what kind of dog do you like ?

[nhbeekeeper]

just saw this snip below in another post talking about a dog book that raised the main question http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif

>>>>>I'm currently shopping for a new pup and this breed is at the top of my short list. I've had German Wirehaired Pointers for many years.

i have had a few German Shorthaired Pointers which are an awesome dog. i really liked them alot and had to give my last dog up when i got deployed http://www.beesource.com/ubb/frown.gif I plan on getting another dog when i get home. Never had a Wirehaired Pointer? The 2 i had never hunted but they went to point now and then. the short haired pointer is very smart, strong and a great looking dog.

Mattoleriver what do you like about the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever breed? a very pretty smart looking dog.


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[odfrank]

Don't like the smells, don't like the feces, don't like the jumping, don't like the vet bills, don't like the filty car, don't like filty house, don't like the panting, slobbering, licking, drooling, don't like the growling, barking, fighting, don't like the digging and damage, ....why did you say you wanted another dog ?

[dtwilliamson]

> what kind of dog do you like ?

One that is someone elses that I don't have to clean up after.

Dan

[nhbeekeeper]

odfrank what type of dog do you have?

stuffed ?? http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif

[dragonfly]

I tend to like larger breeds, but will never again have a purebreed. Our Australian Shepherd is absolutely crazy. Comes from champion bloodlines, but I think the canine industry in general has taken to over-breeding. The best, sweetest dog I ever had, and if I came upon one today would readily take again, was a half german shepherd and half doberman. She was the sweetest dog I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. I like large active outdoor dogs that are kid-friendly, but excellent watch dogs. Next on the list would probably be a retreiver mix or a rott mix.

[Barry Digman]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Don't like the smells, don't like the feces, don't like the jumping, don't like the vet bills, don't like the filty car, don't like filty house, don't like the panting, slobbering, licking, drooling, don't like the growling, barking, fighting, don't like the digging and damage<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

For a minute there I thought we were talking about children...

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[magnet-man]

What I really want is a miniature long hair dachshund! http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~cay57260/koinu-d.html

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[odfrank]

I went to my cabin this weekend with friends and their Pitbull/boxer mix. Their van smelled like a kennel. Upon arrival, the dog ran into the forest and came back in two minutes having rolled in some kind of dead carcas. We had to ride home for an hour in the stench, and spend the next hour at the do-it-yourself dog wash. Thats why I have no dogs.

[MIKI]

Sir,
How are you hope everything is going as well as it can in the part of the world you are in. I was a K-9 MP bomb dog handler I worked for the secret service during the primaries, mainly for Gore. The dog you want to look at is a Belgin Malinois or Belgin Tervuren. These are the most trainable dogs I ever worked with. Loyal to the death if need be, great with kids. A definate alpha dog so would have to be a one dog house. The Malinois is a cross between a German shepard and a Tervuren they adapt to any environment and love water. They are a one owner in a life time dog if you think that you would have to give the dog up for future deployments get a fish.

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'"

V/R
Gary

P.S.

If you come home thru GE my offer still stands!

[GaSteve]

From what I've seen, purebreds do seem to have a lot more medical problems than crosses or even mutts -- must be that hybrid vigor thing going on. I've always been partial to border collies myself -- energetic but not too rambunctious and very smart. For a short haired variety, I'd choose a beagle mix for basically the same reasons.

[nhbeekeeper]

haha you people are making me giggle like a little school girl on some of those comments above http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif

odfrank you should have stuffed that mutt into a mailbox 10 minutes into the trip.

hi miki we are getting closer each day my friend http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif we have a group of mine dogs over here which proof everything before any areas are openned needless to say they are very busy little pups. got a/c dog houses to boot http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif we obviously have explosive dogs to which are at the gates like on any combat zone post.

i will going through GE in a week or so in route to R&R in the world. i cant wait to see my kids!!! are you going to be up in frankfurt around the 11th-12th http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif

i agree that now in the "new" anti-terror Army National Guard (more frequent deployments) consideration on a getting a dog should without question play a role for a soldier.

need to check out those 2 you mentioned because i get home and 6 months letter i get my 20yr letter http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif so a dog is on the horizon.



