Originally posted by Rottiegirl:
Wow! I found rottie lovers! Ijust got my CGC on Barron.He`s almost 1 year old. I don`t show him, though, so I guess he will get neutered. Is it true that you wait til they are 2 and do it when they x-ray the hips? I wanted to to it now but everybody tells me not to knock him out twice. The way peple think our dogs are so mean and all, I think just the ones that can get titled on both ends and get all the health stuff cleared should have puppies. If everbody did that,people wouldn`t be afraid of rotties so much, they would be better dogs, all the bad dogs would get weeded out. They probably will cost more, but they will be bred right.
Congrats on your CGC!!! If you want Barron to fill out and look like a big male Rott, then you should wait to get him neutered until he's about 3. If you get him neutered real young, he might not fill out as much as you'd like.

If Baron gets his Schutzhund title and he has good hips and is otherwise healthy, you should look into showing him, and maybe breeding him. I totally agree with what you said. If you don't breed the good dogs, then all you have left is the dogs produced by the nutheads that breed the bad dogs.

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-Rottie