Ladies, With all our pups I throw as much stimuli as I can at them. The more the better in my book. It invariably makes much nicer pups than can with stand almost anything. Mo > > In a message dated 7/15/2006 6:26:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > lfossland@xxxxxxx writes: >Later, as they grew up I noticed that no > matter how much noise was going on around them they just kept on doing > what > they did, sleep, play, whatever. All of these puppies, there were eleven, > turned out to be very well adjusted and none of them were ever afraid of > thunder, guns or other outside noises. This was 7 1/2 years ago and I > still > have one guy from this litter here, sound as can be. In fact, a new > addition > to this family is put together with him so the puppy will learn his good > traits. > It made me think that perhaps this could be environmental, in other words > it > could be taught right from the beginning. From that time on I have not > raised puppies in quiet and pristine surroundings. > Lee > > > > Yup, that was the point of my question:) The longer I'm around dogs the > more I'm convinced a whole lot of "stuff" is conditioned and that > environment is > at least equally as important as genetics. > > Kathy > three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here! ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================