Most favouritest dog breed

basset hounds forever. RIP Oblio, Blossom, and Buford.

love beagles for some reason

top 5

1 beagle
2 dachshund
3 basset hound
4 corgi
5 shar-pei or schnauzer

all cute, but i couldn't vote for anything smaller than a collie.

I'm voting for Bull Terrier assuming it's an English Bull Terrier.

i hate REALLY small dogs tho

i like dogs with blind spots ^.^

that was from the uk list so i guess so. xxp.

Labrador Retriever
German Shepherd Dog
Golden Retriever
Beagle
Dachshund
Weimaraner
Border Collie
Siberian Husky
Great Dane

^^^ all awesome IMO

Bull Terriers are Spot the Budweiser Dog dogs.

Dalmatians are the perfect size and are dumb as hell like any good dog should be. But I just can't deal with the spots. Too decorative. So, seeing as how Greyhounds and six-toed Norwegian Lundehunds have been left off the list I'm going with German Shephard (Dog).

American Cocker Spaniels are pretty awesome too though.

If I ever got a dog, I think it would have to be a mutt. From what I gather, breeds always seem to have some weird health problems.

Did I say Spot cause I meant Spuds McKenzie.

No Airedales no credibility

dan's list is pretty damn close to mine. i'd sub dalmation for dachsund tho.

yeah, purebreeding dogs is pretty fucked up.
xxp

if i had a Weimaraner i'd probably just be trying to re-enact the Blue Monday video all the time by making it stand on tennis balls

having GISed a number of these, I think I'm just not a big fan of "breeds". What's JJusten's dog?

my girlfriend's beagle mix (suspect there may be some corgi in there as well) can be a little high strung, but overall a v awesome dog imo.

my favorite dog (Marty!) I had growing up was a 1/2 cocker, 1/2 chow. he was really smart and well-tempered, which an adult neighbor who seemed to know a lot about dogs thought was strange. according to this dude cocker spaniels supposedly aren't the brightest and chows can be real dicks. <-- i have no idea if any of this is true tho

He is a Bernese Mountain Dog. He has also requested that I abstain from this poll.

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it seems he wears the trousers

Pug although I am a recently converted fan of Corgis. To be honest I like most dogs except for really small yappy ones.

yeah, purebreeding dogs is pretty fucked up.

yeah. yeah. damn. i look at shar peis and think 'you poor little guy, who fucked you up? THE KENNEL CLUB, THAT'S WHO'.

http://www.sharpeiguide.com/Shar_pei_Pictures/SharPei12.jpg

No Australian Sheepdog, no cred. Not to mention the uncommon but excellent Icelandic Sheepdog, a pup of which we almost bought last week, until I hardened my heart. Our dog is indifferent to other dogs, and even thought I WANT WANT WANT one of these dogs, purebred puppies will always find a home—I'd rather get a rescue dog.

where is the akita

http://www.justusdogs.com.au/upload/flex_img/27052008053152_01.jpg

i've never met a chihuahua that i particularly cared for. of course the fact that my mom's is the worst dog to ever walk the planet probably colors my opinion of the little fuckers

or the related shiba, of puppy cam fame!!

http://z.about.com/d/dogs/1/0/h/j/1/hana_shiba_paper2.jpg

Akitas are gorgeous.

Akitas scare me! We had a neighbor with a vicious one.
Breeding for extreme body forms is so wrong. The flattened faces that give the dog respiratory trouble, the massive size that brings bad hips.

i guess of the ones listed i have particular affection for westies and dachshunds

Ditto re: Chihuahuas. Nasty.

re: purebreeds and health problems - this doesnt have to be the case, but it takes a concerted effort among good breeders to breed for useful stuff like temperment and longevity. the problem comes in when markings and coloring trump all other aspects of the dog, or when people breed dogs to be unnaturally large (or small). Henry is a case in point - puppy mill bernese usually only live for 6 years and are super susceptible to joint problems and liver cancer (!), but the dogs in his bloodline all lived for an average of 12 years. so breeding is not a bad thing (actually can be beneficial) but it has to be done right and often it isn't.

sorry, didnt mean to derail

xpost: yep exactly what beth is saying

Westies and Cairns are sweet. Same dog, really—Westies are just white Cairns.

It's between Labrador Retriever, Siberian Husky, and Border Collie for me. I'll go with Border Collie since I have one and he is an endless source of amusement and fun, the only thing that counts against them is that they are neurotic fuckers. Huskies are great because you're practically walking down the street with a wolf which is pretty cool.

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images15/WestieBrodieSitFullGrown.JPG

<3

chihuahuas are pretty cool i think! then again this may be coloured by my having seen beverly hills chihuahua, affection for paris hilton &c

Chihauhuas fall into that small yapping category I mentioned before. I'm sure there are some nice ones out there but in general I'm not a fan.

I guess I would prob vote for a Bernese Mountain Dog, then. Although a family friend had a Chesapeake Bay retriever a few years ago and she was a lovely dawg and strong as an ox.

http://www.justdogbreeds.com/images/breeds/chesapeake-bay-retriever.jpg

I love to watch my neighbor's BC's herding his flock of sheep right down the middle of the road.

Not that I hate on purebreds or anything. I pretty much like all dogs, though I find chows and german shepherds a little aloof.

AMERICAN COCKER
don't even try to hate on these adorable, loving little fellas

I had a friend with a Chessie who would wait until you were walking away and then bite your ass.

pug fuiud

Chihauhuas fall into that small yapping category I mentioned before.

I've met a lot more chill chihuahuas than beagles or blue heelers.

Chihauhuas fall into that small yapping category I mentioned before

lots of people hate on yappy dogs but in my experience it's only the badly treated ones which are that yappy or neurotic - my mother had tibetan spaniels and all i've encountered have been fine.

cairn > westies

westies good tho

cozwn please webmail me the link to the flickr set of the little guy in the sweater if you still have it.

damnit where is that pic of like 30 yellow labs, all just chillin'

no option for lurcher btw?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioassets/photos/2008/1/24/35420_2.jpg

We had an American Cocker when I was younger. I got to name him, and so he ended up as Gibby, after Gibby Haynes.

Westies might be slightly more inbred because they're descended from a few white pups in one litter of Cairns. However, the ones I've known have been solid little guys.

enbb - link

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2225/2715799543_97a10662fd.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2539373368_ac5e958db6.jpg

<3333333333 TY!

That weimaraner is gorgeous.

chihuahuas are pretty cool i think! then again this may be coloured by my having seen beverly hills chihuahua, affection for paris hilton &c

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We bought my kid a chihuahua, and this movie soon afterwards. We were really disappointed that there was no big dance sequence as there was in the trailer.

