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[skycat 6,174]

First and foremost I would always look at the temperament of the parents, and grand parents if possible. One of my very first lurchers, before I knew better, was born of a very nervous Greyhound bitch. The pup was a bit of a fruitcake from the start: spooking at all sorts of normal things: a spider coming down from the ceiling on its thread, bin bags at the side of the road if they rustled. I did get her over most of her problems, but ultimately, her nerves were against her ever behaving completely normally, and she was hard work all of her life, though not bad in the field.

Nowadays I make sure to see both parents, if I haven't bred the litter myself, and if there is anything at all in them I don't like, I walk away, no matter how appealing the pups may be. Obviously, if the parents haven't been well socialised, they may be wary of strangers, but they should be OK in their own home, which is where you would see them: there's a big difference between a wary dog and one which is a bundle of nerves gone wrong. Sadly, we all have to make our own mistakes and learn from those experiences.

[fay 75]

dog has gone to a family next door to my mothers house 4 kids and 2 dogggs with a big garden they love em so im happy i no where it is and not in the wrong hands at least he will be fed well and cared for by these people i no what they are like very decent tanxs for all the help cheers lads