A tail of two failed service dogs

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Anonymous wrote:I own a failed herding dog. She's an Aussie, and one of 11 siblings. The breeder/rancher fully trained the pups. You can imagine, there are always star achievers in any class, and then suitable students, and then...there are those that really don't make the cut.

However; to figure out who will work out and who won't, they are all fully trained. So our dog is fully trained, and her fault is she is not aggressive. Meaning: she's the perfect family pet!

Op again- interesting! I didn't think about herding dogs. I'm also looking for a good family pet. Most of the sites that I looked at for failed service dogs have waiting lists of several years though.

Ok what to look for is breeder's websites. Then you want to contact them to see if they have any adult dogs they want to adopt out. So my rancher/breeder will train herding dogs for herself and sell some, but she will also sell puppies to pet owners. But since most people don't want an adult dog, the failed herding dogs (who are all trained young adults) she sells for the cost of the spay/neuter (basically adopts them out).

I have to tell you, now that I've received a sweetheart adult fully trained dog into my house, I will never go back to getting a puppy. It was the easiest situation ever--no puddles or poop on the carpet, someone who will walk by your side with or without a leash and knows a bunch of commands...it has been practically seamless.

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06/26/2019 17:05

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Coda Bo.

I like his little smirk.

Yes, he knows what you want him to do but he knows what he wants to do: playplayplayplay