Weimaraners tend to be basket cases. Thanks a lot Wm Wegman, for causing people to buy a dog that's def. not a starter model, much as 101 Dalmations did for that biting breed.

i've known a few ill-tempered Chihauhuas, but in a really charming way.
i love how they totally think they are a big dog, even when they are surrounded by much bigger ones. best seen on the steets of mexico.

I've never actually seen a Staffordshire Bull Terrier so although Pits are probably my favorite breed of dog and this is the closest thing on here I feel like I would be remiss somehow in voting for them. Second favorite dog is probably Ridgebacks also not on here. And third favorite is Australian Cattle Dog also not on here. So I'm going to vote for Labs even though a lot of them are over-bred freaks (like most of the rest of the dogs on this list.)

I cannot stand yippy dogs. Annoying little fuckers.

Corgi on the job!

http://www.coloradocorgi.org/images/herding/heye.jpg

I had to vote Corgi. I love the herding breeds for their smarts and loyalty, but German Sheps are too aggressive, BC's too crazy. Shelties were my second choice. The ones I've met are sweeties, though I've read that they can be very neurotic.

My favorite breed of dog (mine!):
http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww232/clobberthesaurus/maebelle-3-1.jpg

German Shepherd (dog) is everything a dog (dog) should be: substantially larger than a cat, smart, loyal, trainable, unrelenting when performing a task, nice coat, and very handsome. They're played out and taken for granted at this point, but whenever I see one up close in person I'm basically in awe. Plus they're the only way I ever befriend cops. Just last week there was a cop brushing his K9 partner in the parking lot of the school across the street from my house, and I wanted to get arrested just so I could spend some more time with "Howie".

Alex, what a very handsome boy! Girl?

These guys are awesome, too: http://www.goutx.com/english/attachments/2008/11/1_200811052100101dbl2.jpg

Pyrenese Mountain Dog. Guessing pretty closely related to the Bernese. Comically large, but gentle as a lamb.

Girl! Picture was taken while I was taunting her with a magnolia leaf!

not a fan of dogs larger than i am in spite of their gentle giant demeanor

There are Bronze Age fossils of Great Pyrenees dogs. They must be pretty inbred by now!

I am a huge fan of enormous dogs even though I know I personally am not suited to taking care of one.

For massive breeds, I love the Leonberger, which is a blend of Great Pyrenees, St. Bernard, and Newfie, but with a tapered muzzle, hence no drooling.

Still, the hips.

http://boerboel.co.za/files/images/leonberger-dog.jpg

:D

Enormous dogs can actually be really good small apartment dogs cuz they are so monumentally lazy.

I knew someone with an efficiency who had a Neapolitan Mastiff and they did fine together.

Well I mean other than the copious amounts of drool, but that's just something you are going to have to live with no matter the size of your apartment.

That does sound like a perfect blend. I'd only own a dog if I had a big house and lots of land, so they're like grandkids to me: go over to someone else's house and get to play with them, but they have to deal with all the rest of the not-so-fun parts of having a dog.

xxxps

Rough Collies and assorted sled breeds 4eva! Oh god the shedding, though....

This list coming from the UK, of course doesn't include collies, except of the "Border" variety. The rough collie (Lassie, if you like) is apparently an American thing...which is weird, because they're so much portrayed here as being Scottish.

same species, guys
http://www.funonthenet.in/images/stories/forwards/Biggest-Dogs/tallest-gibson.jpg

Siberian Husky
Akita
Shiba Inu
Boxer
Pit
French and English Bulldoggies (other ppls)

ps all dogs are awesome

I love a lot of these dogs but I went w/the whippet. All of the ones I've met have been chill, friendly, happy & extremely well-behaved. (Admittedly this is availability bias, but everything I've read on them seems to back this up.)

From UK and US Kennel Club registration figures 2006

I'll go so far as to say that MOST dogs are awesome because I'm sure some are real assholes. For the most part though, I <3 dogs.

I like cats more than dogs almost entirely because of a traumatic incident with a German Shephard when I was 4. However, JJ's awesome GSs when we were growing up plus my uncle's prize-winning Great Dane taught me to love them.

yeah i have kind of a universal love for dogs. a guy just brought in an 8 week old long haired chihuahua and he and henry hung out and became friends.

aw thx dan! zeus was a magic dog it is true.

I mean I def have my favorites but I can fall in love with pretty much any breed as long as the individual dog in question is awesome which they often are.

(btw I've mentioned that my uncle is a certified judge for Great Danes, haven't I?)

The pitbull-basset hound is clearly the best breed, however:

http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/Himg39/scaled.php?server=39&filename=snit2.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=480

i don't know why i feel the need to assert this, but yes i love all dogs too. it's just that the american cocker is my "favouritest dog breed"

luv u, dogz

I don't like small yippy dogs, though.

There are plenty of annoying dogs out there. No one can all love dogs and I wouldn't trust anyone who said they did.

i only love dandie dinmont terriers and that's it
http://www.petside.com/breeds/assets_c/2009/01/dandie-dinmont-terrier-thumb-334xauto-120.jpg

The only whippets I've known were very cute to look at but incredibly nervous (possibly because they were rescue dogs); as a result, it was really unsettling to be around them because at any given moment, anything you did could set one or both of them off in a trembling, floor-wetting fit.

best: chesapeake bay retriever, siberian husky, german shorthaired pointer, weimaraner
worst: pug, corgi, dachshund, chihuahua

i also like rottweilers and newfoundlands

I also forgot: Basenji

http://www.justdogbreeds.com/images/breeds/basenji.jpg

"You rang?"

I'm wit harbl, though tbf I just get super excited over absolutely anything other than small breeds.

"No Mr Bond, I expect you to throw me a stick and rub my belly" xp

yeah i like pretty much any large dog

LEDGE I SWEAR I ALMOST POSTED THAT CAPTION WITH THE PIC! (okay except I left out the stick)

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

^ so I really love these guys for their temperament and beauty and faces and general sense of having stepped out of an oil painting, and I might even live with one right now except: do you know what one of their genetic problems is? their brains can be too big for their heads! and all this pressure builds up and stuff squeezes down around the connection to the spinal cord, and they can wind up with such constant unfixable neurological brain pain that all you can do is put them down. it's not super-common, or anything, but boy howdy does that sound like a sucky thing to have to watch out for with your dog, and now every time I meet a cavalier with a smaller-than-usual head I get vaguely worried about it.

Dobies can have that skull-too-small headache problem, too.

wow, according to wikipedia 90% of cavaliers have the skull malformation that can cause the problem, it just doesn't become an issue with most of them. the scary thing, though, is that they might not even exhibit pain about it, and just gradually start showing spine issues or even paralysis.

this sucks major ass because those dogs are great. this is one of those instances where I'd appreciate some breeders mutting them up a bit with some fresh genes, so one day I could maybe have a mostly-CKC dog without worrying about its brain squeezing out the back of its skull.

god that's terrible

worst: pug, corgi

Harbl u crazy wrong.

