Dogs you just don't like?

ArklePig said:
He's absolutely class @KikiDee 😍
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He was the best 🥰

He was brought over from an Irish pound to a UK rescue then rehomed and returned 3 times. When I adopted him his paperwork had 2 full A4 sheets of ‘offences’ he’d committed in his previous homes… that included biting the postman, scaling a 6 foot garden fence and running away, and legging it the length of a football field to attack another dog :oops:

He never put a foot wrong once he settled into ‘yard life’ other than being a bit of an a*sehole with other dogs if they got too close, but he was the most loyal and trainable dog I’ve ever owned. He used to come to the gallops with me twice a week, he’d race the horses to the top then run back to the bottom and wait for me to come around for the next go 😁
 
Gloi said:
Anything that never shuts up. I don't think I could cope with Yappy.
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MurphysMinder said:
I don't think I actively dislike shelties but gawd they can be noisy and my little dog definitely dislikes them !
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I am reminded that I had someone approach me at our last show to ask what my dog was (the schipperke), they assumed he was something along the lines of German spitz. Anyway, they were looking for another small agility dog and asked how were schipperkes for barking? I said that although mine was not a barker they are somewhat known for it, being watchdogs and all. What dog had they already got? A sheltie. I was like, if you're used to sheltie barking, you'll find schips just fine...
 
poiuytrewq said:
What about a staffie?
I used to dislike them but again mat a few who were the happiest kindest dogs and my view of them turned to smiley not a bit scary!
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I liked them until FiL got one. The fact that it needs training seems to come as a surprise, kids are terrified of it, as are the elderly!
poiuytrewq said:
I had another possible controversial one. Border terriers. 🤷‍♀️ just don’t look at and need one like everyone else seems too. Very cute puppies but the ugliest meanest dog is a cute pup so that means very little!
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I feel the same some days 🤣 I’ve never known something so slow to mature! (I’m on my 2nd)
 
rara007 said:
I don’t much like the look of Braccos, but they do seem nice fellows.
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Whhaaaat!! How could you possibly think such a thing -our Bracco is THE most handsome boy 🤣

I do get that they are a bit marmite.
I think it's the Bracco trot that swings it for me.
They are incredibly slobbery though!
 

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Anything that’s a bit of a prat which, at times, include my own dogs. In particular one.


I’ve realised I just don’t like other people’s dogs much. Even when I’ve found breeds I own/have owned/liked owned by others, they’ll have traits which annoy me.

For me, I’ve realised that as I’ve gotten older personality and behaviour turns me off more than certain breeds or looks. Once I’d have had lists and lists to share.
 
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I worked one solitary day at a kennels once.

There was a terrier type thing that would pelt up to you and then smack both his front feet into your shins at full force. He did it over and over again during the walk.

Ive never wanted to toe punt anything more in my life.

I immediately knew, I do not have the patience for other people's dogs, hence the solitary day 😅
 
HeresHoping said:
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.
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I've had 3 Mini Schnauzers, the first 2 were great. Easily trained, good with other dogs but needed too much coat care. The third was nice enough but a barker & trouble maker😊
Looking back, I say my male was a character, at the time he was called a little ****😊
 
Im a terrier person so not keen on big bouncy drooling dogs. Shizu(sp) are not for me as neighbour had a nippy yappy untrained one so put me off.
I can admire GSDs and other working larger dogs but dont want one. Rotties again I love to meet but dont want one.
Huskies, Anita's, not for me.
Love Spaniels (proper ones not doodles) and poodles but again dont want one. The only dog I actively dislike is sons maltese jrt cross. Yappy and badly behaved as he is rubbish at training, and because poor thing used to belong to his alcoholic mad ex wife! I'm not unkind to it but really dont like it. Not really the dogs fault.
 
Umm, just sat in the pub with massive (and my fod up close he really is a monster!) dog sat on the bench next to me and he’s really very sweet 😬
Although seeing him and other dog owning patrons responses I stick by should be on a (held) lead
 
Poodles of all sizes, German Shepherds and Sausage dogs. I love all bull breeds and rotties. Setters and Pointers too.
 
