I have a 2 year old male that I have raised from a puppy who I am going to give away to a working home.

Andros "Grenz" vom Schwarzeis is a cool dog. He has no temperament or health issues. He is not a bum dog, or a washout dog. He has been a part of my family for the last two years. He is crate trained, housebroken, socialized with dogs and humans. He has had very little obedience training, but up to about 7 months ago he was doing routine foundation bitework and tracking.

He is not a hard dog or a very tough dog. For these reasons he needs to go to a different handler. I have stopped working with him and he has lived as a housedog for the last 7 months or so. This is not the life he was born for, he needs to be worked. He needs to go to a trainer that will appreciate his qualities and personality.

Grenz has low ball drive, but he has good drive to bite/tug/chase and excellent scenting drives. He is naturally protective of his territory and has an incredible deep, ugly, scary bark. He has a bit of a defensive edge that I like, but is not a sharp dog at all.

If there is a handler out there who wants to do club level sport work, or SAR, or who needs a good social family protection dog, Grenz is your boy.

I'm not charging an adoption fee, he is free to the right working home.


Please e-mail me for information, photos, etc.

rmvcgsd@gmail.com

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Robert,

I sent you an e-mail regarding this post.

Great, thanks.

I'm answering all e-mails about Grenz in the evenings, so I'll get to it tonight. . .guaranteed.

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Robert,
Great, I await your reply.

Could you explain what you mean when you say that he is not a "very tough dog"?

Thanks.

Love to have him but I'm already in Dutch with my wife about my two Czech/DDRs <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

He may mean that he is a soft dog or a handler sensitive dog. One that only needs mild corrections when corrections are required ie, a level 3,4 or 5 correction & not a level 10 for major infractions. Or he may mean something else entirely. JMO

That's basically what I'm saying, Anne.

I'll clarify.

Grenz is not a hard dog, meaning it doesn't take much to correct him. I wouldn't call him a soft dog either, but it doesn't take a hard correction to affect him. Generally, a harsh verbal correction will get a good reaction out of him for day to day things. If he is in drive, he requires a medium level leash correction or low level stim on an e-collar. Hard corrections shut him down.

I have a dominant personality, you might even say I have an overbearing personality. I intimidate him and I don't want a dog that is that senstive.

Great dog for light handed trainers, or trainers that are tired of fighting with hard dogs. LOL

Sent you a PM & email.

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I wish I didn't have 3 dogs already. He sounds a lot like Boris (his half brother). Boris is a great dog for me. Handler sensitive dogs aren't for everyone but it is not necessarily a bad thing.