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What's your favorite dog breed?
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What's your favorite dog breed?
I have always thought a German Shepard was so smart and strong. But really have a hard time picking a favorite breed, especially now that I have a mixed dog. Do you have a favorite?
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I personally like the "Heinz 57" dogs. The mix breeds. Our Pemberley's Mom was Cocker Spaniel & her Dad was Brittney Spaniel & Saint Bernard. My best friend was just the opposite having to have full breed dogs. She passed away in April 2010. That fall my daughter found a Yellow Lab in the road. We brought her home, called town animal control & when no body claimed her we kept her naming her Honey. I know that she was sent to us from Cathy. Unfortunately, we lost her to cancer 1 1/2 years ago.
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I love the Shih Tzu - their personalities are so cute. We adopted an older Shih Tzu from Friends of Pets & she was the best dog. For a small dog she was fearless when we went for walks, she would bark at larger dogs as if she was talking to them. She also had a skip when we walked like she was happy to be outside. I was heartbroken when she became ill & died. I have plans to get 2 Shih Tzu's when my home building project is finished.
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I love dachs because not only did I have one as a child, but as a disabled adult with social anxity disorder, I have a very well behaved black & tan that goes everywhere with me. He remains quiet when out, never begs for food at resturants, and if I need to go into the kitchen at church, where I do not think dogs belong, I can set him on a chair, go get my glass of ice water, and he will be in the same place I left him when I return. The only training he has had is from me carrying him around since he was a very young puppy. I do have a note from my psych. Dr, saying that I need him with me.
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Basically I love all dogs - big, little, pure breeds, mixed, doesn't matter. My baby now is 10 years old and part chihauhau and part terrier. She is the sweetest, genleist, most loving, smart dog I have ever had and I have had a lot of dogs. I think rescue dogs are the best. They look at you with such love in their beautiful eyes, like saying thank you for saving me and giving me a forever home. I don't undertand how someone could abuse an animal. I always told my kids that animals are God's creatures just like us and should be treated with love and respect and gentleness. I am 72 years old and my little Pookie is my loving companion and my forever sweetheart.
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We always loved Boxers-so funny, friendly, family oriented, great with kids and absolute clowns! We now have a terrier. retreiver mix and he is the smartest dog I have ever known. He pretty well is my daughter's dog, though and just tolerates the rest of us. He is an excellent watch dog but needs to be watched around strangers.
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AKITA will always be my favorite but they're not for a first time owner and you must find a breeder who only breeds to improve the breeds comformation and temperament. You MUST be the ALPHA and know how to adapt that to the subborn Akita using positive reinforcement. Even if it's just a pet, it's important to socialize, socialize, socialize from the first day you bring them home from the breeder and keep socializing. If you do your homework and treat the Akita with respect you will have a loving, obedient family member in your household.
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@ck3509 wrote:AKITA will always be my favorite but they're not for a first time owner and you must find a breeder who only breeds to improve the breeds comformation and temperament. You MUST be the ALPHA and know how to adapt that to the subborn Akita using positive reinforcement. Even if it's just a pet, it's important to socialize, socialize, socialize from the first day you bring them home from the breeder and keep socializing. If you do your homework and treat the Akita with respect you will have a loving, obedient family member in your household.
Thanks for pointing out the importance of socializing, This is important whatever the breed. I'm lucky in that I've never had a "problem" dog but the absolute best one I've ever had was a 65-lb standard poodle. She was bred by a friend who also owned both her parents. This was the first litter for all involved so she did a lot of reading first, including the socializing of the dogs. In her research she learned that the third week after birth was the critical time for a pup so during that week she invited the entire neighborhood to her house for continuous coffee and cookies along with petting the ten balls of fur. The children were instructed to bring their friends home with them from school so the house was filled with humans of all ages.
Today if I were getting a new dog I would want one from one of the rescue organizations who had been fostered as a pup with a family, with other animals and children. I think that's probably more important than the breed.
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Our favorite breed now is a Rescue (currently an Australian cattle dog mix). But having said that, we also had a Chocolate Lab & a Black Lab and we loved those dogs too. They have great personalities! And we had a Rescue that was Lab/Chow mix. I've heard that Chows have a "testy" personality. Fortunately our mix apparently had the Lab side personality. He was a sweetheart!
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