I never wanted a long haired dog because of the shedding. So of course, I have 3 long haired dogs — a Collie and 2 Aussies. Wouldn’t trade them for the world!
This logic works with horses, too. No to TB’s - and along comes this elegant, beautiful, wonderful guy, and he’s a TB. Works every time.
I went dog-shopping in 2000, before the current ‘thinking’ about breed not mattering as long as you ‘rescue’ an individual, and I was very conscious that although I wanted a collie type, I was going to avoid Border Collies because they were Way Too Much Dog (that was back when the BC people were battling the AKC and they were serious as hell that BCs are NOT GOOD FOR 99% OF PEOPLE!!! NO!!! DON’T DO IT!!! GET A TIGER, BUT DON’T GET A BORDER COLLIE!!! I ended up with a collie mix who is probably part BC. Less intense, but not by much - I didn’t actually see her sleep for the first 6 years. In my defense, she didn’t look much like a typical BC at first glance, very different coat and bigger, but the longer you look, the more you see it.
I love all dogs, but for my own, I couldn’t see myself with a tiny one. My last dog was a BC cross of some kind, mellow, sweet, semi-active and a couch potato too. Tiny dogs are spoiled, yappy accessories that people carry around. Shivering, timid, scaredy-cat things in costumes.
Well, two weeks ago i adopted a 10-11 year old deaf chihuahua cross…and I’m sold. Smart, sweet, spoiled (by previous owners), and so attached to me in such a short time. I pictured myself hiking and doing outdoorsy stuff with a larger sportier dog, but to be honest. I’m more of a couch potato at times, and my 8 lb. girl is right there with me whatever I do. Giant heart and personality in a tiny package.
I have always had rescues, generally preferring shorter coated types. 14 years ago I went to a shelter to look at one fitting the above. It had been adopted, and I came home with a very full coated chow/shepherd mix girl, blue tongue and all. Did I mention I do not like chows? She fell in love w/ my older coonhound mix and there was no turning back.
Five years later when the hound died, I came home with a Chow/Golden mix. Yep, more hair…
My old girl is now 15, still shedding hair everywhere, but a sweeter, gentler girl you couldn’t find. I lost the chow/golden at age 7 to autoimmune disease; he was also a sweet thing though more reserved w/ strangers.
I also have always liked big dogs. 2years ago I added a smallish dog, because the old girl didn’t need a young hulk running around. This guy is 28 lbs of cuteness - clear dachsie in there and also something that herds. Maybe border collie.
Lets add that for many years I said I would never own a gray(white) horse again. Well…last August it turned out that the horse of my dreams happened to be about as white as a gray horse can be…
I have two pit bulls and 4 chihuahuas/mixes
I don’t know how that happen but I love my chis. My pits, one is a normal dog and the other is SALLY B! The most over the top dog I have ever owned. She is a piece of work. I love her to death.
Any small lap type dog, or any gaze hound . Never.
The mini dachshund is asleep in the middle of my back (she snores) and the greyhound is upside down on the couch.
Yes. I have been stationed in Korea for 2.5 years now. Sadly Koreans still eat dog meat, and while you will find all breeds (some purebred dogs that people would pay $$$$ in the US), Jindos are one of the most prevalent.
From the day I met some Jindos I always said I would never own one. I found them to be on opposite ends of the spectrum- either super standoffish or super annoying. I just did not like three personality at all, and found them to be very unattractive dogs.
Well, my friend and I were involved in dog rescue work here and we found a “shelter” aka “hoarder” that had Jindos tied up on short chains and was feeding them dead chickens. My friend convinced me to foster one female who had been tied up for 6 years. She was TERRIFIED of people. I took her because I have a soft spot for abused dogs. She really did not make a lot of progress and the few times she interacted with me willingly I found her to be bratty. She was euthanized 18 months later because she would sit in the corner and tremble 24/7.
I swore never again would I take in a Jindo. Until I heard of some rescued from a dog meat farm. I went and met them, and fell in love with a Jindo mix. He came home with me. He’s definitely a “one person dog”, but i am his person. I’ve had him since September.
Last month I went back and picked up a purebred Jindo rescued from a dog meat farm. He is such a wonderful smart dog and I’m enjoying watching his personality develop. He was terrified of people when I got him and quickly learned that we aren’t that bad 
and became the biggest beggar and counter surfer I’ve ever met.
If you want to follow the progress of my two meat farm rescues you can do so on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SwayzeChickenDog/
My mother hates Chihuahuas. Loathes them. Told my father when he was dog shopping that anything except a male Chihuahua was fine. Guess what he ended up coming home with?
She still doesn’t like the dog. Wouldn’t surprise me if the dog got dropped off at a vet or shelter on the way home from Dad’s funeral. I’m not sure that I blame her - I sure don’t want the dog. I can see why he was at a rescue.
I never thought much of German Shepherds. They were just kind of there, I never wanted one. Didn’t care for the loud, obnoxious, jumping on fences and barking types I’ve always seen. We decided we were in the market for a visual deterrent and wanted a big, black dog. Ended up with my GSD- best dog I’ve ever had in my life. He is neither loud nor obnoxious and he doesn’t jump on fences and bark either
Oh yeah. I do agility. I swore up, down, and sideways that I would never own a Border Collie. I can’t live with the staring. I want a pet. I don’t need to stand on any podiums. Everyone swore they were so easy in the house, blah blah. Sure. Right. You just want to win. You sold out for ribbons.
