Now I’m not going to sniff around the bush on this one, but between you & me, and I’m hoping this reaches out to a lot of you, I’m sick to the back molars with the negativity surrounding so called dangerous dogs & the online sale of animals on internet sites.
Everywhere I look these days it’s at the end of my snoz. TV, newspapers, even online, you can’t get away from it.
The first thing I’d like to state is that NO dog was ever born dangerous. We all start out with a blank canvas. Kind of like you humans.
The difference is, it takes you so called superior beings way longer to get a grip on reality, and from what I have seen over my 12 human years, some of you never actually go on to grasp same.
Us dogs on the other hand have a far smaller window to get accustomed to all our future life might throw at us. We have to get to grips with all of this, certainly before we turn 3 months of age, so having a good start in life is paramount. Now again like you humans we have no say into what household we are born into, but we can only hope that the humans that supervise our reproduction have more than 1 brain cell to share between them before attempting it.
PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE….leave the breeding of us canines to the humans that know what they are doing, and can actually spell the breeds name, and even pronounce it correctly….No I am not a sausage dog, or dashound, it’s Dachshund, pronounced Dacks-hund, meaning Badger Dog, which should give you intelligent ones out there some indication as to what me and my relatives were bred for when our breed was first established.
Humans that have been involved in their particular breeds for longer than the 12 years that I have graced this planet of ours. These people know their particular breeds inside out and are always striving to produce fit, healthy & well socialised puppies. They also sell the resulting offspring with puppy contracts & go to great lengths to ensure that these pups end up in suitable homes. Part of the Puppy contracts states that for whatever reason if the person buying the pup runs into any difficulty & needs to rehome , they first make contact with the breeder to offer the pup back.
Now I don’t know about you, but reading back on the above, it’s very unlikely that a pup bred from a reputable owner / breeder of us canines will ever end up in a pound, due to being classed as dangerous. Those lucky canines have had the very best start in life that they could possibly ask for. In the first eight weeks of their lives they have experienced all the stimuli that they need to in order to lead a healthy, happy and fun filled life.
That’s how it should be done, so if it’s not done that way, my advice to you is to steer well clear of the people that do it any other way. Otherwise you have only got yourself to blame !
Now I’ve mentioned reputable owner / breeders above, and I know my humans are only interested in attracting the same to their web site Pedigreedogs.ie which I helped them launch over 4 years ago.
You see, they were fed up of looking at the general classified web sites, that included an animal section, most of which contained ads that would have looked good gracing the walls of the hammer house of horror !
So they set about setting up a site dedicated to the responsible owner / breeders out there.
I can hear you asking how do you know that a breeder is reputable, if the only contact you have had is online ? Well in the case of my humans site, they stipulate what they will and will not allow to be advertised. That’s the first cut in weeding out the rouge breeders, as even if they proceed with an ad, it will not be published.
They also provide a very detailed advice section listing questions that you should ALWAYS ask if you go on to make telephone contact with the breeder. However the onus lies with YOU the potential lifelong owner of this canine companion to visit the breeder at their home and see the environment where the pups were raised. This reputable breeder will also insist that you come and visit them as they have nothing to hide. They will also have questions for you.
It doesn’t matter where you come across this breeder, whether it was through a Kennel Club, Breed Club, dog magazine, newspaper or online, you MUST always visit them at the home where they raise the pups. NO exceptions. The same rules apply. I suppose it’s like those online dating agencies that some of you humans use, you don’t know what you will be met with until you actually meet up.
So there you have it, there can of course be dangerous dogs, ones that didn’t get the best start in life, with no socialization, that were bred by people that shouldn’t even breed themselves.
Thankfully there are lots of people out there that do it the right way & there are web sites where these people can advertise.
Dangerous dogs can only be a result of irresponsible and un educated humans, that’s the complete opposite to how reputable breeders go about things.
Bye for now
Doris Dachshund
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