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What kind of dog breeds have you owned in your lifetime?

I have had (myself or my family) the following:

- several mixed Labradors (generally Labs with German Shepherds)
- 2 Bouvier des Flandres
- 1 shizhu/poodle mix
- 2 chihuahuas
- 1 MinPin

All were rescues with the exception of the Bouviers.

1 x Labrador
1 x cross breed (no idea what breed he was but he looked like a fox). :)
1 x Rottweiler cross
4 x Staffordshire Bull Terriers

All rescues/unwanted dogs pretty much also (I would never buy a dog at some nasty breeding farm or pet shop).

Labrador retriever. I paid 1000 euros for it.


EDIT: Son of a hunting champion. The mother was a bitch. :)

Pugs
Pitbulls

2 yello labs one sire to a hunting champion one ukc champion
1 curly coated retriever ukc grand champion
1 poodle/spaniel mix when i was a kid


sorry, those aren't the only options...

Cocker Spaniel
Australian Shepherds
Dobermann
French Bulldog

Pound puppies! Dalmation + Pitbull mix. Terrier mutt- scotty & ___?

Boxer x 2

I have a black lab, must be about ten years old or so. Not sure how she was when we got her.

Great dog. Listens well, never causes any problems, great on walks, can let her go off leash without issues, doesn't attack other dogs, barks when anything odd is up.

Golden retriever and springer spaniel mix growing up
My parents got a black lab/springer spaniel mix after that

My dog is a German shepherd/husky mix from the local humane society, the parents dogs were mutts from farm dog litters.

mine is a german shepherd mix. basically a shrunken down shepherd, rescue dog at 6 weeks. 5.5 years old now

I know they are not. My point being is that I refuse to pay £500, £1k or £2k (yes Bulldogs here can fetch that amount) from breeders whose sole purpose is to profit from the animals.

I would however happily pay that amount for a dog who has been dumped and who needs a loving home.

Go to a good rescue kennel, tell them the kind of breed you want and when they get one in they will call you.

For me I've owned mutts and two pure breds, a cocker spaniel and a shiztsu. But my faves are Golden Retrievers and King Charles Spaniels. So cute!!!

I like medium-sized dogs, not large scary things like pitbulls and rottweilers.

Did you or your boyfriend pick them out!

I know hundreds of breeders, I don't know very many that 'profit' from them.. definitely no good ones that do anyway.


I'm cheap with most things, not with dogs though...

I've had 3 chows (the current a Katrina rescue who previously was a champion herding dog), 1 Shepard/Retriever, a Collie, and a Hybrid Wolf/Malmute

Starting when I was 5 years old I had a boxer named Bo... After the song "Mr. Bojangles"
Then when I was in my early 20's I got another boxer named Bo...
Then in my mid 30's I got another boxer named Bo...

Now I am almost 50 and after my last Bo passed a couple of years ago I have not and will not replace him...

So I guess a boxer named Bo is my answer... :thumbsup

As a kid my father had expensive field trained Labrador Retrievers. As an adult I only had one, a medium sized mutt found along a highway. Had her for 17 1/2 years, broke my heart when she died.

1. Siberian Husky that I got at 8 weeks old and died at almost 15 years old.

2. Lived with an ex gf that had a 10 year old Golden Retriever.

a friend of mine who runs a fairly large kennel adopted a few katrina dogs 2 great pyrenees. Amazing that they had to reach out that far to find people for these animals.

Damn. I can relate.
Still missing my Lab/Shepherd mix (Buddy). Had to put him down a couple years ago.

Have a lab mix. Rescue of course.

The concept of breeding, champions, dog shows, etc is disgusting in our current world of millions of unwanted dogs.

"Pure bred" is a made up term. The scientific term is "inbred". Spending thousands of dollars on an expensive dog that is going to have a shorter life full of genetic disorders and health problems while unwanted dogs are being euthanized is selfish and cruel :2 cents:

If we're counting the dog my mother had as I was growing up:

Cocker Spaniel (never again, terrible creature)
Shih Tzu (adorable but yappy)
Pomeranian cross (rescue and my best buddy for 4 years before cancer took her)
Rat terrier (purebred from a great breeder and an all-around great dog. Currently 4 years old.)

Yorkshire Terrier

Twin Mutts: Chihuahua & Poodle/Terrier Mixes

Ive always liked big dogs, just never had one myself

My feelings exactly.

I have a 7 year old chocolate Lab.

Pit/pug mix... dad was a real horny pitfucker...

:D

http://i.imgur.com/yXf5dib.jpg

i found her on the street, the best friend i ever had.
Also used to have Shar-pei, badger-dog.

You make stuff up. Pure bred is not synonym for inbred, it means specified race and dogs matching those specifications. Breeding might bring inbreeding if done wrong, but they are not synonyms. Also the so called unwanted dogs are bred dogs too, as they are dogs, not wolves. Dog is a breeded specie.

Why I should take some mixed race dog for example as a hunting dog, as I have no idea how it will work?

Also rescue dogs are not any better if it still supports some bad animal treatment. For example second hand slave is not any more ethical than first hand, it still supports slavery. If you buy your dogs from a good breeder, you can influence to the conditions of those dogs and what kind of dogs they are. You don't get that vote by getting rescue dog.

2 retired greyhounds (both long gone)
Spanish mastiff cross from the local pound. (She either loves you or wants to kill you, there is no inbetween.)

Fox terrier chihuahua mix I got for my 4th birthday. 8 pounds of neurotic fury, think Hitler as a dog. Died the day before I left for university.

A sheltie spaniel mix, sweet dog, only lived to 7 or 8.

