((( Silverback Puppy Wars ~ 15 Photos )))

[Officially Retired]

All right, just starting a fun little story line here on a sparring-fest that went on today with 3 Silverback pups (well, 2 pups and 1 adult who still thinks he's a pup). It was a 3-for-all, free-for-all, and here were the contenders:

And this is how it went ...



Pups are released off their chain spots at 4:00 pm, with Silver Phoenix running from the two terrors



Amazon & Beowulf corner Silver Phoenix (aka: Elric) and go to work on him



Elric gets Beowulf in the money spot, and it starts to look bad



But Amazon gets Elric off w/ a bite on the pecker to help her bro out



Elric slams Amazon for the favor, while Beowulf tries to help his baby sister



Things are looking bad for the poor 4-month old Amma as Elric goes for the money spot ...



Things are really looking bad for poor Amma now :cry:



Ooohhh! A total reversal when Beowulf comes to the rescue, and now Amma goes for that money spot 8-)



Amma gets called off by Tina and happily runs to take a seat and watch the two boys



The 6 month old Beowulf begins to control the tempo in the mouth



Deep inside Beowulf goes as "David" starts handling "Goliath" 8-)



Too fast, too smart, Beowulf always positions himself to where he can't be touched 8-)



Seizing the opportunity, Beowulf goes for the money spot on the giant Elric ...



Down Elric goes, and like a flash Beowulf moves in for the finish!

BTW, if anyone is dumb enough to think this stuff is real, these dogs are just having fun PLAYING The truth is, I let them run all over the place together and they have A BLAST!

Credit to Elric for taking it easy and being gentle with two highly-rambunctuous pups that give him no rest and nip at him constantly.

Hope yall had as much fun reading this as I did writing it :ugeek:

Cheers,

Jack

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[trajan337]

I loved it Jack, there is nothing like watching these animals have pure fun. To be honest, I wasn't a big fan of Silverback based on pedigree but I like what I see in his pups. And that was a beautiful narration.

[ponchday]

Great pics! Love to see the young ones run around causing havoc

[Officially Retired]

I loved it Jack, there is nothing like watching these animals have pure fun. To be honest, I wasn't a big fan of Silverback based on pedigree but I like what I see in his pups. And that was a beautiful narration.

Exactly, too many times we as dogman get caught up in "caring" for the dogs, or in the rough end of it, and forget just to have fun and enjoy our dogs

I will say this though, the only way you couldn't have been a "big fan" of Silverback is based on an inaccurate "imagination" you created in your head, confusing whatever it is you invented there with the reality that he is a phenomenal athlete of this highest order. And if you ever seen Ouch go, you would have liked the old boy, and if you ever seen Missy go it would hard to be satisfied with too many bitches after you'd seen that.

As far as pedigree goes, Silverback is triple-bred on a DG SDJ Cover dog in Ch Hammer, who was out of an all-game litter, so I don't see what is not to like about that. There may have been a couple dogs behind Ouch that weren't all that, but hell that could be said for Redboy (whose granddaddy quit), Red Baby (who's mama quit) Honeybunch (whose daddy quit), etc. Don't let an inaccurate painting you made-up in your head allow you form pictures or ideas that have nothing to do with reality. The reality is, I had over 80 dogs 4 years ago, and when I let the vast majority of my yard go, to pair down to 10 dogs, Silverback was the male I kept for a reason



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Great pics! Love to see the young ones run around causing havoc

Yes it is! It is good for their attitudes, it is good for their souls, it is good for their socialization, and it is good for us too--to enjoy our dogs on a different level than just keeping and feeding them too.

Glad folks liked the humorous narrative

Jack

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[R2L]

Great pics, to bad i can't make a combination that'll play with each other here

Did have two inside the house who did nothing but!! Drove me nuts, but it's great to see em run outside.

[Officially Retired]

Great pics, to bad i can't make a combination that'll play with each other here

Ha ha!

The truth is, almost any APBTs will play with each other, if the owner spends the time with them from pups. Even as an adult, when I got Little D back from Wildchild, she had no socialization at all, and wanted to hit everything with fur on it. Now, more than a year later, she is laying on the couch (pregnant) inbetween her half-sister Dirty Hammer (also pregnant) and Silverback.

