Tell us something about your breed of dog..

Fair enough Dobiegirl, mine is a reasonably good guard dog when needed but being a cross doesn't have all the character traits of one anyway. Except the exercise bit & the misconception he is lapdog sized! It's just I've always wondered if there was a logical explanation for his lack of intellect!
 
Bedlingtons look quite daft,but they are good hunters and can get to ground after a fox;they like a good punch up sometimes.Not my bag,but lots of them are useful working dogs.
 
Littlelegs Dobes are one of the 5 most intelligent breeds but my boy Diesel wasnt in the front row when they were dishing out brains:rolleyes::D his sister though is very bright and catches on real quick. The Lancashire Heeler runs rings around them though and I think a lot of these sites that list intelligence have never tested a LH probabley because they are in such small numbers.
 
One more thing about sibes - they are a lot smaller than people imagine. I am frequently told "ooh, I thought they were bigger than that" but mine are actually gigantic oversized monsters and already way over breed standard, which is 20-22" for bitches and no more than 23" for dogs.

I wish I'd thought to take a picture at the weekend when the lovely ABSA lady came to the show to meet us and brought her daughter and her daughter's 'pet' sibe along - actually a dual purpose working/show bred dog with a good record in both - at eight years old she looked like she could be Dax's five month old pup. :o

I don't understand how people can confuse mals and sibes, mals are HUGE in both height and weight. Also they have wonky ears. :p
 
Dobiegirl, mine is daft by any breed standards, let alone by what you would expect from even the least intelligent of dobermans. He is good at any parrot like learning but any form of thinking or multiple command is beyond him. Fetch is beyond his comprehension!
 
I have to agree with Blazingsaddles about the sighthounds being cry babies!!

DG have you got a picture of your Lancashire Heeler - I'm not actually sure what one looks like!

East Kent - I love Bedlingtons - but do not understand the little puff of hair on their foreheads!
 
I have a sprollie, English Springer/Welsh Collie. She is so intelligent and has been the easiest dog to train we have ever had. Had German Shepherds and Labradors in the past and have an English Springer at the moment as well as our Sprollie. She learns everything so quickly and seems to just understand what is expected of her, she is amazing! Love my springer too but not as easy to train!:p
 
I agree with you about the Heeler intelligence Dobiegirl, they are very bright little dogs. I think that is why some people find them quite hard work, they imagine they are cute little toy dogs not working dogs with a brain that needs occupying. Pickle has got daughter very well trained without her even realising it. :D
 
MurphysMinder said:
I agree with you about the Heeler intelligence Dobiegirl, they are very bright little dogs. I think that is why some people find them quite hard work, they imagine they are cute little toy dogs not working dogs with a brain that needs occupying. Pickle has got daughter very well trained without her even realising it. :D
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Haha about your daughter, Pip has done the same to my daughter and bf, she is so crafty and they fall for it everytime:D

I must try to get a video up of the Dobes running around the garden and Pip nipping at their heels:D when she plays with them she takes them both on at once and just to even it up she lies on her back. They are wonderful with her and if Diesel gets a little rough Darcy steps in and reminds him to tone it down.:)
 
blackcob said:
I don't understand how people can confuse mals and sibes, mals are HUGE in both height and weight. Also they have wonky ears. :p
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I take great offense at that :eek:

I read in a description of breed standards for mals, that they should have enough room between the ears for a party hat, sibes have no room for a party hat :p

http://omalmalamutes.com/omal/malvssibe.htm

:D :D :D
 
The Northern Inuit - A large Wolf Look A like Dog

They were created about many years ago by crossing a Husky, German Shepherd and an Alaskan Malamute to make them.

We have 4 and they are very loving and loyal doggies. Some even think they're lap dogs as ours like to sit on you to cuddle lol. A lot of people don't like them as they think they are scary looking but they really aren't :)

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White German Shephers are incorrect and not proper German Shepherds. There is also lots of stuff on the internet about them being unhealthy and/or of poor temprament, as are only bred for colour. Luckily I seem to have a good one, who is of perfect temprament, wonderfully trainable and well behaved, and gently and loving with the whole family. She is also still healthy active at 10 years old.

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They also make white tumbleweeds all over your hard floors, cover your clothes in white hair and never stop moulting. Oh, and they are a recognised method of washing children's faces (acording to my daughter).
 
Dalmatians - While only black or liver are considered 'acceptable' spot colors, lemon, orange, blue, brindle and tri-color have also been reported (and photographed). There are also some Dalmatians that sport long hair coats rather than the common short variety.

Traditionally, they were bred as carriage dogs, and would trot alongside the carriage or under the axle to protect from highwaymen. I suspect mine would give them all my money in exchange for a biscuit.

Some also exhibit what is dubbed the Dalmatian smile, which is unfortunately sometimes mistaken for a sign of aggression as it involves baring the teeth. Loki doesn't smile, though I wish he did!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBzuRdmTkcE

Mine could give Labs a run for their money in the 'give me food, I'm starving even though I've only just eaten' category, and fancy themselves lap dogs.
 
EAST KENT said:
Bul terriers were evolved by James Hinks around 1860 ish,purely as a "gentleman`s companion". Breeds used were the old staffie pit dog,the English White Terrier..now extinct ,but was a white Manchester terrier type..and the Dalmation to give better construction.The breed was never meant for use in fighting,the idea being to have a respectable but tough dog for middle class owners.
Consequently every bull terrier just says "Qui?" if you mention getting off the sofa/bed/driving seat it is snoring on,THEY know they are useless!:D
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Hope this works - my EBT checking the comfort of my pillows!
 
