Dogs,,, Just for fun

[Scrappile]

Dogs have always been a very important part of my life.. The only time I did not have a dog was when I was in the service... I'm just curious what peoples favorite breed or mix breed is/was their favorites... Mine, without a doubt was my Doberman Pinschers..  Had three in my life time, If I was not so old I would have another.. Awesome breed.. best friend,, best protector, most willing to please, so intelligent and obedient, all have  been there to serve me... second is  our Standard Poodle,,, Probably more intelligent than the Doberman, but, in a different way.. what a fun dog,, such a diva.... it is all about her.. but a real comic and really a lover,, but everything is on her terms,, we are here to serve her,,,the opposite of a Doberman,, but a great family dog.. third, is Airedale Terrier have had three,... Great dogs, fun to own and funny to be with... they are real comics, always in to something, always curious, but so lovable and friendly.. Very smart also... That is my top three. I have had many other breeds, Labs, German Shepards, Mix breeds, Beagles... but that is my top three. 

[jblock9907]

I have a part Shepard part Huskey. She has the look of a Shepard and the disposition of a Huskey. She is very smart. I always take her to check the mail and one day I told my wife that I was going to check the m-a-i-l. I spelled it out. Abby jumped all over me and ran to the door. So now I have a dog that can spell. Her and my Grandson are best friends. We also had 4 Chihuahuas but lost 2 this past year. They have a very irritating bark. 

[dgman]

My avatar, King Charles Spaniel. His name was Stewart. He’s been gone about five years now. I miss him ever single day.

[Dak0ta52]

When I was young (teens), I didn't have dogs because of where I lived. Never gave dogs much thought until years later while on the police department. I met my wife while she was going through the police academy. I was a firearms instructor and she came to me to get training before her firearms class in the academy. It just so happened that she trained police K-9s. She also loves Dobermans as well as other rare breeds. We had three Dobermans after we were married as well as three Catahoulas, German wire hair pointer, a terrier and several mix breeds. As we got older we migrated to smaller dogs, a chit tzu that was a rescue. Currently we have a long hair Chihuahua (rescue), a Papillon (adult) and a Papillon puppy. The Chihuahua isn't "yappy" as jblock9907 said. In fact, he very rarely barks. But he is the most loving dog I've ever seen. The adult Papillon is timid but I believe that is because of how he was raised by the breeder. The puppy is like most puppies, wide open one moment and sleeping the next. Because the Chihuahua was a rescue, he was in bad shape when we got him. He had no hair and was malnourished. Being brown, she wanted to name him Hershey. I told her we could call him Little Turd. Hershey won out. A year or so later the Chit Tzu passed away and the wife wanted to get a Papillon. She contacted a breeder who had a 9 y/o that she was getting rid of and it turned out his name is Kiss. She had also contacted another breeder about a puppy and it turned out his name is Oreo. So when I tell someone we have sweet dogs, they are Hershey, Kiss and Oreo.

[Tomanydogs]

I’m not sure I could pick a favourite breed they are all so unique in their different ways. Growing  up we had English Springer Spaniels, beautiful smart loyal dogs. Then as an adult; Newfoundland Labrador , a few mixed breeds, couple of Alaskan Malamutes, Jack Russell Terrier- which was my husband’s favourite. Maltese. Now we have a Sheltie or Shetland Sheep Dog, he is the kindest dog, Smart, playful, easygoing just the perfect dog. All our dogs have had their own different unique personalities and everyone of them have been so special to us. 

[RabidAlien]

Great Danes.  Awesome dogs, insanely smart, but still laid back.

[loftyhermes]

English Springer Spaniels.

[Mark SW]

Here is my Australian Shepherd I had asked for a pattern and Aggie was kind enough to help.

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[rjweb]

We have 2 chocolate labs, females only weighing about 90 lbs, great dogs. What do they say “take my wife, guns, but not my dogs”  RJ 

[Scrappile]

41 minutes ago, rjweb said:

We have 2 chocolate labs, females only weighing about 90 lbs, great dogs. What do they say “take my wife, guns, but not my dogs”  RJ 

I thought that was "take my wife, but not my guns and dogs". ,,, no?

[Foxfold]

I've had dogs all my life. Mongrels, Irish Wolfhounds, Giant Schnauzers, Border Collies and now for the last 30 years Longcoat German Shepherds. I adore them. My husband and I are both dog trainers and Championship Obedience Judges and we compete at that level with them,  well up to Covid stopping the world in it's tracks.

My soulmate however was a mini Dachshund that was given to me at 3yrs old by my vet as it had been brought in to be put to sleep. He was given to me with the instructions ''Fix It''  LOL.  I did 'fix it'' and rehomed it but he came back after putting his new owner into hospital. (the 4th human he'd bitten badly) - however, I didn't have a problem with him so he stayed with me for the next 15yrs. I lost him a few days before his 18th birthday. 