Why you hate us Harbl?

http://www.polarislp.com/images/pets/IMG_0035.jpghttp://www.polarislp.com/images/pets/IMG_0050.jpg

whatever's nearby

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/2243148763_14494cfb17.jpg?v=0http://www.ciaobowwow.com/extraitems/calendar/7-jun.jpg

ok puppy corgi is ridic

x-post ^^ The two guys in picture on left ^^ = new fav guys ever. Someone needs to make the corgi a sweater though. He's probably jealous.

x-post Yes corgi puppy is ridic. I love ridiculous looking animals which is why the above are all amazing.

corgis don't bother me as much except their legs are too short for them to move properly but it's not too bad. pugs, tbh, i wish they weren't bred anymore. it's cruel! also they are ugly.

i mean they're like the best example of how to make evolution go backwards

Sooo ugly.

It's not cruel but I'm not going to get into that whole debate again. I grew up with them and none of the pugs I ever had were plagued by any of the health problems ppl so often seem to think they have. Yeah they're totally ugly but in the cutest way possible.

Oh man, you guys are making me sad - they're ugly cute not just flat out ugly!

pugs are hilarious, corgis too

:D

Eyes like goldfish, creepin me out. Sorry, I will refrain after this cos ENB loves them, but man, I just can't look at the things.

http://photocache.petfinder.com/fotos/TX1204/TX1204.11857354-1-pn.jpg

Saw her on a shelter day outside of Whole Foods. If only I had a yard, or any kind of reasonable ability to have a dog.

"I grew up with them and none of the pugs I ever had were plagued by any of the health problems ppl so often seem to think they have."

Then your pugs were lucky. People aren't making up the health problems that pugs, bulldogs, et all, have.

xp Fantastically cute.

Doesn't help that one of the only pugs I've known personally has/had some kind of irritation to her nose the last few times I saw her, and it gets/got so bad that the tissue started turning green and sloughing off. They had some kind of ointment for her but she hated it and kept rubbing her nose...ugh.

I honestly don't dislike any actual dogs/breeds, but I will say that I don't really respond to the whole "aww look it's like a funny ugly little monster" variety of cuteness that some people love w/r/t, say, pugs, Brussels gryphons, the more jacked-up types of Chinese cresteds,* etc. It is apparently not for me. This is usually less of a visual issue with pugs and more an issue of people who find it cute/amusing when they're being all frantic and snorty and food-crazed and bulgy-faced and little-monstrous.

(* as opposed to those Chinese cresteds that look like foofy blonde chicks wearing Uggs)

Alternately, an Olde English Bulldogge.

http://superiorbulldogges.com/new%20pics%201-09/10malemag.jpg

http://retrieverman.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/guisachan.jpg

omg

I love tiny, odd looking dogs the most - corgis, pugs, boston terriers, french bulldogs, etc. But I'll take temperament of an individual over breed obviously. I've met all kinds of dogs recently and there are crazy and really mellow individuals of all kinds.

Not really a huge chihuahua fan but we've got a chihuahua mutt that's pretty great. Not yappy or annoying (yet, at least, she's only a puppy) and we're hopefully going to keep it that way. She's also got a Dracula widow's peak now:
http://i31.tinypic.com/mvrsz5.jpg

I voted for German Shepherd, since the only dog with whom I've ever had a close friendship was a shepherd (RIP). They are so lovely, and have A+ comedy value in mid-puppyhood before they grow into their paws & ears.

xxxp - apparently that's a gathering of a retriever club at the origin site of the breed.

German Shepherds are awesome, but the health problems from breeding (in US dogs) is ridiculous.

people who find it cute/amusing when they're being all frantic and snorty and food-crazed and bulgy-faced and little-monstrous.

Oh so, so true. I think the urge some people have to wind dogs up until they're so over-excited they're practically puking is pathological and cruel.

I made friends witha corgi called Domingo today, he was very cool.

No Bernese Mountain Dogs, no Tibetan Terriers, no credibility. As soon as we get a house with a garden, we are getting a Tibetan Terrier.

http://puppydogweb.com/gallery/tibetanterriers/tibetanterrier_finch.jpg

xxp ^^ I know, and it's heartbreaking. My particular buddy was certified DYSPLASIA-FREE from the breeder, and had confirmed dysplasia within a couple of years.

I am not very knowledgable about dogs in general, but my understanding is that most large purebreeds have health problems, right?

If I start breeding now, maybe I can have an awesome Havanese / CKC Spaniel / Beagle / Papillon to keep me company when I'm middle-aged.

Yeah; most pure breeds in general, of any species, have more health problems than crossbreeds - it's why we don't allow incest amongst humans, pretty much.

I love Bernies!

Brussels gryphons . . . can I just:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/Brussels.jpg

(* as opposed to those Chinese cresteds that look like foofy blonde chicks wearing Uggs)

LOOOOOOL Chinese cresteds are just horrible but I could probably still love one if it were particularly nice.

we had a mixed lab/springer and he ended up with hip dysplasia too. it was sad. but yeah if i ever get a dog again it will be a shelter mutt.

whippets/lurchers are very gentle, nervous dogs :((((

re: Brussels gryphons, maybe it's just my neighborhood, but I think the whole "my small dog isn't a cutesy purse dog, it's a beardy little rat-like funny monster" aspect is particularly pronounced, and seems to go hand in hand with "if my dog is completely untrained and annoying and weird it's funny," which is really not true and a bit annoying. I mean it's funnier than if a mastiff were running around being crazy and annoying, but still, not fun.

note: I only first met a Chinese crested with all its hair grown out a couple weeks back -- it makes a big difference in how you might perceive them! this woman told me it was a crested and for a minute I thought she was tripping.

http://www.dogsindepth.com/toy_dog_breeds/images/chinese_crested_powder_puff_h02.jpg

whoa no way

i realize that as a sucker who just payed $$$$$ for a purebred dog i might come off as biased here, but breeding dogs is a good thing at this point as long as its done responsibly.

x-post Awww see that's cute!

I like purebreeds too, but the Humane Society websites are killin me. I hope to rescue a dog as soon as we have a yard. I've never actually owned one before and I'm nervous about the training aspect, but my fella is a dog person and will gladly deal with all that very important stuff.

