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2009 TRAIN litter

Stats:
Dam: Seranade
Sire: Pax
born: 10/10/09
go-home: 12/12/09
Females: 2
Males: 7

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Family & Genetics:
Parents, Pedigree,
10-gen COI 3%, COR,
Color Genetics (5 seals, 4 grays), &
9th Wayeh Generation

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4 weeks, 6 weeks,
8 weeks, 9 week Vet Visit, 11 weeks,
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2009 Wayeh TRAIN Litter
Temperament Tests

At Wayeh, we use a succession of simple tests/observations to determine the likely temperament and structure of the puppy as an adult. Some homes are better suited for a quiet puppy, some are better suited for a rambunctious puppy -- and some homes just want an idea of what to expect. From birth to go-home, all puppies are trained and socialized using the best modern techniques.

	Dr. Carmen Battaglia's Early Neurological Stimulation is the beginning of a socialized puppy. Ever wonder how you get a super dog? You raise a super puppy.
	Karen Pryor's Clicker Litter. The clicker can be your puppies most important tool, which is why we start there and strongly encourage you to continue. The clicker facilitates learning. The puppy learns quicker and retains the information forever. It's a tool, just like any tool, but this one is invaluable.
	The Rule of 7's. This is fun. Ever thought about finding 7 different things for a puppy to eat out of? Don't worry, we've already done that and more. They've also met 7 different people by 7 weeks, played with 7 different toys, been to 7 different places, slept in 7 different places, eaten in 7 different locations, heard 7 different kinds of music, smelled 7 different distinctive smells...
	The New Knowledge of Dog Behavior, by Clarence Pfaffenberger, to stimulate the sense to get a happy, confident, curious puppy.
	Potty Training -- no guarantees as to your consistency when you get the puppy home <G>, but we have STARTED crate training, paper training, house training, and litter training with cedar in wading pools.
	Regular Toe Nail Trims. Sounds easy. Unless you've ever tried to trim nails on a puppy that wasn't handled properly.
	Regular grooming. Again sounds easy. Unless you've ever tried to brush a ticklish puppy for the first time.
	Car rides. They go to the mail box. They go to drive-thrus. They go to vets just for a cookie. They go to grandma's house... through the woods, and in a car. They make an hour-long trip to the CERF eye vet. They make 3+ trips to our regular vet for initial check-ups, then dewormings, vaccinations, and health certificates. They go lots of places so car rides aren't frightening by the time they go home with you.

In addition, each puppy gets housetime separate from littermates and mom sitting in my lap while I answer email or watch TV; crate time in the kitchen and basement kennel with and without littermates and mom; yard time with littermates; kennel time with and without mom.

All of these things help socialize and train a well-rounded puppy. But temperament can only be influenced so much and if you have a shy puppy at birth, you can have a shy puppy as an adult -- or a shy puppy with tons of socialization and training so he learns extra confidence as he grows (my Wyatt is very shy but has LEARNED to be social). If you have a rowdy puppy at birth, you can have a rowdy puppy as an adult -- or a rowdy puppy who has learned extra self-control as he grows (my Maestro is very rowdy but has LEARNED self-control).

We find out the base temperament of the puppies using the following criteria:

	Fishback's Lead Dog Testing (6w)
	Puppy Temperament Test (7w)
	Volhard's Puppy Aptitude Testing (7w)
	Problem Solving (7w)
	Summary Structure
	Summary Temperament
	Summary in Relation to Littermates

Fishback's Lead Dog Testing

Explanation of Fishback's Lead Dog Testing

F1 seal	Day1	Day2	Day3
Where does the puppy walk	Behind me	Behind me, happily	Behind me, bounce at my shoes
Demeanor of puppy	Shy, hesitant	shy, not hesitant	Playful, old hat
Obstacle - log	Not gonna do it	If I have to	If I have to
Startle reaction (keys)	Ignore	Ignore	Ignore
Tug hard on leash	Tug back	Follow along	Follow along
To loud clapping	Look curiously	Look curiously	Look curiously
To happy "Puppy! Puppy!"	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail up
To seeing other dogs	Oh, no, not me	Going back to the house	Interested

