Do you have a "breed"

i love rotties and sbt`s.
my rottie is the 2nd one i have had,i have never met a bad one.
family had a sbt many years ago before they were `fashionable`. proper characters.

i also like gsd`s and goldies .
 
Theres not many dogs I really don't like but I would never own a boxer. Or a mastiff. Or any bull breeds, except EBTs that I love.
Have had many mongrels over the years, and terriers, I love my lurcher but now I want a dog I can work with so it is labradors. I love picking up, I love they want to please, after years of dogs that only wanted to please themselves it is nice to be a partnership rather than a provider.
GSDs scare me, those fixed eyes just saying 'Come on, try it' is too much for me. Love dobes though.
 
Nice to hear that cancer in flatcoats seems to be less common now - personally if I could have anything it would probably be a Golden retriever - they're so impractical in so many ways but one look from those eyes and you forget all that!
 
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GSDs for the last 10 years. Mine are guard dogs, and live outside (in a veritable palace btw)

Because of allergies we have no inside pets, I miss my greyhounds, I had them for years in the UK, but cannot have them here, just not practical.
 
Staffies. I also like EBTs, show type Cockers, Great Danes and Greyhounds. I would also have a GSP.

I dislike anything wire-haired, small or fluffy!
 
Rottweiler dogs and terrier bitches are my choices :) I'll never have another male terrier, the attitude!!!

Current dog is a RottxGreat Dane - GD head and size and rott body and colouring. I've only had him a few months and once he's settled properly I'll be on the look out for a friend for him, probably a middle aged JRT bitch. I was very tempted by a 10 month old rottie bitch that came into rescue locally but as she needs so much work (5 homes already, poor girl)and he's still a work in progress it just wasn't the right time. Plus OH may grumble quietly about another small dog but it's very likely he'll be revolting loudly about a rottie - I haven't informed him that a second dog is coming to live here yet...
 
Great Danes are my breed - I don't think I could ever be without one. They're a massive pain in the arse, are so stubborn and wayward for the first eighteen months that you would gladly throttle them half the time, but they are also the funniest, gentlest, and most loving dogs on the planet.

I challenge anyone who is feeling down to spend ten minutes with a Dane and not end up laughing like a drain.

They also have the SOFTEST NOSES IN THE WORLD.

I also ADORE Bavarian Mountainhounds, and my next dog will definitely be one.

I grew up with Danes, Bouviers, a Cocker Spaniel, and a Bichon Frise, and would have them all again. The best dog I've ever had is my current old man - a Dane x Doberman who is currently being my footrest and snoring like a lawnmower.

I think all dogs are wonderful, but Danes are the ones who have my heart.
 
I've grown up with Staffies, used to have one, have one now, and will always have one! I do ensure that they have good breeding though. My current Staffie's dog is the famous Valglo Cassanova at Crossguns. Not that I want to do showing - it's all about getting one with the right temperament. And he's such a softy and very in tune with my emotional state. Always there to enjoy a silly joke and always there to come for a cuddle and a few sloppy licks if I'm sad.
I then decided to also buy a small fluffy breed. I've had the sweetest and prettiest Maltese Poodle as a young child, but thought it best to go for one that's a bit more sturdy in case there's any rough pay with the Staffie. So I got an adorible little Shih Tzu (mainly as company for the Staffie). She's the perfect friend for him. He's so gentle with her, but she's a little madam and he hardly needs to move, note even energetically, and she'll tell him off for being 'unbalanced'. He just ignores her or share a sneaky smile with me at the girl's bitchiness.

PS. Being the owners of a business have one major peak - you can take doggies in to work! So much more fun with them being there, plus most patients greatly appreciate the distraction of having cuddles with dogs before they're being seen by the dentist. (Just to reassure you, obviously exemplary enivormental cleaning are maintained at the practice and the doggies are only brought down to the waiting room at the request of a patient.)
 
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Starzaan said:
They also have the SOFTEST NOSES IN THE WORLD.
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I have a challenger for that claim - one of my favourite client dogs is a deerhound whose nose is like a giant piece of butter-soft leather. Beautiful, gentle creature he is, who gracefully tolerates me squidging his nose across the desk. :D

Similarly I met a lot of Irish wolfhounds growing up (mascots, squaddie brat) and do love this type of dog but wouldn't own one for size and longevity reasons.
 
I did a bit of work with a successful Deerhound breeder and they were so lovely and gentle. One jumped up and put his paws on my shoulders, he was taller than me but I could hardly feel his weight. Not like mine, who treats me like a Weeble...
 
Working cocker Spaniels. I've only had two (one of which I lost at 4 months old so that may not count) but I absolutely adore the breed. They're not a breed I really noticed before but after researching breeds for my 'next dog' I realised they were just what I was looking for and I certainly haven't been disappointed. Easy to train, active, loving, a bit bonkers and always happy!! I can see that they wouldn't be for everyone as they do need to be kept busy but for the right home they are a fabulous dog.
 
