Dogs you just don't like?

blackcob said:
I don't like the 'eye' and intense, slinky, weird, stalky or obsessive behaviours. For every nice useful one there's a nutjob not wired right. Given the dog breed I cut my teeth on I am also deeply suspicious of a dog that lives only to please! On a 100% shallow note I also don't want a dog that looks like 90% of other dogs in the ring (to the point that friends struggle to pick out their b/w or tri collie in event photos; same for black and liver cockers). I enjoy the challenge of being competitive with different breeds to the norm.

I have had two of the breeds most frequently mentioned so far and am not out to change anyone's mind, they are indeed arseholes, just with some redeeming features that I personally value.
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My collie was the slinky, sneaky stalker type - I'd have to keep the stable doors shut to keep the hens out when mucking out, if there was a crack in the door, she'd be eye balling me through it.
 
Frenchies - walking vet bill lacking any fully functional body system… Apologies if I miss any but they are prone to: BOAS, hiatial hernia, eye issues, skin issues, ear issues, spinal issues, seizures and I’ve met a lot with dodgy temperaments on top of all that. I SHOULD hate EBDs too (& I do hate how awfully the majority of them that I come across are bred) but their better temperament saves them

Shar-Peis - have met about one that’s not aggressive (although as most of them have chronically painful eyes and skin that may explain why!)

Weimeraners (or Whinemeraners), Vizlas & Huskies for their ability to produce constant, loud, high pitched HOWLING for hours and hours and hours without needing to pause to breathe! (Would have no problem with any of them (aside from Weimeraners seemingly having a tendency to be extremely dim) if they came with a mute button!)

XL bullies - the eyes / the way they stare freak me out sorry! (I actually quite like standard bullies that are smaller and lighter built without the freaky eyes)

Westies - they have perfected the scrabble of doom. Never has such a small dog been so impossible to do literally anything with! Again have met very few nice, non bitey ones!
 
marmalade76 said:
My mother had a Springer when I was a kid, I will never own one. At least collies do as they're told and walk nicely on a lead (even if they sulk).
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I love them. They’re utter d*ckheads, act like spoilt toddlers, almost never do as they’re told and mad as a box of frogs. But I can’t resist their absolute unwavering enthusiasm for life.

In fairness this also describes my horse, so I think I have a ‘type’ :oops:
 
U.N.Owen said:
I dislike schnauzers, particularly the miniature ones. Always mean looking and I've yet to meet a nice one. Always seem quite reactive and snappy.
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I am with you here. The ones I have met, and I had two in my life for a short while, were the most non-dogs (characterless) I have ever met. Aloof, almost. And needy. And expensive.
 
I can't really understand how you can judge an entire breed of dog by meeting only one individual....

It's like saying, I don't like black people or Ispanic as I once knew one how wasn't nice.

Or saying French people are always complaining, German drink too much beer and so on....

I guess, you either click with a dog or you don't.
 
Janique said:
I can't really understand how you can judge an entire breed of dog by meeting only one individual....

It's like saying, I don't like black people or Ispanic as I once knew one how wasn't nice.

Or saying French people are always complaining, German drink too much beer and so on....

I guess, you either click with a dog or you don't.
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Well not really because humans haven’t been subjected to generations of selective breeding for looks and traits. Obviously individuals within a particular breed will differ from each other but it is possible to make generalisations about e.g. ‘most’ Akitas or border collies.

My list of ‘nos’ includes bracycephalic dogs, any kind of terrier, any breed with droopy eyes or skin, excessively hairy dogs, extremely short-haired dogs especially entire males, too big, too small, too wired, too driven, too dopey. My current dog is none of those things and I adore him. I also love flat-coat retrievers - never had one because I got put off by so many having cancer but never met a nasty one.
 
Muddy unicorn said:
I also love flat-coat retrievers - never had one because I got put off by so many having cancer but never met a nasty one.
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This and the earlier comments about jobs being why you don’t like certain breeds has reminded me that I mentally write off so many breeds due to perceived health conditions. Whoever mentioned dobes earlier, I’m like eh, not a problem for long, DCM will get them. 😬 See also miniature schnauzers and aaaaaallll the endocrine disorders.
 
I feel like I'm being a bit of a sheep here, but brachy breeds would be a big no. Like bc , despite being involved in a sport dominated by border collies I am not a fan, so many seem to have issues. My now ex brought one home once, he was horrible (the dog not the ex but having said that ...), we had 5 GSDs and a JR at the time and the collie was the only one I didn't trust with my children. I don't think I actively dislike shelties but gawd they can be noisy and my little dog definitely dislikes them !
It is of course often down to ones experience of breeds. If we hadn't had some cracking chihuahuas when I was a teenager I would not be a fan at all, but I know they can be great if they are actually treated as dogs which rarely seems to happen with them.
 
marmalade76 said:
My mother had a Springer when I was a kid, I will never own one. At least collies do as they're told and walk nicely on a lead (even if they sulk).
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Yes mine was perfect like that, we walked and walked. Never had to worry about her running off or doing anything wrong other than a bit of a warning if another dog approached. She was a good girl
 
Janique said:
I can't really understand how you can judge an entire breed of dog by meeting only one individual....

It's like saying, I don't like black people or Ispanic as I once knew one how wasn't nice.

Or saying French people are always complaining, German drink too much beer and so on....