F2 gray	Day1	Day2	Day3
Where does the puppy walk	Behind me	Beside me	Beside me
Demeanor of puppy	Curious	Curious	Playful
Obstacle - log	Reluctantly followed me over	Followed me over	Went over ahead of me
Startle reaction (keys)	Ignore	Ignore	Ignore
Tug hard on leash	Backed up	Backed up	grabbed leash in teeth
To loud clapping	Look curiously	Look curiously	Look curiously
To happy "Puppy! Puppy!"	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail up
To seeing other dogs	Cautious	Cautious	Cautious

M1 seal good coat	Day1	Day2	Day3
Where does the puppy walk	Beside me	Behind me, happily	Beside me happily
Demeanor of puppy	Happy, but cautious	exploring but cautious	cautious but happy
Obstacle - log	thought about it first	less hesitation	very slight hesitation
Startle reaction (keys)	Ignore	Ignore	Ignore
Tug hard on leash	Backs up hard	Braces legs	Follows if I insist
To loud clapping	Look curiously	Look curiously	Look curiously
To happy "Puppy! Puppy!"	Comes happily, tail down	Comes happily, tail down	Comes happily, tail down
To seeing other dogs	Sits and watches	sits behind my legs and watches	Interested

M2 withers spot	Day1	Day2	Day3
Where does the puppy walk	Behind me	beside me	beside me
Demeanor of puppy	curious	curious	curious
Obstacle - log	followed me anywhere	followed me anywhere	followed me anywhere
Startle reaction (keys)	Ignore	Ignore	Ignore
Tug hard on leash	backed up hard	backed up hard	followed under protest
To loud clapping	Look curiously	Look curiously	Look curiously
To happy "Puppy! Puppy!"	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail up
To seeing other dogs	curious	curious	curious

M3 black & white	Day1	Day2	Day3
Where does the puppy walk	beside, sometimes out front	beside	out front
Demeanor of puppy	playful	playful	hesitant
Obstacle - log	followed, ignoring obstacle	followed without hesitation	hesitated today not his best day
Startle reaction (keys)	Ignore	Ignore	Ignore
Tug hard on leash	turn and tried to run the other way	watched me curiously	stepped towards me
To loud clapping	Look curiously	Look curiously	Look curiously
To happy "Puppy! Puppy!"	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail down
To seeing other dogs	Interested	Interested	Interested

M4 snippet seal	Day1	Day2	Day3
Where does the puppy walk	in front, behind, under foot	under foot	under foot
Demeanor of puppy	hesitates but follows	shy, not hesitant	Plays
Obstacle - log	ignores	ignores	ignores
Startle reaction (keys)	Ignore	Ignore	Ignore
Tug hard on leash	Tug back	tug back	tug back
To loud clapping	Look curiously	Look curiously	Look curiously
To happy "Puppy! Puppy!"	Comes happily, tail down	Comes happily, tail down	Comes happily, tail up
To seeing other dogs	interested	interested	Interested

M5 dark gray	Day1	Day2	Day3
Where does the puppy walk	in front	in front	beside me
Demeanor of puppy	curious playful	curious	playful
Obstacle - log	thought about it then climbed	thought briefly and climbed	climbed
Startle reaction (keys)	Ignore	Ignore	Ignore
Tug hard on leash	follow along	Follow along	Follow along
To loud clapping	Look curiously	Look curiously	Look curiously
To happy "Puppy! Puppy!"	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail down	Comes happily, tail up
To seeing other dogs	play bowed	danced in circles	Interested

M6 light gray	Day1	Day2	Day3
Where does the puppy walk	underfoot	underfoot	underfoot
Demeanor of puppy	playful	playful	Playful, old hat
Obstacle - log	If I have to	If I have to	If I have to
Startle reaction (keys)	Ignore	Ignore	Ignore
Tug hard on leash	Tug back	Follow along	Follow along
To loud clapping	Look curiously	Look curiously	Look curiously
To happy "Puppy! Puppy!"	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail up	Comes happily, tail up
To seeing other dogs	look curiously	look curiously	Interested

M7 -gray woolie	Day1	Day2	Day3
Where does the puppy walk	doesn't walk	doesn't walk	walk happily
Demeanor of puppy	cautious, distracted	distracted	playful
Obstacle - log	Not gonna do it	No way	If you insist
Startle reaction (keys)	look, fine	look	Ignore
Tug hard on leash	go limp	go limp	fine, I'll go with you
To loud clapping	Look curiously	Look curiously	Look curiously
To happy "Puppy! Puppy!"	Wags, doesn't move	wags, no move	cautiously came
To seeing other dogs	No way	No way	Who is that

Puppy Temperament Test (7w)

Explanation of Puppy T-Test

11/28/09 7w, Mary & Quinton (Denver), Michelle, Rick & 3 boys (Denny), & Ron (F1) -- lots of distractions, but lots of help! Thanks, guys!