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[Beemaninsa]

I like the kosher all beef dogs.

[MIKI]

I was looking at my work schedule I have the 11th off and mid shift on the 12th I may be able to make it there on th 11th. I will have to check with the wife I'm sure she will want to go also, you may remember her beesource name "Toni" we would make it a day trip Frankfurt is 3 hrs from us. If you need to send me any travel info my secure e-mail is gary dot piantanida at us dot army dot mil we get some spammers but they only last a day or so before thier booted. I'm know the area where you will come thru been there myself before.

One team one fight
Gary

[roger eagles]

I like springers,very smart,learn very good,comes in house and goes direkly to mat and stays there.Very afectionet to owner but will hunt with some one else,good retrevers and learn ta stay close.Go to store,tell him ta stay,is waiting when i come out.

[BjornBee]

odfrank,
The secret is to become one with the dog. Humans are so "sensitive". That last comment was said with my "man" voice. Which of course is my only voice. Not that I don't hear a few other voices now and then. (Do too!)Do not! (do too! AAAAgg!.)

There was a movie with Nick Noltie where he got down and fed with a dog. The dog was his best friend from that point forward. Thats what I'm talking about. (Am not!) Am too! (Knock it off, all of you....AAAHHH!.)
All I'm saying if you roll with the dog, eat with the dog, smell like the dog, you get the point....

If you think about it, humans are the only species on earth that really has a thing against the "natural" smell of other humans. Bears smell, deer smell, dogs, and so on. The stronger the better. Good way to attract a mate for other animals. But for good old humans, a strong smell perhaps indicating a "hard" work ethics, which should means a ways of "providing" for a mate, is somehow meant something bad. And I won't even get into the "natural" passing of gas and its negative views. I better stop now before I cross that line. (What line, keep going.) No, better stop, and If I'm telling you that, I must be telling myself that. AAARRRGGG......help me I'm bored. (no he's not) AARRGGG.....

[MIKI]

HOLY COW BJORN you actually have a sense of humor. Thanks for the laugh! I spent a week outside a drug dogs cage just sitting there letting him bark in my ear before I could even get a leash on him. He is Nicky a dutch shepard from FT Benning. 41 teeth, 1 titanium tooth and an attitude. that dog was the spawn of Satan (Just a play on words don't anyone start a religous thread on my part).

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[ox]

We raise Australian Shepherds and have for 25 years. Priceless for our lifestyle. Second, runner up is the Hungarian Kuvasz Livestock Guardian Dog.
http://www.singingfalls.com/pups.html

Scroll down to see a picture of Uzi the Kuvasz:
http://www.singingfalls.com/alexandra/chronicles/catland.html

Scroll down to read about the adults we have.

magnet-man: http://www.tymewyse.com/doxies/index.htm

She's my neighbor.

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If this message is edited it is because I have to correct my spelling again. 0_0

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[Dick Allen]

&gt;HOLY COW BJORN you actually have a sense of humor

.....and it appears some insight, too.

[Barry Digman]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>We raise Australian Shepherds and have for 25 years.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Working dogs have always impressed me. Watching a shepherd work cattle or sheep is amazing.

On the flip side, I owned a pair of Afghan Hounds once. Never, never, never get a dog specifically bred to herd, course, hunt, pull, etc. unless you can provide the herding, coursing, hunting, pulling that they live for 24/7. And while I'm on a rant...
What's with chaining a dog up? Is it just my bias against chains and the people who use them, or has anyone else noticed that people who chain "guard" dogs up in their yards typically don't have anything worth stealing?

[BjornBee]

I have always hated seeing a dog, attached to a chain, and a big rut in the yard where he has done nothing but run aroung his so called house. I knew a nieghbor years ago who kept a beagle that way. In all the years growing up, I never saw that dog off that chain. They would fill the bowl once a day with food. That was the only contact I ever saw them make with the dog. I still remember that many years later.