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No, a mastiff running around being crazy would be way way funner. And galumphy!

cosign with Laurel here

jjj no one is attacking you for doing that i just personally wouldn't spend a lot of money on it if there are dogs waiting for owners, and i don't really care for purebreds/purebreeding. i mean it would be just as good to me if they carefully and responsibly bred mutts. i just like dogs in general!

jjusten OTM, mutts being healthier is apparently untrue, it's just harder to assess their health without knowing more about make-up. Being the product of a lab and a German shepherd doesn't mean a puppy misses out on hip dysplasia and arthritis, it just means there's a chance either (or both) could have been passed on to him.

There are people carefully breeding dogs that have been warped by puppy mills or kennel club standards (like the Olde English Bulldogge mentioned before - breeding English bulldogs with healthier breeds) and if done correctly that has to be a good thing IMO.

Shelter dogs are awesome too, of course. Childhood dog Bear was a lab/chow mix who lived forever and was freakishly loyal because he had been rescued from an abusive home.

oh no i dont feel attacked, i just think a lot of the time crappy breeders get equated to general breeding standards, which is wrong. its also why you can buy the same dog for a third of the price much of the time, but it will prob not work out well for you.

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like tattoos and surgery, dogs are not a good place to indulge bargain hunting tendencies

ur dog is v v pretty btw

i want a dog so bad but my apt is pretty small feel like itd be cruel to just keep it shut up in here alla time

i dont even care what kinda dog just any at this point even shitty dogs that i h8 like corgis looken kinda cute 2 me

probably get a french poodle tho

I know I've said this before -- and I realize why this is, like, not structurally feasible -- but it'd be wonderful to see careful breeding not for any particular standard but just to get healthy bloodlines that are predictable and tailored to stuff people actually need in dogs (good health, temperament, intelligence, sociability, etc.). It's like the most basic sensible thing in the world, and yet not that structurally possible.

(fwiw my dog is from a small breeder and is awesome and healthy. but he's young. I think his worst problem is mild luxating patellas, which I have only seen bother him maybe once or twice.)

my gfs parents have a 3 year old portugese water dog and are HUGELY PISSED that the obamas picked the breed, because the explosion of interest is going to get all sorts of money hungry peeps to breed carelessly. there is apparently a history of this happening w/presidential dogs.

i want a dog so bad but my apt is pretty small feel like itd be cruel to just keep it shut up in here alla time

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i want a dog so bad but my apt is pretty small feel like itd be cruel to just keep it shut up in here alla time

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Plus, I just think it would be mean to leave it alone from what is basically 8:30 - 6:00 M-F.

yeah i dont know what i would do if i couldnt bring the dog to work. not have a dog i guess?

yeah :-(

Hey, getting fed a couple of times a day, having a loving owner who comes home straight from work to walk you, and takes you to the park on the weekends when he or she is NOT at his or her day-job is a hell of a lot better than being in a shelter, a pound, or on the street.

I don't think it's an awesome IDEA, and the fact that my roommate sometimes doesn't come home til like 10pm seems, to me, to be more evidence for the fact that she got a dog b/c of how it makes her feel about HERSELF, not for the dog's benefit. But still. If you have a dog that seems to adapt ok to being home all day, and you can rescue them from something worse, I don't see any reason not to go for it.

here is apparently a history of this happening w/presidential dogs.

Pretty much every presidential dog breed ever, I think.

oh absolutely. i was weird enough to put off getting a dog for like 8 years until i could have a situation for him that i was comfortable with, but i def agree with you, i was just speaking for my own weird brain. xpost

yeah see I can understand having a dog as a full-time worker, if you know you're going to be home and energetic the rest of the time, and especially if you can have a walker come take the dog to a park or something for half an hour while you're gone -- the problem is, what are you going to do, take a month off when you get the dog to train and socialize it? that would be the rough thing, I think.

Yeah, that is definitely part of the problem.

I once had a co-worker who got a new puppy and had exactly that problem -- she seemed to not get why it was such a nightmare leaving the dog home all day, and of course the answer was that it wasn't a grown dog, it hadn't been trained and made comfortable and taught how to work with that schedule.

tbf the rin tin tins and lassies and beethovens of the world are prob far more detrimental

xxxpost yeah right now i am blinded by how much (awesome dont get me wrong) time and work is involved in training a puppy, even a smart one. add in socializing them with kids/people/other animals and yer free time is pretty much gone.

^^^ yah thats the big thing. i trained our dog when i was a kid and its real work housebreaking it, taking it to obedience classes, generally dealing with puppiness. any breed id conisder, once its like two itd probably be cool w/chilling in a nice cool apt with a couple of walks and an evening run but puppies i think need more attention than that? idk thats my impression. (xpost)

also the other big sticking point is that i travel pretty frequently

I have a shi-tzu/labrador mix who I took in after a friend came to the conclusion she couldnt take care of her any more. Bizarre combo. She's 30 lbs. and apparently full grown. The guy up above who thinks that only big dogs are lazy is wrong, this one definitely enjoys lounging. Great dog though.

I didn't say that only big dogs are lazy, just that big dogs tend to be lazy and therefore don't need as much room as you might think. My dog weighs about 40 lbs and she's a complete lump at home.

Yeah, greyhounds are supposed to be excellent apartment dogs if you'll walk them when you get home.

Yeah greyhounds have like zero endurance. 10 minutes of exercise and they are basically spent.

seconding Chesapeake love + all other retrievers

special soft spot for dachshunds too

Cannot stand most dachshunds. Yippiest most aggressive little fuckers.

guys just get an older dog from the shelter and you don't have to worry about training a puppy and all that, plus those are the ones that they have the hardest time adopting.

dude, I think an older shelter dog may be just as much work to acclimate to your home/schedule as a puppy, if not a whole lot more!

I mean, depending on its history, obviously

Yippiest most aggressive little fuckers.

lol rong, my aunt's got one and it's a loving little sausage of hilariousness and joy, at its best when playing with her Great Dane!

I didn't want to get these kittens that were about to be put to sleep because I thought that they would be lonely all day, and basically everyone was all "lol."

what are you going to do, take a month off when you get the dog to train and socialize it?

That's what my wife did - actually she's on a 9 month university schedule so we timed dog ownership with her summer break. She didn't teach the first session of summer classes so basically was around all day while we were getting the dog figured out. By the time second session rolled around we could crate the dog and deal with her enough that we could be gone for big parts of the day.

Training a puppy is awesome but holy crap is it a lot of time and energy - no lounging on the couch and watching movies, random weekend trips, or spontaneous gatherings at friends houses this summer because the dog will still wreck shit if left alone not in her crate, and we don't want to crate her more than we already do.

xxxp I don't buy that for a second. Puppies are more than all but the most troubled older dogs. Getting a dog from a shelter/foster situation (assuming it's been housebroken, of course, and is moderately trainable) is a million times easier than dealing with an eleven week old puppy.

I never owned pets b4 so I think I was confusing them w/ puppies or something

xxxxp I did say MOST.