	F1	F2	M1	M2	M3	M4	M5	M6	M7
Petting Puppy	Responsive	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	Bury head
Cradle Puppy	Responsive	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Voice Test shrill	Responsive	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Voice Test gruff	Responsive	R	R	R	R	Nervous	R	R	R
Whistle loud	Responsive	R	R	R	R	R	Bury head	R	Ignore
Outside	Responsive	R	R	R	R	R	R	Responsive likes sticks	R

Volhard's Puppy Aptitude Testing (7w)

Explanation of Volhard's PAT

M7 was sleeping and not participating at all -- too busy looking gorgeous and snoozing in the sun.

Today we had too many people and too many puppies at the test location. A good time was had by all, but I'm not sure we got a lot of testing done,

F1 F2 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7

Social Attraction 3 6 6 4 4-5 6 5 6

Following 4-5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6

Restraint 5 5 4 5 4 6 5 5

Social Dominance 3 3-4 6 6 4 4 6 4

Elevation Dominance 5 3 6 3 3 3 3 3

Retrieving Ignores Follows 6 5 5 5 2 5

Touch Sensitivity 3 4 5 3 1 1 1 4

Sound Sensitivity 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4

Sight Sensitivity 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Summary Structure & Temperament

The good-fair-poor ratings are from Volhard's evaluation above

F1 F2 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7

Strait Front G G G G G G G G G

Shoulder Angulation G G G G G G G F F

Shoulder Layback G G G G G G G F F

Croup Angulation F F F F F F F F F

Strait Rear G F turns in a little G G Toes out G G G G

Rear Angulation G G G G G G G G F

These ratings are taken from Pat Hastings Puppy Puzzle

	F1	F2	M1	M2	M3	M4	M5	M6	M7
Head backskull/muzzle	G	Feminine	Good	Broad	excellent	G	F	A+	A+
Bite	Level	level	scissors	scissors	scissors	Level	scissors	scissors	level
Pigment	inky	inky	inky	inky	inly	inky	inky	inky	inky
Coat texture	soft	Harsh	harsh	soft	soft	soft	harsh	A+	soft
Eye shape/color	round dark	round dark	round dark	round dark	round dark	round dark	round medium	round dark	round dark
Ear set/size	correct medium	correct small	good large	good large	good large	good large	good medium	good small	large good
Balance front and rear angles	G	G	G	G	G	G	g	F	G
Tail set/carriage	tight	tight	tight	tight	tight	tight	tight	tight	tight
Bone	Massive	Fair	big	big	Big	big	fair	big	massive
Back length/slope	Compact	compact Square	rectangle	compact	compact	rectangle	compact	rectangle	rectangle
Foot shape/color	knuckled tight	knuckled tight	knuckled tight	knuckled	knuckled	knuckled	knuckled	knuckled	knuckled
Attitude	Happy, outgoing	lil independent cuss	distracted today	playful distracted	sweet distracted	sweetie pie	playful	sweet cuddler	happy to be a rug

Summary in Relation to Littermates

	Coats	Size	Proportions	Overall
F1	Big soft	bigger	compact	better bone
F2	short harsh	smaller	compact	better coat
M1	best of seals	not as big as M2	rectangle	great coat, slightly long back
M2	massive coat	hair!!	compact	great substance, possible longcoat
M3	bigger coat	taller	compact	nice legs, darkest, leggiest, poss Hannah coat
M4	big coat	shorter legs	rectangle	sweetie, beautiful, poss. longcoat
M5	easy-care coat	medium	compact	light on his feet, most compact, best movement
M6	best coat	chunky squat	rectangle	solid puppy, strong, wide puppy
M7	massive coat	huge	rectangle	heffalump "is a snuggle beast"

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