A golden retriever, the best person I've ever met, 2 legged or 4 legged. I miss her so much, lived to 16.

http://i.imgur.com/XReL7Dn.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qUi87Lw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8Vmhj4D.jpg

My two best friends..

2 x German Shepherd

Male is my buddy. Decent American GSD lines - grandfather was a K-9 at KCPD(Kansas City).
Female's mother was bought from the Slovak government for a ton of money. The father was imported from Germany, bred once, then sold to the US border patrol for narcotics / bomb detection. The guy(close family friend) I got 'em from has a pretty renowned working GSD kennel - most of the dogs are "hard" which is why my girl's dad went to the US border patrol - LAPD is a client amongst others.

As a kid, I grew up around Staffordshire terriers and the like mostly.

I doubt I'll ever own anything but a working GSD now, though... unless the wife says otherwise.

Famous words from the working GSD world: "Have a lot of money before you ever decide to get into it in any capacity. Training, breeding, sport, whatever. Be well off first."

It's expensive. Very, very expensive.

Back yard breeders who feed their dogs Walmart brand dog food & keep them in a shed out back might make some decent money off of it, but they're terrible people and hated by "real" breeders.

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mastiff for me..

http://www.123456.mx/mastif118.jpg

This was my Buddy when he was only about 2 years old.

http://www.evil-chris.com/temp/buddyboy2.jpg

What an incredible companion. If I could clone him, I probably would.

you truly don't have any idea what you are talking about on this subject...

I use to volunteer at SPCA when I was a consultant working from home so I have a lot of different breeds. I considered them all my dogs ;)

I have had way too many dogs to list them all, but the only ones that have made any sense that I can tolerate are Labs and Shepherds - or mixes of those.

When I was little, I had a German Police named Shadow and to spank me, that guy had to be chained up outside and out of ear shot - he was uber protective of me.

The current dog I have is a very large Female European German Police named Kasey and she is just as protective of me - when she was 6 months old, she somehow saved me form what would have possibly been a very nasty and painful attack by a stray pitbull that landed n my property for no apparent reason - one of 3 in a matter of a week. At 6 months old she was bigger and stronger than that pit was. lol

My youngest daughter has a Mastiff/Lab mix and she is equally as protective of her - she keeps her inside and I swear if you snuck up on her (My daughter) , which is virtually impossible, you'd pay dearly for that - but if you are not out to harm, she is nothing but a big ass lush. lol

All other things that bark were small and I don't consider them dogs, they are yappy little pains in the ass.... which is why they never lasted. lol

1 american staffords, 1 bluenose pitbull, 1 rottweiler..

except for the am staff (RIP), both temporary rescue dogs (basically I take them in, offer them an awesome home.. , they only go if I have found a great home with great owners.. otherwise they stay, for as long as needed

1 x American Eskimo
1 x Field Spaniel/Retriever mix
3 x Miniature Pinscher (1 current)
1 x German Shepherd
1 x Weimaraner (current)
1 x Border Terrier/Min Pin Mix (current)

I have a chihuahua schnauzer mix. A chawowzer

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-s...57568385_n.jpg

I do know that when you go out and buy a new puppy from someone who raises them professionally (in an animal overpopulated world), you are choosing not to save a dog who is probably going to be put to death.

Chris that is one of the CUTEST dogs I've ever seen. I can't take his face - he is smiling!

And every time you go out for a fancy meal as opposed to spending only what you need on groceries and donating the rest, you're contributing to a child starving to death. How much have you spent at restaurants this year versus what you've donated to fighting child hunger?

The point is, it's not so absolute. I myself have had 3 Rottweilers that came from the side of the road in Costa Rica and rescues in Canada. They cost me a ton of money in heath costs over 12 years. The Rottie I have now I bought from a breeder, because I wanted specific working lines to do dog sport. I also wanted dogs ABSENT of genetic disorders (namely hips and elbows) that I had to deal with in my rescued dogs. My next dog (coming shortly) is a "professionally" bred GSD from a German working line because again I'm doing Schutzhund with my dogs.

I think there's room for buying dogs from responsible breeders and rescuing dogs in need of homes. Arguably, if only responsible breeders sold puppies, there would be much less need for rescue. A breeder that sells a puppy will almost always take it back unquestionably if a home can not or will not keep it. Puppy mills that produce the vast majority of dogs that end up in bad homes never do this.

Dachshunds.

Here's a pic of my current two a couple of years ago.

http://www.deltahousemarketing.com/dogs.jpg

In both cases you get a dog to look after. How do you know which one would end up under the hammer otherwise?


EDIT: Okay, as warchild said good breeders take dogs back. So in these cases there is less risk for the dog getting bad end, but still.. Rescue dogs are kinda aftermarket for bad dog factories. I vote with my wallet, it is kinda effective way.

Funny, out of all the breeders i know i can't think of one of them who would claim they 'raise' them professionally. haven't we already covered that nobody really makes money from this shit? This is just an expensive hobby run by people who love their animals, simple as that. Any money made from selling stock or puppies BARELY covers any expenses of what it costs to travel, raise and train these dogs (forget all the time invested). Even the biggest shows out there have the lamest prizes. Having a champion male MAY make you some decent money if you have a popular breed but thats about it. Oh and those dogs that don't make the cut? They get placed into homes after some serious screening. My gf was on a waiting list for 8 YEARS before she got her last dog--although it is a fairly rare breed.

You are talking about people who run puppy mills. People who don't screen their dogs for health/disease/temperament issues. All they care about is colour or size/shape.. feed them whatever is on sale at walmart and sell them to anyone with $... They flood the markets and fill up those kennels that kill the dogs. THEY are the problem. If you have ever been to a show and actually talked with some people other than just making broad based assumptions you would learn pretty fast how much money is invested as opposed to made in this.. it's pretty funny when people ask actually.