Hi everyone, I am concidering another dog and would like a GSD bitch puppy. I would only concider a short hair (my other shorthair GSD sheds enough never mind a longhaired!!) I am in the north east of england, where would I look for a good breeder? Also, what sort of prices do GSD pups range at?!
I would start by contacting the relevant breed club, or *********. Look at websites, talk to breeders, ask about their dogs/health testing, why they breed, what they breed for, their dogs achievements (do you want to work/show/pet) Price? you could spend £1k on a badly bred specimen, or £500 on a good un.
http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/services/public/club/breed/list.aspx?id=5106 This should be your first port of call. Find a breeder who is a member of at least one specialist breed club. Breeding stock is health tested: Hip scored (no more than 19 maximum total for both dam and sire) Elbow scored (maximum 1) Eye screened annually for HC Haemophilia A tested clear for Males Cost is circa £500 average, however you will find some breeders charge a great deal more.
Contact Joan & Davy Hall of Gayville GSDs. They have the most wonderful temperaments, characters & are fully health tested. I've known them for years & they are a lovely couple & are excellent ethical breeders. They are in the North East
They look like fantastic dogs And just wanted to say i know someone with a standard coat and a longcoat and its the standard coat that moults more!!!
Yup, I had a short haired and longhaired at the same time and the short haired definately moulted more out of the two! I'd say Casper (long haired GSD) and Kiki (Rott x GSD, shorthaired) moult about equally but Casper's is more noticable as it's white, long and very coarse. Seem to be forever picking white hairs out of dinners but if you look closely at the rug/carpet on the stairs, Kiki sheds her fair share of fur too!
Agreed! I have had both long and standard coat shepherds, and the standard coat definitely shed much more than the longcoats. However, the long coat does need more regular grooming and attention than the standard. My last GSD was from here, and they breed long and standard coats. www.kazetigsds.co.uk
Most Longcoat GSDs don't shed as much because they don't have the same quality & quanitity of undercoat
I have heard this before. I wonder if it has actually been tested, and how many GSDs still do the original job they were bred for.
Also research the dogs line... It should have atleast 5 generations of health tests on both the sire and dams side. I would also prefer the hip score to be a low equal score... such as 3/4 rather than 18/1
I have heard this before. I wonder if it has actually been tested, and how many GSDs still do the original job they were bred for. No but they ARE used for security work, schutzhund, Working Trials, and the police. Have you ever seen a longcoated GSD trying to get over a 6ft scale with a coat full of water? It is not a PRACTICAL coat, that is why you do not see longcoats in the showring, it is not what a working coat should look like.
My longcoat boy has a great undercoat & very dense topcoat. He'll go for a swim, shake & be almost dry again. My girl has a longer coat & very different undercoat, she stays wet for ages. He sheds very little & she sheds lots.
I have to agree with this. Kerrie (tho not a GSD) has a thick, short coat (matches her head) and if she gets wet, she does a good shake, and she is dry. Rupert and Poppy ( spaniel x and Rough Collie) both take forever to dry
