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Well PF I've had a similar problem #1 did I had a Belgian Malinois bitch donated to me about a year ago. She was about nine months old but had been raised in a concrete kennel run within a privacy fence, from eight weeks until nine months she met all of 4 people. The woman who owned the (working dog importing) kennel the woman who worked in the kennel, the vet (at 8 weeks for ALL shots! OMG!), and me the day I came to get her. She had never been on leash, never bonded to humans, and never been out of the run.

The woman I got her from is a knowledgeable importer of dogs for officers and civilians alike but she always gets dogs over the age of 2 that are already trained all she does is brush up their commands before selling them to someone else. Usual turnaround is less than two months. She decided to breed one litter and this was the last pup. She had never had a litter and had no idea what to do with her.

I have held onto her for almost a year. She has learned to bond to humans, walk on leash, to fus, platz, here, and touch it among other things. Unfortunately her search leaves MUCH to be desired. She was so retarded in development by not being allowed to be a dog that unless she is on leash her commitment to searching for what we are looking for is pretty much zero.

Now I will have to not only go to square one and find and purchase a new dog but I must find a good pet home for my Abby. She will run fast and hard close to her handler with a single spoken "here" command to bring her skidding back to see what the handler needs, in the house she goes to her rug and parks it until its time to go out, and LOVES to ride in the car.... She will make someone a great pet but as for a search dog...... the bloodlines were there I credit them for my being able to bring her as far as I did but she will never have the determination, dedication, or drive for human remains detection. I have enough pets, I need a dog that will work. It still hurts.