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How cute is Jack 🥰 he is visiting us while his human family have a well deserved break
05/12/2024

How cute is Jack 🥰 he is visiting us while his human family have a well deserved break

26/11/2024

The problem with gatekeeping breeds

Anyone who has spent more than a minute online in dog world will have seen the rhetoric of how it takes someone very special to own a power breed such as a Belgian Malinois or a Cane Corso or an APBT or the like. Social media platforms are filled with posts either showing these breeds doing incredible things, or posts about how you should never get a breed like this unless you are going to work them and unless you are able to fulfil their needs. These posts are spot on and I couldn’t agree more. But they are creating a problem.

Everyone thinks they are special.

It’s a bitter pill to swallow.

As humans we have an ego and our ego often leads us to believe we are more capable than we are. The problem with gatekeeping breeds is that it makes them more desirable. People want to say ‘yes I can handle my Belgian Malinois because I am special’. We desperately need approval and admiration from others, especially in a world that is chronically online.

We saw it happen real time with the XL Bully. People saw this incredibly powerful breed and said ‘I’m special enough to handle one of them’ and then promptly bred them in the hundreds of thousands leading to many ill equipped homes owning a dog they absolutely could not handle.

The truth is, that to own a truly intense, working bred dog, you actually need to have an incredibly small life. You need your entire being to be obsessive about training, handling and working with the dog. It’s a full time career in itself to truly meet the needs of these dogs. You need to be absolutely addicted to it. That level of obsession however isn’t ‘cool’ or ‘sexy’. It doesn’t make for great online content either. That level of obsession however is what makes the dog easy to live with.

Even as I’m writing this, I know someone out there will read it and go ‘yes I can do that’. If you’re that person, please really look inward and be truly honest with yourself. Confront your ego.

I work at a rescue centre and years ago all we had was bull breeds, terriers and lurchers. Now all we have is fad colour Frenchies, Cane Corsos, Shepherds and Malinois/Dutch Shepherds. It speaks volumes.

I don’t know what the solution is. The more we say ‘not everyone can handle this breed!’ The more that is perceived as a challenge to the ego, and the more the ego grabs at a chance to prove itself.

We are heading down a very dark road of breed bans and dog legislation and those of us in the industry can see the patterns unfolding. We don’t know how to stop it, or even if stopping it is the right answer.

The issue is that our human egos and our desperation to be seen as ‘worthy’ is ruining our dogs and creating real danger for the general public.

Look inward. Really question why you want a certain breed. Take pause from the online rhetoric on both sides. Choose a dog that you and those around you need, not just one that you want.

- Kahla

📸 Alison Bowkett

16/11/2024

We are waiting in anticipation for this litter to arrive, with both parents being power houses with strong personalities and nerves of steel, this combination promises to produce pups with high drive, strong nerves and unwavering loyalty, pups may be available to the right homes.

12/11/2024

Our Alpha making us proud, on her way to do great things. Havoc grand daughter, genetics all the way🔥

03/11/2024

K9 Anuk, Havoc grand daughter, first time competing, bred and trained by us, owned by Marizette Wheeler

Anuk, Havoc grand daughter, showing off
03/11/2024

Anuk, Havoc grand daughter, showing off

Amanda baby sitting Maverick (Havoc son)
03/11/2024

Amanda baby sitting Maverick (Havoc son)

Anuk and Baloo at ZugK9 Biteathon
03/11/2024

Anuk and Baloo at ZugK9 Biteathon

Welcome Mojo, Luke and Ben, to your home away from home, these handsome lads will be staying with us to be introduced to...
01/11/2024

Welcome Mojo, Luke and Ben, to your home away from home, these handsome lads will be staying with us to be introduced to the newest addition of their family and learn some social skills

28/10/2024

K9 Zara showing off

Coco and Kolisi chilling 😎 Our boarders living their best life
27/10/2024

Coco and Kolisi chilling 😎 Our boarders living their best life

When u are special, u get to ride shotgun. Kolisi visiting for the week
25/10/2024

When u are special, u get to ride shotgun. Kolisi visiting for the week


09/10/2024

The beast only comes out on occasion, this dog means business, Riot, Havoc son

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We are waiting in anticipation for this litter to arrive, with both parents being power houses with strong personalities and nerves of steel, this combination promises to produce pups with high drive, strong nerves and unwavering loyalty, pups may be available to the right homes.

Our Alpha making us proud, on her way to do great things. Havoc grand daughter, genetics all the way🔥

K9 Anuk, Havoc grand daughter, first time competing, bred and trained by us, owned by Marizette Wheeler

K9 Zara showing off

Riot
Riot

The beast only comes out on occasion, this dog means business, Riot, Havoc son

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