Before choosing a German Shepherd puppy, it is necessary for yourself to decide in advance what is needed. This breed, whose representatives can be you excellent companions, loyal friends, defenders and watchmen. Or maybe you want to become a champion and grow future winners of exhibitions and competitions? Then the criteria will be completely different.
Criterias of choice
Purchasing puppies of the German long-haired Shepherd for breeding, it is necessary to familiarize in detail with the pedigree of their parents. To your pet grew champion, his parents should also have the titles of champions, although they can give heterogeneous offspring. Often from the dung breeders allocate the most promising kids, which will cost accordingly. And, by the way, no breeder can ever guarantee that your baby will become a champion in the future. After all, in addition to the right choice, a puppy of a German shepherd needs a similar care, a balanced full-fledged diet. Also, general training should be combined with special types of training. And with all this, the exhibition career will last only 5-7 years.
It is worth noting that buying a teenage puppy is a risk. Even if he has received high enough marks, in due course there can be revealed earlier latent lacks. If the puppy, which has already spent a lot of time and energy, was put up for sale, then the matter is unclean ...
How to choose a companion dog?
When choosing a pet, such a pickiness to anything. Average ratings of parents for the exterior will be enough. Your dog will not be able to take prizes, participate in breeding, but for the rest of the parameters he will not yield to elite dogs. In addition, there is such a puppy three times less. Of course, the feeding and training of German Shepherd puppies will remain one of the main tasks of nursing. But the most important thing is that you will get an affectionate, extraordinarily clever, loyal friend.
Choosing a puppy for breeding
For breeding, you need to buy a bitch. At the same time, her mother must be from the litter of an elite bitch who has given puppies more than once a first-class puppy. If you decide to take the puppy out of the very first litter, then mother and grandmother should bring exclusively high-quality puppies.
Similarly, the male who participated in the binding must also possess a high characteristic. Excellent, if his pedigree contains a list of awards from exhibitions and various competitions.
Health Features of German Shepherds
Sheepdogs very often suffer from dysplasia of the hip joints. Each second dog of this breed carries a two-sided dysplasia. When choosing a puppy, carefully read the pedigree. If at least one ancestor of the puppy was sick, then you better abandon it. Also puppies of a German shepherd can have such illnesses as a twisting and turning of the eyelids, cataracts, congenital and acquired epilepsy. The shortcomings and defects include light eyes, a short jaw, scratches around the ears and twisted limbs.
Even if in your own knowledge of the standards of the breed you are sure, the consultation of a specialist knowledgeable in the most interesting and promising lines will not be superfluous.