Sunday, September 6, 1992 - North Shore News ~ $9

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Breeding
success

TWO OF his dogs have been placed with the West Van-
couver Police Department and others have found homes
and jobs with police forces across Canada and in Oregon

state.

North Vancouver resident Ron
Kraushaar has been breeding
German shepherds for 28 years,
although his main interests lie in
the areas of dog behavior and dog
genetics.

But he said he enjoys breeding
German shepherds.

One of his dogs, Rocky, is cur-
rently working with the West
Vancouver Police Department’s
dog squad. A second dog, Razz,
was recently sold by the West
Vancouver Police to a _ police
department in Nelson.

“Sometimes they (police) come
to me and ask if | have any good
dogs. The police look for a trail
blazer. Bold, curious puppies are
the ones they  want,’’ said
Kraushaar. .

He added that he conducts sev-
eral tests with his pups to deter-
mine if they would be suitable for
police work:

@ stress tests;

@ aggression tests;

@ competitive spirit tests;

@ fetch tests;

@ prey-drive tests, in. which the
pup chases after things running
away from him;

© sociability tests.

**You want the ones that will go
and investigate. I do most of the
tests at six weeks old, but the
stress test IH do at three days old

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

because a dog can only smell
things at that age.

“You take the puppy away
from its mother and out of a
warm place and then put it on a
cold surface and then watch what
it does. Was the dog calm? Did it
go and investigate? Was it very
vocal?"

He added that he can predict
what a puppy’s nature will be at
six weeks old, :

‘Dog breeding is a science, and
a dog will only be as good as its
genetic background. The violence
in dogs is a genetic thing.

‘“*A& German shepherd can be a
potentially dangerous dog. It’s
very important to breed a dog that
has a strong nervous system,’’
said Kraushaar.

He added that the basic charac-
ter of a German shepherd is to
protect.

Kraushaar imports all of his
dogs from Germany. He gives
away most of the dogs he breeds.

“*I only ask people to be kind to
it and love it but also to discipline
it. After that, the puppy just has
to survive. I’ve never believed in
nursing puppies.”

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RON KRAUSHAAR holds up three of his latest German shepherd
pups at. his North Vancouver house. Kraushaar is a breeder of
German shepherds and some of his dogs are now working as
police dogs in West Vancouver, across Canada and in Oregon.

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