Temperment Testing Your Puppy!
August 25, 2010
We are a very hands-on breeder and will always be. For me, it's the only way to really know each and every one of our puppies. This is important when making the decision on which puppy would be the best match for their forever family.
From the moment they are born, I take great effort in studying, observing, holding and just playing with our puppies to make sure I know them. It's not just about "how they look" which is important, especially when considering a show/breeding puppy, but what is even more important in a companion puppy is to evaluate "how they act", their temperament.
Because we spend so much time with our puppies, we know them, but we also take it a step further and actually perform a Puppy Aptitude Test as well as a Obedience Test on each puppy. I can happily say, with one exception our own evaluation was in total agreement with these tests.
So far, every puppy we have placed in loving family homes show or companion dogs have been correctly placed.
The Puppy Aptitude and Obedience Test we use was developed by Joachim and Wendy Volhard. If you are a breeder and aren't temperament testing your puppies, I highly encourage you to consider this test. It's a very helpful tool and it's fun! We test our puppies at 49 days old. It is recommended that you have someone unknown to the puppies perform this test in an area of your home that is new to the puppy. This test along with our own observations and of course input from our puppies future families determines what puppy will go to which family.
Here is a copy of the Tests for your use with permission of Wendy Vollard as noted on her website.
Posted by Theresa Goiffon
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Greetings from Northwestern Wisconsin!
I am a wife and a mother of 3 wonderful daughters. I home school 2 of our girls and our 3rd is in her Senior year of college. I work part time at our church. I also have a small Website business providing website design to small businesses and friends.
Previously, I had a 25 year banking career. Retired several years ago, as a Vice President of Commercial Banking and Business Development Director for a financial institution.
I have owned and raised dogs and cats for over 40 years. In 2007, we started to show and raise Australian Terriers. We have 4 Australian Terriers and 2 Australian Shepherds. We have AKC Champion Aussies including one of our Aussies has been ranked in the top 5 All-Breed Terriers in the United States. That being said, our dogs are first and foremost our companions. Our two younger daughters, are actively involved in Junior Showmanship, it has been a great activity for them and our family as well. I take my role as a breeder very seriously. I have studied the breed for several years, I support health testing and temperment testing as well as evaluating proper conformation prior to breeding. We had our first litter Spring of 2009. Our litters will be few. We believe in breeding for quality not quantity. Regardless of whether your puppy comes from us or not I hope you find our site a helpful resource. If you have questions about our program or about the Aussie Terrier, please e-mail me theresaagoiffon@msn.com or give me a call@ 715-689-2675. Thanks for visiting us!
Blessings, Theresa
