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What is everyone’s favorite dog breed? I currently have a husky, which is why I will probably never have a husky again. I love Lulu but that breed just sheds soooo much! My personal favorite dogs that I’ll probably own later in life are labs and hounds or some other short hair breeds. How about you?
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I like all Retrievers plus Collies, Border Collies, and Shelties.

Border Collies are possibly the most intelligent breed. I wish I could find the video I saw where there were 4 of them on a farm. One was resting or even sleeping on the ground. Another one, who seemed to be the ringleader, enlisted the other two in slowly sneaking up behind the resting one. They got within a couple of feet before pouncing and then they all were playing together and chasing each other around.

My last dog was a Yellow Lab named Emma. She died of liver cancer at the age of 7 and I still miss her after 3 years. She was a great dog. To the one concerned about shedding, be forewarned. Labs shed ALL the time.

I'm not sure this is the same video but it's very similar.
 
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I have a couple of those hairless scale covered dogs!
But my favs by far are German shepherds and labs.
I am lucky enough that both of my labs are retired Guide Dogs for the Blind that we also raised as puppies. They are totally amazing!!
 
I like all Retrievers plus Collies, Border Collies, and Shelties.

Border Collies are possibly the most intelligent breed. I wish I could find the video I saw where there were 4 of them on a farm. One was resting or even sleeping on the ground. Another one, who seemed to be the ringleader, enlisted the other two in slowly sneaking up behind the resting one. They got within a couple of feet before pouncing and then they all were playing together and chasing each other around.

My last dog was a Yellow Lab named Emma. She died of liver cancer at the age of 7 and I still miss her after 3 years. She was a great dog. To the one concerned about shedding, be forewarned. Labs shed ALL the time.

I'm not sure this is the same video but it's very similar.
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Wonderful video! Mine will do the Border Collie Crawl on occaision, usually when meeting a strange dog. Sorry about your Emma.

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Are your dogs working dogs LeahsTank? Lovely photos of incredible dogs!

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What do you call your dog!

Great looking crew!!! And that picture could be used for a greeting card .
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Thank you 86 ssinit, they are a great bunch of knotheads!
 
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Here are my two hounds. Both retired from a working kennel. Sadly, we lost the mostly white hound, Bentley, this winter. He was 14.
 
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Wonderful video! Mine will do the Border Collie Crawl on occaision, usually when meeting a strange dog. Sorry about your Emma.


Are your dogs working dogs LeahsTank? Lovely photos of incredible dogs!


What do you call your dog!


Thank you 86 ssinit, they are a great bunch of knotheads!
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My hairless-scaled dogs’ names are Matt and Larry
 

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I love borzoi, I'm planning to get one in the next few years.
I have a german shepherd right now too and will definitely keep owning the breed, and goldens are my favorite cuddle buddies!
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Any and all! Personal favorite is the Rottweiler My boy Diesel
 

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Any and all! Personal favorite is the Rottweiler My boy Diesel
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He is gorgeous! I love his head, a lot of rotties are getting more flat faced unfortunately but he looks really nice. I'd love to get a rottweiler someday and do bitesports with them.
 
Are your dogs working dogs LeahsTank? Lovely photos of incredible dogs!
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No. The First photo was my baby boy. We got him at 8 weeks old and he was only “pet quality.” When the Breeder retired the female due to a horrible pregnancy, (she lost all 10 puppies in uterine, and almost died herself) he asked if we would like her. She was the older half sister to our male. So we took her in.

The closest thing to work these two ever did was chasing after tennis balls.

Unfortunately, we lost the male in 2016, and just recently had to say goodbye to the little girl.

But, I’m am 52 years old and have had dogs my entire life. These 2 are by far the sweetest pups I’ve ever known. Once my husband and I get a little retirement travel done, we will definitely be getting another one!
 
What is everyone’s favorite dog breed? I currently have a husky, which is why I will probably never have a husky again. I love Lulu but that breed just sheds soooo much! My personal favorite dogs that I’ll probably own later in life are labs and hounds or some other short hair breeds. How about you?
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Just discovered this thread.
A husky? Wow!
The young Chinese couple who manages one of the Chinese stores in town bought one. Initially they kept him at the entrance of the store, he was just a little more than a puppy then.
I would go there just to see the dog. (I always talk to friendly dogs of any age.) They called him Lucky, a name that seems to be popular also among local non-Chinese dog owners.
I thought I made a mistake when at a certain point I said that the dog was obese and that giving him too much food could shorten his lifespan. Dog owners here can suddenly grow hostile when one makes a remark of that kind.
A few days ago, I saw the dog again after months and months.
He had grown out to be a slender, athletically built - if one can say so - young adult male. No ounce of fat.
I was relieved, for I had feared for his well-being.
More than luck, I guess it is a matter of culture: Asians, especially Chinese, apparently still tend to give weight to what a person with white hair says.

