Your plans

[wolfsoul]

I am way too excited about getting my puppy. Even though it won't be for months, I keep making all of these plans.

Are you expecting a puppy/dog? What are your plans to train and socialise it, and will you do any sports with it?

I'm going to start agility training right away. There are so many things you can do without making the puppy do rigorous jumping. I'm going to teach him everything he needs to know, downs and waits and contacts and nose-touches, everything. I'm going to obedience train him right away too. I've decided to skip Visa's obedience career so that means my puppy will be my first obedience dog. I think we're just going to go for his CD though, possibly his CDX. He's going to go on sleepovers to ALL of my friends' houses so that he is used to different environments and situations and so that he gets extra socialised. I want him to be the friendliest, happiest, most well-rounded Belgian ever. He is going to be a stud dog, and most Belgian breeders pick the friendly dogs to breed to as opposed to the ones with the titles. Visa's brother is ugly as hell and he has four litters on the ground right now. I'm going to take him to pet shops all the time and get everyone to pet him and examine him like he would be examined in the ring. Visa has a terrible ring temperment. It's the only thing that keeps her from being Best in Show. I do not want my puppy to have this problem, I don't want anything to slow him down! I'm going to take him herding once a month (I want to start him on ducks LOL), and once a week I'm going to leave him at Doggytopia so that he can socialise with dogs he doesn't know and get used to not having me around all the time. When I take him to work with me, I want him to spend some days in the back with the loud noisy blowdryers and barking dogs so that he gets used to different noises, and some days in the front so that he can play with the other shop dogs and meet the customers and spend some time in a crate.I'm going to take him to Visa's agility classes, and the dog park, and all of Visa's shows and trials. I can't stop thinking about everything I'm going to do with him -- it will be the first puppy that is all mine; The first puppy I get to do everything I want with.

I'm making up a picture pedigree, and I'm almost done! I'll post it when I'm done.

Tell everyone about all of the plans you have for your future dogs.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I won't be getting my next dog until 2008 (hopefully, if all goes as planned), but it's really not that far away I guess. I'll be getting a female Toller...don't know what her registered name will be, or if I even get to choose it (haven't talked to the breeder about this) but her call name will be either "River" or "Aero" most likely. I plan to compete in obedience trials with her, so the training for that will start very early on. I'd also like to start agility training excluding jumps and anything else that is too hard on pups when she is about 4-5 months old or so and try to make sure she has her contacts solid by the time she is a year old or so. She will also be socialized TONS from a very early start, I don't want another Tango. I want her to be extremely comfortable in new surroundings with new people, new dogs, strange noises, etc. I especially want to socialize her around other dogs a lot so she doesn't get insane when she sees one as an adult (again, I don't want another Tango..). I'd *love* for her to go for sleepovers and such, for the same reasons as you'd like your Belgian to but either the people I know don't like 'hairy' dogs or they just don't like Tollers (they do have a rep. for being neurotic and freaky, unfortunately...esp. in grooming shops, most groomers hate them it seems but I understand why). She will also be shown in conformation [unless she doesn't turn out nicely as she gets older] so she and I will probably take a couple classes together for that, as I've never handled a dog in the ring before and probably won't be able to until I get her. I don't want her to be terrified of loud noises and storms so I'm going to try my very best to make those times extremely fun for her if she shows any fear, if she doesn't, I won't make a big deal out of it. I'm worried though, as I don't want her to pick up on Tango's reactions. It's also important that she isn't afraid of weather conditions as I'd like to get her into field trials when she's older and of course, she'll start training for that young too. There are so many things I want to do with her and I'm sure I'm forgetting something...

