Where do you go to find local dog breeders?

[Mr_Tomahawk]

My family is toying with the idea of getting a puppy.

Growing up, I was raised with Boxers. And back in the day I know you could just grab the STAR and go to the classifieds and see hundreds of litters listed for sale. This was before the internet...

Today, it's quite different. Craigslist is full of retired hounds and mixes. I'm in search of a purebred puppy... so a shelter, most likely, is not going to have much of what we are looking for.

Is there a website for local KC breeders?

Just some pups that have been discussed:
-Boxer
-English Bulldog
-French Bulldog
-Tyler Braydog
-Pug



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[Pablo]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

They are way stubborn, They were our first foray into the dog world, got them on a lark at Jacobs cave swap.
After that we researched breeds and ended up with boxers, the akc judge book says they are the only dog a judge would never have to worry about biting them.

Great with kids etc.

Hell last night both kids and both boxers were in a pile on the couch sleeping. I should have taken a pic.
I had a buddy that had a rott when we were younger and crazy, great dog and watched my daughter when we all hung out. This one is going to be a great dog.

Yeah, they seem to be cool dogs from my limited exposure to them. I'd consider one in the future. I think both of these ones I have will be good with my baby when he gets a little bigger. Pound dog gets really ****ing riled up if you come near his rawhide or bone, so we'll see how that goes.

[SAUTO]

Yeah you have to nip that aggression in the bud every chance you get Pablo. It will just get worse as the dog gets older.

My son wrestles with these boxers and they just let him do what he wants. They play all day long and every once in a while I'll get a look from one that's like "little help here" but that's about it. They are very patient with him. But they have all been together since she was 8 weeks, male was 6weeks, and my son was almost 2.

They think they are all related I think. Lol

[SAUTO]

In fact my son is running around downstairs with them and barking as I'm typing this...


Cray ****ers

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

Yeah you have to nip that aggression in the bud every chance you get Pablo. It will just get worse as the dog gets older.

My son wrestles with these boxers and they just let him do what he wants. They play all day long and every once in a while I'll get a look from one that's like "little help here" but that's about it. They are very patient with him. But they have all been together since she was 8 weeks, male was 6weeks, and my son was almost 2.

They think they are all related I think. Lol

Yeah, he's typically pretty mellow but that gives me pause.

The only thing he gets bent out of shape about is rawhides and/or bones. I'm guessing that was a treat from his previous life that he really had to protect. Nothing else gets him going. Not even ****ing with his food bowl while he's eating. We've stopped buying them for him.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Yeah, he's typically pretty mellow but that gives me pause.

The only thing he gets bent out of shape about is rawhides and/or bones. I'm guessing that was a treat from his previous life that he really had to protect. Nothing else gets him going. Not even ****ing with his food bowl while he's eating. We've stopped buying them for him.

that's some of the issues people run into with rescue dogs, and people don't see it.

What happens in their first month of life impacts them throughout. Like having to protect its bone.


My advice on that is to work with it one on one with having a bone, you taking it, and letting it know and learn you are going to give it back.

Your child is going to take things from it, I guarantee it. You want the pup to know it will get it back.


My dogs were raised with families.

The rott was from a family who had five kids and every litter is raised by one, so an eight year old girl took care of this puppy 24/7 for its first two months of life.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

check animal shelters

http://www.waysidewaifs.org/site/Pag...g#.WILZp8tOKhB

They've got a Rott/Shepherd mix named Bowser.....

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

We had beagles before we had boxers.

One was so ****ing dumb I'm not sure how it breathed, the other barked non stop. I'm talking 99.9 percent of the ****ing time.

Put on a bark collar? It would bark then yep then bark then yelp then bark then yelp.


**** those dogs, the barker went to kc to some teacher, the other went to an old guy and rides around on his dash.

Originally Posted by Pablo

This one doesn't bark much at all. He's just into everything all the time. Food, trash, any paper product he can shred. And he's the most stubborn asshole in the world. That's my issue.

LOL. Stubborn is right in their wheelhouse. My buddy got one. And it is a really good dog, but it is stubborn, especially if it has a scent. It'd drive me batty but that's why I don't have one.

Funny thing about that dog is that beagles are supposed to be lazy. The Australian Cattle Dog I have is supposed to be energetic. Get the two of them together and that damn beagle just sprints circles around my dog just hoeing and going in to bite my dog or harass it somehow and my dog just wants to go lay down. LOL.

The other funny thing about theirs is that it has short legs and is shaped like a whiskey barrel. It's slow and not particularly quiet but it manages to kill a mountain of critters in their back yard. I have no idea how.

[SAUTO]

I've never heard a beagle being lazy. They need tons of exercise and are runners from my research

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

I've never heard a beagle being lazy. They need tons of exercise and are runners from my research

That's just what my wife said. She did all the research.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

I've never heard a beagle being lazy. They need tons of exercise and are runners from my research

They get lazy as they get older. This one I have is two years old. He is very high energy. The one my wife had was 9 when she died. She would have been content to lay in her bed for 23 hours a day.