Edited October 13, 2021 by Foxfold

[Scrappile]

On 10/13/2021 at 12:38 PM, Foxfold said:

I've had dogs all my life. Mongrels, Irish Wolfhounds, Giant Schnauzers, Border Collies and now for the last 30 years Longcoat German Shepherds. I adore them. My husband and I are both dog trainers and Championship Obedience Judges and we compete at that level with them,  well up to Covid stopping the world in it's tracks.

My soulmate however was a mini Dachshund that was given to me at 3yrs old by my vet as it had been brought in to be put to sleep. He was given to me with the instructions ''Fix It''  LOL.  I did 'fix it'' and rehomed it but he came back after putting his new owner into hospital. (the 4th human he'd bitten badly) - however, I didn't have a problem with him so he stayed with me for the next 15yrs. I lost him a few days before his 18th birthday. 

I was sure you would respond about your beautiful Longcoat GS's.  Kinda surprised at your soulmate... Thanks for responding.. My first dog... sorta, was a beagle.. He was my Mom's dog, really, but he was always in trouble,,, digging, rolling in smelly stuff, seeking up on strangers that came to the house and biting them... so my Mom said she would trade me "Hugo" his name, for my parakeet.  I agreed and spent the rest of the time I lived at home, trying to keep Hugo out of trouble.. Not always successful, but I gave it my best shot... He got killed by another dog while I was away in the service..

Edited October 15, 2021 by Scrappile

[Sycamore67]

Miniature Long Haired Dachshund..... We have had three.

[Foxfold]

On 10/13/2021 at 8:51 PM, Scrappile said:

I was sure you would respond about your beautiful Longcoat GS's.  Kinda surprised at your soulmate...

Won't ever be without my Shepherds and 'Earwig' was an unexpected adoption but small as he was he ruled my kennels with a rod of steel   But all my dogs adored him.  Not a 'good' photo, but all I could find at the minute. 

[Scrappile]

Had a friend with a Dachhound named "Halftrack".  He was a great dog.

[spirithorse]

Great topic, Jerry!
We had a border collie which was HUGE and not much good for anything. He did jump into our pond to SAVE my young
daughter because she was squealing and was closer to drowning her than saving her. The dog then went to the dog pound.
I had a great dog, half wolf half german shepherd that was really intelligent, great watch dog and still a loyal and gentle
family dog. He was a male and died of respiratory problems.
Then came two female collies. Both were pedigreed. We bought Princess and bred her once. We kept one of her pups, Lady. Both fantastic dogs.
They both had to be put down due to health problems and we went without a dog for about 10 years, mainly because the loss was so great.

Now we have a male collie named Blaze. He is just as smart as the females were but, more stubborn and less active.

We loved them all but, Princess was probably my wife's favorite and Brandy, the 1/2 wolf 1/2 German shepherd was probably mine.

Right now the male collie we have now is waiting for me to play frisbee with him with a cloth frisbee that we throw in the house and then
he knows he gets some treats.

They were all inside dogs except the guard dog, Brandy and the Border Collie.

Full size collies in the house! We vacuum at least once a day and quite often twice a day!
God bless you all! Spirithorse

[dansnow]

We've had dogs for about 45 0f our coming up on 51 years of marriage, except when I was in the Army. Its been a hodge-podge of breeds from a runt Scottie, to two different rescued Greyhounds. I had an English setter hunting dog, then her son, an English Llewellyn mix who when he passed unexpectedly at 10 yrs, was still acted like a goof looking for his ball!

To ease the pain of the loss of Arlo, our second in less than 2 months, we rescued Java, 8yrs, a pure blood German Shepherd. He'd been abused by his former despicable owner, so he was quite fearful when we brought him home, but now is a big mush. He sold us on the breed. So much so that about 3 years ago when we lost Arlo's mother at 14, we rescued Lacey, 9 yrs, our second German Shepherd, and an absolute polar opposite to Java. Where Java is more like Eeyore from Winnie The Pooh, Lacey is more Tasmanian Devil. She is our Velcro dog, always needing to be near us, and uber protective of us.

Any future dogs we may have, since we are now both in our 70's will defintely be German Shepherds. Rescued of course!

[TAIrving]

We always had dogs,  small indoors dogs, different breeds each time and a few mixed breed dogs as well.  Most notably, West Highland White Terrier, Lhasa Apso, Chihuahua mixed breed, Yorkie mixed breed, and most recently Maltese.  The last 2, the Maltese, were very personable but later in life developed health issues and it broke our hearts to see them declining.  They passed over the rainbow bridge about 5 years ago and they were the last.  We now enjoy visiting our friends' and neighbors'  doggies.