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Every cocker spaniel I've ever known was a biter.
I like mixed mutts. They're healthier and usually smarter than purebred dogs. Attached File |
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My cocker died a couple months ago. Had fun for 15 years. He was an absolutely fabulous dog in every way. I would have anothe cocker in a heartbeat.
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Quoted: I would have to move to take a photo and then the Dalmatian asleep on the couch next to me would move. I will say she does indeed draw attention with lots of folks remarking that they cannot remember the last time they saw a Dalmatian. View Quote Our farmers market, if it ever opens this year, has turned into a neat amateur dog show. The Great Dane people get together, Dalmatians, lots of Pomeranians in Radio Flyer wagons. |
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Quoted: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/254555/IMG_0441_JPG-1380945.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/254555/IMG_0466_JPG-1380948.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/254555/D19144F3-5A04-4AAD-B86E-04DF1B1E7F5C_jpe-1380961.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/254555/2F9677F7-FF3E-47B1-AF0C-614A7A523131_jpe-1380963.JPG Why thankfully? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I don't see many full size purebred poodles. Thankfully. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/254555/IMG_0441_JPG-1380945.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/254555/IMG_0466_JPG-1380948.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/254555/D19144F3-5A04-4AAD-B86E-04DF1B1E7F5C_jpe-1380961.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/254555/2F9677F7-FF3E-47B1-AF0C-614A7A523131_jpe-1380963.JPG Why thankfully? |
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Quoted: Guilty, we had one as a kid. Backyard breeder and everything. Such a dumb move by my parents. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Haven't seen Dalmatians in a while... Guilty, we had one as a kid. Backyard breeder and everything. Such a dumb move by my parents. Friend of mine got two. A couple of times we visited he would have to close them up in a room and he got bit both times. Way more patience than I would have had. |
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Quoted: My last pooch was an American Eskimo-Chow cross. She looked exactly like your Esky except her coat was Chow Chow fawn color. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/202626/E6FF4B01-5FA5-4D8F-8A1E-AC56392975CD_jpe-1380941.JPG I’m the only person I know with an American Eskimo Dog. My last pooch was an American Eskimo-Chow cross. She looked exactly like your Esky except her coat was Chow Chow fawn color. I haven’t seen as many chows over the past few years. When volunteering as a medic, a twelve year old girl got bit. She was getting shocky, sweating and pale. When I unwrapped the towel her mother had wrapped her leg with, her calf muscle had been detached below her knee and it almost fell out of the towel. I got it wrapped back with the towel and wrapped over it with curlex. Dog was a neighbors and their daughter took the girl who got bit into their back yard. Dog attacked without provocation. The girl was in surgery a couple of hours later. Too hot down her for those dogs and they seem to be aggressive to begin with. |
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Quoted: I haven’t seen as many chows over the past few years. When volunteering as a medic, a twelve year old girl got bit. She was getting shocky, sweating and pale. When I unwrapped the towel her mother had wrapped her leg with, her calf muscle had been detached below her knee and it almost fell out of the towel. I got it wrapped back with the towel and wrapped over it with curlex. Dog was a neighbors and their daughter took the girl who got bit into their back yard. Dog attacked without provocation. The girl was in surgery a couple of hours later. Too hot down her for those dogs and they seem to be aggressive to begin with. View Quote They are an aggressive breed. As my vet likes to say “know why they’re called chow-chows? Because the breeders wouldn’t be able to sell them as bite-bites.” |
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Quoted: Racing greyhounds are becoming scarcer now that more tracks are closing. The last remaining Alabama track just closed this week. https://www.wvtm13.com/article/nearly-600-dogs-now-need-new-homes/32228836 There's an AKC greyhound but it's barely the same breed IMHO and doesn't have the same athleticism. None of the adoption groups around here have had new hounds for a while. Good for the dogs I guess. View Quote My wife and I adopted a retired racer a couple months ago. Theres going to be a flood of dogs available when the Florida tracks close by the end of the year. Our local adoption group got 5 in today. Shes been an absolutely great dog so far, we want a second. |
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Cardigan Corgi’s.
