.

Agressivity. I had met few CsVs in Europe (in CZ as well) with good socialication, but agressive.
Agressive to people and other dogs. My experience is that so called " open dogs" can be very dangerous, not only shy ones.
And i think this is truth. Nobody can say that only shy CsV is agressive.
I think all of us who had met many dogs, knows that problems can be on both, shy and open ones.

About socialisation. I had wonder long time, how can breeders keep puppies well socialisated as have many litters at same time.
Every dog owner, especially breeder knows how much one litter take time and strength from breeder.

I think is no sense to say that just 5 dog is enough, if you have more you are “bad”
I think that “good” amount of dogs depence a bit what kind of family you have, and how many members take care of dogs.
I think that everyone of us should know which is enough or too much dogs for each of us,
amount of dogs cant be depent on what has somebody said somewhere. I know many people whom even 1 dog is too much to take care.

There is one thing more I would like to speak about, not only character of our breed, or amount of dogs which people have,
but breeders responsibility as they mate females, and as they sell puppies. If look at available puppies, is quantity enormous.

Lot of matings, lot of puppies, all over the Europe. How many breeder can honestly say, that have or will have good, responsible homes for puppies?
How many breeder can say, that combination they made have something to give to the breed? Honestly.
Puppies are lovely, puppies are nice,
is exciting to see puppies growing, is exciting to meet new people who are interested about puppies, is great to be a breeder who can tell about the breed
for people, is great to be / to know a bit more than those who ask puppy, maybe is good to get some extra money as well, but then what?
Look at adult dogs available. Looks really miserable. Many dogs looking for a new home, many dogs get a new home, but many don’t.
And many of them is already so called problemdogs.

We should be proud of our breed, we should be proud owners / breeders of wolfdog.
Now it seems that we have more quantity of dogs and quantity of “breeders” every year, but quality,
quality of dogs, quality of breeders seems to going down. Is very shame that we have lot of home changing dogs, it shows to all of us, that
something had went wrong. Our purpose should be to find forever loving homes for puppies, not only somebody to take and pay puppy as it’s ready to leave it’s mother.
No matter what happen after that, no matter if new owner can’t handle with puppy, If cant , then will be on list adult dogs available or re-homing some other way.
This is not responsible breeding, never.

Who can say that breeder is responsible if sell puppy to person who had only experience from example golden retriever, who never met CsV alive,
only saw/read from internet what kind of breed CsV is and want it cause is beautiful, rare and wolfish.
Is it responsible breeding, if people can get puppy from breeder so that first contact today by email, puppy reservated tomorrow.
Without personal meeting, without any questions from new owner, without any real info what kind our breed really is.
Is it enough that people say that I read from internet about the breed, and I want a puppy now?
We all who know the breed, can say that CsV is not GSD, CsV is not easiest breed to handle.
Puppy can travel by cargo thousands of kilometers, no worry anymore.
Money to bank account and goodbye for the puppy and maybe upcoming problems at same time.
It is easy, clean and fast, but never responsible, and never will give a good image of our breed or breeders.

Have you ever think, that there could be a reason why some breeder didn’t sell puppy to someone?
Nowdays if somebody cant get puppy from first breeder asked, it sure will get from somebody, no matter if is suitable for the breed or not.
It never should be like this!

We have many differencies between countries. For example in Finland ministry of agriculture will prohibit hybrids (all the mixed dogs with wolf)
only because one (1) case happened where wolfdog attack old lady. Only one ever happened, they didn’t need more from wolfdogs.
And for them is no problem to prohibit CsV and SWH at same time, even these are FCI breeds, they are not interested about FCI backround, if problems seem to be.
For them is enough that dogs have wolf on backround. In Nordic countries, example Norway prohibit both breeds, Sweden allow to take dogs in to the country but don’t register any.
For Finnish ministry is no problem to walk on Norways footsteps and make a new law, no more wolfdogs, not even FCIwolfdogs, and that we don’t want, really.

This is not only reason why breeders should be very careful to whom they sell puppies, but is one reason. And I know that Finland is not only strict country with dogs.
I think no one of us want a bad reputation for our breed, but on todays way, many puppies to “just anyone” we will get it, sooner or later.
There cant be so many good owners for wolfdogs as there is puppies and adult dogs available.

I wish that all breeders try to co-operate, not attack to each others. I think we all have our own experiences and opinions about the breed,
Is good that we have different dogs, different bloodlines, different wolfprocents, and we should use this opportunity together,
not try to survive “alone” and without other breeders help and support.
Some breeders like more “wolfy type”, some like more “dogtype”, but still, breed is same, and should be our common to breed, and way to live.
As co-operating we can help each others to choose new combinations, new puppyowners, and right way to live with this amazing breed.

So, it came very long text, and still so many things to say,

With all the best ; Suski, owner / breeder of WolfSirius from Finland , (owner of mephisto cryin wolf as well)
wolfdogs since 1999. (not listed at wolfdog.org )
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