Well this is it, Lisa. I wish I had known more about the fear periods when I had my first dog, let alone any dog that followed :-). I am 100% sure I didn't handle those fear periods well in all but the last berner. Each dog I've been better with but I did more reading between dogs (so to speak) and was much better prepared this last round.
So that's what begged the question, was I a better owner/trainer for the third dog (in this particular pack) or was it luck of the [genetic] draw and I (or the training school) had little influence. If the dogs were even remotely similar, I might not be so curious. It's that they are polar opposite that I'm wondering how much breeding or training has to do with it. Jenn Popp ************************************ Healthy Paws Bones and Raw Food Diet http://www.healthy-paws.ca Toronto, Ontario (Canada) 416-264-1313 / email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Baldwin | ....with some breeds there does seem to be a genetic problem that doesn't pop up | until the second fear imprint period. with dogs from these lines (we have | particularly noticed it in shelties & gsds) they hit that second fear | imprint period like a wall & recover slowly, if at all.....
