Temperament testing
In the 8th or 9th week, puppy evaluations are done. This test is very important, and it helps us understand the puppy's temperament. With this information, we can help you figure out which puppy is best suited to your lifestyle. Ultimately, you get to choose your puppy with knowledge. Puppy picks are by order of deposit AFTER the temperament evaluations are complete.
With Puppies, some traits are stable (just the way that puppy is), and some are adjustable (we can shape them). While we watch and record many traits starting at 6 weeks old, these are the main ones we look at for during our testing:
Stable Traits:
Assertiveness (with humans and dogs)
Motivation
Energy Level
Prey Drive
Human Focus
Tenderhearted
Adjustable Traits:
Confidence
Nerve Strength/Resiliency
Touch Tolerance (compliance only-not if they like it)
Sound Sensitivity
Sight Sensitivity
The Badass Breeders Curriculum we use helps shape our puppy’s adjustable traits. It helps create confident puppies that are brave and bounce back quickly when startled, they are compliant with being handled all over, they handle new sounds and sights well because we work hard at a young age to desensitize them to things that would often frighten puppies at a later age. It's so amazing and rewarding to watch our puppies gain confidence in themselves and also trust in humans. Our goal is to teach our puppies that the world is safe, people are kind, and dogs are friendly.
We are always learning. As evidence of this, the way we raise our puppies and dogs changes with us. The more we research, the more concerned we are with vaccinations, primarily given too early and also how many are given at once. As of now, we are recommending new puppy parents wait until 12 weeks to vaccinate. Thus, they will leave here without any. We have been hearing more and more very sad stories of adverse reactions to vaccinations and are not willing to risk it while they are in our care. Once in yours, you can, of course, do what you feel is right and hopefully you will do some research. You can find a place to start under our Resource Tab. We are also starting a new protocol with our own puppies that includes them gaining immunity naturally and your new puppy has been receiving parvo and distemper nosodes. If this interests you, please don't hesitate to ask us more about it. We strongly encourage the use of titer testing before vaccinations after leaving here.
We feed our dogs a Raw Food Diet and are happy to talk about that with you. Our puppies are weaned onto Raw and we strongly encourage you to feed raw as well. We do have recommendations for kibble if you are set against raw feeding. Another option is freeze dried raw.
We are here to help you along the way, whatever you decide to do.
Resources regarding vaccinations and raw food diet can be found under the Resource tab in the menu. We will continue to add to it as time goes on.
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Our babies are adopted quickly, so reach out to see if our dogs are the right fit for you or to ask any questions. You can also download and fill out the Client Interest Form below and email it to sidney.spitz21@gmail.com
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