There is a real pox of shitty annoying dachshunds in San Francisco these days for some reason. There were no less than a dozen in my old neighborhood and every one was a vicious loud little shit.

Apparently the long-haired dachshunds are sweeter because of a dollop of spaniel in their bloodline.

My family has an awesome dachshund...I think part of the stuff w/small breeds is people let them pull shit off that they don't let older dogs do. ie most people train big dogs not to jump on people bcz it cld hurt them, but make no similar provision for small dogs. Smae w/taking up the couch, other behaviors.

shitty dog owners generally beget shitty dogs, tis true

I grew up with numerous excellent poodles, so I gotta go w/ them.
2nd would be alsatians. also Weimaraners are up there.

I am dog sitting the mom-in-laws 2 pitbulls at our house this week. One is half great dane and she lets him do whatever he fucking likes (the other is 14 & thus doesn't have the energy to be ill-behaved). If he jumps on you & tackles you & starts licking your face, she says, "Oh be nice, he's just trying to show you his LOVE!" I guess he's not only used top sleeping ON the bed, but on TOP of her. It's a real bitch getting him off the bed but after 2 days he figured out, mostly, that he isn't allowed up there. Same w/the couch. Same w/tackling you the moment you enter the house. We haven't let him pull of a single goddamn thing (except you can't really get him to stop barking). I'm not sure if, when she resturns Saturday, she'll be happy or upset by this. He'll probably just revert back to how he acts around her.

i would have never picked the dog that i have now because i generally like larger dogs. but the bichon frise that lives at my house is a pretty awesome dude and i'm glad we ended up with him. he's really smart and has a great smile and stuff.

I like a lot of these dogs but I have to rep for poodles because nobody ever gives poodles any love

but c'mon look at these freaking puppies

http://cdn-www.dailypuppy.com/media/dogs/anonymous/coffee_poodle01.jpg_w450.jpg
http://www.partipoo.com/images/i-0-2.jpg
http://breederinfocenter.com/images2/20081113224105_230048_1.jpg
loook at theeeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I like big dogs but when I was a kid and begging for a dog my mom was smart enough to know I wouldn't walk the thing, and also she's allergic, so we ended up with a small non-shedding poodle/maltese cross. cutest evar. and so smart.

I read some dog breeds guide that said a poodle "will always insist on being the fifth at bridge." !

poodles w/their long legs & curly hair are probably the closest you can get to owning a baby lamb in dog form

part of the stuff w/small breeds is people let them pull shit off that they don't let older dogs do. ie most people train big dogs not to jump on people bcz it cld hurt them, but make no similar provision for small dogs

YES TOTALLY: I feel like I am always saying this here when people bag on "annoying" small dogs.

another one I forgot:

http://cdn-www.dailypuppy.com/media/dogs/anonymous/jack_russell4-2.jpg_w450.jpg

little dudes have crazy motors and are also ime crazy smart

I suppose the ultimate extension of that is those mindboggling people with tiny dogs who let them go to the bathroom anywhere in the house and then just wipe it up

jack russels so smart they star in their own intense summaries of famous literature!

wtf nabisco that is insane

maybe that's in high-density apartment areas tho? I've never seen that.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512HTH64CNL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

!!!

lol Abbott you have learned me something new! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishbone_(TV_series)

http://astripedarmchair.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/wishbone.jpg

http://aterrier.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/wishbone-moby.jpg

Fighting a complex symbol of inner evil on rough seas is a good way to stop your Jack Russel from chewing your furniture.

smart + nutso energy, though, that can be a bad combo if you're not ready for it

xpost - Abbott I don't think it's super-related to the areas, cause there are plenty of people with tiny-ass dogs in fifth-floor apartments who still walk down and take care of business -- not like I see it often, but I think there's just a variety of four-inch teacup dog-as-accessory ownership among people who let them do whatever, possibly after the manner of the royal lapdogs of yore

http://aterrier.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/wishbone-earth.jpg

Given that a few chapters of this book are in a completely darkened sea I don't think your terrier may get as much a release from enacting Verne.

smart + nutso energy, though, that can be a bad combo if you're not ready for it

beware le chien qui pense!

http://www.notrecinema.com/images/films/8000/8053__baxter02.jpg

Half-Great Dane/Half-pitbull? I hate that my mind goes to the dirty place immediately, but that must have been awkward as hell.

those wishbone titles might be pollworthy

We get insulted if our dog does NOT get onto the bed with us. He lies with his head on the pillow. It's a big bed.

i voted for boston terrier cuz i think they are sweet and cute. and i lived with one once and i really liked him. i'm not a dog person, but i enjoyed taking care of that little guy. the second most favorite dog i ever knew was this massive neapolitan mastiff named caesar. one of the sweetest animals i ever had the pleasure to know.

I'm allergic and have never had a dog so the likelihood that I'll ever own a breed OTHER THAN a poodle is pretty remote. (I have heard about schnausers and some sort of sheep dog as well, but I don't want to take the risk.) I have never really spent any time with a purebred poodle so it'll be interesting.

I'm looking at a poodle breeder website and it says "delivery available." Awww. I am having a hard time not clicking on this right now. "One medium brown, please."

reppin for the supermodels of the dog world:

http://www.bonniesteiger.com/dogs/GreatDane.jpg

i will probably go wirehaired griffon

http://i32.tinypic.com/2ljl1za.jpg

Sunny I love that dog of yours.

bnw that is a dog's dog right there

Nabisco - As a cavalier owner, I have to say we had no idea that the breed had so many neurological problems. We bought from a very reputable breeder and hope that this won't be the case with our little man. He's a wonderful dog with a great temperament.

I will rep for poodles. Smarter than some people I know.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/354111117_1d2127ab94.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/2535000600_04276f82e9.jpg

Clearly; he/she's using a Mac.

If I cannot vote Rhodesian Ridgeback, then clearly I cannot vote in this poll.

I can't pick just one! Pugs, corgis, beagles, pitty bulls!

Okay, I picked basset hounds!

http://www.greatdogsite.com/admin/uploaded_files/1198063186dutch_shepherd.jpg

Dutch Shepherds are real pretty. They used to have one of these guys on patrol outside the state dept. Apparently they don't sufffer hip displasia like german shepherds do. Wish I had one of these instead of the chihuahua.

Border Collies, because I love intelligent dogs. But then you have to love the stupid ones as well.

Any dog really, except the neurotic ones.

After looking through tons of GIS pages I gotta vote labs. They just always look like the happiest funnest dudes.

Great Danes are seriously amazing, you guys.

yeah labs are total bros

where is the option for "non inbred Heinz 57 loveable mutt"?

my loveable mutt:

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v371/176/110/1071167716/n1071167716_186702_5638.jpg

He has a fancy tail. And fancy pants. Sometimes his name is "Mr. Fancy Pants."

everyone loves a mutt. we know that.

except for otters, who scratch mutts on their noses.