I have always considered my animals, whatever they are, as part of the family. Although I do not partake in eating, rolling, and smelling like them, this is discouraged by my wife. http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Whitey]

I grew up with labs and lost my last two to old age a few years ago. I am done with them you get to attached to a dog that is so in tune with people. I switched to a Border Collie. Perfect blend of a great companion and a working dog. Smartest animal i have ever owned. With working breeds like herding doags you have to be very particular about which individual dog you choose if you want a pet more than a working dog. On trick i have found for any type of dog is to lay flat about 15' in front fo their kennel. have them turned loose. the beterr pets will come to you first. They will express less dominant in the pecking order characteristics like licking uor lips etc. The more dominant dogs will lay back and act like dominant dogs.

[ChellesBees]

I have a Black Lab cross that is just the best. We got her from a shelter, and think she was abused-she was 6 months old and afraid of men. (But she loves my husband and son now) Not dominant in the house with us, but won't let any other dog get out of line. The neighbor's dog tried to take a bite out of our daughter a few years ago, and she intercepted it and disciplined it good. She is getting old now, and we will soon have to put her down. The kids want another one, but I'm not sure.
The trick though is to make them part of the family. Like kids, a firm hand is needed. Our dog wasn't allowed on the furniture, but she does it at "Grandpa's House" all the time. She doesn't leave the yard without us. Never used to even tie her, she knew where the borders were, but now her brain is a little fuzzy, so we have to tie her out.
Dogs are social animals, and when we choose to keep one, we are it's pack. If you tie them to a chain or kennel them, and don't spend time with them, they never learn the boundaries, kinda like children.

[Sungold]

A couple years back we adopted what turned out to be (we didn't realize it at the time) a Boykin Spaniel. He was easy to train, loves to go pheasant hunting. (after hunting we me a few times, he suggested my name should be Rusty, not his) He is a sweet gentle dog around the house. No too big, not too small, this guy has completely won our hearts.

[MIKI]

&gt;They will express less dominant in the pecking order characteristics like licking your lips etc. The more dominant dogs will lay back and act like dominant dogs.&lt;

When you live and work with dogs you learn a whole new way of communicating. I learned about pack instincts. When a dog licks your face especially your lips and mouth he/she is looking to you to fulfill a basic need...FOOD weather he/she is just trying to get a treat or is really hungry takes a little investigation. This behavior comes from the mother wolf eating food for the pups and carrying it home and regurgitating it for them to eat, of course it was a competition at the mouth of mom. With domestic pets its just instinct coming thru, not an attempt at dominance.

&gt;a firm hand is needed.&lt;

A firm hand is never needed, what is needed is called the three tenants of dog training: Patience, practice and knowledge. I’ve learned more about my job from the dog than I did the instructors in K-9 school. You can’t listen to them so you have to learn how to read their body language.

Did you know if you have dog that crosses it’s front paws when it lays down that’s a sign of intelligence.

If you really want to see some of the most incredible dogs in the world rent or buy the video WAR DOGS it’s a documentary about the dogs that have served this country in the military.

I was part of the fight to get these wonderful animals the memorial they deserve and participated in the demo that dedicated the one at Ft Benning GA. Here is a link to the memorial web site. http://www.war-dogs.com/ this is another http://www.uswardogs.org/ http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/backspace/1818/

Sorry for rambling but this my soft spot and if you get a chance to watch the video make sure you have a box or two of tissues around I know Marines who could not watch it.


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Gary

[Dick Allen]

Cerberus. Just toss him a piece of cake and he calms right down.

[Sharkey]

Well...........

I have two Rat Terriers (purebred w/papers, if I ever send them in). I am ready to sell them. They are brothers. Good enough dogs, I guess. But one is a sissy and unfortunately is the one who seems to want to hunt. The other is the Alpha and shows very little interest in hunting. I don't really have the time they need to become well disciplined dogs.

I am getting rid of my rabbits too. I will stick with my bees and my chickens.

