LItters Nala and Storm
We will be breeding Nala to Storm one last time in April when Nala comes into heat. This will be Nala's last breeding as she is 8 years old.
The cost for a pup will be $1200 each and the deposit is $500 to reserve a puppy. Please contact us for more information, or click here for Updates.
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Cubicle Kevin McMahon's
HRCH Super Cell Eye of the Storm MH
Sire
HR Nala the Litlle Lion SH
Dam
We are planning another litter in April of 2012. If you are interested in reserving a puppy, please remember that o rder of deposits received will determine pick of the litter.
Visit our Purchase page to purchase a puppy.
Storm is a high energy field Golden with a strong desire to please, a good nose, along with a great disposition. In January 2007 Kevin started training Storm for the hunt tests. He went through UKC Started, Seasoned, and Finished that summer earning his UKC/HRC Hunting Retriever Champion Titile on September 23, 2007. He passed 4 out of 5 Finished tests at 1 year and 9 months of age!
For more information on Storm, please visit his website.
Pill Purchase Puppy Please click the Adobe link below to view the Puppy Purchase Agreement.
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We are now taking deposits for upcoming puppies from our April 2012 litter. Thank you!
Puppy Purchase Agreement Rev 1-12.pdf
If you wish to reserve a puppy:
Read, comlplete and sign the Puppy Purchase Agreement. Scan and email the Puppy Purchase Agreement to dozertime_yahoo.com , if you cannot scan and email the document, you may fax it to 512-515-1003 or mail to the address listed in the agreement. Make your deposit via the PayPal link below. If you do not wish to use PayPal, you may mail a check to the address listed in the agreement. When both agreement and deposit are received, we will add you to the list for your preferred sex, and email you a signed copy of the agreement. Training Below is a guideline for training from the C.A.R.E.S. Companion Animal Resource & Education Society. It provides wonderful information on establishing the pack leadership position.
Establishing Yourself as Pack Leader
You want your dog to be loved, trained and lively, but not spoiled, a robot or uncontrollable. Dogs can be naturals at learning manners and commands, particularly when you understand a key aspect of their nature. Dogs are social, pack-oriented animals. Your dog will respect a strong, clear, fair leader. If you fail to establish this position for yourself, your dog will feel obliged to try to take the position of leader for himself.
The Alpha Role
In a natural state, dogs would live their entire lives within the closely structure social order of their pack. While young, they would begin to learn the workings of the pack's social system and, as they grew, begin to establish their place within the pack's dominance hierarchy. Dominance, submissiveness, leadership, obeying others - these are all concepts that are understood by every dog. These are all concepts that you must understand as well if you are to relate you your dog in a successful manner. Each pack has a leader, an individual who is dominant over all pack members. In wolf society, this individual is called the "alpha." This is the member who makes the decisions, who must be obeyed. This is the individual that you must be in your dog's eyes.
Steps to Establishing Your Role as Alpha
Professional trainers know that it is a waste of time to try to train a dog without first establishing themselves as alpha to the dog. Every dog needs a leader to listen to and adore. Without this leader, a dog will feel lost and unstructured. If you do not take the role of alpha, your dog will be forced to take the role himself. Here are some steps to establishing your role as the alpha. Notice that these involve both behavior and body language - two types of communication that your dog will understand.
Reprimand fairly and quickly, then forgive
Don't hold a grudge. When you put your hands on your dog, do it with confidence and authority. Hands on does NOT mean hitting. Hands on may mean a collar shake, a leash correction, a surprising assist into a sit or down. Do it quickly and with authority. Then when you've made the dog do exactly what you want - once - give him a hug. That's alpha.
Make the dog obey on the first command
Don't get into the habit of repeating yourself. A dog's hearing is significantly better than yours, and you can bet he heard you the first time.
Always praise your dog as if you own it
Put your hands firmly on the dog. Hug the dog. Pat him so that your hands get warm from the contact. Do not praise him in a timid way.
Give commands only if you can follow through
and make sure you always follow through. If the dog is running across the park to meet another dog, do not yell "come" - if he decides not to obey, you have no means of correcting him. Once he accepts you as leader, he will stop and return to you - because he will have learned that leaders are to be obeyed.
Praise warmly, well and quickly
Do not drag out your praising of a working dog. Do not fawn over the dog just because he did one sit-stay.
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You may think that this system is just being too controlling and not "fair" to the dog. Actually, by being consistent in your handling and in your demands on the dog you are being fair. He needs structure - to understand what you want and what his responsibilities are. What is truly unfair is giving up a dog because of behavior problems - problems caused by the lack of structure and guidance that were the owners' responsibility to give. Unfortunately, animal shelters are filled every day with these dogs. Firm, loving training will keep you and your dog happy - and keep you together.
- C.A.R.E.S. Companion Animal Resource & Education Society (Schenectady, NY) & Progressive Animal Welfare Society
Do a sit-stay
This is an easy way to reinforce your role as alpha. Put the dog in a sit-stay for five to ten minutes. For particularly dominant dogs, make it a down-stay, an even more submissive position. If he's a wild animal and he doesn't know the meaning of the word obedient, all the better. When he breaks - and he will - put him back. If he breaks 14 times put him back 14 times. At the end of a few minutes, the dog knows you're alpha. He knows that anyone who holds his leash can call the shots. Easy and effective.
Give Permission
Give it for what is about to do anyway as long as it is OK with you. This does not mean you say OK when you see your dog about to steal a plate of cookies. This means you do say OK when your dog is about to get into the car for a ride with you, eat the food in his bowl, go out with you for his afternoon walk. It means that in a subtle way you are teaching the dog to look to you for approval and permission instead of making decisions on his own. Remember - the better behaved the dog, the more freedom and fun he can have.
If you have more than one dog in your home
you decide the "pecking" order within the dog pack by routinely feeding the "top" dog first, giving that dog bones first, etc. Make the others wait for their turn. This is another means of exerting your authority.
Be benevolent, but tough
Act like a top dog. Tough, but loving. Always be fair and never get angry. Dogs understand what's fair and what's not.
Deny Permission
Monitor your dog's behavior. Teach him some manners. Even if you like him to walk on your couch and coffee table, he shouldn't behave that way in other people's homes. When you take him to the lake, he should wait for permission to swim. It may be too cold some days or there may be too many young children swimming.
Be a model to your dog
The top dog behaves with dignity, surety, confidence, authority, and intelligence. This will help your dog to be calm himself.
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