lefty's random dog thread.

[dfagdfsh]

honestly I think the biggest thing for me is getting over the fact that the dog won't really live very long

 

[Rambo]

Teger, why not just get something like a lab?

 

[dfagdfsh]

we like having exotic/lesser known breeds and I think finding a well bred lab would be a *****.

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by Teger

we like having exotic/lesser known breeds and I think finding a well bred lab would be a *****.

Not really, there are plenty of good hunting/working line labs out there. Much more high-drive, high-energy dogs than your typical pet-line "Pigrador," but wonderful dogs, nonetheless. Like most unspoiled dogs, they will be happiest with a job of work to do...and way easier to live with!

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by lefty

Try one of these:

Correct me of I'm wrong, but aren't you a young dude? Are you ready to handle a 150 lb. dog?

lefty

Funny story: I was talking to the aforementioned Donald Stocks, and I mentioned that a woman I know had gotten a Caucasion Ovtcharka. (They are supposed to be fee-rocious and helluva lot of dog, by way of background.) I remarked, "But she had little trouble training it, but then she is used to handling some pretty formidable animals. She's got some critters that would literally eat Mondavu [his stud Tosa] or anything else in your yard."

Well, Mr. Jan," Stocks replied, "Would you like to put some money on that?"

"Any amount you name if she would be willing to have a match, which I doubt, but it would not be an honorable bet."

"What's she got?"

"A tiger." (She owns or owned the tiger that was used in the early 1990s movie version of "The Jungle Book" starring one of Bruce Lee's sons. Coincidentally, my grandfather was art director for the 1942 "Jungle Book" starring Sabu the Elephant Boy.)

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by lefty

Don't screw with the livestock in Turkey.

lefty

There was a woman in my neighborhood who had a Kangal--a ***** and not nearly as imposing as the dog in those pictures. I think she rued her choice. She was not that dog-wise, was unused to the *****'s primitive characteristics and found her a real test of management.

One trainer friend described the Anatolians, including the Kangal and Akbash, as being sort of like a Great Pyrennes with more of a temper. There was an Akbash in my neighborhood earlier that I ran into a couple of times. It seemed like an okay dog--seemingly steadier than the Kangal.

I wonder if wolves are still much of a problem in Turkey. A friend of mine who was there with the army in the 1970s said they sure were then. There were instances of wolves actually pulling down armed sentries outside of Turkish military installations. I think eastern Turkey was still pretty wild. A tiger was even killed there during the 1970s, presumably one of the last of the famed Hyrcanian tigers of antiquity. Some ancient writers mention the formidable Hyrcanian dog, which was supposed to be half dog and half-tiger!

 

[redcaimen]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

There was a woman in my neighborhood who had a Kangal--a ***** and not nearly as imposing as the dog in those pictures.

Yeah, but how about her dog?

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by redcaimen

Yeah, but how about her dog?

what's up with that dog's elbow?

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by edmorel

what's up with that dog's elbow?

Callouses. All big dogs get 'em.

 

[rnoldh]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

Callouses. All big dogs get 'em.

Why would all big dogs get them, and not medium or small dogs?

Or do medium and small dogs often get callouses too?

 

[dfagdfsh]

big dogs weigh more

 

[lefty]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

Funny story: I was talking to the aforementioned Donald Stocks, and I mentioned that a woman I know had gotten a Caucasion Ovtcharka. (They are supposed to be fee-rocious and helluva lot of dog, by way of background.) I remarked, "But she had little trouble training it, but then she is used to handling some pretty formidable animals. She's got some critters that would literally eat Mondavu [his stud Tosa] or anything else in your yard."

Well, Mr. Jan," Stocks replied, "Would you like to put some money on that?"

"Any amount you name if she would be willing to have a match, which I doubt, but it would not be an honorable bet."

"What's she got?"

"A tiger." (She owns or owned the tiger that was used in the early 1990s movie version of "The Jungle Book" starring one of Bruce Lee's sons. Coincidentally, my grandfather was art director for the 1942 "Jungle Book" starring Sabu the Elephant Boy.)

The one Tiger I met (took it for a walk on the streets of Mexico City) was a *****cat to deal with. A sharp bop on the nose and he complied.

Originally Posted by JLibourel

There was a woman in my neighborhood who had a Kangal--a ***** and not nearly as imposing as the dog in those pictures. I think she rued her choice. She was not that dog-wise, was unused to the *****'s primitive characteristics and found her a real test of management.

One trainer friend described the Anatolians, including the Kangal and Akbash, as being sort of like a Great Pyrennes with more of a temper. There was an Akbash in my neighborhood earlier that I ran into a couple of times. It seemed like an okay dog--seemingly steadier than the Kangal.

I wonder if wolves are still much of a problem in Turkey. A friend of mine who was there with the army in the 1970s said they sure were then. There were instances of wolves actually pulling down armed sentries outside of Turkish military installations. I think eastern Turkey was still pretty wild. A tiger was even killed there during the 1970s, presumably one of the last of the famed Hyrcanian tigers of antiquity. Some ancient writers mention the formidable Hyrcanian dog, which was supposed to be half dog and half-tiger!

Probably some wolves left, plus human wolves, other dogs. I don't know much about LGDs, but they seem pretty formidable on their own territory.

lefty

 

[lefty]

I like dogs. Squirrels on the other hand . . . rats with bushy tails. But once in a while you just have to root for the underdog in a fight.

lefty

 

[Rambo]

^The look on the dog's face

 

[lefty]

Originally Posted by Teger

we like having exotic/lesser known breeds and I think finding a well bred lab would be a *****.

If you're after a little known water dog there are a couple that come to mind.

Curly-coated Retriever:

Irish Water Spaniel:

Both uncommon and relatively healthy.

lefty