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2591/176/110/1071167716/n1071167716_331191_5432408.jpg

oh no but i love otters too! why can't everyone be best animal friends

Since you don't have German Wirehaired Pointers on that list, I voted for the Shorthaired ones.

RIP Chester.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/Paronomasiac/-2052.jpg?t=1249653186

Beth, I love your dog too.

Ledge - the inability of loveable animals to be friends with each other is one of life's mysteries.

A friend of mine was involved with some animal rights activists in Germany. They broke into a lab to free the animals, and while they were loading them up into a van in the alley the lab dogs slaughtered one of the lab sheep, and the activists were totally appalled.

What did they expect? All the animals should embrace as brothers in the new Peaceable Kingdom they had wrought? Duh.

xpost, you gotta love a dog who appreciates good coffee.

As our chihuahua-based mutt waged a mighty battle with her friend the mastiff-shepherd mutt last night, the latter's owners told us how you can pay $50 to have your dog's DNA tested to figure out what the primary breeds are. Assuming that this actually works it sounds like kind of an awesome idea and I want to do this.

btw huskies rule

http://i.treehugger.com/images/2007/10/24/playful-polar-bear-001.jpg

omg

i think i need some backstory on those pics

I love German Short-haired Pointers, they are cuter than labs!

PUGS

PUGS FOREVER

i think i need some backstory on those pics

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, August 7, 2009

http://nifplay.org/polar-husky.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-Nyt4Bmi8

Aw CJ Chester looks like an all-time champ.

x-post oh god they're buddies! this is killing me right now. awwwww.

SCOTTISH TERRIER!

I can't believe they've been left out of the list. So much better than Westies.

I feel bad for saying Scotties when my german shepherd/collie cross is sitting 5 feet away, mesmerised by a cup of tea.

I saw this on the new answers page and I thought it said "most flavorful dog breed". If only.

ctrl-f samoyed

fuk all of u

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Karelo_Finnish_Laikas_sleeping.jpg

isn't a samoyed just, like, a huskymute with more poop stuck on the back?

x-post But those aren't samoyeds! What are they?

woah this puppy is ridiculous.

http://cdn-www.dailypuppy.com/media/dogs/anonymous/tintin_samoyed13.jpghttp://cdn-www.dailypuppy.com/media/dogs/anonymous/tintin_samoyed05.jpg

those are karelo-finnish laikas

this is a samoyed

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:UlD4ylmX1esn5M:http://cdn-www.dailypuppy.com/media/dogs/anonymous/tintin_samoyed10.jpg

I did say all the sled dogs. :( I luf them all.

Those Finnish foxes especially.

x-posts - Same puppy I just posted - Tin Tin! He's insanely cute.

The finnish things are really fox-like.

Aww, Darin, hopefully nothing I said freaked you out -- I mean, it certainly seems like the vast majority of them are fine, and hopefully your guy will stay in the clear for a whole long life. (I like them so much!)

"As our chihuahua-based mutt waged a mighty battle with her friend the mastiff-shepherd mutt last night, the latter's owners told us how you can pay $50 to have your dog's DNA tested to figure out what the primary breeds are. Assuming that this actually works it sounds like kind of an awesome idea and I want to do this."

I think it's still pretty limited as far as the breeds that can be ID (or at least it was the last I checked.)

all the sled dogs

<3

oh god:

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/8c/1/AAAAAuFFTi0AAAAAAIwb5w.jpg

Someone pls buy me that puppy. kthx.

Look at him!!!!! *dies*

Collies (not rly a sled dog but shut up), samoyeds, malamutes, huskies. Pretty much give me three steps away from "wolf" or at least look like it. :)

Malamutes are awesome, it's true

http://www.vesera.com/shandael/index.1.jpg

http://www.snowflakemalamutes.it/images/cuccioli_Smokie_Paw_40_giorni.jpg

http://familycollies.com/images/porchimg_0117__600_x_378_.jpg

That's cool, Nabisco. His mom & dad seemed really healthy, so I think he'll be fine.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/fabrickd/DSC00899sm.jpg?t=1249666373

That pic above killed my browser.

ahhhhhhhhh laurel!

Why is the head-tilt so cruelly appealing? It just breaks the parts of the brain that sense adorability.

so true

Labs for life! Love you, Maggie!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/DSC01067.jpg

Awww... She's looking all after-I-die-you're-going-to-turn-MY-fur-into-carpets-and-chair-covers-too-aren't-you sad :-(

(Hold on, I'm having a déjà vu - have you posted that picture before and have I joked something similar then too?)

yes!

those are karelo-finnish laikas - duh, obviously..

ok, sorry. Maggie is beautiful, though. (xpost)

american staffordshire terrier write in

HI DERE OTM as always.

ENBB that isnt our great dane but this galoot is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/equinestate/2890648663/

Ha! He's awesome.

Does he run everywhere he goes?

its a she and if youre built like a racehorse you might as well race!

<3 maggie

Laurel, are those four pups some sort of collie? I want. I have a sheepdog jones.

Based on cuteness alone, I would also go for the Laikas, but then I read this: "Barking.+> Some hunters report that the Karelo-Finnish Laika is less barky than the Finnish Spitz. Nevertheless, it is the most excitable Russian Laika and barks by any slight reason."

They look like cousins of Icelandic Shepherds, another Spitz breed.
Karelo-Finnish Laika pics

Icelandic Sheepdog pics

http://www.canadasguidetodogs.com/customergraphics/icelandic1.jpg

whoa

haha it's a cousin of best beloved tuppence obviously

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23536565@N00/3799779908/

Boston Terrier. There's really no contest here; America called, it said, "I made you the best dog ever."

Exhibit A:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2580/3799779908_7f2dabb86c.jpg

hi dere Exhibit A i took the same picture!

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dakeUWS68QQ/Sj2Qlb0UKBI/AAAAAAAAAYA/O8kQy0SLs_Q/s640/P1000434.JPG

bostons are sweet and bouncy but they do snort and fart a lot

and also sleep a lot

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dakeUWS68QQ/Sj2QnyUqeyI/AAAAAAAAAYc/78tTNj6FAWM/s640/P1000441.JPG

Hahahahaha. <3 Boston terriers.

You guys might convert me into a dog lover yet, along with my new friend's undying love of all dogs. She has a boston terrier named Mabel that is the first dog I've felt affection for since I was a kid. I'll try to find a photo to post here.

henry would like to offer a bribe in order to earn his place in the next poll

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3515/3800287714_d8c2bbb483.jpg

^^ note: zebra is life size

I don't really know what type of mutt the fam dog is (we think mostly English Setter) but he is better than all others.