I guess, you either click with a dog or you don't.
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I see a lot of each breed (only the Thai ridgebacks are in single figures and I still maintain they are awful)
 
marmalade76 said:
My collie was the slinky, sneaky stalker type - I'd have to keep the stable doors shut to keep the hens out when mucking out, if there was a crack in the door, she'd be eye balling me through it.
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I think with drivey dogs it is a bit a case of you pick your poison. You can train great recall in a drivey sight hound or terrier, but you will likely always have to be on your guard when out in the wilds with them, or keep them on a lead. You can train excellent obedience into a gsd or mal, but a drivey one will probably always have to be managed to stop them randomly having a pop at stuff. A drivey herder can be taught to focus on you and given an off switch for the stalking but if left to their own devices they will probably always have the impulse to control the movement of other things in their environment.

Drivey dogs always require work, and if you want a fairly driven dog then the best you can do is pick the breed traits that you know you can work with.
 
millikins said:
Old English Sheepdogs. I worked in a boarding kennels years ago when the Dulux dog had made them trendy, and I don't think I've met a genuinely good tempered one. And of course the coat maintenance.
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My FIL's partner has had several OES, loves them but has sworn off now as she can't handle the heartbreak of the terrible breeding and very short lifespan. Heart issues, skin issues, allergies, cancer. Her most recent one was the sweetest boy, but was so badly put together. You could only tell when he was wet for a bath tbh but it was some jump scare to see the actual shape of his back end.
 
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I'm completely biased towards Setters and Welsh springers. I like most gundog breeds, but given the choice, I'd stick with what I know.

I have not forgotten that I also have a lurcher. I do love him- he is very sweet, great with people, and most dogs, but he's quite neurotic, an accomplished thief, the prey drive is a bit of a nuisance, and he is SO stubborn! I would think very carefully about having another one!
 
rabatsa said:
Now the mongrels are all designer bred and not the result of street walkers.
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Agree! Mine was actually genuinly the result of a broken fence. I met both parents- Next door dad and obviously mum.
His cross has a silly name but I never use it, when people ask I just call him a JR, It gets questioned because of his ears so I move onto with a little bit of chuahuahua. I could never bring myself to say the x name 😄
Its a bit too "fur baby" for my liking!
 
Another thing this thread is making me realise is that there are a massive number of breeds I don't think I've ever even seen in real life! Therefore my opinion of them can only be based on looks.
 
I don't like huskies, akitas shar peis or chows. Or XL bullies because frankly I'm frightened of them. Never met one of the above I'd even be comfortable being left alone with let alone want to live with. I think I only really like gundogs, terriers, small companion dogs and whatever the hell Fodhla is 😂

I wouldn't say I don't like squishy face dogs, they make me uncomfortable because they're a living breathing example of the worst of human behaviour but I know some lovely pugs and frenchies who can't help being biological disasters.

The other thing I will say is I was always a 'I love every dog' person and I find since I got my own I've become a lot more discerning 😂

Oh and sausage dogs. Sorry but I cannot see the appeal.
 
Airedales! I really, really, really do not like them and have never met a nice natured one.

Other than that I like most individual dogs, but doodley things all seem to be mental and not have an ounce of sense, any sort of bull breed bigger than a staffy get avoided by me.
 
The best dog I ever owned was a collie x springer, he was rescued off death row in a pound in Ireland where he’d been picked up as a stray. Funny looking thing but somehow he got the good bits of both breeds without too many of the bad bits. The springer I think toned down his collie neuroticism a bit, but the collie side made him super trainable. I often thought if it had gone the opposite way what a horrific dog he could have been :oops: 😂
 
Janique said:
I can't really understand how you can judge an entire breed of dog by meeting only one individual....

It's like saying, I don't like black people or Ispanic as I once knew one how wasn't nice.

Or saying French people are always complaining, German drink too much beer and so on....

I guess, you either click with a dog or you don't.
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That's the thing though, a lot of us aren't judging it on 'one individual' but 'several' or even 'many'.

It's completely normal to have likes and dislikes without verging into being illegal or immoral.

Side note, national stereotypes are often there for a reason ;)
 
I admit to being in the 'can't stand border collies' club, probably due to having worked with and around many many of them (other people's,). I used to do a lot of relief milking and though on most farms the dogs were next to useless, I will never forget one fabulous dog. Big for a collie, much sounder and so clever and amenable,and didn't chase the car up the drive when I left. He belonged to the farm manager and one day I said to him what a great collie he had. He literally pulled me to one side and whispered to me, "dont say anything but he is an 'Alsatian' cross!!"
Totally TRUE story I swear!!
 
KikiDee said:
The best dog I ever owned was a collie x springer, he was rescued off death row in a pound in Ireland where he’d been picked up as a stray. Funny looking thing but somehow he got the good bits of both breeds without too many of the bad bits. The springer I think toned down his collie neuroticism a bit, but the collie side made him super trainable. I often thought if it had gone the opposite way what a horrific dog he could have been :oops: 😂
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Do you happen to have a pic? Just being nosy because my dog has a bit of springer and a bigger bit of collie apparently (I say apparently because I'm not sure I believe her dna test 😂)
 
I groom a Chow that no other groomer will touch because of her breed. I did her teeth the first time I met her and now she regularly comes for her groom and teeth. Softest and most gentle girl (though I have her hair in my eyeballs for days afterwards!) I always meet the dog and make my own mind up rather than ban based on breed.

I used to groom an XL bully who I also adored. Unfortunately my insurance wouldn’t let me groom him anymore once the law came in on them. I’d do anything to give him a big cuddle again. He was amazing. I seem to be the only person who loves their eyes 😅
 
ArklePig said:
Do you happen to have a pic? Just being nosy because my dog has a bit of springer and a bigger bit of collie apparently (I say apparently because I'm not sure I believe her dna test 😂)
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This was he! The tell tail springer was that his tail went round like a rotator when he was excited rather than side to side 😁
 

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