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I have decided that its time to get a puppy. My family always tell me to to to the animal rescue center (they used to be called the pound) and get a puppy or young dog. And I have considered it. I even went and check them out. They had some cute pit bull puppies but the insurance carrier said they'd drop me.
Well do to my advancing age I find I do not walk very fast anymore. So I decided to go back (I used to hunt with Setters and Brittney Spaniels) pointing dogs. A German Short Haired Pointer really interests me.
So here is what I need to know from those that own them or have been around them...
Will a German Short Haired Pointer...
sit next to the shooting bench all afternoon when I shoot?
never bite anyone? And this is a big thing! If that breed is snappy.. it will regret the day it was born.
Does it growl at strangers? A bark is fine. I don't mind a bark. Then when I tell them OK.. I mean shut your pie hole, its all over. If they growl or lunge... there will be repercussions.
See my fear is, I have a lot of family and friends. They visit with their children. And lately it seems my kin have been on a breeding binge and have a lot of babies. So my Labradors would sit with the little carpet crawling ear pullers, tail biting little devils and never make a sound or bare a tooth. Are Short Hairs that tolerant?
Do they house break fast? I can not stand a dog that messes in my house. this is the gods truth.. my last Labrador messed in the house twice in his life. Once he puddled the floor, was corrected and he learned his lesson. The other time he put a pile against the front door. I had went fishing, and broke down far from the house. 20 hours later I got home. He tried to get as close to outside as he could I actually felt sorry for him. So they have to know their boundaries.
Also are GSPs constant food hogs. Having raised Labradors, my labs would come out of a sound sleep at the sound of the refrigerator opening.
When I ask breeders they of course tell me its a matter of training. Well I used to train dogs. So that's not the problem. I am someone that knows the dog is a dog, not my child and I am not its Daddy nor it my baby. I am the leader of the land.
So what have been your experiences?
Well do to my advancing age I find I do not walk very fast anymore. So I decided to go back (I used to hunt with Setters and Brittney Spaniels) pointing dogs. A German Short Haired Pointer really interests me.
So here is what I need to know from those that own them or have been around them...
Will a German Short Haired Pointer...
sit next to the shooting bench all afternoon when I shoot?
never bite anyone? And this is a big thing! If that breed is snappy.. it will regret the day it was born.
Does it growl at strangers? A bark is fine. I don't mind a bark. Then when I tell them OK.. I mean shut your pie hole, its all over. If they growl or lunge... there will be repercussions.
See my fear is, I have a lot of family and friends. They visit with their children. And lately it seems my kin have been on a breeding binge and have a lot of babies. So my Labradors would sit with the little carpet crawling ear pullers, tail biting little devils and never make a sound or bare a tooth. Are Short Hairs that tolerant?
Do they house break fast? I can not stand a dog that messes in my house. this is the gods truth.. my last Labrador messed in the house twice in his life. Once he puddled the floor, was corrected and he learned his lesson. The other time he put a pile against the front door. I had went fishing, and broke down far from the house. 20 hours later I got home. He tried to get as close to outside as he could I actually felt sorry for him. So they have to know their boundaries.
Also are GSPs constant food hogs. Having raised Labradors, my labs would come out of a sound sleep at the sound of the refrigerator opening.
When I ask breeders they of course tell me its a matter of training. Well I used to train dogs. So that's not the problem. I am someone that knows the dog is a dog, not my child and I am not its Daddy nor it my baby. I am the leader of the land.
So what have been your experiences?