I don’t generally dislike any entire breed. I pity a lot as they have been ruined by humans but it’s not their fault I guess.
I love working dogs doing what they’ve been bred for so although I wouldn’t want a GSD or a spaniel or a pointer I can really admire a well trained one doing what it does.
So I dislike all badly trained dogs that I have to interact with. Thank fully where we live we only really see workers that work on a day to day basis. Except for some reason I am a flatcoat magnet. 😂. And although they are all very friendly if the friendliness is untrained it’s very unlikeable.
I like collies and the ones I see daily are admirable creatures. The ones that live in a town or the agility ring I just feel sorry for, revved up and overstimulated and upset. Down here they are out with the farmer from dawn til dusk and have no need for substitutes for work.
 
Titchy Pony said:
Ooh, I've got a new one on my list: shetland sheepdogs. Oh my god, they are so ear piercingly yappy! They seem to be quite the thing in the small and medium (?) agility sections and they've put me right off ever having one, if I'd somehow got over their vegetation collecting, tick hiding fur.

I think I've already listed on here they type of dogs that aren't for me, though I can appreciate the individuals (mostly!), I don't want one at home.
- needs to wear a coat when young and healthy (whippets, greyhounds)
- needs professional grooming (poodle, yorkie, etc)
- has ears that trail on the ground / in it's dish (bassets, blood hounds)
- short legged and long backed and can't clean it's own bum (TMI but little T couldn't clean his bum and I found it incredibly sad that he was made in a way that stopped him carrying out natural, albeit unsavoury, dog behaviours) (dachshunds, bassets)
- can't breath through it's nose (french bulldogs, british bulldogs, pugs)
- facially inexpressive dogs (Akita, shar pei, chow chow)
- weighs more than me (anotolian shepherd, patou, etc)
- has no hair (chines crested, etc)
- excessively droolly (boxers)
- requires extra paper work to own in my area (rottweilers, american staffs)
- so hairy you can't tell the head from the tail (old english sheepdogs and that dish mop breed)

I think I've cover most of them!
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I actually managed to forget one:
- dogs so small my chickens may have it for dinner (chihuahuas, toy pinshers, toy yorkies...) the idea of owning a dog so small that birds of prey and possibly rabbits and cats represent a threat to it makes me shudder
 
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Titchy Pony said:
I actually managed to forget one:
- dogs so small my chickens may have it for dinner (chihuahuas, toy pinshers, toy yorkies...) the idea of owning a dog so small that birds of prey and possibly rabbits and cats represent a threat to it makes me shudder
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I was surprised no one mentioned this before! My daughter has a Chuhuahua x tiny Yorkie (which she paid a fortune for during covid having just left home) The first time I looked after him for her i was terrified of loosing him in the grass or a bird swooping in on him!
Our chickens scare the labs away and to be fair tiny dog is the only one with enough brain juts not to go near them!
I look after him full time now so I guess I've got used to the size, absolutely wasn't for me at first though!
 
Titchy Pony said:
I actually managed to forget one:
- dogs so small my chickens may have it for dinner (chihuahuas, toy pinshers, toy yorkies...) the idea of owning a dog so small that birds of prey and possibly rabbits and cats represent a threat to it makes me shudder
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I had a Shih Tzu x Yorkie (rescue) she was tiny and the fear of something snatching her was ever present
 
Clodagh said:
I don’t generally dislike any entire breed. I pity a lot as they have been ruined by humans but it’s not their fault I guess.
I love working dogs doing what they’ve been bred for so although I wouldn’t want a GSD or a spaniel or a pointer I can really admire a well trained one doing what it does.
So I dislike all badly trained dogs that I have to interact with. Thank fully where we live we only really see workers that work on a day to day basis. Except for some reason I am a flatcoat magnet. 😂. And although they are all very friendly if the friendliness is untrained it’s very unlikeable.
I like collies and the ones I see daily are admirable creatures. The ones that live in a town or the agility ring I just feel sorry for, revved up and overstimulated and upset. Down here they are out with the farmer from dawn til dusk and have no need for substitutes for work.
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To be fair to a lot of agility peeps, a lot of them got into agility because they ended up with a dog that was naturally wired to the moon and so they had to go looking for an activity that occupied them. BCs vary so much and have such poorly recorded breeding that buying one as a pet is something of a lottery.

