Gillian Schuler

My husband and I (Queen Elizabeth's favourite introduction) have differing views on breeding. I would have bred from my Briard, a tough dog, neutral towards eveything in the outlying environment, super working dog, nasty habit of "wanting" to eliminate everyithing on 4 legs, apart from canines, but manageable.

GSD 1:

Fantastic willingness to work, very confident in schutzdienst, super hard grips, no problems whatsoever.
Wary sometimes when out but must add, live in a village that sleeps most of the time and, due to work, often go out with them (separately) early morning (6 am) and lunchtime. As a pup, very wary but, let him be and he has taken a lot of things since in his stride. Very clear in head in Schutzdienst. Very clear in head with me. Super hips, elbows.

GSD 2:

Less willingness to work - however, more precise when he does!. Up to now very promising in schutzdienst. Absolutely no problems from day one with environment. Even tried to "show me who's boss by humping my leg. One no, didn't work but one fflight through the air did. He's my husband's dog. The first one that has chosen him from day 1. Unfortunatley, monorchid but that isn't my question.

How much do you "overlook" when choosing breeding stock? It could be that GSD1 will become completely stable. At the moment, a former temperament judge and performance judge told us that mostly the young dogs get through, before the aggression sets in too much. Even working GSDs are to be as sweet as honey.

I'm not a breeder but your opinions would interest me, in a nutshell, how much do you overlook when faced with a very good working dog that is controllable but not 100% stable otherwise.

Gillian

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