In hopes of alleviating some of the tensions assocciated with many of my views, I thought maybe a bit of perspective would help. I have not only seen, but I have owned, raised, and worked dogs more than most. I have probably had 200 to 250 personal dogs, at least 120 litters, and seen over 1500 pups. I have 40+ dogs here right now. I have probably raised more pups than people writing books on how to raise pups. I have experamented with methods of doing so. I stay out of how to train methods pretty much because I am not interested in trained dogs. I am interested in smart dogs that are trainable that have all the natural drives and desires. I do not want to see trained abilities.
I have raised litters of pups in 13' x 7' kennels for the first 8 weeks, 10 weeks, 12 weeks, as opposed to starting their being free in the yard at 6 weeks and I can tell you, there is a drastic difference in how they handle and think. I have not worked more than 4 hrs a day for the last 20+ years so I will have time to observe and take care of the beasts. I have spent years observing the behaviors of the dogs, and pups. Most will find, I don't agree with much of what is written about crate training, breeding or the rearing of pups. I don't disagree because I have read conflicting information. I disagree because I have seen most of it first hand. I keep 5 family units of dogs. I know how they interact.
While many of you spend a fair amount saving for that one dog and accept it even if marginal, I breed what I want and won't spend the time working with less than what I like. I do not rationalize nor make excuses for a POS dog. With so many dogs outside the door that can do whatever I want, it is impossible to say a POS is something other than a POS. Tough to do when you only have one or two dogs. As a matter of fact, it is tough to see a lot of things when you only have a couple of dogs. You start relying on reading about how someone else perceives dog behavior and end up with BS such as the Dominance theory. I gotta wonder how many people have been bit in the face trying to do the alpha role because of such BS.
To make a log story short, I did not get my views from reading what someone else thinks nor did I get them from reading a book and looking at one or two dogs. Many have to accept what they read, I don't have to so my view may be obviously different. I have had people tell me for years I can't breed the way I do, can't raise pups with little to no interaction and on and on because they read a book and have maybe a litter a year. All I can say is "Gimme a Break!"
Nice job Emil, tell me you didn't bend the shaft and :hail1::hail1: I can't believe you didn't weigh it.