Apropos nothng really, but we have had mongrels only for about 20 years now. Used to have Labs, which I love, but then we started getting our replacement dogs from the local dogs' home and realised just what we were missing out on. Our current two are a whippet x GSD - quote from our vet "she combines the worst traits of both breeds!" but we think the world of her and have had her for 14 years; and a foxhound x Dalmatian/pointer, the most independent fellow but what a house guard dog!

Anyway, years back we had a restaurant, and our current mongrel could have been anything - vet thought a cross of Basset and Sealyham. Anyway, one day a very snotty woman customer said, "and what is THAT hotch-potch?" I could have slapped her, but put on my best restaurateur's false smile and said "Oh, so this is the first Ardennes Truffle Hound you've seen, then?" She toddled back to her table and I heard her telling the rest of the party "...Ardennes Truffle Hound ...vary rare, you know". Too right, lady!
 
Like the sound of an Ardennes Truffle Hound. A friend used to have a lovely old mongel, probably some staffy in their somewhere, and he told everyone it was an Abyssinian Flock Hound.:D
 
The Large Munsterlander and the German Longhaired Pointer used to be the same breed.
Years back the majority of breeders decided to only breed the brown and white dogs not the black and white dogs. A handful of breeders decided to preserve the black/white dogs and so the two breeds split under different names.
If you look at the two breeds you can clearly see they were once one and the same and brown/white puppies occasionally show up in litters of Large Munsterlanders, a throw back to the past.
 
Collie x retrievers:
- do not get off the couch till midday. And when they do decide to grace you with their wonderful presence they expect their breakfast to be waiting.
-they love pestering other dogs until said dog chases them. They then run away, ears pinned, tail tucked, like they are about to be eaten. When dog stops chasing him he will start pestering again.
-they will abandon their family for a scrap of chicken/cheese.
-they will sit next to your dinner when you leave the room, they won't sniff nor steal but then will fully expect a commission for guarding your grub.
-they roll onto their backs and expose their boy bits to repel people.
-they LOVE the binmen. The binmen also love them and spend a while petting them. I get worried because I think he would rather live on the road with the binmen and all their interesting smells than live with poor old me.
-they will also spend a good half hour chasing bugs around the house.
Too many more to list :')
 
Border Terriers....

- will literally eat anything. Including a litre of Ribena, half a wall and my new rug.

- sleep on their backs, all four legs in the air, boy bits on display for all to see.

- refuse to eat their doggy food until all other possible avenues of food have been exhausted.

Still the best dog I've ever had :)
 
shrimpy said:
Border Terriers....

- will literally eat anything. Including a litre of Ribena, half a wall and my new rug.

- sleep on their backs, all four legs in the air, boy bits on display for all to see.

- refuse to eat their doggy food until all other possible avenues of food have been exhausted.

Still the best dog I've ever had :)
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Shrimpy - LOL at your first one - my boy, left alone in my shop for all of 15 minutes when he was about a year old managed to find a bottle of Blade Majik (liquid paraffin!) and pull it off it's shelf and chew it open. He had this stuff all over his coat and floor. In a panic I dragged his oily self to the vet who suggested a bath (!) and feed him some bread to soak up the oil in his belly. So not only was he naughty, but he got a sarnie after as reward!

And as for refusing to eat his own food? Never! ever! LOL, he's such a greedy boy that he not only scoffs his food he then goes and waits for the other dog to leave his bowl so he can clean any possible hint of a scrap.

but totally agree on the best dog ever :)
 
rottweiler

`` The farmer used the Rottweiler to herd his cattle to market; and the farmer tied his moneybelt to the Rottweiler's neck to get past the robbers on the way home``

my dog (and my last one) like to lay in the grass and watch over the horses.



i am really liking the pictures of the old fashioned GSD`s. on page 1.
 
rubysmum said:
bedlingtons - almost completly b***** useless:D *
altho you do get small children asking if they are lambs:D
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Not sure about them being useless - but my 'speshal' TB is as terrified of Bedlingtons as he is of sheep / lambs - he has to do a high speed 180 turn and charge off at the merest sight of any of them!
 
I have 4 dogs:-

Doberman. Pretty much already been said. She likes people but will not make a fuss of them until she knows them. Occasionally she will meet someone new and instantly be drawn to them. These tend to be very calm and dog loving people. She seems to know people who won't like her. Loves to run in circles and also squeezes herself into small spaces i
 
Stupid phone. I.e my jack russels bed!

JR - loyal, full of energy and mischief. Loves people. Thinks anything that is furry and is not a dog is prey :)

Patterdale - much like the JR but more stubborn. He will do something he knows he shouldn't and face the consequences. Will never give up on something. Very brave little dog.

Lastly the staffy - simply the most loyal and loving dog I have ever met. Adores everyone he meets whether they like him or not. Always happy. Always ready to go whenever you are going. His glass is always half full!! I would never leave children unattended with my dogs but if I had to pick one to trust with a child it would be him. He is very careful and gentle with them. Relatively new breed for me as only had him a year but I am totally won over. It upsets me the bad press they receive and the assumption that he aggressive.

I only hope that staffies can come thru it like the GSD, dobermann and Rottweiler managed to!
 
Old English Sheepdog come from some of the oldest pastoral breeds in Britain however their actualy origin is blury. They were used as droving dogs to push herds of sheep forward on the way and from market.

The ability to hold an assortment of everyday odours in their coats

Actually can act as a sponge if decides to roll in a puddle

Dont realise they weigh 40kg and love being a lap dog

Walk into things daily that have always been there (aka TV and fridge..)

Loves fuss from any one who is willing to give it

Would rather mooch than hoon
 
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