Redwood Hounds
UKC Forum Member
Registered: Aug 2006
Location: Northern California
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I have dealt with quite a few dogs. Seen a few idiots, rattleheads and babblers. I have been lucky the past 8 years or so I guess. I have some dogs that are top of the line smart, and have bred true. I just culled a 9 month old last night, off my most recent litter, out of two of the best dogs I've ever owned. Starting from the time he was about 15 weeks old, he would not shut up. Bark in a kennel day and night, 24/7. Sit and fight a bark collar for HOURS and HOURS, bark shock scream shock scream, bark shock scream, to the point where it's almost abuse. Trashbreaker on 6, he'd take it like it was a joke and keep on barking. Whooping? Never, ever, have I done what I did to him - and before you left the kennel, he was already out of his box and whining/yipping. I started hunting him at 17 weeks. You can guess it. He barked non-stop in the dogbox, to the point you'd have to tape his mouth or muzzle him. He'd actually be not too bad once he was out, he babbled and barked behind his fair share, but not as bad as I expected, he actually would run track and open like a normal dog. At the tree he would bark treed some, then loose interest, find a dog stand behind it and bark 120bpm AT the dog. Not in a mean or even bothersome way, but he'd just follow a dog around and bark like he'd treed the other dog. He was louder than any dog I've heard, foghorn, and I have his father and half brother who are two of the loudest dogs around..
I finally couldn't stand it. Brains are number one on my list. This dog caught me so offgaurd. For a while I thought for sure it was just a phase, maybe a screw up on my end. But doesn't sound like it now. I am not really regretting my decision to cull so young. His parents, grandparents, littermates and half siblings are nothing like him. It has be a bit taken aback in my breeding.
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