Thank you. I understand. The reason I kicked is that those letters has a very precise meaning to me. AD refers to attention problems. The H refers to high energy or Hyper activity (as you probably know). It is the combination that is really hard to cope with. The attention trouble often means that they are slow learners. When you add that up with lack of impulse control, then you very often end up in trouble. Big time trouble. About one third of them end up in prison. One other third ends up as artists. The last third simply copes with it.
But all this is related to humans. I have never heard about it in dogs. The idea of 45kg of muscles and ADHD scared the shit out of me. But as I understand you now, it was more a figure of speech, describing a healthy high drive dog. Tim Typo Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: 9. mars 2007 18:28 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: More dog pictures ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Øsleby" Subject: RE: More dog pictures > Are you serious about the ADHD thing? > > If that's common it might put me off. I deal a lot with ADHD at work, and > my > stepson is a classic case. Bringing a ADHD dog into the family might be a > bit too much. Jester is a high drive, high energy dog who needs a lot of attention from me to keep him straight in public. In a smaller breed, it would be considered fun and playful, but in a 90 pound puppy, it is looked upon with some trepadition. This is not a breed problem, but an individual dog issue. He is my third Rottie, and is completely the opposite of my oldest one, who came into the house at 10 weeks of age, and within a month had learned basic obedience, and within 3 months was ready to go into obedience trials, and has never shown aggresiveness towards another dog or person without good reason. Rollei never showed people or dog aggression durng his life. Dogs, like people, have widely varying personalities. You might want to read the breed standard for the Rottweiler. The breed can be quite belligerent with other dogs, which is what we are dealing with in regards to Jester. In a Rottie, dog aggressivness is not considered a fault, but people agressiveness is a disqualification. My understanding is that the European breedings are somewhat more assertive than the North American ones, which is why I reccommend if you opt for a Rottweiler you go to a breeder that temperment tests and ask for a bitch that shows a laid back attitude. With Jester, I asked for, and received a dog with lots of drive and spirit. William Robb > > We are going to start them on carting in the spring. By rights, I should > have had them in harnesses pulling small objects already, but I am several > months behind with my dogs at the moment. > Jester is a classic case of ADHD. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
