Please don't tell me that's who I think it is......I couldn't stand the thought of a wonderful German Shepherd dog being associated with someone like that fella.......
...Darn it....
Oh, and about wolf hybrids- most wolf hybrids are only aggressive if the domestic dog they were mixed with was itself aggressive.
Please don't tell me that's who I think it is......I couldn't stand the thought of a wonderful German Shepherd dog being associated with someone like that fella.......
I'm definitely a cat person, but I have such a soft spot for Labradors, Labradoodles and German Shepherds.
I also like Jack Russels, but I wouldn't own one again.. It would remind too much of the last one we had.
The Iron Ninja said:
My cousin's awesome Golden Retreiver said:
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He has atheritis and rarely barks at all. But he's just plain old pure molten awesome.
*holds up finger* One small itsy bitsy thing.
It's a Golden Retriever. Which I think is a separate breed from Labradors.
I'm not absolutely certain though.
Oh and apparently, this is what professionals refer to as a mutt.
And what that one Tim Allen movie I saw one time refers to as: "The result of hundreds of years of unplanned dog sex"
Yes they are.
However (yes It's one of those "however" moments)
Border Collies are considered to be the most intelligent.
I'm not sure where exactly on the scale of dog intelligence Labradors are, but they're probably in the above average area.
Herding dogs are all generally the smarter ones due to what they were bred for.
Yes they are.
However (yes It's one of those "however" moments)
Border Collies are considered to be the most intelligent.
I'm not sure where exactly on the scale of dog intelligence Labradors are, but they're probably in the above average area.
Herding dogs are all generally the smarter ones due to what they were bred for.
I saw one of those at a picnic several years ago. Didn't know what the breed was until now. The one I saw was a black puppy who could barely even walk; he just waddled everywhere. I gave him a little pat on the head, and he wouldn't stop following me around. Whenever I stopped, he'd waddle right up and lay on my feet until I started petting him again. He was so cute!
I also met an Irish wolf hound once. A family friend used to give my sisters horseback riding lessons when we were younger, and one time my parents took me along to see the horse, and to watch my sisters ride. When we got there, my sisters told me not to be afraid of Bear if I saw him. When I asked who Bear was, my sisters looked around, pointed to a MASSIVE dog, and said, "That's him."
However, my favorite dog breed would probably be a German Shepherd. My dad once had a German Shepherd that he named King. He died when I was about 4 years old, but I still remember him. My dad had raised him since he was a puppy, and King was very loyal and obedient to him (also very protective of me). From what my dad's told me, King was very large for a German Shepherd. Apparently, he also had an aggressive side. One story my dad told me involved King getting into a fight with a Pit Bull. My dad had to hit both dogs pretty hard to break up the fight because the Pit Bull had King by the throat, and King was fixing to tear the Pit Bull's front left leg off. On one of my dad's hunting trips, King once faced down a black bear, but he backed off after the bear snorted at him.
Yeah, German Shepherds would definitely be my favorite breed of dog, although Golden Retrievers are a close second.
I also met an Irish wolf hound once. A family friend used to give my sisters horseback riding lessons when we were younger, and one time my parents took me along to see the horse, and to watch my sisters ride. When we got there, my sisters told me not to be afraid of Bear if I saw him. When I asked who Bear was, my sisters looked around, pointed to a MASSIVE dog, and said, "That's him."
Yeah, a first encounter with one of those giant dogs is always mildly unsettling (see my first post on this thread), but they're so substantial and sweet that you can't help wanting to love them...
Plus (I already mentioned this), you can give Irish Wolfhounds really cool names like 'Odin' or 'Rufus' or 'Thor', and none of those names would be out of place....
I'll think of a few more good names for Irish Wolfhounds later on this thread.
Huskies aren't big, they're actually medium or even small dogs. Alaskan Malamutes are the bigger brothers of Huskies, and they happen to be my favorite. My first dog was a Malamute and he was very friendly, very fluffy, and very strong. Not to mention that it was always funny to watch him let the snow bury him while laying on a slab of ice in our backyard.
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