One lives with me, but he’s old and unwell, never seen another. Plenty of Pembrokes, lost one in 2018, have a younger one, see them often enough. |
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Quoted: They are an aggressive breed. As my vet likes to say “know why they’re called chow-chows? Because the breeders wouldn’t be able to sell them as bite-bites.” View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I haven’t seen as many chows over the past few years. When volunteering as a medic, a twelve year old girl got bit. She was getting shocky, sweating and pale. When I unwrapped the towel her mother had wrapped her leg with, her calf muscle had been detached below her knee and it almost fell out of the towel. I got it wrapped back with the towel and wrapped over it with curlex. Dog was a neighbors and their daughter took the girl who got bit into their back yard. Dog attacked without provocation. The girl was in surgery a couple of hours later. Too hot down her for those dogs and they seem to be aggressive to begin with. They are an aggressive breed. As my vet likes to say “know why they’re called chow-chows? Because the breeders wouldn’t be able to sell them as bite-bites.” I know a guy that took a chow from a coworker because he was having a trouble with it. Guy had it a couple of weeks with no issues, then he started his night shift rotation. His girlfriend, who also hadn’t had any issues up to that point, got chased into a bedroom when it decided to go after her, unprovoked. She called him at work, so he clocked out and went home to see what was happening. Dog went after him when he got there. Someone else took it and it finally got put down. |
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Quoted: https://i.imgur.com/UqLg1Rq.jpg My wife and I adopted a retired racer a couple months ago. Theres going to be a flood of dogs available when the Florida tracks close by the end of the year. Our local adoption group got 5 in today. Shes been an absolutely great dog so far, we want a second. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Racing greyhounds are becoming scarcer now that more tracks are closing. The last remaining Alabama track just closed this week. https://www.wvtm13.com/article/nearly-600-dogs-now-need-new-homes/32228836 There's an AKC greyhound but it's barely the same breed IMHO and doesn't have the same athleticism. None of the adoption groups around here have had new hounds for a while. Good for the dogs I guess. https://i.imgur.com/UqLg1Rq.jpg My wife and I adopted a retired racer a couple months ago. Theres going to be a flood of dogs available when the Florida tracks close by the end of the year. Our local adoption group got 5 in today. Shes been an absolutely great dog so far, we want a second. We had two that we adopted when I was a kid. Poor things didn't know anything besides racing and being inside of their kennels when we got them. We had to teach them how to go up and down stairs (we had three steps that went out to the garage and then the backyard and they were both confused as could be the first time we took them out). They were incredibly lazy most of the time and would just lay on the floor where the sun came in from the windows. We had an above ground pool in the backyard that they turned into their very own track and would run laps around it. Then come back inside and lay on the floor in the sun. They were great with all of us kids and would let us lay on them and do anything except touch their ears. They were good dogs. I haven't seen one in a while though. |
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Quoted: I know a guy that took a chow from a coworker because he was having a trouble with it. Guy had it a couple of weeks with no issues, then he started his night shift rotation. His girlfriend, who also hadn’t had any issues up to that point, got chased into a bedroom when it decided to go after her, unprovoked. She called him at work, so he clocked out and went home to see what was happening. Dog went after him when he got there. Someone else took it and it finally got put down. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I haven’t seen as many chows over the past few years. When volunteering as a medic, a twelve year old girl got bit. She was getting shocky, sweating and pale. When I unwrapped the towel her mother had wrapped her leg with, her calf muscle had been detached below her knee and it almost fell out of the towel. I got it wrapped back with the towel and wrapped over it with curlex. Dog was a neighbors and their daughter took the girl who got bit into their back yard. Dog attacked without provocation. The girl was in surgery a couple of hours later. Too hot down her for those dogs and they seem to be aggressive to begin with. They are an aggressive breed. As my vet likes to say “know why they’re called chow-chows? Because the breeders wouldn’t be able to sell them as bite-bites.” I know a guy that took a chow from a coworker because he was having a trouble with it. Guy had it a couple of weeks with no issues, then he started his night shift rotation. His girlfriend, who also hadn’t had any issues up to that point, got chased into a bedroom when it decided to go after her, unprovoked. She called him at work, so he clocked out and went home to see what was happening. Dog went after him when he got there. Someone else took it and it finally got put down. My cousin got attacked by the neighbor's chow when he was 7. Broke his arm and got his face pretty good. |
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Had an Australian bearded collie growing up - great dog but a little high maintenance for East Texas
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Quoted: We had two that we adopted when I was a kid. Poor things didn't know anything besides racing and being inside of their kennels when we got them. We had to teach them how to go up and down stairs (we had three steps that went out to the garage and then the backyard and they were both confused as could be the first time we took them out). They were incredibly lazy most of the time and would just lay on the floor where the sun came in from the windows. We had an above ground pool in the backyard that they turned into their very own track and would run laps around it. Then come back inside and lay on the floor in the sun. They were great with all of us kids and would let us lay on them and do anything except touch their ears. They were good dogs. I haven't seen one in a while though. View Quote Play hard, sleep hard. |
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Quoted: On the inverse side, I've been shocked by the explosion in popularity of the Vizsla. I grew up with them. I do not think they are good dogs for the vast majority of people who own them. View Quote My next door neighbor has three Vizslas. I'm not a fan of them, either. A friend of mine, a few blocks away, has three or four full-size Poodles. |
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I don’t have much to add to this thread, other than to state the obvious...the Beagle is the finest dog in the world.
