looking for a family dog preferably long coat - Page 3

Alan, you should be able to find a a young, green dog for $4500ish.
I know that is still a chunk of change, but don't settle on a cheap deal either.
Take your time in your search, especially since you need this to be a house dog around kids.
What general area are you located in? Many on here can provide some breeder suggestions now that your needs have been clarified.

i am located in texas and that female is nice and i know what ur saying be careful what u wish for but im asking for a male or female with little work and basic potty training for the house and i will take over the schitzund work that i want to do with the dog to become a good family dog and also get accustomed to my family where the dog can feel apart of the family. thats another question i wanna ask just cuz they are adults already can or do they still accustom themselves to your family like a puppy would?

Gee

The dog looks very good and very committed. Certainly does not look like her first rodeo with that muzzle though. Nice civil dog. Question and not a bait what is the purpose of you standing still while being fired on in close proximity? That is directed and with regards to the training method.

I´d buy a gun, ammunition, and a puppy...

Honestly, this guy is looking for a dog that is able to live in the house, with wife, a 5 year old, and a toddler.
No kennel, no crate - a companion dog, looking impressive ( long coat ) for intruders.

I wouldn´t like to sell an undult, trained PP dog to a family with that small children. Think about an unexperienced woman, not used to working dogs, not able to read the behavior of a strange, adult dog, on the arm the toddler, at hand the 5 years old, trying to hold back a dog in drive...

Or maybe think about the toddler, pulling the tail of a sleeping adult dog, the 5 year old, trying to play with the ball of the dog...

In case you really would buy any adult PP trained dog, you, but first and foremost your wife, would need to train this dog by yourselves for weeks, and you´d need to monitor every single step of dog and kids for a very long time, until you can ( more or less ) trust dog and children.

Back to the gun...

THAT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE susie thanks for the advice u never know i can be buying a adult dog with problems but im totally going the puppy route from 8wks to 4 moths tops plz refer me to the best long hair breeders PPLLZZZZ im having my wife buy more ammo n guns for the time being lol

@gigante
She has been groomed on a daily basis and walked whilst wearing the muzzle over many weeks - prior to facing the man.

Re standing still on the blank gun fire approach - at this stage the dog needs to trigger only on my verbal, introducing a distraction/trigger is one way to gauge her focus on my que. Same would be the case if the decoy was dancing with a stick - controlled CIVIL aggression, for me is the objective.


@ the op:
At the very least you will have to assess a young adult dog re suitability - perhaps get a colleague from the dog squad in your department to advise you in picking the right dog.

Regards
Gee

Controlled aggression is everyones objective. She did show that by the advance and not reacting to a real threat. Do you later train more realistic to the distractions that would be associated with that scenario then?

@gigante

When you have the dog reacting consistently on a verbal que, and not reacting to what the decoy is doing.  Then ultimately you can trigger that verbal at any stage in the proceedings, ie before he fires, before he puts his hand in his pocket, before he blows his nose or indeed - a passive attack. But by introducing potential triggers, be that overt decoy aggressive behavior, or blank gun fire - having the dog calm and focused on the handlers command,  is one stage/ method of training I personally use.

Regards
Gee

Apologies to the op - did not intend to take this of subject.

Vids are intended to show Civil aggression and what it looks like in a young dog.  (Civil meaning man focused and not in any way equipment focused, which is the corner stone of any genuine family protector)

Best of luck in your search.

Regards
Gee

You are putting a lot of constraints on your purchase, you want a specific dog and you want it right now at just the right price.

I would like to see what what you get just out of curiosity.

Best of luck, beware of sharks, you are fresh meat in the shark pool.