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Hi All,
We are going to add two female border terrier puppies to our our two legged, four legged, feathered, and shelled family. What is the best method of getting the pups used to the torts? None of our dogs we had when I was growing up in Pasadena ever paid much attention to our CDTs (other than eating the torty poop I mentioned in another thread).
The dogs we had were dachsunds, and were also full adults when we were given the CDTs. After a day or two of curious sniffing and a couple of barks, the dogs ignored them. Our male "Otto Von Richtoven" was a great dog to people, but was a bloodthirsty killer when it came to other animals. Remember, as I have heard somewhere, Dacshund loosely translates to badger hound in German, so they are a very tough dog. Our little weiner dog onetime absolutely shredded a full grown doberman that foolishly came into our backyard. I mention this because even Otto ignored the torts. It seems like they move so slow it doesn't trigger that hunter/prey response in the dog.
The difference here is that Russians are smaller, but as most of you know, very hardy. Border terries are another very feisty breed, but we are getting them as pups.
Any advice?
Frank
We are going to add two female border terrier puppies to our our two legged, four legged, feathered, and shelled family. What is the best method of getting the pups used to the torts? None of our dogs we had when I was growing up in Pasadena ever paid much attention to our CDTs (other than eating the torty poop I mentioned in another thread).
The dogs we had were dachsunds, and were also full adults when we were given the CDTs. After a day or two of curious sniffing and a couple of barks, the dogs ignored them. Our male "Otto Von Richtoven" was a great dog to people, but was a bloodthirsty killer when it came to other animals. Remember, as I have heard somewhere, Dacshund loosely translates to badger hound in German, so they are a very tough dog. Our little weiner dog onetime absolutely shredded a full grown doberman that foolishly came into our backyard. I mention this because even Otto ignored the torts. It seems like they move so slow it doesn't trigger that hunter/prey response in the dog.
The difference here is that Russians are smaller, but as most of you know, very hardy. Border terries are another very feisty breed, but we are getting them as pups.
Any advice?
Frank