Jewel Watch And Bremaroo Dobermans Labradors And German Pinschers

24/08/2024

Congratulations 🎊 to Jewelwatch and Masterkarn
On our Multi Champion gaining his Australian Champion
Dogs SA pending
JUST A PINCH OF GLANCE

24/08/2024

Congratulations 🎊 to Donna and Jeremy
Jewelwatch Miss Money Penny
Best of Breed PM show
Congratulations 🎊 To Nat and Kevin
With Challenge Dog AM Show
Jewelwatch Rins'n From The Ashes.
We are Happy for you all

13/08/2024

Don't forget to Watch this

01/08/2024

Mark your calendars! 🗓️🖊️
The Canine Genetics Course returns on 9 September 2024! 🐶🎓

Registration opens on 22 August 2024!
Official website 👉 https://canine-genetics-course.com/

What you definitely need to know:
👥 The number of participants is limited to 80 people!
📼 The recordings of the course will be available until 28 February 2025.
⏰ Lectures start at 19:30 CET/CEST on Mondays.
⌛ Each lesson lasts 90 minutes.
🎖️ Ace the final assessment by 28 February 2025 and get a digital certificate.
🤝 We will run a closed self-study Facebook group!

Available CEUs:
CBCC-KA: 21*
PPAB: 21

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For CBCC-KA, please add your CCPDT certification number; for PPAB, please tick the checkbox at checkout below your billing information.

17/07/2024

Cute as a button

04/06/2024

Jewelwatch Presents
Walamara on Velvet
7 months
Dobermann Club Of South Australia
Speciality Show
Many Thanks to Neesha and Brigetta
For Handling Devine

04/06/2024

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25/05/2024

Exciting Times ahead at Jewelwatch

10/04/2024

Brother and sister Love
Playtime

10/04/2024

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07/04/2024

👏⭐️ Great post and article on Temperament, one of my absolute first priorities in breeding German Pinschers. Copied and shared from another breeders page...to good not to share and spend the time reading albeit long.