My Want List: medium-sized, medium-coated, soft temperament, resilient, social, toy and food drive, sound and generally healthy, athletic, respects my Papillon = Border Collie.
Sigh. I went to the dark side.
I never thought I would own a mix. I have owned three Gordon Setters and an English Cocker and, although I wanted to remain dogless for awhile after my EC passed away, DD wanted a dog for her own.
This time around I was trying to encourage her to get a mix so we found a local, foster-based rescue where I live. She wanted a lab. We get to the meet and greet and there she was - cute little mix whose face looked St Bernardish. We ended up getting her. BEST DOG EVER!!! Smart as a whip, active, but willing to chill on the couch. She stopped growing at 40 pds and is drip dry, which I love. Short hair but sheds more than all my other dogs combined, it seems.
DD is taking her to obedience class and she is learning everything very quickly. Since she likes to run we are trying to get her into a fundamentals agility class soon. Love her!
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I never thought I would own a mix. I have owned three Gordon Setters and an English Cocker and, although I wanted to remain dogless for awhile after my EC passed away, DD wanted a dog for her own.
This time around I was trying to encourage her to get a mix so we found a local, foster-based rescue where I live. She wanted a lab. We get to the meet and greet and there she was - cute little mix whose face looked St Bernardish. We ended up getting her. BEST DOG EVER!!! Smart as a whip, active, but willing to chill on the couch. She stopped growing at 40 pds and is drip dry, which I love. Short hair but sheds more than all my other dogs combined, it seems.
DD is taking her to obedience class and she is learning everything very quickly. Since she likes to run we are trying to get her into a fundamentals agility class soon. Love her![/QUOTE]
I’ve always wanted a Gordon Setter!
A Pekingese. Oh Gawd yes, a Pekingese. Maxie was the coolest dog ever and I’ll get another one when I retire. Full of personality and not too yappy.
A yorkiepoo. Annie was a horrible neglected mess when I saw her at the shelter and she 's sleeping on the couch now. She puts the big dogs in their place.
I never would have picked out an ACD for myself but when my ex and I moved in together many years ago he wanted a pup and that’s what he picked out (he’s from Texas). When we split up, I got the dogs (we had gotten an ACD/corgi mix shortly after we got the original ACD as well) and he was just a fantastic dog. Multiple vets told me he was the best tempered heeler they had ever worked on. They’re definitely not for everyone but he and the other dog were the only things I fought for out of the 7 year relationship. I lost the smaller dog at about five years old to a disk injury and just lost the heeler a year ago at age 14.
I love how nobody wanted the cattle dogs! LOL
Well, if anyone saw my thread from last week, they know I tend toward big dogs. Until, apparently, now. A friend caught me off guard on Sunday, and in a moment of weakness, I fell prey to a sob story about her friend’s dog needing a new home, and I agreed to meet her. She’s a dachshund/Cocker mix (the Cocker is the part I would probably have said I would never have, though she’s far more Dachshund), and she came today, and while she’s technically on trial, I think she’s permanent. Stella likes her (Stella and I had a talk before she arrived, reminding her that she will ALWAYS be #1 and that she can tell me no), my cats like her, and she’s super chill and relaxed. She needs some remedial work on manners and obedience, but I can do that. Meet Rita! https://instagram.com/p/BEq9C-iFoIo/
I’ve never liked little dogs. The smallest dog I’ve owned is a 35-pound one; the largest is 80 pounds. I like big dogs. Really like them a lot. Small dogs make me nervous - I’m afraid I’ll step on them and break them. And I’ve met so many ill-behaved ones (I blame the owner not the dog, but still). But I see a small dog in my future for practical reasons. I can no longer lift the big dogs when they have trouble getting in the car or going up the stairs. I’d like a dog who can travel with me easily and who is easy to groom (a lot less surface area on the little ones). I think there’s a small dog in my future. Oh god. I hope I don’t start buying him little outfits…
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If you want to follow the progress of my two meat farm rescues you can do so on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SwayzeChickenDog/[/QUOTE]
I’m so glad those dogs are not destined to be eaten!!
I’ve always had beautiful dogs (Irish Setters and a Dalmatian) and thought my next dog would be smaller but still beautiful (English Cocker maybe?), so when I first met my little dog Snert at the pound, my heart sort of sank because he was truly far from beautiful. Yorkie mix with rather straggly hair with longish rather skinny legs sticking out from all that fur. And yet, how can you look into the face of an unwanted yet desperate-to-BE-wanted little dog and say no? To make matters worse, he came out of his cage and while we were filling out paperwork in the office, he lifted his leg and peed on stuff probably 5 or 6 times. Yuck! Eight years later, though … BEST little dog in the world (to me!). He’s a one-person dog, and I’m his person.
I started agility with Snert because I thought it would suit him (and it does!), so when I began a search for a puppy, I wanted something small, smart, energetic. Thought of a JRT but worried about the prey drive with the chickens and ducks. Definitely crossed beagle off the list because every single one I’ve known has been a disobedient runner. Got my new puppy (Scamp) this week, and I’m pretty sure there’s quite a bit of beagle in him. Time will tell…
I never wanted a husky, but my husband fell in love with a husky, German Shepard mix. I am in denial about how big she will get.
I’m a sheltie person and I doubt there will ever be a time in my life where I don’t own a sheltie. My current sheltie is the best dog ever.
