What are the tips for selecting a German Shepherd puppy? Don’t choose a puppy that is inbred, interbred or mixed from a female line, and don’t choose a female puppy that is too small or has small bone mass. Be careful to ask the age of the breeding male at the time of mating, as dogs before 16 months of age should not be mated. Be careful to look at the face, ears, genitals and other parts of the puppy to see if there are signs of plastic surgery. 1. Be sure not to choose a puppy that is inbred from the maternal line, or a puppy that is bred across the bloodline or a mixed bloodline, but consider a puppy that is inbred from the sire. 2. Even if you choose such a female puppy, it is generally not suitable to be used as a breeding bitch to breed offspring; if you have to breed, you should carefully select a male breeder with a larger size or bone mass to be able to breed slightly better quality offspring. Otherwise, it is either difficult to produce or “inferior”. 3. A good racing dog is not necessarily a good breeding dog, but a good breeding dog will definitely produce an excellent racing dog. Therefore, when selecting a puppy, don’t think one-sidedly that the pups produced by dogs that have won awards are good, and the pups produced by dogs that have no reward history are bad. Therefore, when selecting a puppy, it is important to follow the basic principles and criteria for selecting a puppy.4. Normally, a bitch with an excellent pedigree will produce the best fourth litter. This is because this is the best age for a breeding female to give birth and produce the best genetic results. 5. Be careful to ask the age of the breeding male at the time of mating. The breeding experts will not be able to see the best genetic results of the puppies from the younger breed (generally speaking, dogs before 16 months of age are not suitable for mating) because the reproductive organs are still in the growth stage and the semen quantity is low and the quality is not high. 6. In other words, after the first generation of mating, the female puppy will be mated with the sire after she matures, and after four generations of this cycle, a top quality puppy may be born. As long as the male is a pure bloodline, the quality of his offspring will not be poor. 7. When selecting a puppy, pay special attention to the fact that if the hair color of the same litter varies too much or if there are stray hairs, the value of the litter as a breeding dog in the future is not very high. 8. When buying a puppy from a truly high caliber breeding expert, do not talk straightforwardly about “buying and selling”, but first show your love and enthusiasm, and make a clear commitment to your desire to breed carefully afterwards, otherwise it is impossible to get a good breeding puppy. Also don’t make it easy to indicate your desire to buy a female puppy, because a true breeding expert will never easily give a good female puppy to an enthusiast he doesn’t know. 10. When selecting a puppy, pay attention to the face, ears, genitals and other parts of the puppy to see if there are traces of plastic surgery, and if there are obvious traces, you should be careful about buying.