THE GENETICS OF TEMPERAMENT, AND TEMPERAMENT TERMS
Permission to share if you credit Jill Porter/Faithwalk Mini American Shepherds. Written 4/2/2022. Many Thanks Jill Porter great read.
Those of you that know me know how much I pay attention to temperament, both my own dogs and dogs I meet. It's a topic that has been a major area of interest of mine for my whole life - temperament and behavior. So I wanted to write this article on the topic, with the hopes people can have a deeper understanding as well as become familiar with some of the descriptive terms used when sharing information about temperament in a dog. I also hope to bring more understanding of what a genetic base temperaments traits have.
I want to start by saying I believe temperament is 100% genetic. That's based on decades of intentional observation for just that topic. I've followed hundreds of litters over the years, both dogs and wolves, and in some cases up to 7 generations of the same lines. Quite a few times over the years I have kept or bought 2-3 pups from the same litter and raised them the same way, yet they are still distinct individuals, sometimes with a wide variation of traits but still all showing family traits as well. At Wolf Park we often kept full litters of wolf pups, and one year we swapped some of ours with another facility, getting two siblings and a third unrelated pup. Both the remaining Wolf Park pups and the new ones were raised together by the same staff, same methods, yet we could VERY easily see the differences in the bloodlines of each pup. I could go on and on with first hand examples. My main background is wolves and wolfdogs, nordic/sled dog breeds like malamutes, Siberians, Inuit dogs, and then herding breeds like Aussies, Mini Americans, etc. But I have friends with breeds in all groups, and have been around them enough to have a good feel for different styles of dogs and how what they were bred for can affect the temperament traits we see when we live with them. I also trained with a GSD breeder with three distinct lines and boy could you see the difference between her working lines, German show lines, and the more "pet" line with laid back temperaments. All the same breed, all 3 lines breed for different goals, and VERY apparent with spending a short amount of time them. I raised and trained a pup from the pet line and the working line for a few months each, and it was so easy to see the differences in drive, trainability and so on.
Another argument for the fact temperament is genetic is that if it was not, we wouldn't even NEED breeds of dogs. We could take any generic dog and train it to be a great stock dog, sled dog, bird dog, retriever, scent trailing dog, and so on. Or do the same with breeds of dogs of drastically different purposes. We all know that is not true, that for example no matter how you raise a Siberian Husky you are unlikely to have a useful sheep dog, and if you need a specific set of instinctive behaviors from a dog, getting it from a random mix breed dog is not stacking the odds in favor of success. Even in a breed temperament traits can vary, as well as in a single litter. Each dog is an individual.
Many people assume it's "just how you raise them" but that also is not true. Behavior is the expression of genetic temperament, and we can only affect that by how we raise them as far as the limitations of genetics inherited by that individual dog. I say it's like the pup is dealt a genetic "hand of cards" and we can only play the cards given. We can't add "cards" that are not there, nor throw away ones that are. Genetic temperament gives a dog a strong or weak predisposition toward exhibiting each behavior, and then what is reinforced or not will grow or diminish to the point it is limited by the genetic temperament traits and instincts. But we can't, by how we raise them, add traits that are not there, or totally erase ones that are (such as prey drive.) And, we can't train out instinct, only manage it. Please read that again, WE CAN'T TRAIN OUT INSTINCT, ONLY MANAGE IT. Instinct is kind of like a reflex, not a conscious choice.
How many times have we seen a dog come from a truly abusive situation and it still has a sunny, bomb proof temperament? How many times have we seen a dog who was raised right and is still a hot mess? That's genetics in action, folks! I have raised quite a few pups in my decades in dogs, and some of mine turn out fabulously, some are a train wreck. Since I know so much about behavior and have so much experience, shouldn't I be able to take any pup and make it awesome? No, because of the genetic limitations it is born with. I can only make them the best or worst versions of themselves, not profoundly change them. And if someone comes to you with a dog that is a hot mess, even with an excellent upbringing, we need to make sure that person knows it was not their failing, but the genetics.
So I always tell people if you want to stack the odds in favor of the dog you want or need, pick the breed first, the family lines next and then the individual pup, and THEN raise it in such a way as to help the dog reach it's full potential. And to be able to do that we as breeders and buyers need to be able to accurately communicate on this topic.
I say all this so once we get on to talking about the traits, you can understand they are in born AND we can select for them! I absolutely do, and it is always a work in progress. And it's not just looking at traits in two parents, but the whole pedigree on both sides. Having followed generations of dogs I will often see a pup that reminds me more of a grand parent or great aunt or uncle, more than the actual parents.
Anyway, on to some terminology. I'd like to try to break this down so if we are trying to share information about a given dog, such as a breeder and a buyer, we can maybe be able to use terms to paint a more detailed picture. And part of this IS going to depend on your experience thus far - such as your idea of "medium energy" for example, maybe different than someone else's if you have a low energy breed and they have a high one.
Some of the terms I commonly use when describing temperament include biddability, social attraction, drive, resilience, energy level, intelligence, soft, bold, anxious, shy, reactivity, fear, nervy/edgy/sharp/wired/easily aroused (I use all of these to mean the same thing, definition to follow.) And with Aussies and Mini Americans, I toss in the "reserved with strangers" and "strong guardian instinct" parts of the standard and define them since many are confused, especially thinking reserved means shy and vice versa. I see each of the traits as on a spectrum.
We'll start with the SOFT to BOLD or pushy spectrum. Another word for soft could be sensitive, a dog that is really sensitive or soft does not take a lot of pressure, either verbally or physically. A really bold or pushy dog is the other end, that dog can take pressure and may NEED more to even respond.
INTELLIGENCE has to do with the dog's ability to think and problem solve. It doesn't have to do so for us to be an intelligent dog, some of the primitive breeds are high on the problem solving spectrum but are not biddable.
RESILIENCE means a dog that can bounce back easily from what could be an unpleasant experience. The dog is adaptable, rolls with whatever life brings. A resilient dog is a great dog because it can recover from a bad experience with a lot less work and time. An example could be having a pup that is startled by a bigger dog on a walk, or an unpleasant grooming experience.
BIDDABILITY is what some may call the "will to please". It is a dog who is eager to work with you, learn, participate, and doesn't need as much management to get a good response. Biddable dogs are often easily trained if you use methods that make sense to the dog.
SOCIAL ATTRACTION means the dog values time and interaction with humans, often over things in the environment dogs may otherwise be interested in, such as other dogs, other animals, the chance to explore, etc. A dog with high social attraction will be eager to stay with his person. Even a shy dog with high social attraction will be easier to work with since the dog still wants to connect with people. A low social attraction, high fear (shy) dog is the kind that can appear feral, and they are the hardest to work with of all since they don't care if they connect and the fear often keeps them from trying. It's my least favorite combo.
DRIVE means a dog has the will or tenacity to do something - push through past the part where it's novel or fun or the dog is tired, and complete the task at hand. It shouldn't be confused with ENERGY LEVEL because they work independently. You can have a high drive, low energy dog, or a low drive, high energy dog (and those can be hard if they have little to no focus.) A high drive, high energy dog may make a good sport dog, K9 or military working dog. ENERGY LEVEL is just as it sounds, how active is the dog over all.
SHYNESS and/or FEAR is kind of self explanatory - it's a dog that is scared or fearful of people, places, things. A genetically shy dog will often still be fearful even with some socializing because that can't trump the genetics causing the fear. Along this same topic, when the standard says "RESERVED WITH STRANGERS" it does NOT mean shy or fearful. It means ALOOF, the dog is comfortable not meeting new people just because. They are content with the social circle they have and don't avoid strangers because they are scared of them.
NERVY/SHARP/WIRED/EDGY/HIGH AROUSAL all mean the same thing to me, though the words maybe used by different factions of the dog world. (I see nervy used by some border collie people, sharp by some GSD people, etc.) It's a dog that is high strung, ready to react, less able to turn off and relax or control it's own emotions and/or impulses. It takes very little stimuli to get a reaction from such dogs, and they can be hard to live with and are often quite anxious and stressed. The dog can be hyper vigilant as well. Add in shyness, aggression, anxiety and so on and the dog is truly a mess. I very much want to avoid these traits. I have another article I wrote called AROUSAL VS DRIVE that I will share next, since it can tie into this topic.
REACTIVE kind of ties in with the nervy dogs, these dogs are too quick to react or tend to over react to stimuli. Some amount of reactiveness is necessary for many working dogs to do their jobs - such as stock dogs who need to take in a lot of details of a fluid situation, process and react to those details in a split second. But when we talk about a "reactive dog" we often say it to mean a dog who does over react or reacts inappropriately, and it's sadly a common trait in dogs, these breeds included. And some are very high arousal dogs who struggle to calm themselves.
GUARDIAN INSTINCT is something the breed standards may mention. It is not a fearful dog who lashes out then retreats to hide behind the owner's legs. That's fear based aggression. True guardian dogs are calm and confident and only use force on a true threat. They have the stable temperament and ability to discern friend from foe. They can be very friendly dogs to friendly strangers too, that also ties in to being able to discern a true threat from a benign interaction with a stranger. I have had two Aussies with true guardian instinct and you'd never know it when meeting them because they were also friendly to strangers.
This got longer than I intended but I really wanted to break down some of these topics. I look forward to a good discussion with anyone who is interested in this topic. Permission to share if