I have had some dogs that just couldn't be around other dogs (Red Sonja for example), no matter how much time I put into them, but they have never been my very best dogs, as part of excellence is intelligence, and I just think truly intelligent dogs are the ones who have the sense to make accurate assessments and judgement calls.

Did have two inside the house who did nothing but!! Drove me nuts, but it's great to see em run outside.

Yep, and that's because you put the time into those

Cheers,

Jack

[R2L]

I rather spend extra time on dogs that don't like each other, doing everything separately, no corrections or surprises. Then trying to make dogs play who want to do something else My pups stayed together up to 4 months, then the playing was over, believe that ..lol. I walk each dog every day of the year for at least 30 minutes so they sure have their fun time. Not saying i have something against letting hem play, not at all.

[Officially Retired]

I rather spend extra time on dogs that don't like each other, doing everything separately, no corrections or surprises. Then trying to make dogs play who want to do something else

I understand. Getting bulldogs 'not' to play isn't much of an accomplishment. In my honest opinion, "fight crazy dogs" are a dime-a-dozen.

Talented dogs that can discriminate friend from foe are the almost invariably the best dogs IMO. For example, I remember Indian Sonny mentioning that the baddest bitch he ever had in his 50-years (Bloomers) could be let loose in the yard. I remember Fat Bill saying the same thing about his all-time-best bitch too, Ch Bolero, namely that she too could be turned loose and get along with other dogs. Gambler's prize dog Gr Ch Virgil's favorite buddy was a cat, so I am told.

So, again, it has always seemed to me that, almost invariably, the very best dogs (not common, ordinary dogs) always know the difference between when to go to work and when to have fun, and I have observed this same truth on my yard also. All of my "fight crazy" dogs have never been my very best, most intelligent, most talented dogs.

My pups stayed together up to 4 months, then the playing was over, believe that ..lol.

:roll:

Sorry, but that is not impressive to me. I have plenty of "early-starting" pups, you can "believe that" too ( ), but most of even these can learn when to be "on" and when to be "off."

I walk each dog every day of the year for at least 30 minutes so they sure have their fun time. Not saying i have something against letting hem play, not at all.

Well, we all have our own ways of doing things, which is fine. But I have always believed that the BEST bulldogs are the ones who can do it all, while (by definition) common dogs are the ones who are limited as to their usefulness and adaptability to different situations.

Jack

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[R2L]

I believe you Jack not saying its a accomplishment but why would i try to change something i like to see.

I also believe in the positive things you got to say about letting them socialize, can't see why it would it do any harm. but you're naming some dogs who're getting a long other dogs and were supposed to be the best and completest dogs, sorry i dont believe that. No point to name all gr ch who were never socialized with other dogs. The dogs i got my hounds from weren't either yet as intelligent as can be.

[Officially Retired]

I believe you Jack not saying its a accomplishment but why would i try to change something i like to see.

LOL, I didn't ask you to change anything, I merely posted pictures of my pups playing 8-)

It was "you" who were acting like your pups were at some "other level" by not being socialized, or able to be socialized, which would be a characteristic I personally would not enjoy. Again, I like dogs that are able to do it all, as opposed to dogs whose intelligence (or temperaments) limits their usefulness and adaptability to each situation.

I also believe in the positive things you got to say about letting them socialize, can't see why it would it do any harm. but you're naming some dogs who're getting a long other dogs and were supposed to be the best and completest dogs, sorry i dont believe that.

Well, I am glad you believe in the value of socialization. As for your beliefs regarding the very best dogs being able to be socialized, their owners stated these great dogs were the best they ever had, that they were able to get along with other animals when not "on the job," and this came out of their own mouths.

No point to name all gr ch who were never socialized with other dogs. The dogs i got my hounds from weren't either yet as intelligent as can be.

Dogs not being socialized, and dogs not being able to be socialized, are two different things.

The former is related to the dogs' owners not bothering to try, implying no limitation on the dog itself (only on what their owners chose not to do with them); while the latter implies a limitation on the dog itself, thereby reducing its usefulness and completeness as an animal.

Jack