What is your bargepole breed?

[druid]

Just for @ArklePig

What is your wouldn't touch with a bargepole breed and why? Perhaps try not to be too insulting in your replies!

 

[ArklePig]

Let the record show @druid started the war.

But seeing as she did, could someone please explain why they would want to own and live with a Chow Chow?

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I like most dogs really but I am not keen on really huge bulky dogs that slober just because I wouldn't want to have them in my home, and I've know quite alot of really big dogs that are lovely but they are just not for me unfortunately.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Let the record show @druid started the war.

But seeing as she did, could someone please explain why they would want to own and live with a Chow Chow?

Cos they have black

 

[honetpot]

Cocker or cockerx, just too reactive.

 

[Barton Bounty]

German Shepherds or Mallinois for no other reason that they utterly terrify me. I wish I knew someone with one to get over my fear but the woman across the road has one but its a knob.

 

[Clodagh]

Boxers. If Boxers were the last dog breed in earth I’d go without!
Most others have some redeeming features.
If you asked me which breeds which are good at my chosen sport that I’d never have it would be Flatcoats.

 

[BallyRoanBaubles]

Let the record show @druid started the war.

But seeing as she did, could someone please explain why they would want to own and live with a Chow Chow?

I mean they look like big teddy bears

 

[skinnydipper]

Ovcharka
Akita
American bully, all varieties from pocket to XL.

 

[Clodagh]

I think chows are cool! Aren’t they the ones with blue tongues ?

 

[ArklePig]

I mean they look like big teddy bears

But they're so dull

However I will go to bat for the boxers above - I love them, they're so sweet and playful in my experience.

 

[druid]

Brachycephalic breeds, with Japanese Chins being top of the hell no list

 

[smolmaus]

Let the record show @druid started the war.

But seeing as she did, could someone please explain why they would want to own and live with a Chow Chow?

They look really cool. That's it I'm p sure.

Boxers. If Boxers were the last dog breed in earth I’d go without!
Most others have some redeeming features.
If you asked me which breeds which are good at my chosen sport that I’d never have it would be Flatcoats.

I don’t like boxers either. A friend has one and I have to lie about how cute he is.

 

[Zoeypxo]

Chihuahuas, sorry

 

[Indy]

Labradors, I mean I like them, they're alright, but they're just a bit, they're just not for me.

 

[smolmaus]

A couple of spoiled, anxious, ruined Yorkshire terriers have ruined them for me. No ty. Not their fault but no ty.

Chihuahuas, sorry

The super tiny ones with the massive heads give me the ick

 

[meleeka]

German Shepherd, even though I own one . I wouldn’t choose one as they all seem to have issues and are rarely straightforward. Mine had an awful start, so is wonderfully obedient, but a bit too clingy. Ditto Border Collies, and I also owned two of them.

I like happy dogs, or feisty dogs like Spaniels, or terriers.

 

[ArklePig]

Labradors, I mean I like them, they're alright, but they're just a bit, they're just not for me.

You're brave

 

[AmyMay]

There are quite a few on my list.

Dachshund too many health problems - however gorgeous they may be.

 

[Surbie]

Let the record show @druid started the war.

I do love boxers, but I can't stand the drool. Anything with drooly mouths or that looks like its eyes are going to pop out or it will struggle to breathe. And I'm not that fond of poodle crosses. Or labs. Gawd I sound picky!!

I never used to like little dogs, but I have discovered a love of wire-haired terriers, Jack Russells and Staffies, as well as greyhounds, lurchers. I always wanted GSDs but they sadly would be too much for me now.

 

[BallyRoanBaubles]

I can’t really think of any breed I’d never ever have

 

[Indy]

You're brave

I know, there's nothing to not like about them, we had a black lab growing up but they're just not for me

 

[Cloball]

I mean they look like big teddy bears

It's also fun when your classmates think you have a pet bear.

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Breed I wouldn't touch with a bargepole: Border Collie.


I'd be a terrible owner for a dog so much smarter than myself. It would get bored, develop problem behaviours... ETA I'm too lazy to provide a suitable home for the average Border Collie.

 

[Cortez]

I don't like super-obedient, focused types, so German Shepherds, Belgian Shepherds, Border Collies. I like rather anarchic characters; Salukis, longdogs/lurchers, etc.
ETA: Labradors do absolutely nothing for me, and the doodley things also.

 

[Cloball]

In further defence of chows pretty sure you can knit with their coat if you are into crafting.

 

[JBM]

German Shepherds or Mallinois for no other reason that they utterly terrify me. I wish I knew someone with one to get over my fear but the woman across the road has one but its a knob.

I haven’t decided on German shepherd or Doberman but if first one you can have a meet and great

 

[ihatework]

Anything that looks like it has run into a brick wall at speed. Top of that list being French Bulldog

 

[stangs]

Too many to count. Any breed with a known and common health issue - any breed that's been bred for appearance over performance - so that gets rid of the brachy breeds, most of the giant breeds, and various popular breeds. Cocker Spaniels, because I've never met one I liked. Italian Greyhounds because I associate them with an acquaintance I detested. Malis and Dutch Shepherds because it's too much dog.

I have very strong feelings on Thai Ridgebacks, but they fluctuate frequently between adoring them and hating them. On the plus side, they are healthy.

There's a very slim list of breeds I like enough to want to own, and I wouldn't want to touch any of them with a bargepole, in my current circumstances, either. So, ironically, I don't think there's a single dog I would touch with a bargepole!

 

[MurphysMinder]

Brachy breeds . I’m not a fan of giant slobbery breeds either .