What were the reasons you chose your dog(s)

EllieBeast said:
I’m not totally sure to be honest but I can certainly ask around and find out for you ?
As an HPR owner already you’ll be familiar with a lot of traits, these guys are very soft though. Not particularly defiant or hard headed.

The style and pace of the GLP especially on moorland is an absolute joy and I can certainly vouch for their stamina!
There’s some good info on the uk GLP club website- www.glpclub.org.uk

We are also sad enough to have social media for the dog ? my husband says he did it to promote the breed, I think he just likes talking about his dog! Feel free to look her up @ivytheglp on Instagram and Ivy the GLP on Facebook. Lots of photos and videos of her on there ?
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I will absolutely go look up your lovely Ivy !
The glp club was interesting too. Very different to the Weims and i'd say an easier , more biddable character by the look of it:)
Teaching Weims anything is like negotiating with terrorists . :D
But when i'm snuggled on the sofa with them, or walking the hills and forests, I wouldn't want any other nutjobs companions by my side:D
 
LadyGascoyne said:
Breed first, I have grown up with border collies and love the breed.

Then type - farm-bred, working type is what we looked for.

We then met the sire and bitch and they were both absolutely brilliant dogs, with great attitudes.

The other puppies were all earmarked for working jobs but Rio didn’t seem to be as bold or forward as the others so we thought he’d enjoy a non-working home. We were right! He hasn’t displayed any herding instincts and is petrified of sheep ? but he has made the best horse, beach, travel, adventure dog ever.

For nearly 14 years! I can’t believe it. 14 on the 30th of this month.

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Gorgeous boy ?
 
Shady said:
I will absolutely go look up your lovely Ivy !
The glp club was interesting too. Very different to the Weims and i'd say an easier , more biddable character by the look of it:)
Teaching Weims anything is like negotiating with terrorists . :D
But when i'm snuggled on the sofa with them, or walking the hills and forests, I wouldn't want any other nutjobs companions by my side:D
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The weims definitely seem more headstrong, but then they were predominantly developed for tracking, so by nature need to work more independently- They’re fantastic, beautiful dogs and I love watching them work- I find it fascinating how every HPR breed has a different style and flair when doing the job they were all bred to do ?
 
Diddy dog because her face popped up on a friend’s Facebook page in a filthy cage in Romania just as my husband asked me what I wanted for my birthday.

Big dog because a lady on a forum was panicking because her and her kids were going into a domestic violence refuge and she didn’t know what to do with her pets so they’d be safe. I picked them up the following day.

Nearly all my dogs have just picked themselves over the years. As one dies another seems to find their way to us. It’s uncanny!
 

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We've only ever had dogs from rescue centres or rehoming from friends or family. By accident rather than design, all of ours have been mongrels and they've all been lovely dogs although the current youngest is trying my patience a bit.

I think the majority have been collie type crosses although at the moment we have a lab/husky, vizsla/doberman and what I assume is a terrier/collie mix of some type.
 
I've had rotties most of my adult life - rescues, private rehomes and a pup or two along the way. Usually with a terrier or two along side them as well as fosters flitting in and out. In 2020, right in the middle of the first lockdown I got a call from a rescue asking if I could take an emergency foster? Okay sez I so Reggie a 2 yo deaf rottweiler arrived on the doorstep. Just a foster mind, I'd lost 2 rotties far too young since the February and I wasn't having anymore heartbreakers thank you very much.

For those of you who have a life and don't have a week to read below, I'm a sucker, was conned :) and have no sense.

Reggie came into the house, bounced off the window as my neighbour had the temerity to walk up his path (bye bye wooden blinds) met the cat who he play bowed to and stuck his nose in her face - as a Bengal cross, she doesn't back down to anything so once I'd removed her claws from his face and breathed a sign of relief that I didn't have to call the rescue and say 'you know that deaf dog? well he's deaf and blind now' he presented his bum to her to batter as that didn't hurt as much his head. He wagged his tail and knocked her over. She has never forgiven him and never will. He then decided that my neighbour the other side wasn't allowed in her garden (lock down remember, we only had our gardens to go to!) and would hurl his 45kgs at the fence repeatedly. Garden time was heavily supervised...

He was an even worse lunatic when taken out, would get himself totally wound up about random things and start to either throw himself about, swing out of his lead, try and mouth my arm and his final move when it all got too much, throw himself down and refuse to move. Awks, especially in the middle of the road. Not my finest moment I'll admit but a van driver, beeping and shouting at me to move that f'ing dog, got told 'well lets see you do it then' before I managed to literally drag the dog off the road. Tyres, trees, lights, other dogs, hi viz were some of the many things that set him off. To this day I doubt my sanity but for some bizarre reason I agreed to keep him. I can only blame lockdown fever. It turned out that he is very anxious and it presents as arseholery. After a very difficult couple of months - one step forward, 10 steps back - I spoke to my vet and gave him the option of prescribing meds for either me or the dog, I didn't care which at that point. The dog got them. That was a turning point and while there have been many ups and downs, life is a lot more normal now. Except that my lovely garden is wrecked because the git ate everything but rose bushes with wicked thorns, is enclosed with Heras fencing (because I can't afford the £3k it would cost to replace with battering ram proof fencing) and most of time could be used for any Battle of the Somme reenactors that needed authenticity. I even ended up getting him his own assistance dog, Woody.

Woody is a private rehome, a 10 yo staffy cross something (I'd say collie by looks but lets just say that he didn't inherit the brains) he really should be called Tim, Nice but Dim. Fabulous with people and other dogs, not to be trusted unsupervised with the cat, spotless and non destructive indoors - unless it's a toy, in which case the shelf life is a maximum of 10 minutes. Such an easy dog as long as I tune out the staffy whinge and has given Reggie so much confidence because Woody is so happy about everything. As always, the little dog is in charge which is a pleasant surprise as I worried that Reg would be too pushy for Woody.
 
Titchy Pony said:
Sorry, was away from my computer when we started doing photos and any excuse is good to show off my monster. I love him because he is handsome, goofy and athletic.
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He looks very similar to our vizsla/doberman mix, our lad does have larger ears but has a very similar build and colour scheme.

"Goof" would be the nicest possible way of describing our lad. He is usually referred to as the "meaty one".
 
CrunchieBoi said:
He looks very similar to our vizsla/doberman mix, our lad does have larger ears but has a very similar build and colour scheme.

"Goof" would be the nicest possible way of describing our lad. He is usually referred to as the "meaty one".
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Interesting. My boy's breeding is completely unknown as he was originally in a shelter as a puppy. He does look and behave quite like a malinois, so someone just stuck malinois X on his papers. I can't be bothered DNA testing to see if its true. It doesn't really matter anyway because he's not going anywhere. Its just intriguing to think he could be a totally different mix.
 
Titchy Pony said:
Interesting. My boy's breeding is completely unknown as he was originally in a shelter as a puppy. He does look and behave quite like a malinois, so someone just stuck malinois X on his papers. I can't be bothered DNA testing to see if its true. It doesn't really matter anyway because he's not going anywhere. Its just intriguing to think he could be a totally different mix.
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Ours was originally an overseas dog and people usually ask us if he's an alsatian cross. Daughter got a DNA test for my birthday and vizsla and doberman were the only ones that showed up on it. The rest was essentially "misc mutt".
 
CorvusCorax said:
Titchy's definitely looks like a Mali mix, particularly the running pic/around the face and head. I don't think either a doberman or vizla would throw a brindle (head) or blanket (body) coat.
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I wasn't suggesting they were the same mix, that would be ridiculous given we don't know what else has gone into our lad.

I only commented that he looked similar to our own dog.
 
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