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Does your dog have pedigree papers? Morphology is important for show dogs but not for schutzhund. Also is an american or a european type doberman? $600 for a dobie is not much and probably not from a champion bloodline but do you know how many people own dogs and just because they don't care about shows nobody thinks they are valueble but in fact they are better than many champions? So don't give your hopes up

So much wrong in this post, hard to know where to start.

Not everyone cares about shows and championships. Many people buy dogs from good breeders paying thousands of euros and nobody sees those dogs untill they die. Between those dogs there are many who could beat champion bloodlines. Capish? Now I don't know what is the person he bought the dog, if he has pedigree, etc. Questions being asked and everyone has his opinion. I don't see why would someone get insulted by my post. Is it like am not speaking the truth or am I attacking a group of people or dogs with intention to prove they are incapable? Dude, its a forum and people can say whatever they want, freedom of speech you know? I am not a politician to be liked by everyone.

Hmm, I'm sniffing eau du troll, at this point--correct use of an anglicized word, but misspelled...syntax changes, hot buttons, yep, this one is fishy.

...Read, read, read. Dont spank.

Possibly the best puppy-raising advice ever posted on here

 

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The pup isn't even seven weeks old now... how used to anything could a pup get in that time? All things considered (Puppy Chow!), if this was my pup I would just ditch the old food and fill up the bowl with new food.

Changing foods is NOT a bad thing! When I still fed kibble, I used to switch between half a dozen foods with no transition period at all. What can happen is that if you only ever feed one food, you can sort of "train" the digestive system to become inflexible. I think this inflexibility is a bad thing, and routinely advise people against feeding the same thing for any length of time. Eating something different every day is normal and natural, and should not cause any kind of disruption... it is eating the same thing every day which is kind of weird, if you think about it.

I would have to agree with the above advice, and add that even with adult rescue dogs I've rarely, if ever, had digestive upsets when--and this part is key--upgrading to a much better quality kibble. I've always done "cold-turkey" switches to better food, when medically safe to do so.

I suspect the reverse is NOT true, and if you were suddenly to switch to craptastic food like Purina Puppy Chow, from a good kibble, you'd have all sorts of troubles.

 

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A little off topic, but there has been some discussion earlier on this thread about Purina puppy chow.....I was wondering what people's thoughts were about the Purina Pro Plan puppy chow as this is what I have been feeding my boy.

Here's a dog food site where you can rate your kibble

Dog Food Analysis - Reviews of kibble

I myself prefer to avoid foods that contain menadione, a synthetic (and toxic) form of vitamin K, which Purina kibbles do contain.

 

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"I myself"??... one can conclude a great deal of information about a persons' personality from the use of these two ppn's together in a sentence, but thanks for the link!!! It has actually been extremely helpful.

Oh for heaven's sake, what was your user name when you were here before?

You're welcome to knock off the attempted digs at me any time now; I've lost count as I wasn't paying much attention, but this is at least the third time. And this is in response to me answering questions you've asked. Downright Klassy.

I've remained polite as you've appeared to try to pick fights, but I'm happy to slap you on ignore now--good luck getting all your novice questions answered if you make this behavior a pattern here with other members.

 

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...Wow...person appears to many times in the above paragraph...

"too"

 

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RFR, your posts always make me smile
I especially like when you make a statement and follow it with a :nana:

Aw, sorry. I was too lazy tonight to wait for the "More" smilies window to load, or I'd have whipped a :nana: out on you, in the previous post. (I finally remembered the HTML this time.)

The :nana: became a habit when it became necessary to defend I, myself (improper grammar) from those who actually are not acquainted with sarcasm, nor even sometimes with humor, in cyberspace.

Sometimes, even the smilies can't save you, not even the :nana:

(Psst--was that 2 many :nana: in one post?)

 

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You can get friendly advice. You just have to listen to them instead of just hearing them.

And when hearing is obstructed by a giant chip on the shoulder, things get even more difficult :nana: