This has really annoyed me :(

"Caution: Remember, all dogs have individual personalities and characters are formed straight from birth. These profiles are meant as a guide only and each dog should be taken on their own individual merit."

:p

I'd take everything on there with a pinch of salt - "I would not recommend a Siberian to anyone" says another profile. ;)
 
quote Danes exhibit no trace of aggression and seem to have the character of an elderly gentleman. quote
my two are not a bit like old men, they are bl***y mad.
 
The thing is, I can imagine people really do take what they say as gospel assuming that as its a 'brand name' they know what they are talking about!
 
Although having just looked at the Quick fire questions on the Springer I am not so sure....

Are they readily obedient? yes
Can you trust them off the lead? yes
Mental stimulation requirements low
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Yes they are obedient, if you train them!!!
Yes you can let them off the lead, if you train them!!!!
Mental Stimulation, low, are they having a bloody laugh!!!!!!! :eek:
 
The Rottweiler will try to assert its dominance over its owners. They should only be walked on the lead and never by those unable to physically restrain it such as children or the eldery.
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I've read about a Rottweiler that was bought by an elderly lady who ended up spending a lot of her time sitting on top of a chest of drawers with the dog sitting below, more or less only allowing her to come down when she fed or walked the dog. When relatives found out, they luckily organised for the lady and her dog to be taken to a dog club for dog classes and it turned out that the dog wasn't really that dominant, it had only found a way to activate itself.



I've also read an article in the Swedish Kennel Klubb's own magazine about an 8 year old girl with rheumatism who had a Service dog to help her. Her mother already owned Rottweilers and when it became clear that her daughter could benefit from having a Service dog, the girl got a Rottweiler of her own that they began training and that later passed the Service dog test.

So both the girls age and her condition, meant she definitely wasn't able to restrain her dog with her muscle power, yet e.g. her big fully grown Rottweiler is obedient and walks besides her when they're outdoors. Due to training and the dog enjoying being busy by having a work to fulfill.


Though the ones responsible for that breed info is not always barking up the wrong tree
The most important point relating to the care of a Rottweiler is how the owner treats them. (and towards the end, from an owner) I can't stress enough that it is usually the owner that is the problem, not the dog.
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I can't help but think that very few people could actually restrain a dog as large as a Rottie by sheer muscle power alone, given that even little Henry can take most people off for a run given half a chance! So not sure who exactly they think should have Rotties - body builders only need apply maybe?
 
I did own Buhunds for around 18 years until my latest died two years ago, showed and read the breed clubs little magazine all that time and I have a small book about them (it's small but it's not just a 20 pages long folder).

They are not initially bred as only herders and guarding is definitely not a new work area for them!
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They come from the type of farms near fjords that often could not afford cows, so they had goats instead and their dogs was all-round dogs because they could not afford specialized dogs! Bu is a Norwegian word for farm, hund = dog, so their name simply translates to farmdog.

Buhunds herded goats up and down cliff sides along the fjords, they guarded the farm by noticing (= barking at
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) every thing happening and anybody approaching on a distance, if the farmer needed a hunting dog, the Buhund was expected to hunt, if the farmers wife wanted a dog indoors sometimes, perhaps when her husband was away, the Buhund should be soft and gentle indoors.


Hm, ***reading - will not enjoy living outdoors*** :eek: The only reason for not being suitable to live outdoors is the risk for them barking at everything they notice when they are bored! I've yet not met a Buhund that would not happily curl up in a snowdrift.



"Grooming: They will require a good brushing a couple of times a week and maybe more so whilst they moult."
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Either there is a whole lot of Buhunds out there with non breed typical coats or these people enjoy telling other persons to waste their time!
Okay, when they moult you will probably be amazed over how much coat that can come off so little dog but the only reason for brushing a Buhund is that you need to get the puppy used to being groomed or that it moults and you don't want it to fall off all over the place! The rest of the year, brushing them is basically a big waste of time.



Besides those things and some missing text (the intro begins : A member of the Spitz type breeds and conforming to many of the type's characteristics such as . ? :confused: And then it just continues with the wrong information about them initially only being herders), it is more or less correct as far as I can see.