06/04/2024

DEVINE
WALAMARA ON VELVET

15/03/2024

I HAVE A NEW FAMILY TO LOVE
AND NOW MY NAME IS
BILLI
Pretty Girl
Waiting for her forever home
Suitable as pet to Loving home
Private message for enquiries

10/03/2024

ZIGGY LOVING HIS NEW HOME
TODAY IS ZIGGY'S FIRST DAY AT THE BEACH

08/03/2024

All of you sneering at reputable breeders take note: if you walk through your local shelter, you will rarely find a single well bred, reputably bred dog in their kennels.

You will find pit bulls and poorly bred labradors and chihuahuas and toy breeds with goggly eyes and crooked legs, but you shouldn't find one from a reputable breeder, who's parents have been health tested, temperament and conformation and breed studied, preventative measures taken against known possible lifelong injury and infection.

Why won't you find one of our dogs there? Because our puppies are microchipped, they are registered and sold with an Agreement that states if the owner must rehome then the dog comes back to the place it was born.

When the well bred dogs go extinct, you will wonder why.
Here is an answer: YOU

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I do hope that if any of my puppy people cannot for any reason keep their dog they contact me first. The BREEDER. Please do the right thing by your breeder.

27/08/2023

The Lap Dogs

01/08/2023

Happy Birthday to all of Maddison babies
One year old today
We certainly had a fun year.

31/07/2023

https://www.facebook.com/1527973042/posts/10232090960686619/?mibextid=Nif5oz

Beautiful bundles

13/07/2023

Lunch Time play in the Sun

09/06/2023

JEWELWATCH BLACK IS BLACK
Winning Puppy in Show at the Dobermann open show 2023.

03/06/2023

Jewelwatch Miss Money Penny
Congratulations Donna and Jeremy

03/06/2023

Very Happy Friday with
JEWELWATCH BLACK IS BLACK
Winning Puppy in show
In the Champ show loosing to her Beautiful sister
But herself still going well

29/05/2023

BUYER BEWARE !!!!
The ANKC (Australian National Kennel Control Ltd.) is the ONE and ONLY official registry able to issue Certified Pedigrees for purebred dogs. There are two types of pedigree certificates from the ANKC.
Only ANKC Main Registered dogs are eligible to be exhibited at shows which the pedigree certificate is blue. All other dogs not registered on the main register will be put on limited register which is an orange pedigree certificate with the ANKC that states not for breeding purposes or export.
All other registries such as those listed below are NOT affiliated with the ANKC and cannot issue Certified Pedigrees.
MDBA (Master Dog Breeders and Associates)
ABR (Australian All Breeds Registry)
Australian Canine Registry
ICBS (International Canine Breeders Studbook)...................the list goes on !
Do your homework before purchasing your puppy, and contact your ANKC State Regulator ( Dogs NSW, Dogs QLD, Dogs VIC, Dogs SA, Dogs West (WA), Dogs TAS,
Dogs NT. should you require more information.

27/05/2023

Early morning walk with Axis

27/03/2023

Last cuddles before bed
Sassy and Mac pups
GP

24/03/2023

Puppy Love
German Pinscher puppies
We are 6 weeks today
Fun Loving Loveables

02/03/2023

Time to get out my feed rings
Tried some soaked biscuits this morning
Looks like we are all ready

01/03/2023

Today we can all hear when our names are called

01/03/2023

Puppy spam

25/02/2023

Off to bunnings for shade cloth and roofing
Getter cooler soon be able to come out of air-conditioned pens