I love all breeds, but - no offence meant to anyone - I tend to be afraid of Pitbulls and Dobermann Pinschers. Once we had a dog who was akin to the latter: a mix between a Giant Schnauzer and a German Sheperd. Very affectionate but difficult to keep. Once he bit in my direction. Fortunately I was fast enough to withdraw my arm. Otherwise I would have become like the guy David Janssen tried to catch throughout the tv series "The Fugitive."
The first dog my parents bought because they deemed it good for the formation of their children's character was a non-specified mix with black curly hair and drooping ears. Three weeks old.
Afterwards my mum had a series of German sheperds. Due to systematical non-overfeeding, the last one lived more than 20 years, perhaps as many as 23 - we lost count. They were all very sweet and intelligent. The last word is used by all dog owners here with regard to their dogs.
Is it not too hot in Guatemala for a husky? Their fur is meant as a protection against the cold, or am I mistaken?
 
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Just discovered this thread.
A husky? Wow!
The young Chinese couple who manages one of the Chinese stores in town bought one. Initially they kept him at the entrance of the store, he was just a little more than a puppy then.
I would go there just to see the dog. (I always talk to friendly dogs of any age.) They called him Lucky, a name that seems to be popular also among local non-Chinese dog owners.
I thought I made a mistake when at a certain point I said that the dog was obese and that giving him too much food could shorten his lifespan. Dog owners here can suddenly grow hostile when one makes a remark of that kind.
A few days ago, I saw the dog again after months and months.
He had grown out to be a slender, athletically built - if I may say so - young adult male. No ounce of fat.
I was relieved, I had feared for his well-being.
More than luck, I guess it is a matter of culture: Asians, especially Chinese, apparently still tend to give weight to what a person with white hair says.

I love all breeds, but - no offence meant to anyone - I tend to be afraid of Pitbulls and Dobermann Pinschers. Once we had a dog who was akin to the latter: a mix between a Riesenschnauzer and a German sheperd. Very affectionate but difficult to keep. Once he bit in my direction. Fortunately I was fast enough to withdraw my arm. Otherwise I would have become like the guy David Janssen tried to catch throughout the tv series "The Fugitive."
The first dog my parents bought because they deemed it good for the formation of their children's character was a non-specified mix with black curly hair and drooping ears. Three weeks old.
Afterwards my mum had a series of German sheperds. Due to systematically non-overfeeding, the last one lived more than 20 years, perhaps as many as 23 - we lost count. They were all very sweet and intelligent. The last word is used by all dog owners here with regard to their dogs.
Is it not too hot in Guatemala for a husky? Their fur is meant as a protection against the cold, or am I mistaken?
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Yes. It is definitely very hot for her. But she seems to be used to it, and when it drops below 65 degrees she curls up I a ball and lays in the hole she dug for herself all day lol
 
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I ove dogs...but love cats better. : )
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This made me laugh, you know cause SFGiantsGuy was a joke
 
D22CC9A0-9D89-47D7-92BE-E6D9D4351889.jpeg Favorite dog is definitely my little mutt! I call her a chiweenie cos that’s what she looks like, but I don’t actually know. She has the ears of a Chihuahua and the short legs of a dachshund or corgi.
 
We have a cavapoo (cavalier King Charles spaniel x poodle mix). Our old dog was a German shepherd and we said we were tired of the hair. I'd take the shedding over the constant grooming any day. Our German shepherd was so smart and our little cavapoo is neurotic and yappy. I bought a grooming kit and started clipping her myself when I realized that she needs to be clipped every 6 weeks and grooming costs about $70 vs. a set of clippers was $40. I could buy new clippers each time and still save money! I'd get a German shepherd again in a heartbeat but I'd never get another poodle mix. Prior to, we've always had pound puppies that were unknown, there are pros and cons but the fact is, you can't say that getting a rescue is the best. Growing up we had a rescue and he was a basset/dachshund/? and he was not friendly and very protective. He was also 40 pounds instead of 15 like they thought. Smart people would cross the street when they saw me walking him, dumb people would see a 14 year old walking a dog and assume that the dog was friendly and ask to pet him (despite the fact that his teeth were out, he was barking, and his fur was up). My German shepherd used to do therapy work with elementary kids.
 
I like all Retrievers plus Collies, Border Collies, and Shelties.

Border Collies are possibly the most intelligent breed. I wish I could find the video I saw where there were 4 of them on a farm. One was resting or even sleeping on the ground. Another one, who seemed to be the ringleader, enlisted the other two in slowly sneaking up behind the resting one. They got within a couple of feet before pouncing and then they all were playing together and chasing each other around.

My last dog was a Yellow Lab named Emma. She died of liver cancer at the age of 7 and I still miss her after 3 years. She was a great dog. To the one concerned about shedding, be forewarned. Labs shed ALL the time.

I'm not sure this is the same video but it's very similar.
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Those collies made me laugh ! They are like large non graceful cats !
I am a lab guy but have gone from 5 down to 2 in the last 3 years .
They are mans best friend without question .
 