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Glad to see Shelties didn’t make anyone’s list. I love this breed. Loyal and selfless to the end. 36 years having them in my life. The “pack” mentality is strong. They eat and drink from the same bowls. All they want is to be with you, and you with them.
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We have a Catahoula/Black mouth cur cross. It is an interesting cross. A lot of the Catahoula drive but some what controllable.
My Dad has a major problem with Komondors. He has three full blood and two komondor/poodle crosses right now. Neat dog. Very protective. Smart. Just really big and strong. One of the ones he has is a male that was three years old when they flew it in. They had to order a custom made extension for the largest air cargo dog kennel made. Then the nearest airport that could take it was five hours away. Imagine driving for five hours one way to pick up a 150 pound dog you have never met. Getting it out of a big metal box and trying to get it in your small truck for a five hour drive back home. |
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Quoted: I know a guy that took a chow from a coworker because he was having a trouble with it. Guy had it a couple of weeks with no issues, then he started his night shift rotation. His girlfriend, who also hadn’t had any issues up to that point, got chased into a bedroom when it decided to go after her, unprovoked. She called him at work, so he clocked out and went home to see what was happening. Dog went after him when he got there. Someone else took it and it finally got put down. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I haven’t seen as many chows over the past few years. When volunteering as a medic, a twelve year old girl got bit. She was getting shocky, sweating and pale. When I unwrapped the towel her mother had wrapped her leg with, her calf muscle had been detached below her knee and it almost fell out of the towel. I got it wrapped back with the towel and wrapped over it with curlex. Dog was a neighbors and their daughter took the girl who got bit into their back yard. Dog attacked without provocation. The girl was in surgery a couple of hours later. Too hot down her for those dogs and they seem to be aggressive to begin with. They are an aggressive breed. As my vet likes to say “know why they’re called chow-chows? Because the breeders wouldn’t be able to sell them as bite-bites.” I know a guy that took a chow from a coworker because he was having a trouble with it. Guy had it a couple of weeks with no issues, then he started his night shift rotation. His girlfriend, who also hadn’t had any issues up to that point, got chased into a bedroom when it decided to go after her, unprovoked. She called him at work, so he clocked out and went home to see what was happening. Dog went after him when he got there. Someone else took it and it finally got put down. My mom had a big black male Chow. SOB looked like a lion and he and my mom thought he actually was one........ till he tried my 90lb. male Dobe. 1st time I broke it up after the Chow started it and wound up on the bottom getting rag-dolled. Got mine calmed down in the garage and I'll be damned if that Chow wasn't waiting for him when he left the garage. Jumped him from high ground as soon as he cleared the garage. The Dobe reacted prior to contact and rolled over and came up on top and went to WORK. I went looking for a Coke. Then mom came out and freaked at her high dollar dog all scuffed up and bloodied. Ears ripped half off and shit. She took that SOB and tied his ass up before he got deaded. Big bad Chow. LOL |
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Quoted: American Fox Hound. I've seen 2 in my life and I have owned them bothhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/117398/20200102_120023_jpg-1380969.JPG View Quote Looks just like what we call Walker hounds here in the deep south. Real popular with coon hunters here. One of my favorite dogs was a Walker mix. Not that bright, but have more heart than any dog breed I know of. You should see them on a hunt. If you did not catch them up, they'd run themselves to death. I've see my my uncle's old Walker grab wild grape vines with his teeth trying to get at a treed raccoon. |
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When is the last time that you saw a Gordon Setter?
