lefty's random dog thread. - Page 4

What's the shaggy dog--a Puli, maybe?

FUCKING AWESOME DOG.

I wish I had a yard, so I could have one of the following:

Catahoula Cur


Australian Shepherd


maybe not a full blood Staffie - how do Staffie-Lab mixes work out?

Apparently they're cute as hell

I recently investigated the possibility of getting a Catahoula. I gathered from the breeders that they are an extremely high drive, high energy dog that really needs a job of work to do if they are not to become neurotic and destructive. They said that my proposed walking the dog 4 miles a day would be quite inadequate. The dog would be barely getting warmed up. So, I scratched the Catahoula from my list. A pity, as aside from their striking looks, they have many physical charateristics I like--medium size, smooth coat, no exaggerated features and a considerable degree of toughness.

I still maintain that it is damn hard to find a better dog than a well bred APBT or AmStaff if you can manage the dog's propensity for dog-aggression. I regard pit bull crosses as rather dicey. Some are very nice dogs; others may have the pit bull's innate aggression without its innate inhibition against attacking humans. I have long suspected a lot of these cross-breeds, many of which are impossible to differentiate from a pure APBT, have been responsible for a large percentage of those horrible maulings and killings that have give the APBT such an evil (and mostly very undeserved) reputation.

Catahoula's do have some striking looks.

Apparently some are adept at climbing trees.

australian cattle / border collie mix, he's 13

In the realm of a 'real' dog, what would y'all recommend for apartment living? I figure my schedule allows for a half-hour walk in the morning and an hour in the afternoon/evening minimum (most days I'll have more play time available in the afternoon), not too stubborn training-wise, preferably short-haired?

greyhoud rescue ^^ they're calm, sleep a lot if you give them some decent exercise twice a day and you'll be giving a nice dog a home

do NOT get a herding breed. they are a ton of work, require CONSTANT attention and exercise, and their attention is a huge detriment to a first time owner

I've met some Rotts I'd like to own. Of course, you have many of the same problems that you do when owning an APBT--homeowner liability, that kind of thing. And a fair percentage are human aggressive and even owner aggressive. One dogwise friend of mine said he thought a mild-bloodline Rott made the best "scarecrow" dog possible--i.e., one that would deter potential home invaders without really being a dangerously aggressive dog.

A friend of mine sold a mild-bloodline Rott--an extremely nice dog who had once been a visitor in my home--to a fellow who owned a nursery (for plants) who was having theft problems. He continued to be ripped off. My pal suggested he replace Tonka the Rott with a Bandog from a breeder we know. After encountering those Bandogs, the nursery owner wisely concluded they would be wa-a-ay too much dog for him. Those are the same Bandogs I found so scary. I don't believe all Bandogs are that intense.