Are there any breeds that just don't ' do it ' for you ?

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Am sure they are lovely but I don't go for skinnies tbh, I like chunky dooglies.
 
Not a fan of designer breeds either, not so much the dogs as the ethics behiind producing them in many cases. It is easy to making sweeping statements but there are always exceptions in breeds, not a collie fan as so many are hyper, but have known some lovely ones, ditto toy breeds, not proper dogs but I had a l/c chihuahua who I adored, and who thought he was a GSD! Still only one breed for me though, would hate to be without a Shepherd.
 
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Question for you Prose, actually two questions,

we don't have pit bulls over here much and are they as fierce as their reputation and secondly the dog whisperer talks about going to the ' dog park' what are they ? literally parks where specifically dogs can go or something else.

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Im living in the usa right now and i can say that pitbulls are no where near as fierce as the hype makes out. They are actually about 9 on the bite list with springer spaniels being 4th? makes you think huh!

A dog park is exactly what it says on the tin. A fenced in area where you can take your dog and let them run around and meet other dogs. Most places you are not allowed to let your dogs off the lead so you have to take them to a dog park to let them run.
 
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Do we have "dog parks" in england?!

If so........ any around Bolton area?! could REALLY do with one of those!!

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I'm pretty sure you dont have them in england.
 
Ah thankyou for that. I wish we had these dog parks over here but then we don't go in for other Amercian things like doggie birthday parties. I wish we did though as would be great fun .
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I don't like toy breeds/any small dogs don't really appeal - apart from Cockers. Definitely not the little little dogs that shiver all the time and get carried round in handbags!!
Also Greyhounds never appealed to me - have seen some whippet x's and lurchers I like but generally they have had collie in them.

I'm a collie and spaniel person
 
I think dog parks over here would be a GREAT idea! would make recall training puppies easier as you would have a safe area to let them off and NOT have to s**t your pants if they set off!! as they wouldnt ahve that far to go! and it wudn't include a road!

Darn our English ways!!!

Doggy birthday parties aren't english?! dam it. gonna have to cancel for july then!
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sorry not meant to offend but Im not a lover of Staffies, English Bull types of dogs. Its nothing personal towards them as I believe they are adorable loving dogs, I think its more the stereotype image they have unfortunately got and the fact that it was an English Bull that chased my horse years ago and another one the same more recently terrorised us all as was known to not like horses and a staffie that bit the rider, chased the horse home and then attacked another horse on the yard the other week. I think I just expect the worse now.
 
"I have to say, if it's not a Spaniel, or at least a Gundog, I'm not interested!"

haha agree completely! i love gunnies, but i do like staffies, JRT and mongrols!!!
 
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I love Collies and Greyhounds (very fond memories of walking out in the woods with my uncles racing dogs).I do prefer bigger dogs.Not a lover of Chiwawawawawa's or pugs.I love most dogs but there are afew i like but wouldent have to own..I think it can be safely said i'm a Collie girl.
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But you can't guarantee that they won't moult. I used to groom one, and it had a long curly coat like a Poodle that needed clipping, yet it still shed!

I think that what annoys me is the assumption that crossing two breeds will give you the best of each.

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Hear, hear!

I'm sceptical to mongrels (once burned was enough for me, have owned one that should never have been bred), the bitch owner are more often than not still the one that chooses the stud dog, but still they usually doesn't do any health-checks etc. Therefore f. ex. both labradoodle and cockapoo's can carry the gene for the eye disease prcd-PRA.

I like terriers and think especially Bull Terriers are beautiful (although I prefer the coloured ones), but I doubt I'll ever own one because Terrier temperament is not my melody on a daily basis. Spitz's can be stubborn, but it is my sort of stubbornness.

From a more aesthetic view, I prefer breeds where you don't see the testicles dangling on the dogs
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I loved my late Smooth Collie, but about Border Collies I agree with the one saying I don't want to own a dog that is smarter than me.


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Not breeds exactly but nothing hyper or snappy, not so clever it needs lots to do, not too small, nothing that costs over £25 unless it's the rescue fee, nothing that pants even though it's only moved 5 feet, nothing drooly, nothing that looks like everyone elses one of the same breed....ooh, that leaves lurchers
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O my! Wasnt expecting people to say that, Im so used to everyone on here being big whippet fans!!!

O dear, CALA is gonna kill me
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, well I don't like all kinds of lurchers, but I actually do like the shaggy colli x types
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even though Im not a huge colli fan
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Gina a jack russel is not a designer breed it is a hunting dog going down holes for ferrets and mice

i have a scottie and i love westies

i hate bulldogs, labradors,cocker spaniels also i hate toy poodle(poodles in general really)pomeraniums.... and on and on and on

no affence to anybody who has these dogs its just my preferences.
 
Pit bulls really aren't as fierce as their reputation. You obviously get the laddish element that keeps them, but you also have many responsible people who get them from rescue. There are a few in my immediate neighbourhood that are very dog aggressive--all three were rescued from fighting rings--but I honestly don't see a lot of Pits causing fights at the dog park. It tends to be breeds with guarding tendencies that get jealous over a ball, say, and all hell can break loose.

