I just had to write, as many of you know my now 7 month old girl came from
a volume breeder (not huge, 10-24 litters a year). We did not know this
when we bought her. Her french pedigree and registration papers came last
week (the day after she was spayed). We have had behaviour problems with
Hi all. I just heard word of a 3 year old neutered male Berner being given to
Rescue. He is having what sounds like some fairly signifigant behavioral
problems, centered around aggression issues. Is there anyone out there
interested in helping me work w/ this dog?
The issue of aggression (an
Vilma--
While I wholeheartedly agree that we need to give rescues every chance, I'd
like to point out that sometimes dogs come into rescue for a good reason.
One thing rescue groups for Berners will have to consider as this breed
grows more popular and begin suffering even more from health and
Eileen,
Your post makes some very good points. Yes, we do need to watch very very
carefully the breeding and training choices we make. Yes, most dogs are in
rescue and in shelters b/c of behavioral problems of one sort or another,
they are supposedly there for a good reason. And no, not all
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But this particular dog has not even been evaluated yet. I just want to
give
him a chance!
Oh, I certainly didn't mean that no one should give these guys a chance.
Many perfectly nice dogs get thrown away every day! (hence my some dogs are
I think in all breeds, unneutered
males 1-3 yrs old is the highest demographic of owner surrenders.
Eileen;
I have a rehomed neutered male berner that was 16 months old when he adopted
me. He is the sweetest, most wonderful dog, most of the time, but he did
have issues. We won't talk about
Vilma wrote: The issue of aggression (an often
overused and misused term which actually covers a very
wide range of behaviors) seems to be getting more and
more common in our breed. I would love to get together
a group of Berner lovers, ideally w/ an interest in
training/behavior, who are
