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PUPPY ADOPTION MISTAKESADOPTING TOO EARLY Adopting a puppy too early makes it impossible to maximize the mental and psyc...
27/09/2021

PUPPY ADOPTION MISTAKES

ADOPTING TOO EARLY

Adopting a puppy too early makes it impossible to maximize the mental and psychological development of puppies. Puppies must remain in the nest with their mother and litter-mates to learn very important life lesson which will affect the dog's future behaviour. This sentiment is echoed by veterinarians, behavioural trainers and dog owners alike.

Over the years research have confirmed that greater percentage of dogs adopted too early showed signs of excessive barking, fearfulness on walks, reactivity to noises, toy possessiveness, food passiveness, attention-seeking behaviour and destructive behaviour.

A puppy being with it's mother longer imprints important lines of canine communication like bite inhibition, submissive-ness, ability to tolerating frustration, patience etc. When puppies fail to learn discipline from their mother, they even tend to become very difficult to train.

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A correct 60% to 40% backskull to muzzle ratio head with parallel planes is what we should be aiming for and not for the...
27/09/2021

A correct 60% to 40% backskull to muzzle ratio head with parallel planes is what we should be aiming for and not for the ultra short muzzles & extremely defined stops which is so detremental to the health & function of our breed. Below is a list of problems associated with ultra short muzzles and ultra defined stops. In addition, some other physical traits of the head we should be mindful of.

(1) Muzzle strength comes from the depth of the muzzle and not from being short. The lower jaw acts as a lever with the temporalis bone acting as the arm of that lever.Because increase mechanical advantage is provided by additional length to the arm of a lever, temporalis bone, a deep muzzle can provide greater biting strength.
(2) Muzzle width provides grip stability and provides additional dentition room reducing crowding of teeth.
(3) A quick study of stop definition among cattle dogs will demonstrate the avoidance of having extreme stops because extreme stops will get a dog killed while heeling cattle. A swift kicking hoof has better chance of catching a dog ( causing injury)with an extreme deep stop than with a well defined but less extreme stop. A less deep slightly sloping but still well defined stop allows for a more glancing blow than a deep ultra defined stop.
(4) Extremely short muzzles reduce teeth size and creates more frequent bite issues. In fact, other breeds having muzzles approaching a length of 30% stopped trying to maintain a scissors bite, because bad bites & missing teeth increase exponentially as the muzzle length approaches 30% total head length. Correctly proportioned backskull to muzzle ratio provides room for larger teeth and more consistent correct placed dentition.
(5) Short muzzles reduces the ethmoturbinate area and less area means a reduction in the number of sensory receptors of the nose. The dogs ability to track and scent discriminate in searches is directly dependant on the number of sensory receptors.
(6) Extremely short muzzles reduces our Rottweiler's ability to regulate body temperature. Since dogs do not sweat, the only way they have to despense heat from their bodies it through panting. A too short muzzle changes and reduces the air pathway in the throat making the ability to control body heat less efficient. This reduction in air pathway makes them more prone to overheating. This especially true for large thick bodied and black coated breeds like ours!
(7) Extremely short muzzles reduces endurance. For the same reasons stated in (6). reducing the air pathway in the throat reduces the amount of oxygen availability to replentish muscles during time of greater activity creating fatique sooner than a dog with a correct 60% to 40% backskull to muzzle ratio.

There is no upside to extremely shortened muzzles and deep stops!

All you have to do is go witness dogs being shown on a warm day to see the difference between hard panting and wheezing of the ultra short muzzled dogs and the panting of more correctly proportioned dogs, to see the affect this makes!

Steven Robinson

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