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Västgötaspetsen er en utrolig gammel hunderase. Det er en spisshund med vakt og gjeterhund instinkt.
Rasen kan brukes til det meste av hundesport. Selv går jeg agility med Rusken, og med rett trening og motivasjon er det flere Västgötaspetser som har kommet langt i agility, en norsk Västgötaspets var til og med på agilitylandslaget for noen år tilbake.
Det er en veldig ernergisk og livlig hund, med masse liv og humor. Det er en super vakthund som sier i fra når det kommer noen, men husk at dette er et innstinkt, og er ikke så lurt å straffe den for. Det er en svensk rase, og tilhører gruppe 5.
Fargen på västgötaspetsen kan variere mellom grå, grå/brunt, grå/gul,rød/gul eller rød/brun ofte med noen hvite detaljer. Den skal også ha en sort ål på ryggen.
Idealhøyde på hannhunder er: 33cm og 31cm på tisper.
Vekten varier mellom 9-15kg.
Västgötaspetsen røyter også endel, så forbred deg på masse hår! Så det er viktig å børste mye, helst annen hver til hver dag i røyteperioder. Men uansett hvor mye jeg ramser opp, kommer du ikke til å angre hvis du skaffer deg en Västgötaspets, for da forandres livet ditt på en eventyrlig måte den dagen den kommer inn i livet ditt!
10 grunner til hvorfor du IKKE burde skaffe deg en Västgötaspets!
1. Clever
Clever is the word that comes to mind when you have been around with gööttis a little while. There are so many stories about their inventiveness--not a dull moment with these dogs. To train a göötti is very easy, and at the same time very difficult. And even if you do not
train your göötti that will not stop your göötti from learning. A göötti learns fast, so beware of what you train, and how. And be especially careful of what you do not mean to train...
2. First there is one
A göötti has a tendency to double, perhaps triple. First you have one and then you notice you are beginning to think about another. Somehow, some distant relative of your göötti is calling you. And you suddenly discover you are a happy owner of two gööttis. How did that happen? Your göötti was missing company of it´s own kind. Oh yes, that's the good reason why you got another. It wasn't just that you fell in love with that sweet, soft, snugly puppy... What? Is that ANOTHER göötti calling my name?
3. Say clearly what you want
Right from the first time you speak to your dog or try to train your göötti, you must make clear what you do not want and what you want instead. If there is food involved, your göötti is very willing to do what you want. However, begging is forbidden -- but is it really forbidden, and is it always forbidden? You mean absolutely always? Always...so short a moment in a göötti's life.
4. Everybody's friend
The göötti is everybody's friend, unless there is food involved; then your göötti is only its own friend. Gööttiboys do not necessarily like other
gööttiboys, because gööttiboys very much like gööttigirls, or whatever other doggerels might be handy. Gööttiboys are not so good at distinguishing their own breed.
Other dogs may have difficulties understanding the loud growly, barky, sneezy noises that occur during gööttiplay, but otherwise a göötti has a very clear language. for other dogs, and people. The göötti is also a friend of its owner's friends. Pawprints on the owner's friend's thighs makes for a nice common bond on walks together. People met along the walk will also receive the thigh mark badge of this common bond!
5. Pawprints on thighs
A göötti is a short-legged dog, and a human is tall. That´s why your göötti has to jump up on you. If you take notice of the jumping dog, even once, it knows that by jumping on you it will get your attention, sooner or later. Positive or negative attention is all the same, The important thing is that "shortlegs" is noticed.
6. Always at the ready!
Ready for what?--to do whatever, whenever -- a göötti is always ready--really--ALWAYS. And because the dog follows you all the time, it knows about your plans even before you know them yourself. And it's ready for whatever you want to do.
Initiative and creativity -- you have to have them: If you don´t give your göötti anything to do, it will create its own jobs and fun. These may not necessarily be quite what you would have wanted! So, little by little, without noticing that anything is happening, you find yourself running by agility fences, working through obedience fields, and hiding meatballs in the woods...
7. Loneliness - there just is no such thing for a göötti owner
Nowhere, I mean nowhere can you go alone. You short-legged shadow is following you in the dark hours of the night, in the bright light of the day, in rain, in sunshine, outdoors, indoors. If you don´t take the dog to the toilet or bathroom, it will loyally wait for you behind the door. It will be worried. You just might escape through the window, you know!
8. Strangers are barked at
And so are those a little less strange; and so are well-known people. If it moves there is a reason to bark at it. If it doesn't move, it might move, and so it must be barked at too. When a göötti gets bored it informs everybody about this by barking, Very often this gets the owner's attention--maybe only for a moment. Any attention is wonderful, so the dog must bark more--and louder-- and longer.
9. Keep eye on your food
These are the göötti rules: If it is edible, it is ours. If you turn your back on it, it is your gööttis. It might seem that there is a ghost in your house
because in a thousandth of second a quite a large sandwich, yogurt, cup of tea and an apple just vanish without that cup or your göötti having changed position. On the other hand - you can be sure your göötti is not choosy. Everything goes. Always.
10. Weather resistant hair
The outer layer of hair really bears up under any kind of rough weather. You can´t get the dog wet, no matter how hard you try. Even when you try to wash the dog, that outside hair will not let the water through. However, when the soft, fluffy underhair begins to loosen, the shedding seems endless. That wonderful hair that resists the weather comes with a price..