For that matter an Irish or English either. Not many Airedales left either, especially proper wedge headed working Airedales instead of sausage headed show dogs. I haven't seen a Samoyed in a while either. |
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Quoted: I've seen 1 Komondor in my 42yrs on this earth, and it was owned by a family member. Edit: They look, feel and smell exactly how you'd expect. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/258165/Komondor_jpg-1380943.JPG View Quote Like a shit stained mop? |
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I've only ever met one Great Pyrenees. That was a hell of a lot of white dog.
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Quoted: I don’t have much to add to this thread, other than to state the obvious...the Beagle is the finest dog in the world. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/4311/A9DE3E8A-92DD-45A0-A79B-43749605E13C_jpe-1381639.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/4311/86B36112-4C95-48F1-9655-8A0B1244D230_jpe-1381643.JPG View Quote That yawn puts me to sleep. |
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I have had quite a few dogs in my life.
The best dog I had by far was a Dobe. Had many good dogs and a few bad ones. |
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Quoted: https://i.imgur.com/UqLg1Rq.jpg My wife and I adopted a retired racer a couple months ago. Theres going to be a flood of dogs available when the Florida tracks close by the end of the year. Our local adoption group got 5 in today. Shes been an absolutely great dog so far, we want a second. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Racing greyhounds are becoming scarcer now that more tracks are closing. The last remaining Alabama track just closed this week. https://www.wvtm13.com/article/nearly-600-dogs-now-need-new-homes/32228836 There's an AKC greyhound but it's barely the same breed IMHO and doesn't have the same athleticism. None of the adoption groups around here have had new hounds for a while. Good for the dogs I guess. https://i.imgur.com/UqLg1Rq.jpg My wife and I adopted a retired racer a couple months ago. Theres going to be a flood of dogs available when the Florida tracks close by the end of the year. Our local adoption group got 5 in today. Shes been an absolutely great dog so far, we want a second. I've noticed that some rescues are bringing hounds over from Australia, Ireland, Spain etc. I was going to get one but instead ended up with what I call the anti-greyhound (avatar). |
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What I used to see in the 70's that I hardly ever see anymore? Collies and Irish Setters.
Replaced by xxxDoodle's of every variant and size. |
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Quoted: I've seen 1 Komondor in my 42yrs on this earth, and it was owned by a family member. Edit: They look, feel and smell exactly how you'd expect. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/258165/Komondor_jpg-1380943.JPG View Quote I've seen a few at the National Dog Show (the one on tv on Thanksgiving). They smell awful. |
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Quoted: My step mother-in-law just had to put hers down. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Scottish terrier. Used to see them often when I was a kid. Can't remember the last time I saw one. I bought my Wife one for our first Christmas together. A big dog in a compact package, and the best rabbit dog I ever hunted over. I had an uncle that raised beagles. Great dogs. |
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You don't see many thicc bois.
Damn BOI HE THICC (with audio) |
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Don't see too many Bassett hounds anymore, or schnauzers.
I also wish there were less chihuahuas. |
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Quoted: Dobermans and Rottweilers don't seem to be as common anymore. View Quote The kind of people wanting a good German working dog and are willing to pay for it buy a GSD. So most of the buyers for rotts and Dobermans are poors who can't save up $2k+ for a dog, and they get shittily bred dogs from other poors. Sucks because both breeds are great dogs when well bred. |
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Quoted: Pure breds in general seem to be declining. Sad, because generations of work go into breeding specific, refined physical and mental capabilities. I'm a breed snob. Each breed exists for a reason. View Quote Fuckin Amen to that. No matter what kind of person you are or what your lifestyle is, there's a good dog breed for you. Hint: That dog is NOT at a shelter or "rescue". |
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Quoted: Don't see too many Bassett hounds anymore, or schnauzers. I also wish there were less chihuahuas. View Quote When I was younger I had a 1/2 bassett/1/2 beagle dog, Jasper. He was the coolest dog, nothing ever bothered him. I call Gideon my Jasper. Attached File |
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View Quote Oddly enough, I’ve seen a number of fat labs, usually black or chocolate. Every one of their owners has said that it’s not due to over feeding. |
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Quoted: The kind of people wanting a good German working dog and are willing to pay for it buy a GSD. So most of the buyers for rotts and Dobermans are poors who can't save up $2k+ for a dog, and they get shittily bred dogs from other poors. Sucks because both breeds are great dogs when well bred. View Quote I always wanted either a Rottie or a Doberman over a GSD. Good friends of mine paid big $$$ for a bloodline GSD, had him "trained" at Petco and he's as sharp as a bag of wet hair. |
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