No I don't have a breed. I can generally appreciate good examples of most breeds, only types I couldn't ever see myself with would be the squashed face, droopy Jowl types.

I currently have a working black lab and a Manchester terrier.
There are a number of breeds I'd like to have at some stage, duck toller, working cocker, whippet and when I have time maybe a collie for agility.
 
I am a total converty to Working Cocker Spaniels! I have had various crossbred dogs and terriers, but my WCS is just the best dog ever, Love him to bits and want more!! I would love a flocka cockers!!!
 
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I am a total converty to Working Cocker Spaniels! I have had various crossbred dogs and terriers, but my WCS is just the best dog ever, Love him to bits and want more!! I would love a flocka cockers!!!
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Me too!! I want one of every colour :biggrin3:
 
CorvusCorax said:
I did a bit of work with a successful Deerhound breeder and they were so lovely and gentle. One jumped up and put his paws on my shoulders, he was taller than me but I could hardly feel his weight. Not like mine, who treats me like a Weeble...
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I love deerhounds - the ultimate in grace and poise :). But as others have said, the short life span really puts me off (and of course there are so many deserving greyhounds looking for homes....!!)
 
planete said:
the most challenging dogs have been the saluki crosses but I like their independence.
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Now that comes as no shock at all!

Salukis are my breed: I have had them most of my life, i show them, I breed them, I lure course them, I study heritage and genetics, I foster for our breed welfare and I support our club health programmes. I will judge them in the future too.
 
Proer working Springers, wouldn't be without a decent trialling bred one now - currently have onky two as i lost my old dog but I hsve another pup on the way.

Not a fan of cockers, their hunting style irritates me!
 
For me it's Labradors .
I grew up with one as my baby sitter,
I had them as my partners in crime when I was a child .
One came with me as I left home and made the journey into adulthood .
One came on my honeymoon and one lay with me for months as I recovered from serious injury .
I have three with me as I type this .
They are not exotic but I adore them .
 
MotherOfChickens said:
yeah, sorry-shooting never really crosses my mind :p

aquasorb towels, thats what you need!
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Didn't know about these miracle towels until now...will be bought for a friend who has one that comes in muddy to the pub (dog and owner).

Most of my family grew up with labs and they are still my breed preference. I had a Border Collie from 11-17 years of age that was 'my' working dog on the farm (that's going back along time)! Still have labs now, but have a soft spot for Saints, Newfies, Greater Swiss, Burmese and because I saw one recently, Leonberger. Quite fond of GSD's too.

Not a fan of small designer 'handbag' dogs on any level. At all...ever.
 
I would have a house full of corgi's if I could cope with the hair.....when I loose Jack it will probably be a little while before I get another but mostly because I would like a hoover to last more then 12 months :p

I do love whippets, so in an ideal world I'd have 2 whippets and a corgi :D
 
Had a couple of rescue lab x collies over the last 25+ years but I lost my heart to a Patterdale Terrier 14 years ago. She's sadly gone now, but she's left me with a love of the terrier brain. I have a Parson's type now, but I do so miss the fiestiness and total loyalty of a Patty :).
 
My parents used to puppy walk for the Guide Dogs so we had a succession of Labs, Goldies, GSDs and notably a border collie that GDBA trialled, unsuccessfully! When I left home I had Weimaraners then Deerhounds, then Patterdales and Rotties and now I have a middleaged Rottie dog and a rehomed EBT who is very funny and loving but a monster with other dogs, including the Rottie who isn't allowed off his bed unless she lets him! I love EBTs but I couldn't cope with one when I'm more infirm as she crashes into me with monotonous regularity and doesn't even notice . . . . or pretends she doesn't!!
 
I think, so long as it is a working breed, I'm still fairly open minded. I'd still love a Vizsla and an Irish Setter but my OH is very firmly a Golden Retriever fan. I'm a complete convert now we have one, and I would absolutely have another, but I wouldn't commit myself to just the one breed.

Having grown up around working ESS, I have had my eyes opened by how trainable retrievers are, in comparison to spaniels - anything for an easy life!
 
Scottie and Westies. Have just rehomed a Cairn x Scottie from a rescue centre who has issues mainly food agression but we are working to help her with those. Never had a Cairn so I have a lot to learn.
 
They're just rather large and hairy - my quest to persuade husband that we need one has failed on the grounds that it wouldn't fit in the tent when camping! But I agree, it's the "up for anything" attitude that I like. The only real downside (in my view) is the constant need to scoff everything and anything they can - my friends' retriever, who I used to walk every week for years, once found an entire tinfoil wrapped ginger cake in the middle of the road. She'd wrenched my arms out of the sockets, towed me over there, unwrapped it (at least she did that) and inhaled the lot before I knew what was going on. I say ginger cake, but that was only based on an inspection of the crumbs afterwards.
 
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