My New Pup

[rivee]

gahh, what a cutie! He has a precious face!! If he's the pick, his breeder probably noticed the tail thing and probably isn't concerned with it affecting his conformation when he matures. I've seen lots of puppies with funny tail carriage, which isn't permanent. I don't think you can do anything, though, if he decides he just likes to carry it that way! Congrats on your adorable little fuzz-ball!!

:0) You should definitely consider showing him for fun, at least, if you're interested. Call his breeder or a local Obedience school for conformation classes... just showing as a hobby really isn't extremely difficult or expensive, you can also do Obedience, Agility, Tracking, Dock-diving, etc, etc, etc with your pup, which is WAAY fun!

Could you give us the registered names of his parents, or perhaps his grandparents? And, anything you'd like included in his name (ie... do you want something referring to his callname, Cooter?) so we can give you suggestions. I like using names of songs, or references to the dogs personality, as show names... ie, I've always liked as a show name, Chisolms Rebel Yell ... that's if he's a particularly rebellious little guy!

He is pretty feisty so Rebel in the name might be appropriate. I should be getting his parents reg. names along with his pedigree papers shortly.

I trained a female goldy I had in the 1980's-90's for bird hunting (RIP 1981-1998, 17 years old when I had her put to sleep). She turned out to be a very good bird retriever. Not great but good. I wouldn't mind doing it again with this one.

I'm going to look into showing this pup. Although I've never done it, it does sound like fun. Do the dogs like it?

Where/when do I start with him?

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