XL Bullies are out. For the chav-about-town, this season's accessory dog is...

[splashgirl45]

She was very much a pet, very loving with the best silky ears. She would sometimes climb on my knee and sit with her bum on my chest or curl up like a cat. She was like a limpet on the bed, no need for a hot water bottle. She liked soft toys, she never destroyed them. She used to take them upstairs and I could hear her jumping about playing them. I've kept her favourite.

She could be naughty, you couldn't leave meat unattended on the worktop even for a moment and it was trial and error finding a bin she couldn't get into .

She is looking a bit forlorn on the photo, she didn't like the weather, she liked to be warm and snug. If it was raining anybody would think she had been beaten.

I didn't have her from a puppy, travellers dumped her and her brother.

She sounds lovely , sighthounds are usually so loving, mine was indoors but not so much with small furries or deer

 

[Clodagh]

I had a saluki ish lurcher, not quite so saluki looking at SDs. She was just like having a cat, couldn’t bear the wet and was so loving and had an excellent eye for the most comfy spot. Completely incorrigible, stole anything even if she didn’t want it. She too was dumped by coursers.
She was very lovable but my husband was not keen on her hunting abilities, which were excellent.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Salukis haven't really evolved too much, which isn't a bad thing.

 

[Jemima50]

So, what: just let everyone have whatever dog they like, treat it how they like, and never mind the attacks, injuries and deaths?

That is not what I said and I certainly don't condone the introduction of new "breeds".
I was simply pointing out that , unfortunately , as fast as the government bands breeds , new breeds are bred to take their place.
Often with much worse consequences , as was the case after they banned Pit Bulls.

 

[AmyMay]

That is not what I said and I certainly don't condone the introduction of new "breeds".
I was simply pointing out that , unfortunately , as fast as the government bands breeds , new breed are bred to take their place.
Often with much worse consequences , as was the case after they banned Pit Bulls.

What, you mean the XL - a few years ago…..?

 

[Jemima50]

No , Pit Bulls were banned way back , so " people" , and I use that term very loosely , then starting cross breeding other bull breeds to produce the XL

 

[ester]

but they came from the US, where pits weren't ever banned. . .

 

[Jemima50]

but they came from the US, where pits weren't ever banned. . .

Are you saying that no XL's are ever bred in the UK ?
They are not a "breed" and can be produced from many combinations of bull breeds

 

[AmyMay]

No , Pit Bulls were banned way back , so " people" , and I use that term very loosely , then starting cross breeding other bull breeds to produce the XL

Yes, some 30 years later. So not particularly fast.

 

[skinnydipper]

...