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[dcross]

We took in a 13 year old Husky about a year ago, figuring she'd be old enough to have lost some of that sled dog energy, if she has we can't tell. She's nice, but I will not have one as a house dog again. The "talking", the drifts of hair... But, even coming into our house in her teens, she's learned the boundaries of the yard(we live in town) well enough that we can take her out without the leash and not worry.
We also took in a 140# Rott.(maybe some Mastiff or Newfoundland?) about 9 months ago, he's definitely a lifestyle more than a pet. One of the first changes was a child lock on the refrigerator. He never showed any interest in it when we were home, but the first day we were gone for a few hours, there was an empty ground beef package on the floor when we got home. Also some lettuce, but he just opened that and left it lay. Then there was the time I went to brush my teeth before work, and came back in the kitchen to see him staring at the ceiling, halo glowing for all to see, then I noticed the plate on the kitchen table was missing half a pizza! I swear I had it back from the edge a good two feet... And even though he came in at the age of 8, after his owner locked him in the garage and skipped town, he's bonded tightly to the two of us, when his snoring gets to me at night and I try to sneak out to the couch, I can't even doze off before that big bowling ball of a head is plopped down on my chest, and if I stay on the couch, he won't leave to go to his bed, arthritic hip be danged!



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[Lively Bee's]

Dalmations Just love all the spots http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif There great dogs but you have to stay with them or they can get out of controll.

[hobbee]

cockapoo ,no shedding, smart as poodle ,goodlooks from cockerspanial, about 25 lbs,very trainable

[nhbeekeeper]

miki is that war dog memorial next to "iron mike" at benning ? there is a chance we might go through benning when we demobilize and if so i will try to check it out.

watched that kid's movie "babe" over leave and the 2 sheep dogs in the movie where great. amazing how well they worked but the pig took the show.

i always thought a sheep dog was that "mop" looking dog?

[scsasdsa]

I have beagle,lab,terrier cross she is a little hyper but smart and can climb any fence. great dog. had full blood lab puppy given to us, he is huge not 1 year yet and already pushing 100lb, very mellow though still a little bit puppy. you should see the mix about 50 lb but still the boss.

[Karl]

Ok, have to throw in my 2 cents on this one. It has to be a yellow lab. Lost my old girl a year ago Dec. 6th. She had more love and affection to give than you could imagine. Smarter than most of my friends. She was 12 years and 2 months old when she died.Have her daughter, also a great dog but a bit short of all that her mother was. Labs are just the best!! Karl

[hoosierhiver]

i consider my dog about as good as they get,she's smart,loyal,good guard dog,tuff,good tempered.she's 1/2 great pyrenesse and 1/2 golden retriever,got her from the pound.

[John Seets]

If I had to choose, the bees would go LONG before ANY of my dogs. They ARE family!!

[dcwilliams]

I have a Golden Retriever, Jack Russell, and a Red Bone Hound. The best has to be the redbone. She has very short hair, is low key, great with kids, and eager to please.

[cdraves]

Had two goldens out of field stock (breeder was out of Longmont Co) We hunted pheasant throughout the mid-western states.. If I were to do it all over again, I would take a good look at the vzslia

[Tom H]

If you want a good companion dog, get a Golden Retriever. I have a 6 year-old female that I got as a 10 week-old puppy, and she is the smartest, most loving dog I have ever seen. She was raised outdoors, but is thunderphobic, so now she stays indoors. She has never had an "accident" inside and has housebroken herself. She loves to perform her tricks for people.
She will not kill anything on purpose (she has killed a quail once and a rat once, playing with them) but is definitely NOT a good protective watchdog. She greets all people, strangers and friends alike, at the door with her tennis ball in her mouth. She simply loves everyone, and is a great companion. She loves to ride in an automobile, and 'pouts' if I leave and don't take her with me.

[MIKI]

The war dog memorial is right across from the museum. Was a long hard fight to get it led by a Vietnam war vet Jesse Mendez and some of his old scout dog handlers. These dogs saved thousands of lives and were credited for finding many a downed pilot. Today they are known as "The Guardians Of The Night". Sorry for the delay I have not checked here latley.