Totally OT: What's Your Favorite Breed of Dog?
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Bad breeding habits which is common for several breeds of dogs is a huge problem for their image. Breeding for color, etc. like they do for all those backyard pitbulls in the world risks their health and temperament. This isn’t an issue for quality bred dogs. The bulldog is similar with how they’ve been bred through the years. The dog looking cool and pretty mattered most and the current result is a dog that is prone to a lot of health issues.
I have had 4 Brittany's in my life. My two orange ones were very hyper but my two liver ones were very mellow. I still have one at this time but she is now 12. Losing them is never easy.
Love Golden and Lab Retrievers. Good looking dawgs.
Hate little yapper dogs though. Irritating animals that need to be punted.
Hate little yapper dogs though. Irritating animals that need to be punted.
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i like big dogs, but dont want to pick up after them.
you can just mow the small variety’s waste.
you can just mow the small variety’s waste.
our old neighbor had two goldens. two of the best looking dogs i have ever seen.
Mini Aussie...great dog, very loyal and will herd the kids which is nice cause they could use the discipline
I grew up having dachshunds so I'm a bit partial to any kind of long dog. Bassets are fun but just are a total mess 99% of the time. The best dog is always the one you own at any given time.
If i had a choice and the money to allow for it...
I'd raise a Malamute!
Beautiful dogs...
You'll love him/her. A little stubborn, but funnier than Dan Hawkins screaming about intramurals!
Had many Doxies and Beagles in our family. Great dogs!
I've always love boxers, my aunt and uncle out in Omaha had them when I was growing up and they were the best. Sad thing is, like many pure breeds they have their fair share of health problems usually.
I've really started to like schnauzers lately. Coincidentally, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law (both of whom are vets) are starting to breed miniature schnauzers soon, though if/when we get one I don't want a miniature.
I've really started to like schnauzers lately. Coincidentally, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law (both of whom are vets) are starting to breed miniature schnauzers soon, though if/when we get one I don't want a miniature.
Boxers all day. Crazy clowns of the dog world. A barrel of laughs. But when needed for personal defense, they can get the job done.
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all that I've had over the years: each one special:
Puli (hungarian sheep dog)
weinmaraner (called her Marlene Dietrich)
mixed (this guy, named Husker, was combo of pit bull, sharpei, black lab and great dane (the tail)
now this was a one of a kind...
present one is a Podengo....a portugese rabbit hound (the smallest of the above: max. 15 lbs. -
thinks he's a lion.
Point is I love all dogs. We'd be lessers without them...
Puli (hungarian sheep dog)
weinmaraner (called her Marlene Dietrich)
mixed (this guy, named Husker, was combo of pit bull, sharpei, black lab and great dane (the tail)
now this was a one of a kind...
present one is a Podengo....a portugese rabbit hound (the smallest of the above: max. 15 lbs. -
thinks he's a lion.
Point is I love all dogs. We'd be lessers without them...
Not to be a dick here, but was this supposed to go in the other Favorite breed of dog thread?
Open eyes.
I kinda prefer 2 breed dogs. I've seen some gorgeous dobie/lab and german shepherd/lab mixes. Pretty much anything you can breed with a lab. Having said that, I havent owned a dog in many many years, and after the last of my kids die, I wont be going back.
Aussies for me too. Have 4 couldn’t stop at just one. They are too smart for their own good
I find the yap of the chihuahua far worse
I love dogs. The female Cocker spaniel my parents bought months before I was born and died of natural causes when I was 13 is buried in a shady grove of cottonwoods along the Republican River.
As an adult I have had bird dogs. Started out with Brittanies and moved to Setters. I had two male Brittanies that I hunted extensively in 5 states and shot 8 species of upland gamebirds over them. I was much younger and we would hunt all day. I was living in Seattle then and could hardly wait to get out to the country. Starting every October I kept a travel trailer in a mint farmer's equipment shed in the Ag lands of the Yakima Indian Reservation. I took every Friday off during pheasant season. Those three day weekends were wonderful. We also hunted every late November in Nebraska. Many years we would stay at the Big Red Motel in Laurel, Nebraska. It wasn't fancy, but they were nice to us hunters and let us keep our dogs in the rooms.