[lute]

i'm getting a great dane puppy in August! i can't wait!

my puppy's registered name will be Kennel Name's I Can't Dance. i'm co-teaching some handling and obediance classes this summer. my puppy will go and socialize with all the other dogs there. i take my dogs to PetSmart a every weekend, but take puppies 2-3 times a week. there are lots of different smells, dogs and people. i'll be showing my dane in conformation and obediance. my puppy will go everywhere with me. the grocery store, park, grandma's house, etc. i always take my pups to my sibe breeder friend's house to meet her 20+ siberian huskies.

next spring i'll be getting a great dane fawn bitch. her name will be Heaven, but not sure on a registered name yet. i'll also be doing conformation and obediance with her. same socializing as the other pup. yes, i will have a male and female. NO I AM NOT GOING TO BREED THEM! IT WOULD BE UNETHICAL!

not sure of any other dogs/pups i'll be getting. i'll probably always have a rescue dane.

[jesse_3]

Okay, I don't know if this counts, but I am getting at least three huskies from the humane society, when I move out. Okay I am looking at two to three years from now, but I have had this planned since I can remember. All three of them will be my skijoring (sp?) dogs, and then I will get enough for a couple of sled teams. I will search all humane societies for the huskies who need to be rescued.
Glacier has shown me that it can be done! My whole family has been telling me that shelter dogs can never do that, and some can't, but Glacier, how many huskies of yours are rescued?

Stephanie

[lute]

Stephanie, you have some pretty awesome plans!

[luvofallhorses]

I want one of my future dogs to be a therapy dog.

[binka_nugget]

Is Visa showing signs of coming into heat yet?!?

I'm going to be getting a female Groenendael from Visa's litter. Her name will probably be Nevaeh (Heaven backwards). Her registered name will be "Attra Dea's Stairway to Heaven". Kai's full name is "Fool in the Rain" and Kaedyn's is "Dazed and Confused" so it'll fit with the Led Zeppelin theme.

The pup will be socialized SO much. I don't want to resocialize another adult dog. Hopefully I'll have my dog daycare set up while it's growing up so I can bring it to work with me and socialize with dogs there. If not, I'll take it to dog parks regularly.. and watch agility trials with it too. I'd love to do therapy with this one too as that would be AWESOME socialization.

I'm also really excited because I'll be feeding this pup raw from the get-go. It'll be really interesting seeing how fast it grows.

I won't be training in obedience too extensively as a pup though. The reason I'm allowed to get this pup is so I can bring it to a program with me. The program requires us to bring an untrained dog. I'll only be teaching it sit, down, stay, and come as well as commands for around the house, and tricks.. no heel, stand, finish, retrieve, etc. I want this pup to have unbelievable recall so I'll abe focusing a lot on recall. I'm going to train for contacts, pause, weaves and tunnel while it's a pup. Maybe even jumps too.. but have it set low enough for it to simply walk over. I think I might start on preparing it for flyball too.

As an adult, we will compete in obedience, agility, hopefully flyball and dabble in a bit of hobby herding if the instinct is there. I'd love to train this dog to utility level in obedience. We'll also compete in conformation depending on how it turns out (although, I'm sure it'll be uber pretty with visa as a mommy!) And if I can find a club for it, I'd LOVE to take on Schutzhund and Rally-o.

And if she turns out to be an excellent example of her breed, I would love to breed her.

[Glacier]

Glacier has shown me that it can be done! My whole family has been telling me that shelter dogs can never do that, and some can't, but Glacier, how many huskies of yours are rescued?

Stephanie

21 of the 23 are rescued or rehomed. Only Muskwa and Earle have been with us from puppyhood. 15 are from the local humane society. The others came from other mushers or we rescued them on our own.

Good luck with your plans. I'd strongly advise that if you want to sled with them, that you get one trained lead dog. Lots of them are available as rescues in certain areas. Lots of mushers get rid of their dogs as they approach 9 years old. A 9year old dog can still potentially pull for a few years and a trained leader will make things much easier and more fun for you! Check out the Second Chance League in Fairbanks, AK. They ship dogs for the right home and only rescue trained sled dogs.

[BC_MoM]

Well.. whenever there is a Visa pup available, I plan on scooping one up.

I'd like to get it into the puppy play school here that we would attend twice a week, get into puppy obedience and continue through all of the stages of obedience. (Not necessarily for competition)

I would like to enroll it in agility and herding. Especially herding. I love it.