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v62/8/65/19400695/n19400695_30292316_384.jpg

Snorting/snoring/farting from Boston Terriers is a feature, not a bug.

Here is beardog puppy with whom I am in love. What is he??

http://22.media.tumblr.com/9cyPFQbgCqvsw4gctEW2TnCoo1_500.jpg

hahaha erica i thought that guy was trying to buy a beardog.

clotpoll's dog is insanely beautiful.

just noticed the distinct lack of PULI on the list of choices. quel dommage!

http://biobrill.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/jumping-puli.jpg

Because it's a poll about dogs not mops!

Awww but I bet he's a happy fellow despite the fur.

Ok this fluffy little bastard has stolen my heart this morning:

http://3.media.tumblr.com/x3Rmp1Hjoqs8s379UQXrm3ioo1_500.jpg

look at those paws

I am loving everybody's dogs! My co-worker has a Boston, and he's a total clown lover-boy. Which is not to say I approve of the squashed-face breeding, yadda yadda canned-speech.

Henry! Puppy! Speckled Clotpoll doggy!

As to identity of bear-pup, probably a herding breed, given the locale.

Met the dopest little Chinook puppy last night. Supposedly they're not really into barking, which is a pretty big plus in my book.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

grebt dane!

Not a voting option, sadly, but here's my Shiba Inu, Theo:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3534/3806145442_02cac34423.jpg

<3 shiba inus!!!!

They're amazing dogs. Spooky eye effect going on, though!

last xmas i took a miniature hike in the mountains and encountered a family with a brand new shiba inu puppy that was the cuetest of puppies.

They are the cuetest, it's true. He's very loving, too, although a total snob.

They are pretty awesome.

Clotpoll's doggie I fell in love with on another thread; my life will be unfulfilled if I do not get to have him and love him for all eternity. Mr. Que supports me on this and working on a dognapping plan as we speak. It's gonna be a "Raising Arizona" type operation, only we won't be giving doggie back.

I saw a shiba inu puppy last week and they're pretty great - the owner said it was more like a cat than a dog, in that it didn't really seem to care if they were around or not and was otherwise pretty aloof.

really? all the shiba's i've met have been super sweet and loving. esp one i met at a bar once, but maybe he was just tipsy.

*shibas, i can't believe i did that!!!

Gotta be one of the retrievers for me

no pekingese no credibility

http://media.photobucket.com/image/corgis%20beach/jadieladie_img/Corgis.jpg

http://www.doggedlydetermined.com/images/artwork/stock/preview/bassets.jpg

http://cityrag.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/pugs_in_hats.jpg

Was looking around for family portraits with dogs and found this one(if it loads):

http://pro.corbis.com/images/HU061394.jpg?size=67&uid=18ABE055-9AE5-4B33-97D0-310874805101

<3 matrixbassets <3

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

A German Pug Retriever would be the greatest mix ever.

I don't want to even think about what that might look like.

This is not a poodle, but a Barbet. Rare and cuet.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/2864529056_eb73ce8ebb.jpg

so glad no one likes dachshunds!

xpost: Bet he's hypoallergenic!

I held someone's wirehaired dachsund puppy at the farmer's market the other day, it was a total sweetheart. Also noticed gay men seem to be moving to mini dachshunds from pugs; in the Tube a couple of months back gay couple was with two cute roan dachsunds. What are their names? Apollo and Hermes.

>>>>don't really know what type of mutt the fam dog is (we think mostly English Setter) but he is better than all others.

That dog is beautiful, mutts are the best! They seem to me to be more malleable in personality.

Strong poodle showing!!
They're apparently the 2nd smartest of all teh breeds!

I don't want to live in a world where labs win this kind of shit.

I saw a french bulldog puppy being taken out for a walk today who had both back legs broken. He was walking along mostly on his front legs with his tiny casted back legs sometimes bouncing on the ground to help out a little bit, all while making an extremely determined looking french bulldog face. It was the most awesome heartbreaking thing ever.

xxxpost

yeah, he came from the pound, about 1 year old, we have no idea about his previous owners but he's the sweetest dog we've ever had. Wish I saw him more than a few times per year.

late post-poll-closing vote for german shorthaired pointer.

I don't want to live in a world where labs win this kind of shit.

it's ok, they still love you

I don't want to know how smart the poodle is, it would break my heart to see something smarter than my dog in a body so un-cute.

suzy's (sister's?) poodle upthread is top notch, i <3.

I saw a french bulldog puppy being taken out for a walk today who had both back legs broken. He was walking along mostly on his front legs with his tiny casted back legs sometimes bouncing on the ground to help out a little bit, all while making an extremely determined looking french bulldog face. It was the most awesome heartbreaking thing ever.

― joygoat, Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:00 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

oh my god. i love french bulldogs.

<3 ENBB but u have loopy dog taste. :)

^ stru. i voted german shorthaired pointer like steve shasta

^sfalse. ENBB has a++++ dog taste imo

don't worry enbb sb'd those 2

:D Cozwn

It's ok guys I know they're not everyone's cup of tea. I like lots of dogs though not just the scrunched up little ones!

No votes for the Shelty? Now I feel bad.

I'm actually surprised no one voted for the Dogue (Dogue de Bordeaux, that is).

Beeps and I took a walk by the lake on Sunday to find turtles and ducks when we came across a yellow lab puppy. We both flipped out for his cuteness.

I'm actually surprised no one voted for the Dogue (Dogue de Bordeaux, that is).

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:41 AM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Dogue_de_Bordeaux_standing.jpg/620px-Dogue_de_Bordeaux_standing.jpg
"I don't need your votes."

<3 ENBB but u have loopy dog taste. :)

wat?

http://jared-and-eryn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/french-bulldog-puppy4.jpg

Eeewwwwww.

It's an albino bat with cataracts.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE HIM.

They're just so ridiculous looking that they're instantly lovable imo.

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/linelevel/french-bulldog-puppy.jpg

^ was put on this planet to make ma laugh and give it cuddles, i think

Laurel I do not want to traumatize you so pls accept this picture of a very cute malamute taking a dip as my peace offering:

http://puppydogweb.com/gallery/alaskanmalamutes/alaskanmalamute_patterson.jpg

They're just so ridiculous looking that they're instantly lovable imo.

Do not have this impulse w/r/t dogs or with people, either. "Ridiculous" is not a term of endearment.

xp Hee!

