Really confused on what breed is right for me.

    • Bronze
    Very pretty dog, weim or dobe mix or  whatever.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Lol, thank you. I will post more pictures when DH transferes them from his computer to mine.
    • Gold Top Dog
    ORIGINAL: Saradrin
     I don't care though because breeding was the last thing that came to my mind when we bought her. I'm not saying that it's not possible, but I'm just taking  it one day at a time. :)
    -Saradrin

     
    If the color and markings are a serious fault then she should not be bred at all. I would think that a responsible breeder would've sold this bitch on limited registration and on a spay/neuter contract.
    • Gold Top Dog
    When I foster, I urge people to take the pups to the vet within 48-72 hours.  Every pup that leaves my home has already been vet checked, is current on shots and I prefer they come BACK for the rest of them, and been wormed.  BUT, it's still important for those little ones to be checked out by the vet that is going to treat them for a lifetime.  SOMETIMES a worm or two can be missed in a treatment, sometimes transistion is harder on one pup than it is the next......it's just a GOOD idea to get that pup to a vet.
     
    All pups, all dogs, take a tremendous amount of work and commitment.  I truely hope that you are in a place in your life now that you are ready to make that commitment to this new pup.  I'm still dealing with the fallout from a failed placement....who knew that in 7 weeks time in another home such incredible damage could be done to a pup?  This poor guy came home with a severe muscle strain, a broken toe, NO pigment on the top of his nose, Pano from the crap she fed him, severely overweight and bloated with fluid retention, a damaged tooth that ended up abcessing, hand shy and terrified of people.  NONE of the complaints this woman shared with me were valid...they were ALL lies to excuse "getting rid" of the pup.  I see things from the animals point of view....and I pick up the pieces when people take home an animal that they have NOT made a lifetime commitment to. Stuff happens, life sometimes gets really hard, but dogs aren't any more disposable than kids are.
     
    Perhaps if you did what I do, you would understand why I am so passionate about this.
     
    I truely hope that this dog will be all that you want her to be.  And I truely hope that you will seriously consider that she requires a LIFETIME commitment.  And, whatever breed she is, unless you plan to show her and titled her, I hope you'll spay her before you have an opps litter.
    • Bronze
    In my haste when reading, were you indicating that a breeding was possible for your girl, that you haven't really thought that through or am I mis-reading your post?
    • Gold Top Dog
    Yes, I havent thought about it much. But after reading post in here from other people talking about the abused dogs they care I decided not even to put thought into the idea of breeding. I wouldnt want one of her babies to end up like that, not to mention there's a many dogs who needs a home, I shouldnt bring more into it.
    • Gold Top Dog
    I'm really glad that you've "seen the light" so to speak on breeding.  It's a tremendous responsibility and a TON of work.
     
    You have a beautiful pup and I hope that you will be happy together for MANY years to come.  We always want MORE PICTURES!!
    • Gold Top Dog
    There are plenty of reasons not to breed. I know a lady who owns a pure yellow lab with a pedigree that goes back for generations and a canine good citizen rating and she has been spayed and never bred. Let alone a dog such as yours, which may have different colors than a standard weim, most of which I have seen are monochromatic gray. If you are not prepared to breed, then spay.
     
    As for housebreaking, etc., it's just going to take patience and understanding. You are going to have that problem with whatever dog you get. There is no dog born knowing how to housebreak itself. And some dogs are just too energetic to leave in the house for too long. Ours is a good example. When we first got him at 1 year and 2 months, we would keep him in the house. One day, he found a plastic ink bottle that looked like a chew bone and he got ink on the carpet and buried the remains of his kill in my qult. We adapted. He became a dog who is out in the yard if we are gone for more than an hour. But now way would we have thought of getting rid of him. That incident was my mistake and I take full responsibility and one day, I will replace the carpet myself.
     
    Good luck to you whatever you do. And as much patience as you expect from us, you must give in return. Several people, including Glenda are actively involved in the rescue of dogs that had to be re-home "due to unavoidable circumstances" which translates into people who really shouldn't have gotten a dog in the first place, 9 times out of 10. Possibly, you are the 1 in 10 exception. For example, I can understand a dog in rescue because its owner just died. That's unavoidable. Otherwise,  more people should really think long and hard before getting a pet.
     
    For me, it is a lifelong obligation. Once I take in a pet, I am prepared to care for it for the rest of its life, period, paragraph, new book. Most people here are that way and that's why they reacted the way they did to you sketchy original info. Now that you have given more, they understand you better.