Goro Kyjská zahrada (Wilhelm)

At the beginning of March we went to the Czech Republic near Prague and met the beautiful Giant Spitz bitch "Folly Zimni sen". Birk successfully bred Folly twice on March 8th and 9th. The little dog “Goro Kyjská Zahrada” called "Willi" was born on May 10, 2024. He is black, with markings, and very strong. Logical, if you have all the milk to yourself. 😉

Goro lived with his breeder with his mother and the 16-year-old white Giant Spitz bitch "Ambra Kyjská Zahrada" until he was 16 weeks old. There was no puppy fence or anything like that in the house, so was is always everywhere. He could go into the garden independently through a cat flap. If you came to visit, you were welcomed by the two dogs - and the little brat Willi, who had already successfully copied the typical guard dog behavior.

By the way, he didn't go through the cat flap with his head first, but with his front paws. Just like others dive into the water. 😂

After Willi moved in, I kept wondering whether I had a nail in my brain when I decided to buy him. Typical puppy blues! In the meantime everything has worked out perfectly. In fact, Willi has become my best student: at the age of 8 months, the little man can easily run around off-leash in the city with us. He has the best recall of all, masters curb training perfectly, never goes to strange dogs on his own and shows no hunting drive. I'm very happy with him.

Will, of course, still has a lot of grit in his head given his age, but that's to be expected. Although both Kuno and Birk have herding drive, this is most pronounced in Willi. Willi is a real heel biter (It's not just saying 😎); he's hanging on my heels - which I allow to a certain extent, as long as it's more funny than cheeky - and he also drives the two big dogs back to me via heel bite, for example. If one of the two dogs goes too far away from me or for too long, Willi will give him a punch when the dog returns.

It sounds like Willi is trying to be the boss here, but that's not the case at all! He knows his rank and can also subordinate himself well. As I already wrote: I am really very happy with him! 

Our Willi is a very attentive guardian, but we are still working on the yapping. A German Spitz is a guard dog and of course he should and may watch, but not in such a way that I almost fall off my chair in shock when he starts barking

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In his case, it's because he was able to go into the garden through the cat flap whenever he wanted from an early age and learned how to guard. This takes time until you have conveyed to the Spitz that reporting strangers is welcome, but yapping like crazy is not. In this respect, I would definitely recommend that those who have never had a Spitz and are looking for one should also take such an imprint into account when selecting a puppy.

Like any proper Spitz, Willi isn't anxious or fearful, but approaches strange things with curiosity in order to examine them. That was also the case in the beginning with the many people walking around here. But since not everyone likes having a sniffing Spitz stuck to their trousers, the first thing Willi had to learn was to be as environmentally neutral as possible. That means he has nothing to do with other people. This is also important to me because the dogs shouldn't be stolen, so I never let strangers touch my Spitz when it's a puppy or young dog, in order to obtain the Spitz's innate mistrust.

I also really like the look of Willi. Where many Giant Spitzes are now bred to be too long-legged, he has a beautiful, Spitz-typical leg length; this should be around 50% of the total height. His bone strength is great, and he is incredibly fast and agile because he is not that big (he is significantly smaller than his father).

Willi has more fur than Birk, but even his fur is nice and thick - and incredibly easy to care for. He also has a perfect off-standing and impressive ruff. His coat is lacquer black with markings and gray interspersed areas on the tail and trousers, but without any brown tinge. His eyes are almond-shaped, and his ears are ivy-shaped and small.

Just a handsome guy, our Willi! 😎