You might also enjoy a basket full of husky pups:

http://siberianhuskypuppiesblog.com/files/crowded.jpg

"ridiculous looking" is a term of endearment w/dogs tho. do you want your dogs to be handsome? o_O

demonspawn! xp

didn't vote in time but would have voted German Shorthair Pointer. lovely dogs.

http://animal-world.com/dogs/Non-Sporting-Dog-Breeds/images/FrenchBulldogWDN_Ap6D.jpg

^ just picture this guy with back legs in casts huffing and puffing and being a goddamn hero by walking with his front ones and tell me your heart wouldn't melt.

oh man I'm gonna cry

i repped for the bichon on here cuz i have one. they are super great dogs. look at this littel guy.
http://berryview.gtownweb.com/__oneclick_uploads/2009/01/max_bichon_frise_01_jpg_w450.jpg

do you want your dogs to be handsome?

Um. Yes? Cuteness is for puppies and other baby things.

xp Bichons are the only real exception to my feelings about small dogs. They have a sturdiness (or at least enough fur to pretend to one) that other little dogs lack. The only adult Bichon I've known, though, was HORRIBLE because he'd been taught to be. Very sad.

sb

http://i27.tinypic.com/29bdgtv.jpg
my homie! dirty face and all

joygoat - why you gonna break that dogs' legs?!

so mean!

The huskies do look like they're plotting world domination and we're all going to die. Luckily, world leaders have SO FAR been able to confine them to a laundry basket.

NB: French Bulldogs are also infinitely sweet and loving and just basically congenitally incapable of fearing non-awful humans.

I bear no ill will and wish that no french bulldogs (or any dogs for that matter) have broken legs. Just trying to recreate the sad yet determined scene from last night.

(but i voted huskies because i grew up with them and they are the best)

http://siberianhuskypuppiesblog.com/files/crowded.jpg

Look at this grey guy front & center. What kind of thoughts is he trying to hypnotically beam into your head?

He looks like Putin.

The reason why they're all in the basket is that they're being taken to see a Puppy Exorcist.

http://files.myopera.com/sanshan/files/husky%20pup.jpg

look at these lil goofballs:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_01/danepuppies2MEN0808_700x358.jpg

omg omg omg
I want to get down on that grass and play with all those little guys. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH.

SO MANY.

funny, they don't look like TEH VICIOUSEST BREED

What are they sitting on? A really long leg?

They caught a snake!

rolled up blanket of DOOM

http://www.big-dog-clothing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pit-bull-puppy1.jpg

I've sat in so many piles of puppies!

<3

Not very many votes, considering the pet-obsessiveness of this board. Odd. I think serious partisanship to unlisted breeds stopped many people from casting a vote at all. We need a salon des refuses poll.

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME (french bulldog division)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0-Sv6YnxEc

OMG I LOVE HIM.

I just want to pick him up and kiss his little face.

haha of course you do

;p

Ive never liked dogs and always been on edge around them, but i have now twice spent time with a Lhasa Apso and felt comfortable

This is the dog for people who dont feel comfortable around dogs

My first dogs was a Lhasa named Chop Chop. She was the best!

http://i60.tinypic.com/besb28.jpg

Dat's her dressed in my brownie hat and sash sometime in the mid-80s.

I had a Tibetan terrier (very similar dog) in high school and she was great! Not a foo-foo yip-yip dog, they have a big dog personality & smarts in a fluffball body.

Tash is my second experience with a Lhasa Apso, the first was Finn, a couple of months ago. Tash is a puppy, Finn is a grumpy old man. Finn didnt like it when Tash arrived at his house, but when Finn was brought to Tash's house he was more ok with it. I felt comfortable with Finn a few months, and so i was ready for Tash.

I picked up Tash and rubbed her tummy

My favourite breeds are Jack Russell and Border Collie. But we've always had them in our farming family. But it's hard to imagine me preferring anything over Jack Russells.

So cute, with an intelligent face:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/TibetanTerrier-Dali.jpg

why was sheltie not an option? shelties are the best. well, them and border collies. smartest dogs. among the prettiest, too.

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images6/Sheltie3333.jpg

see?

this is the best thing on youtube btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFwmUllLcR4

:D

he loves that dog so much!

the game the dog comes up is pretty clever, i think. goes to show that an adult sheltie is probably smarter than a baby human.

that's not to take anything away from babies, btw.

BRILLIANT! I love how excited the dog is, and his happy "play with me" gesture!!! I do love shelties.

I can't stop watching it. This dog is seriously happy and it's just so so cute.

Awww! He gave the baby kisses!

Dude. Amateurist. What are you trying to do to me with this video my God. ;)

affenpinscher or gtfo

For the love of god stop that horrific noise.

the baby laughing? :( I thought you liked babies!

Best Affen

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/02/13/sports/subDOG-refer/subDOG-refer-articleLarge.jpg

^^^ Banana Joe!

Affe means monkey in German and they kinda look like little monkeys.

i love banana joe and i love his son!!!

No love for little fluffball breeds like the Bichon or the Pomeranian?

I am just TOO funny! I must keep the old ladies entertained:

http://dog-breeds.findthebest.com/sites/default/files/465/media/images/Pomeranian_891814.jpg

god they smell

so cute

they smell so cute

I only like quiet babies.

This is my black labrador retriever Dogsby, he always gets excited (in a non-threatening manner) when the cows are grazing, he is quite a character. He certainly has more friends than me in this town.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3k6i28ipdko9wvy/SAM_0313.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3k6i28ipdko9wvy/SAM_0313.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3k6i28ipdko9wvy/SAM_0313.JPG?dl=0

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/SAM_0313.JPG?_subject_uid=297471241&w=AAAsLLG_3urotoZDH1CLmVdo6ZQyWfmyJHPY9ibVJDGPlg

i don't know what breed but get a load of this beautiful dog:

http://www.shorpy.com/node/19076?size=_original

xelab, your black lab seems like a sweetheart! i love when animals curiously interact with other animals.

do any of y'all have a border collie or B.C. mix?

I've never had one personally but I've spent a lot of time around them...? They are my aunt's dog of preference. They're really pretty and can be really smart, although one of her current ones is a bit dim and the other one is a bit weird. I was staying with my aunt last year for a few weeks and the dim dog barked insanely at me or my brother or other half every time she saw us in the house and didn't get used to our presence until a couple days before I left. The weird dog constantly stalks their cat, always with a chew toy in its mouth -- I guess so it already has something to chew on and isn't tempted to chomp the cat? Not that it could catch it, the cat appears to be smarter than the dogs.

My aunt and her husband both work daytime office jobs and travel a lot so the dogs spend a lot of time at dog daycare. Probably not the best breed of dog for that lifestyle, let alone two of them.

I grew up with a collie cross labrador. He'd been born on a farm and hadn't had the best start in life so was always a little boisterous. Great fun and nice temperament otherwise, but LOTS of energy.

can't imagine having any other kind of dog to be honest. always find them to be very intelligent & sensitive to what's going on around them. and yes to the lots of energy^