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Does anyone have a weimeraner? I lovve these dogs and really want to get one from a puppy. Are they easy to train? I've heard they're very clever - does anyone have any experience of them around horses? And also - how much do puppies tend to go for?

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I had one Weimaraner and would never have another
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I have an 11 year old bitch which we have owned from being a puppy. I would say that they are not dogs for the inexperienced. I never found her to be hyper but they need one to one interaction and a lot of mental stimulation. They are wilful and they don't really mature until they are 3/4 years of age(well ours didn't anyway). They tend to respect one household member and need firm training.

It became a bit of a joke when we used to take her to dog training - the poor instructress kind of gave up with us in the end!!LOL!!

...and she has ripped up a fair few carpets along the way, having said all this she is very loyal, friendly and excellent around horses and mothers my young boxer something chronic!!


Agreed they are beautiful dogs and after owning Etta for 11 years i perhaps would own another (if i couldn't persuade my family to buy another boxer first LOL!!) however they are not for the faint hearted and if you work full time i would seriously rethink about your choice of breed because you may find you don't have much of a home to return to, and they are not the best at interior design!!

As for price i wouldn't have a clue but i seem to remember we paid £500 for Etta 11 years ago so i imagine they would be a lot more than this.

Hope this has provided you with a bit more info on the breed and if you want to know more feel free to PM me!!
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Hi Mialottzo, I have had 2 of them and as the post above said they are quiet a handful but are true characters.

I love them but have come across other people who have had problems with them:
Strong Willed
Very Aloof
Anti-social etc etc

I haven't had this experience at all but a key thing may be that they were brought up with a more mature lab as a companion.
There is one thing to be very careful of. They have a very sensitive digestive system prone to problems - the get torsions quite easily. There abdomens are by nature very tucked up.
We lost one 'Whisper' because he ate something which got caught in his gut, which although removed ultimately led to his death - he was only 2 and it was dreadful.
We always feed them with a big stone in the bowl to slow there eating and have the bowl at a about chest level.
Don't exercise them after food.
Actually just apply the same methodology you would apply to a horse.
You may also need to buy some specialised supplements to keep the weight on during the first couple of years - Greyhound food is quite good.

Make sure you go to a good breeder by the way.
In Ireland they cost about 800/900 Euros

They are a fabulous dog though - nothing else like them.
 
Hi, we have one, a male who is now 6 yrs old. When he reached his first birthday he started `seeing ghosts`. By this, I mean that he was looking up at the walls and `smiling` and wagging his tail. This was a little un nerving at the start as I thought that we weren`t alone!
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We had him `done` when he was 2 to see if it would calm him down as he was nicknamed loopy because he was!
He chases butterfly shadows across the lawn and is mesmerized with shiney sun reflections on the walls and carpets. Luckily though he has only managed to rip 2 pieces of wallpaper off. (we now have painted walls)
He is a character, loving, follows me everywhere, even when I go to the loo or shower, he has to be there. If my son is lying on the floor, Jez has to be touching him or lying across him. He is a very protecting dog too, if we are play fighting or someone screams, he is straight there looking for someone to save.
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He will sit and watch me for hours, like now, he is sitting in front of me while I type, but you can guaranted, if I got up, he`d follow. He is gorgeous and is full of energy. We don`t take him out much as we have a big garden but he spends his time indoors, unless we are outside.
They are dominant dogs, a little wappy, but reliable and LOUD.
We also have a jack russel bitch who is a year old and she runs circles round him.
As for training, as a puppy, we used clicker training and he could sit, shake his paw, lie down and roll over at the age of 2 months. But as he`s got older, he likes to do what he wants to do.
As mentioned above they are not for the inexperienced and hubby always says that although he loves Jez, he wouldn`t have another.
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He cost us £450 and the bitches were £500. I have had mine in the menage with me once while schooling and he raced around after me making it a rather hair raising ride. Never again. But he is good around them, and around all the other animals, but we have the JR bitch, a cat, a parrot, a dragon, and the horse and he is not nasty with anything even other dogs.
 
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We were given a 10 month old Weimeraner a few weeks ago and I totally agree with all of the comments above, talk about hyper also not having had her from a very young age she has a few bad habits which we are trying to correct. The worst is her jumping up, any training tips would be appreciated !!!
She also tends to go deaf when something more interesting is happening in the ajoining field!!
However she is a loving dog and very loyal but just make sure you have plenty of room for exercising as ours runs for approx 3 hours everyday and still does not get tired !
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Hi samlib,

My weimaraner still jumps up when she gets really excited, but thankfully its only occasionally as her claws are level with my eyes!!
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Im afraid if your weimaraner is anything like mine she'll never lose her selective hearing abilities, Etta can still put a deaf ear on now but as she has got older it has got a lot more amusing as she knows she is doing something wrong as apposed to being distracted by something else...
When i took her for puppy training (many years ago now) we used to have to go in this field (bearing in mind it was a dark November night) to practice recall techniques. My mother and i would be at either end of the field one holding Etta and the other laden with goodies to entice her to us, when we let Etta go, she was the only dog to make a run for it and follow her nose into a neighbouring field!! LOL!! it was so embarrasing at the time!!
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We kind of gave up on the dog training after that and continued to train and socialise her at home which paid off for us in the end!!
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I hope you have lots of fun with your weimaraner pup, im more of a boxer convert now but im sure we would have another weimaraner in the future, they are loving, loyal if a little aloof at times but are a fabulous breed...

Good luck for the future.
 
At our yard there are 3 weimeraners, they get on very well with the horses and are very well trained. I think it just takes experience, time and patience. Definately not the dog to have if you work all day!
 
I used to have one and I said never again, it wrecked my house etc lol. I would put them in the same category as dalmatians and boxers - only get if you have the time and patience!

We now have 2 german shepherds and I would never ever get another breed. My youngest is now a year old and she was house trained inside 2-3 days of getting her as a 14 week old puppy.

Very easy to train and they accept several people as a master. Very good with children, and they do become protective of THEIR house lol.

When in the garden, no one would be allowed over the wall or to come in the gate. However when they are out and about, they are good with other dogs and they love being fussed over by strangers!
 
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