[jesse_3]

21 of the 23 are rescued or rehomed. Only Muskwa and Earle have been with us from puppyhood. 15 are from the local humane society. The others came from other mushers or we rescued them on our own.

Good luck with your plans. I'd strongly advise that if you want to sled with them, that you get one trained lead dog. Lots of them are available as rescues in certain areas. Lots of mushers get rid of their dogs as they approach 9 years old. A 9year old dog can still potentially pull for a few years and a trained leader will make things much easier and more fun for you! Check out the Second Chance League in Fairbanks, AK. They ship dogs for the right home and only rescue trained sled dogs.

Wow, I thought that about half, or a little over were rescues! That is awesome, and makes me even more excited! Thanks for the advice too, I will definitely remember that. I am going to start to keep a notebook for things like this. I went to a sled dog demo, and they had two huskies there, and they were gorgeous! Every day I think of this, and I am eager to learn more and more.
Although, I don't understand why a musher would just "throw away" their older lead dog, this dog has probably been with them for a long time. It breaks my heart to hear things like that.

It is fun to read everyone's plans! It makes me excited to hear about everything happening, and I wish you all luck! I am hoping to get Jemi' into agility, and I am waiting for the call back on if they are going to have classes here this summer or not!

Can Chis even do agility?

Absolutely any dog can do agility, maybe not professionally, but in your backyard. My three-legged girl Jesse has no problem when I have her do jumps. She has proved the vets wrong with her jumping, and she just enjoys it! As long as the dog enjoys it, they can do it.

Well everyone, I can't wait to read about your plans as they near and you are able to do them!
Stephanie

[Giselle]

next spring i'll be getting a great dane fawn bitch. her name will be Heaven, but not sure on a registered name yet. i'll also be doing conformation and obediance with her. same socializing as the other pup. yes, i will have a male and female. NO I AM NOT GOING TO BREED THEM! IT WOULD BE UNETHICAL!

Lute, I'm NOT trying to bash on you or anything, but you are really contradicting yourself.

How is responsible breeding unethical? Furthermore, why are you even showing in conformation if you aren't going to breed??? Conformation is the evaluation of breeding stock. Dogs who are going to be shown are done so to prove themselves worthy of being bred. I can understand if you're just showing to gain the experience and have some fun, but you can do that just by signing yourself on as a handler.

I just don't see how responsible breeding is so "unethical". I plan to show and breed Pekingeses in the distant future, so that just irked me because it seems like my plans would be "unethical".

As for plans for a pup or a dog, we'll talk about this 10 years from now because I can't fathom the possibility of bringing a new dog into our household. I want a show Peke desperately, but I still need to do more research and find myself an active mentor.

[dab_20]

How is responsible breeding unethical?

The reason Lute won't be breeding them is because she can't because of the colors of her two dogs. You can't breed a fawn to a black or blue.

My dad and I plan on adopting a dachshund puppy this summer. So far, I don't plan on doing any sports with it. It will just be a pet, I'm excited!!

[Giselle]

The reason Lute won't be breeding them is because she can't because of the colors of her two dogs. You can't breed a fawn to a black or blue.

My dad and I plan on adopting a dachshund puppy this summer. So far, I don't plan on doing any sports with it. It will just be a pet, I'm excited!!

Ahh, thanks for explaining it. Color isn't a big deal for both Pekes and Greys so I'm not into all those color breedings.

[buttercup132]

I''ll be getting my Dane in a few years. It will be a male Harlequine or Merle. I will be taking him EVERYWHERE with me. Pretty much the same plans as Lute lol.

Bringing him to pet stores all the time and get into some kind of obidence or something. I also want him to be a therapy dog.
I cant wait to get him!!!!

I already have other preperations..like collar coulors ect...lol

[lute]

I just don't see how responsible breeding is so "unethical".

Just like dab_20 said. you can only breed fawns with fawn or brindle. only blues with blues or blacks. only blacks with blues, harls, and mantles. you can see all the acceptable breeding colors here.