Thinkin of gettin a dog...

[864x42.9tsr]

go to the shelter, find the dog that's not going crazy when you walk into the room and take him to a great home, we did that with a rott black lab mix best dog i've ever owned.

 

[goldxlt]

i always grew up with labs, and i would have killed for chocolate lab but my girlfriend did not want a big dog so we ended up adopting a puggle(pug beagle mix). he is a dam good dog, he always follows me around(really pisses my girlfriend off) and he loves to be out side, i can run him with my parents dogs along side the 4 wheeler and he doesn't tire out, but once he is inside he is sleeping on the couch. the only problem with him is that he will not stay at the foot of the bed, i am always waking up with him in my face.

 

[odie1969]

I'm all about pound Mutts, I have a little(50lbs) guy that we are not sure what he is but we have had him 6yrs and he has never had a health problem other then the time a bee stung him in the eye, wow that thing swelled(the dog in my advatar). But I also love my pure breed Bitch, Shes all 160lbs of mastiff, She is the deff. of gental Giant. But alot of folks get scared when they walk upto the door, I kinda like that due to the fact I work 24hrs at a time so when the GF is home alone at night the dogs are there to help keep people honest.

 

[HANNOCKBOY316]

I have two schnauzers they are good dogs very loyal and they are easy to train.

 

[Ger42]

We got ours on 12/7 from the local Humane society. 2 year old Catahoula (Louisiana leopard dog) mix. She has turned out to be a great dog. She's a 48 lab lap dog.

 

[Ranger22]

We are going to get a Doberman this summer; a friend of ours has 2 female dobies, and they are so affectionate. Great dogs. It would be my first pure bred, I've had 6 mutts in the past.

 

[canyoncritter]

if you can stand a hyper oh bog george what way they go.... lick aholic, tail beating, loyal as can be, bed hog, goof ball, great with kids, can take a beating and ear pulling,and looks great in the passenger seat of a ranger.........pittbull.

only down fall, they go threw toys like crazy.

 

[GreatWhite]

Shelter dog first, Miniature pinscher next. Great dog, 15lbs of bite yo' a$$

minature pincher is 15lbs of dinner at my house

Few weeks ago I went to Petco with the lady to get a couple things for her ferret. Well there were people there from a boxer rescue shelter and they had 10 3 month old boxer/lab pups for $300 a pup. The mother was there too and she was beautiful. Needless to say it was real hard to keep the debit card in the wallet. Cute little bastards.

It's good that you didnt spend $300 on one of them, because if you really want a boxer look up boxer rescues in your area and save a life and $250 ($50 pays for the vaccinations)

Do research. Not all breeds are for everyone. Try this.
Dog breed selector
Or go adopt a mutt. They are usually just awesome.

this thing really works, boxer popped up

We are going to get a Doberman this summer; a friend of ours has 2 female dobies, and they are so affectionate. Great dogs. It would be my first pure bred, I've had 6 mutts in the past.

Dobermans are really good dogs, my cousin has one. Scariest looking dog but is a straight loyal goofball. When you get your dog, bring this thread back to life.

 

[irishblessing]

i ahve 2 dogs 1 ive had for 18 years and hes still going i was also blessed with a retarded doberman i thought they were supposed to be smart

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Thats the only thing that bothers me about getting something like a bassest hound or a lab, there not exactly protectors. My little Jack Russel probely would try to protect, they tend to have big dog syndrome. I seen my little jack russel run after a rottweiler one time, lucky the rott was calm and laid back,my little jack russel ran up like he was gonna tear him in two. Jack russels arnt afraid of anything.

later,
Dustin

 

[99RangerKrazy]

We got ours on 12/7 from the local Humane society. 2 year old Catahoula (Louisiana leopard dog) mix. She has turned out to be a great dog. She's a 48 lab lap dog.

I used to have a pure bred Louisiana Catahoula, pretty good dog..other than it being deathly afraid of water. Also, he couldn't be around too many other dogs..if he didn't like one he'd just try to eat it. He had the brightest blue eyes, most people thought he was blind when he was in the back of my truck.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Thats the only thing that bothers me about getting something like a bassest hound or a lab, there not exactly protectors. My little Jack Russel probely would try to protect, they tend to have big dog syndrome. I seen my little jack russel run after a rottweiler one time, lucky the rott was calm and laid back,my little jack russel ran up like he was gonna tear him in two. Jack russels arnt afraid of anything.

later,
Dustin

Yeah, with a lab generally everybody is their friend and anything they do is their favorite thing in the world to do. My parents have a chocolate lab, for a companion he is great, but he fears nothing but storms and assumes the best from everybody and everything, a really cool personality really. I never have ran into anything that was a serious threat with him though, although I bet he would step up to the plate. At a family picnic my cousin's little lapdog of some sort was tied up and tried to start something, just having a fit. He was wanting to sniff the smaller dog as he walked up to it, so he just picked his head up out of the smaller dogs reach and went on by to the next interesting thing he found, didn't care a bit.

Our old Chow would have ripped it from limb to limb if you let her once it gave the go ahead to a tustle, but would have had the same carefree attitude before that. She was a defender, and she didn't mess around doing it. Anything that was suspicous at night got barked at until someone checked it out, and even though she was tied outside she would still kill raccoons and possums. She never mangled them, just crushed them (Chow-chows have one of the strongest bites of any breed) She was neat, a complete opposite to the lab but she still knew what she could do and not to do it unless severly provoked, Annie (the chow) and our cats got along great, as long as no one started hissing and swatting. Growing up we did alot together, I will vouch that she would bail off of the snow sled everytime she went down the hill.

The chow was more practical and I think had more self control, but it is nice to have a dog you can take places that very rarely takes offence to anything.

That said, my favorite breed is a English Bulldog, which by chance that dog finder thing brought up first for me.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDxe24ud90

I don't believe chows have a stronger bite then the Rotts 328!

I have been bitten by a few chows and they are no where the pressure of the Rotts. I have 2 and I know because I have used my bare hands and arms to train them to make sure thier pressure is there.

I heard that somewhere that they were actually the strongest, can't find anything that says one way or the other now. I guess it isn't that big of a deal to me, our lab would probably hurt if he bit and meant it too.

You actually let your dogs bite you just to make sure they have enough pressure? For what?

 

[Jon581]

here's a pic of my 110LB dobe and my 75 LB black lab
my lab was adopted from miami dade animal services the day before he was to be put down and my dobe was givin to me by his owner,as far as the lab goes he very smart, very hyper,and very friendly but not a very good guard dog.
the dobe was policed trained with all german commands but was never used and is very protective of his house and my girlfriend but friendly.

 

[irishblessing]

that would be sweet to have a trained doberman i want a resident evil doberman lol