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All dogs go to heaven.
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Decades ago, as a young teen, I asked my then confessor about dogs' eternal destiny. He was a dog lover from Brooklyn N.Y by the way, who had brought his boxer all the way to Europe, I was told. His answer has troubled me for years: "No, they go to limbo."
If one may believe the way the media present Pope Francis, the latter's answer - I guess - would very likely be like yours.
Hopefully my confessor - who is in heaven now - meanwhile has discovered that his answer to my question was inexact - and is wandering around with his boxer again .
 
My favorite is Golden Retrievers in a traditional red coloring. I've had a pure one and half golden and lab mix in the past. Now I have a 9 year old who is 3/4 Lab and 1/4 Golden. He looks more Golden but has a Lab mentality and still acts like a puppy!
 
My favorite is Golden Retrievers in a traditional red coloring. I've had a pure one and half golden and lab mix in the past. Now I have a 9 year old who is 3/4 Lab and 1/4 Golden. He looks more Golden but has a Lab mentality and still acts like a puppy!
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Yeah the original red coloring is great.
 
Yeah the original red coloring is great.
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My red was the sweetest dog ever. But super submissive, it took forever to teach him anything because he would just rollover ! When he finally learned how to shake paw that's all he wanted to do for the next week LOL
 
My next favourite is an Aussie. This is grand-dog Rico, that my daughter adopted from a pound. More laid back than my Border Collie and he's super friendly and he's one of those dogs that "smiles" Rico Birthday Flowers.jpg


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I love Dobermans. All the ones we see where I work are big lovable doofuses. The real purpose of that long nose is goosing people.
 
To quote the Animal Lifeline Club I'm a member of, "I like big mutts and I cannot lie." No but really, mutts are my favorite. I love the infinite combinations that you can stumble upon and fall in love with. Just the other day at the vet clinic I work at, we had a mutt come in - the body of a Great Dane, size of a medium German shepherd, face structure of a golden, and she was brindle... except poking through her short bridle coat was long this wiry gray hair (think those little terriers with the wiry coats) only on her back and forehead, so she had this big wiry mohawk on her head and down her back. Funkiest looking dog, but a heart of gold.

Here's my dog Kaira. We had her DNA tested and she's equal parts lab and German shepherd, with about 12% Swiss White Shepherd. I love her to death.

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To quote the Animal Lifeline Club I'm a member of, "I like big mutts and I cannot lie." No but really, mutts are my favorite. I love the infinite combinations that you can stumble upon and fall in love with. Just the other day at the vet clinic I work at, we had a mutt come in - the body of a Great Dane, size of a medium German shepherd, face structure of a golden, and she was brindle... except poking through her short bridle coat was long this wiry gray hair (think those little terriers with the wiry coats) only on her back and forehead, so she had this big wiry mohawk on her head and down her back. Funkiest looking dog, but a heart of gold.

Here's my dog Kaira. We had her DNA tested and she's equal parts lab and German shepherd, with about 12% Swiss White Shepherd. I love her to death.

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To quote the Animal Lifeline Club I'm a member of, "I like big mutts and I cannot lie." No but really, mutts are my favorite. I love the infinite combinations that you can stumble upon and fall in love with. Just the other day at the vet clinic I work at, we had a mutt come in - the body of a Great Dane, size of a medium German shepherd, face structure of a golden, and she was brindle... except poking through her short bridle coat was long this wiry gray hair (think those little terriers with the wiry coats) only on her back and forehead, so she had this big wiry mohawk on her head and down her back. Funkiest looking dog, but a heart of gold.

Here's my dog Kaira. We had her DNA tested and she's equal parts lab and German shepherd, with about 12% Swiss White Shepherd. I love her to death.

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She's beautiful especially in the snow. Amazing what they can find with DNA now. Mutts can break our hearts too!
 
She's beautiful especially in the snow. Amazing what they can find with DNA now. Mutts can break our hearts too!
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She's a rescue from Louisiana (part of a puppy transport up to Maine, where my family is). Snow is her FAVORITE thing, and I can't even imagine her living a life without snow! She bounds through it like a bunny when it's deep, and straight up buries herself in it.

Demonstration of her excitement in the snow:
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One of the best things about her is how she's so spunky and energetic outside, but always, always knows to keep her cool inside. Pic of her with our toothless 15 year old cat (also a rescue):
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She's a rescue from Louisiana (part of a puppy transport up to Maine, where my family is). Snow is her FAVORITE thing, and I can't even imagine her living a life without snow! She bounds through it like a bunny when it's deep, and straight up buries herself in it.

Demonstration of her excitement in the snow:
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One of the best things about her is how she's so spunky and energetic outside, but always, always knows to keep her cool inside. Pic of her with our toothless 15 year old cat (also a rescue):
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Every dog should have their own toothless cat! :cat: She's very graceful with her acrobatics
 
We have a french bulldog, way too much trouble but he’s really a funny one anyways.
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I would love to see his face! Does he talk? I knew one that did.
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He does pretty much anything you could imagine, singing is his talent.
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Lulu is lovely... did you adopt the kitten for her!
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Yeah, when we got the cats she didn’t know what to do with them, she watched us for a while. She saw us petting the cats, she decided the would try that. She still pets them to this day
 

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