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Okay so I began reading about Finnish Lapphunds and just as I thought ***maybe they've gotten this breed correct***
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The Finnish breeders have mainly focused on making it a good pet dog and the herding instinct is usually low, completely opposite to what this info says!
Besides, as far as I've understood it, the Sami people didn't ask for the same precision in their herding dogs as e.g. have been developed in Border Collies, perhaps because they did the precision work themselves, with their lassos. So Finnish Lapphunds didn't need to have that strong herding instinct from the beginning, to be able to do their work.


Yes they are excellent watch dogs, but I don't believe the explanation is "a strong herding instinct manifesting itself as a protectivness (protectiveness) over its family making them excellent watch dogs." I don't know what to call it, but what my three girls does is that when something happens they come to check it, if they decide that it is not something that dangerous, they sound the alarm and run for hiding the fastest they can as if it was a possible Lapphund eating monster and if they run fast enough the monster won't take them without one of the others instead but if they check it and decide that it is something dangerous, they sound the alarm and stays at their post!
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And once it began going wrong, it is like those drivers that follows their GPS like blind sheeps, they don't just drive a little wrong, they leave the road completely!

"Grooming: The Lapphund will require regular grooming, brushing and trimming should be part of the routine." Puppy coats needs regular grooming, but adult coats should mainly need brushing whilst they moult, otherwise their adult coat is not breed typical. And as for trimming being part of the routine :eek: ,
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are they completely mad?

If you're not a veterinarian, it is best if you never think of trying to trim my girls!
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And an adult dog/bitch with correct breed typical coat should not be at risk for over-heating during the warm summer months as long as the owner is somewhat sensible, have water available and exercise them according to the actual condition they have. Their adult coat isolates against both cold and heat and unless you live in, I don't know, some hot desert climate somewhere, there really shouldn't be at risk for over-heating!


"Maybe a little too excitable at times" *humph*
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Well if something fun is happening they won't just yawn as if saying 'Whatever', admittedly Blomma does become a little bouncy when excited but I've not seen any Lapphunds that I would describe as too excitable in any way.


As for exercise requirements, I wouldn't say they needed plenty of it, I've always said they have an average need of exercise. They don't mind getting more than that but they don't need it.


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The vizsla one is fairly accurate I think, apart from health issues, it keeps going on about eyes, I don't know of any issues in the breed with eyes! Elbow problems are really rare, HD uncommon and epilepsy rare..it states all of them as health issues and doesn't mention PM!
Also says caution advised when letting of lead...well I have never had a problem with them off lead.
On a more picky front, they said 'rusty gold coloured coat'???!!! It's russet gold you morons! (although there are still a few idiots that register their dogs as 'red' in colour :mad: breed club has just manage to stop all kc registrations unless stated russet gold in future! Bet you can guess the type of person breeding those pups that didnt even know what colour their coat was!!! :eek:)
It also says they need daily brushing.....yea right, can't remember the last time Flora saw a brush and she is a show dog!

ETS they don't even have parsons on the list so are clearly totally ****e!! :D
 
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The Corgi makes me laugh....moult 'some' try CONSTANTLY.

I know lots of my puppy's family and spoke to lots of owners/breeds at crufts....no ones dogs nip!

You can trust the off the lead if there's nothing remotely edible in sniffing distance...otherwise...forget it!

They are good watch dogs though and have a big dog bark.
 
blackcob said:
"Caution: Remember, all dogs have individual personalities and characters are formed straight from birth. These profiles are meant as a guide only and each dog should be taken on their own individual merit."

:p

I'd take everything on there with a pinch of salt - "I would not recommend a Siberian to anyone" says another profile. ;)
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I wouldnt recommend a sibe to anyone either lol lol
 
The german shepherd one seems accurate!

The toy poodle on the other hand...
"The Poodle is exceptionally obedient and keen to learn, their intelligence means they pick up even difficult tasks with relative ease. They are wonderful with children and love being involved with the family, although they don't enjoy too much rough and tumble. "

Try snappy, yappy, stupid and untrainable lol. OH's mam seems to collect toy poodles and they are the bane of my life at the moment, and are frequently found hanging to my lovely GHDs ears and attacking my feet :(
 
Apart from that they mature before three years in my experience - and I have never heard of a mole type coat. Anything with no undercoat is a fault, tight coats are not undesireable as long as there is an undercoat.

(You've named your dog after hair straighteners again :p)
 
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