I then moved to English Setters. I had one bad dog. He kept me waiting at the truck until 7-8 pm many nights. Simply would not stop hunting for himself. He would be gone for hours. He was my biggest failure. Just could not get over the hump with him. He was killed by a car one day in early January when we were hunting chukar in the snow along the Columbia river. He was hunting on his own way too far away from me. His successor was as just the opposite. Maybe the perfect dog. Held birds so well I quit changing to heavy 4 or 5 shot shells when I thought pheasants were around. Just left in the light quail loads that I already had in my trusty Beretta 20 gauge OU. He had birds nailed. I had the last rooster he pointed for me mounted shortly after his death.
My last two dogs have been Llewellin Setters. I lost the first one and a great dog this past December to cancer. He had been my best friend for the past 12 years. I could write a book just on our adventures. My wife always said he had a higher standing in the family than even her.
His kennel mate, our 12 year old female black lab has been as good as a dog can be. She's loves everybody and everybody loves her. Don't sell her short in the field. Could not cover as much ground as her best friend, the Llewellin setter, but every bit as birdy. Hands down the easiest dog I ever trained. (My wife won't let me hunt her anymore. says she is too old. I think she could still tromp around little corners of circles).
Late this April I was connected to a three year old Llewellin male who needed a new home. I was looking at pups and he and I just kind of found each other. I think he is going to be a tremendous dog. I am anxious for September. Birds and Huskers.
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As an adult I have had bird dogs. Started out with Brittanies and moved to Setters. I had two male Brittanies that I hunted extensively in 5 states and shot 8 species of upland gamebirds over them. I was much younger and we would hunt all day. I was living in Seattle then and could hardly wait to get out to the country. Starting every October I kept a travel trailer in a mint farmer's equipment shed in the Ag lands of the Yakima Indian Reservation. I took every Friday off during pheasant season. Those three day weekends were wonderful. We also hunted every late November in Nebraska. Many years we would stay at the Big Red Motel in Laurel, Nebraska. It wasn't fancy, but they were nice to us hunters and let us keep our dogs in the rooms.
I then moved to English Setters. I had one bad dog. He kept me waiting at the truck until 7-8 pm many nights. Simply would not stop hunting for himself. He would be gone for hours. He was my biggest failure. Just could not get over the hump with him. He was killed by a car one day in early January when we were hunting chukar in the snow along the Columbia river. He was hunting on his own way too far away from me. His successor was as just the opposite. Maybe the perfect dog. Held birds so well I quit changing to heavy 4 or 5 shot shells when I thought pheasants were around. Just left in the light quail loads that I already had in my trusty Beretta 20 gauge OU. He had birds nailed. I had the last rooster he pointed for me mounted shortly after his death.
My last two dogs have been Llewellin Setters. I lost the first one and a great dog this past December to cancer. He had been my best friend for the past 12 years. I could write a book just on our adventures. My wife always said he had a higher standing in the family than even her.
His kennel mate, our 12 year old female black lab has been as good as a dog can be. She's loves everybody and everybody loves her. Don't sell her short in the field. Could not cover as much ground as her best friend, the Llewellin setter, but every bit as birdy. Hands down the easiest dog I ever trained. (My wife won't let me hunt her anymore. says she is too old. I think she could still tromp around little corners of circles).
Late this April I was connected to a three year old Llewellin male who needed a new home. I was looking at pups and he and I just kind of found each other. I think he is going to be a tremendous dog. I am anxious for September. Birds and Huskers.
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Golden Doodle.....I had Einstein for 13 years and he was the best dog ever! Smart like a poodle...with the friendly loyal personality of a Golden Retriever ...and he did not shed. .
There is zero reason to own pitbulls other than look "tough". Zero. Reason.
Game dogs.. You don’t take a lab boar hunting as a catch dog, you take catch dogs and leave the bay dogs at home.
All dogs!
I had goldens and labs growing up and they were great but NOTHING compares to my German Shepherd!
I had goldens and labs growing up and they were great but NOTHING compares to my German Shepherd!
My first wife decide we needed a dog shortly after we got married. I wasn’t sold on the idea, but gave in and fell in love with our cocker spaniel.We soon got a second one. Eleven years later I still have the dogs!
There is a special bond between a man and his hunting dog. My previous Brittany I got as a puppy. She died five years ago at 15 years of age. Losing her broke my heart. She is my avatar picture. Two weeks after her death I received a call about a 7 year old Brittany needing to be rescued. I picked her up at the shelter to foster her and she quickly stole our hearts. I believe she was sent to us by my previous dog. She is 12 now, has bad hips and I can't imagine life without her.
