Quote:
Originally Posted by dog_cooker
I want the dog to be part of my family, so i would think that show dog breeders will be best.
|
That´s rather wrong expectation, sorry. You see, Czechoslovakian wolfdog is working dog breed, it is not "show dog". Yes, there is many people who show the dogs, but luckily there are no "show lines" in the breed, at least not in the countries of origin (Czech republic and Slovakia). The idea is, that CSW should be universall dog, which you can use for anything - guarding, working, agility, sport, walking etc. Therefore, breeding only for beauty and not paying attention to other important characteristics, such as health, mental stability and working ability is not supported and strongly discouraged.
CSW will adapt to the conditions you make for him - he can live in the flat, as well in a house or outside kennel. Every CSW, no matter from where you buy him, will love to spend time with you and your family, because they are VERY social dogs.
You might find more tendencies to create "show dogs" as opposed to "working dogs" in Western Europe, but again, this is not good. The reason is not only as said above, but also because the foreign judges, who give the titles, very often do not know, how the CSW should look like. Some of them even preffer characteristics, that are actually fault against the standard in the breed! So you can find champions from western countries, that would receive only very good marks from experienced Slovak or Czech judge. What is such champion worth? Nothing.. As Nebulosa said, results of dog show do not say anything. Titles are nothing.
What matters, if you want to buy CSW for life, are different things. What matters are the hip dysplasia results of the puppy´s parents, the fact how good the breeder is in socialising and raising his puppies, the character of the puppy´s parents and also if the puppy is healthy and in good shape.
For a family dog, you don´t care if his ears are a bit longer, if his mask is not 100% or if the eyes not yellow enough. (That´s what matters if you want show dog, for example). But you don´t want to have as family dog a dog, who´s shy, sick, crippled or aggressive. So first of all, you have to exclude breeders, who breed on dogs shy or aggressive, not bonitated, not x-rayed for hip dysplasia, who produce many litters per year (cause they can´t have time to socialise) etc.