Just introducing myself. My name is Kathleen Petrides and I currently do not own a GR. Please note the "currently". We are starting our hunt for a spring time puppy. I've been checking out breeders and rescue orgs here in WA. Contacted a company called purebreed breeder.com or something like that and was interviewed. I passed. But I also passed on paying the up front fee. The only reason is because I don't know them or anything about them. Oh, premiumbreeders.com
anyway I have 4 kids, 8, 12, 16 and 14. I have owned, or I should say, the family owned a GDR when I was 14 (to 24). He formed my opinion in what I'm hoping for in a new dog. Smart, silly, gorgeous, water loving, soft mouthed, did I mention SMART? Dog was smarter than I was. He came to us with a heart murmur but after 20 minutes with him, we knew that we were never going to let him go. Mom showed him and he did very well, but she wasn't serious about it. I showed him once (remember when I said smarter than me?), darn dog just laughed at me. Needless to say... I failed him that day.
As mentioned, I'm just starting the journey into finding a GDR for this generation of my family. We currently have a schnoodle and he is a GREAT Dog, but we need a GDR to complete the family. We also have 3 cats, 2 rats, a guinea pig, a rabbit, a chinchilla and a hampster. Oh yes, the birds are grumbling in the background, we have two of them too.
I put off looking for a GDR until now as we FINALLY have room for a large dog. 2.44 acres and a HUGE house. So I decided to join this board to get imersed in the GDR mindset and hopefully get some tips, hints etc on how to find a puppy.
anyway I have 4 kids, 8, 12, 16 and 14. I have owned, or I should say, the family owned a GDR when I was 14 (to 24). He formed my opinion in what I'm hoping for in a new dog. Smart, silly, gorgeous, water loving, soft mouthed, did I mention SMART? Dog was smarter than I was. He came to us with a heart murmur but after 20 minutes with him, we knew that we were never going to let him go. Mom showed him and he did very well, but she wasn't serious about it. I showed him once (remember when I said smarter than me?), darn dog just laughed at me. Needless to say... I failed him that day.
As mentioned, I'm just starting the journey into finding a GDR for this generation of my family. We currently have a schnoodle and he is a GREAT Dog, but we need a GDR to complete the family. We also have 3 cats, 2 rats, a guinea pig, a rabbit, a chinchilla and a hampster. Oh yes, the birds are grumbling in the background, we have two of them too.
I put off looking for a GDR until now as we FINALLY have room for a large dog. 2.44 acres and a HUGE house. So I decided to join this board to get imersed in the GDR mindset and hopefully get some tips, hints etc on how to find a puppy.