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Post by szarasfora on Jul 22, 2005 21:09:13 GMT 1
What do you think?  Of course my question is to "home breeders", not big, professional kennels. Lately I have read somwhere that a family (with children) shouldn't have more than 6 dogs. I mean 6 is the quantity that a family (both parents working) can get along with...? I have many friends who are both breeders and besides they go to work. Some of them have children. They breed different breeds (rather big dogs: pointing dogs mostly or retrievers) and they have from 2 to 4 or 5 dogs of different age. But I see that they do not have enough time for each dog. Of course they train them for showing and hunting, go for shows and hunting trials. But when one of them (people) is ill, there is a problem how to go for a walk!? Well, there are some problems which are really difficult to solve when you have more dogs. On the other hand when you are a breeder you just can't resist having one dog more...and more....more. And of course you will not get rid of retired dogs to give place to next weim generation! How do you solve everyday problems having many dogs? |
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Post by Jaeger on Jul 22, 2005 22:10:48 GMT 1
The solution is simple. If you as a breeder have rached your limit in having dogs/bitches in the house and you want to have more material to breed with. If you have the right connections you can give bitches to peopele you can trust under "breeder conditions". Which means, the bitch stays in your name, lives with other people. And if the bitch is grown up and the "right" to breed you let her have the litter. You have to work out the proper conditions to do so and know you can relay on the people you are placing the bitch/
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Post by marjolein on Jul 22, 2005 23:43:34 GMT 1
I agree with Wim. But for me it's a little bit different. I am alone, and I do think I can't give proper attention to more than 2 Weims. But this is completely personal.
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Post by szarasfora on Jul 23, 2005 8:48:03 GMT 1
To Jaeger:
you are right, "breeder conditions" is a good solution when you want to develop your breeding.
But my question is not how to "have" more weims for breeding. I am rather curious how you get along with these weims that you already have in your home. And what, do you think, is the maximum quantity of dogs that can be kept without greater problems. How can you solve everyday problems with a few weims.
Is it really true, which I've quoted, that 6 dogs in a family is OK? I personally don't think so.
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Post by Irena on Jul 23, 2005 10:12:45 GMT 1
That is a really good question! I've never had more than 4 dogs in the house, so I can't say how many is too much, but for me all by myself, 4 was already difficult to manage.  I was constantly exausted just by the thought of being responsible for so many dogs, but I had NO ONE to help me, mind you (if anything, my family only interfered with it all). I guess it depends on whether: 1) you live in your own house or an apartment building (as I do at the moment) 2) whether you have anyone to help you walk them, or it is you with 6 leashes in two hands, ;D 3) how the dogs get along, do they constitute a pack with a human leader and then a dog leader (alpha), or there is a risk of fights because they can't decide where each of them stands, 4) and a number of other things such as possible females coming into heat, training needed by several dogs simultaneously, etc. In my situation, I lived in an apartment building, and it was an older WELL trained German Shepherd mix (could walk without the leash), a rescued Great Dane male (definitely walked on leash), an Italian Greyhound puppy (on leash too) and a hound mix which also basically trotted by our side without the leash. They never fought and never attempted to, so that was not a problem. The problem was to manage all the dogs during our walks. And I cannot imagine taking them to training classes all together or in turns, I couldn't possibly do that physically. But to be brief, I've always thought I'd have as many dogs as I can fit in my car (NOT a big car ;D ) if I had to get up and go, and so many that I can manage them all by myself and they can ALL get along without fights or having to be crated. I'd be interested to see how other people who do have multiple dogs deal with it, and how easy or difficult it is! Hope we can get some advice here. |
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Post by moonbeam on Jul 23, 2005 22:59:17 GMT 1
The most I've had at one time is 3 male weims. Sometimes I would walk all 3 together, other times I would take them out individually so I could train and get them to concentrate on me not each other. The dogs coped well with little or no exercise if I was ill - I would hide things for them to find and teach them tricks so they tired their brains out!
Mariy
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Post by Wetdog on Jul 23, 2005 23:06:58 GMT 1
LOL, I don't think I've ever seen a Weimaraner with "tired brains". It's hard enough just trying to given them tired legs.
It is true that Weims are extremely intelligent and do very well when you challenge their wits.
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Post by moonbeam on Jul 23, 2005 23:12:56 GMT 1
I've found 1 hour training tires them out better than 3 hours running in the fields!
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Post by Weims on Jul 24, 2005 21:18:12 GMT 1
Hi, I have 6 weims who all live in the home with my family. I breed occasionally and show them sometimes. Mainly they are my babies and precious companions.
6 is a lot of weims to give all the attention to but they are various ages and the older ones are more than happy to sleep whilst the youngsters play and get the attention. I have 4 that wont settle unless they are laid touching me the other 2 are happy to lay on a sofa as long as they can see me.... lol
Lynn
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Post by Wetdog on Jul 29, 2005 17:00:50 GMT 1
There are two German Shepherds, one Weim, and usually one Weim foster in this house at any given time--oh yes, and one cat who thinks he's tougher than any of the dogs(usually he is).
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Post by szarasfora on Jul 31, 2005 22:32:18 GMT 1
To Lynn:
It is great to have your voice!
So your family supports this opinion, which I have presented above!
I can imagine that all your dogs have learnt how to share one house. And I believe that they do not make much trouble at home. But how did you solve the problem of everyday walks? And what you do when you want to go for holidays? Do you take all these dogs with yourselve? In one car?
I think walks and travelling are the greatest problems. Or maybe I am wrong?
I am very interested in your comment.
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