I live in a very sheepy area and most of the collies I know/meet are farm dogs, and there's plenty of iffy ones knocking around in that population too.

But then my main complaint about collies is that it's not a Kelpie, so... 💁
 
DabDab said:
To be fair to a lot of agility peeps, a lot of them got into agility because they ended up with a dog that was naturally wired to the moon and so they had to go looking for an activity that occupied them. BCs vary so much and have such poorly recorded breeding that buying one as a pet is something of a lottery.

I live in a very sheepy area and most of the collies I know/meet are farm dogs, and there's plenty of iffy ones knocking around in that population too.

But then my main complaint about collies is that it's not a Kelpie, so... 💁
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I had a kelpie (well x with a heeler). Best dog ever. When they ban shooting I'm getting one, and some runner ducks to chase 😂
 
I had an A. C. D. crossed with a small lurcher. She was amazing. Totally loyal, obedient and sensibly protective. I still miss her twelve years later.
I left out one strong dislike, I know it has been mentioned a lot, but drool. I can't bear a dog that drools. Or one that sheds profusely through the year.
 
Again in fairness to agility bods it is possible now to get dogs of several generations of purely agility breeding, and they look and act a world away from dogs bred to work sheep or pet breeding. The last show I was at there were some 'names' bringing out unrelated young dogs and they are a pretty defined stamp now.

I still have no interest in having the same prick-eared red and white leggy dog that everyone else has 😆
 
Dogs breeds I don't like - sorry if anyone owns one!
French Bulldog - They are just ugly, noisy and often aggressive little cretins - One got hold of my mum's elderly spaniel , I really booted it and it tried to come back for more.
Cockapoos or any of those poodly cross things, often needy and yappy.
Shar-pei - ugly
Pugs - ugly and noisy
Border Collies - a contentious one - I love watching them work sheep but just too "busy" for me.

Dogs I really like
Mallinois
GSD
English Bull terrier - roman nose = cute
whippet/greyhound
Bedlingtons

dog I own - large hairy GSD Cross!!
 
Anything that does not look and appear healthy, eg pugs, tiny dogs, overweight dogs, anything that drools excessively. Anything extreme. Most kinds of bull breeds, though I do know some nice Staffordshire bull terriers. Wouldn't own one myself, but wouldn't mind greeting a nice one or having over for some time either.

There's plenty of dogs I wouldn't want to have for other reasons, but these are the ones I just don't like at all (some obviously due to a failing owner, such as overweightness).

I also don't really like dogs with long hair on their faces, such as Lhasa Apsos, but I don't dislike those dogs other than that.
 
Clodagh said:
I had a kelpie (well x with a heeler). Best dog ever. When they ban shooting I'm getting one, and some runner ducks to chase 😂
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Marvellous! And what a merry bunch you shall be.
Would love some runners here, but unfortunately the current terrier is too murdery right now.
 
paisley said:
Any dog that has a bum hole on permanent display. Like the eye of Sauron constantly glaring at you.
Dribblers.
Patterdales. It’s like someone took the Jack Russell and thought ‘let’s ramp this up by about a 1000, could be a hoot!’
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Patterdales, like BC’s… lovely dogs absolutely pared down to do the function they’ve been created for with no extras (like social skills) 🤣.
So if you want a dog to kill rats while you clear out a cattle shed… bring in the Patts! You want a dog your Granny can take to park… not so much.
 
Clodagh said:
Patterdales, like BC’s… lovely dogs absolutely pared down to do the function they’ve been created for with no extras (like social skills) 🤣.
So if you want a dog to kill rats while you clear out a cattle shed… bring in the Patts! You want a dog your Granny can take to park… not so much.
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You've not met my granny :p;)
 
The Patterdales in UK are miles softer than those here as digging is still legal here they are still very much game dogs
 
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