And yes, dog parks are specifically places for dogs. There are 45 in NYC, ranging from the one opposite my apartment--concreted, and exactly 120 feet long and 40 feet wide--to ones that are several acres in size, all fenced in, with park benches, automatic water dispensers and special all-weather surfaces. And then all major grass parks have special off-leash hours (before 9am and after 7pm). Considering the number of dogs in NYC (a million) and the different communities that use the parks--school sports teams; runners; roller-bladers; horse-riders--it's actually a decent and fair system.
 
Good heavens there are some very, very strange people on here - you DONT like greyhounds
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I cannot actually understand why ANYONE would not like greyhounds
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Only tounge in cheek I assure you
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I cant say I dislike any breed of dog particularly, but there are some that I would never wish to own... border collie & springer spaniel (too hyper)...... any small toy type dog especially CKCS (naturally
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But then nothing ever compares to a greyhound, so there are also a great many breeds I admire but will never own
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Now here is a question for you..............

How many people on here would NOT like a whippet/lurcher/greyhound?!!!!!

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I love them, but there is such a different mentality to dogs in NYC. People go crazy for Yorkies, Poms etc. When I volunteered for a rescue, we had the most gorgeous Saluki in, and it took three months for her to get adopted, simply because a lot of people thought she looked "weird".
 
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I like bigger dogs - especially gundogs - spaniels, labs and setters. As some one else has said collies are to clever for me and don't really 'do' anything that yaps rather than barks - so nothing really below the knee I'm afraid!!

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Not all small dogs are yappy. If I may, from the official BT guide:

Boston Terriers make fair watchdogs; some will bark only when necessary and others will never bark at all.

We can literally go weeks without hearing Stella bark!
 
there is one in scotland aden park massive space fenced in, several different enclosures incase your dog doesn't get on well with others, amazing place, my dog loves going there
 
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Gina a jack russel is not a designer breed it is a hunting dog going down holes for ferrets and mice


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I am perfectly aware a JRT is not a designer breed. I typed my post quickly and should have said JRTs AND designer breeds.

Although I have yet to see one going down a hole after a ferret
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Hehehe! Isn't it funny how varied the world actually is? It is like marmite with dog breeds isn't it - you tend to either love something or hate it!

With me, I personally own a border collie and a cocker spaniel (high on the list of "most hated" breeds looking at this thread!) :-D

I would actually say my favourite breeds are, in addition to collies and cocker spaniels...
1. Rottweiler
2. German Shepherd
3. Burnese Mountain Dog
4. Alaskan Malamute
5. Golden Retriever
6. Labrador
7. Flat coated retriever
8. Springer Spaniel
9. Siberian Husky (although I have met a few nutters in my time!)
10. Any kind of Pointer

(That is in no particular kind of order!)

Ones that I really cannot stand whatsoever include (no offence intended)!!

Jack russell terriers - yappy and generally terribly behaved with no recall capabilities usually either!
Staffies or bull terriers of any kind - just not remotely aesthetically pleasing to me
Basically any toy breed - too small for my liking and equally as yappy and unresponsive and badly trained as JRTs
Any kind of lap dog - can't be bothered with those - they're not dogs in my eyes!!

Hehehe, its a good thing we're all different or else the world would be a boring place and if it was my world we'd have no dogs smaller than a cocker spaniel and certainly we wouldn't have dogs that looked poncy and more like cats!! :-)
 
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Do we have "dog parks" in england?!

If so........ any around Bolton area?! could REALLY do with one of those!!

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You don't really need dog parks in England because the leash laws are so liberal. We're very lucky in NY and CT states; 99% of the nature reserves outside the city are off leash and most beaches are dog friendly, and then there's the off-leash rule that entitles you to let your dog off in Central Park, Van Cortlandt, Prospect Park etc. at certain times. But there are many states where you'd be hard pushed to find a place to walk your dog without a lead, hence dog parks.

Stella has been going to dog parks since she was four-months-old. Scuffles do occasionally break out, but I'm still amazed that you can put 30/40 dogs in the space of a few acres and they immediately act relaxed in one another's company.
 
soz then just it seemed like you was saying they were designer breeds and i was like well ive never seen one in a handbag or dressed up, my old jack russel once pulled a ferret out of a hole, he killed it aswell
 
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I think dog parks over here would be a GREAT idea! would make recall training puppies easier as you would have a safe area to let them off and NOT have to s**t your pants if they set off!! as they wouldnt ahve that far to go! and it wudn't include a road!

Darn our English ways!!!

Doggy birthday parties aren't english?! dam it. gonna have to cancel for july then!
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Dog parks are very good for breeds with tricky recall. You'll often see Huskies, greyhounds--even foxhounds--at the city dog parks, whereas few of those breeds tend to go to the off-leash hours at the big parks. A busy road is never far away in NYC, so a dog's recall needs to be beyond excellent for it to run around safely in Central Park.

The dogs in NYC are incredibly well-socialised. I honestly think Stella must have come into contact with 10,000 pooches, maybe more, in the six years she's been on the planet
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