How did you choose your pup from the litter? If you have a litter of pups from nice parents and colour isn't an issue what aspect do you look at? I'm thinking more along the lines of choosing a pup for agility/flyball and generally to be a good pet rather than for showing. Its so hard, aprticularly when you have spent 6 weeks or so watching them grow to choose a favourite as i like them all for different reasons!

All my agility buyers check the pups for tugging above all else, also how ball orientated the pups are and if they are bothered by sudden loud noises or not etc.

Do you find that toy motivation is something that has to be there at 8 weeks or can it be developed? Some are more tuggy orientated than others at the moment, haven't really noticed if any of them are more ball motivated as yet. The only reason i ask is that my current collie is ball obsessed, but the first day we got her back she took no notice of the ball at all when we rolled it at her, but the obsession slowly developed of its own accord. However i never really knew what she was like when she was in the litter so its hard to know if she was just adjusting at the time.
I've sort of narrowed it down to two, but one of them is slightly smaller than the others, but i've bonded really well with her. My heart says i should keep her but my head says i should go for the other one, which is very outgoing and playful, but because she is happy playing with anyone i haven't delveloped such a bond with. Its so hard!

Remember with agility you need to also look for a bold pup, one that is not going to be afraid to investigate and try new things, no good having a little shy thing, so keep that in mind too. I would go for the most forward pup as well as tugging and ball interest.

You have the plus side of raising the litter, you know the characters of the two, pups can learn, but it is easier with a natural interest already there, forget you love them all, put your business head on and choose the pup that will serve your purpose. For a pet I would choose the one you have bonded with, but for agility and flyball I would choose the other, you will bond with that one when she is on her own, but then again, I can't see them and watch them, so it's  hard on a board, use your instincts, they are BC's so you can't go wrong really can you?

maybe you could ask someone who knows loads about your breed to choose for you?? although i'm sure you must know plenty yourself. gosh it must be so hard to make that decision!

I made a 'heart lead' decision with the girl i kept from our 1st litter as she was born over 2 hours after 'the last one' and a complete surprise, but a lovely one! 

Good Luck and sure you will pick the 'right one'  (don't suppose you can keep them both?) maybe not such a good idea!!

They are kelpies, both parents are good agility dogs and the mother also does flyball so they should be workable. they will certainly be hard work whichever one i chose, but i can't wait!

You can teach it, but it takes time and isn't as effective as picking a pup that has it from the word go. All my agility buyers (quite a few) have always considered it vital the pup they have will tug.

For what it's worth, the more backward pup will often come out of itself a lot more once the littermates are gone. In my last litter I picked a bitch that turned out to be THE most shy one in the litter by far (she would back off everyone, even me, already at 6 weeks of age), but once 8 of the 9 siblings were gone she became a different pup altogether with so much more confidence.

ask the breeder also as they speand more time with the pups so sghould be able to help you pic one.

we have bred them, thats why its so hard, seeing them everyday means everytime you spend time with them you pick a differnt one depending on their mood!

Spend some time with each one on their own, and see which is the most exited about playing tuggy or fetch etc. I had some in my litter that were obsessed with their toys, and some that just wanted to play with each other. I picked the girl, who was always really up for fetching toys, and sniffing them out from hidden places even at 7 weeks... and she has been so easy to train so far!

sorry that will teach me to read the posts more carefully wont it.
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