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Old October 12th, 2006, 07:43 PM
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Your favorite breed?

So I have a question for you, what is your favorite breed? I know it's difficult to pick just one so you can name your top 3 if you want to! I just find it entertaining to see what different characteristics we look for in our dogs.

For me it would have to be:
1) German shepherd
2) Bernese mountain dog
3) Great dane

Ooooh, it's so hard to narrow it down to just 3 with all the wonderful choices!
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Old October 12th, 2006, 07:46 PM
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1) BOXER (definetly waaaayyyy at the top of the list!!)
2) Great dane
3) mastiff (I like almost all mastiffs, so I won't specify!)
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Old October 12th, 2006, 07:49 PM
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1) Labrador Retriever
2) Beagle
3) Difficult to pick one......maybe Golden Retriever, but its close with many others
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Old October 12th, 2006, 08:03 PM
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1) Bullmastiff
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3) and I love my mixed puppies !!!!
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Old October 12th, 2006, 08:05 PM
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It would be easier to pick 3 that I don't like favorites ; 1.goldens/labs 2. big dogs 3. even bigger dogs just re read my post and it seemed like I didn't liked the breeds I listed!

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Old October 12th, 2006, 08:16 PM
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1. Newfs
2. labs and labby mixes
3. pointers and pointer mixes
3. Danes and dane mixes...

what?
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Old October 12th, 2006, 08:23 PM
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1. Caucasian Ovcharka
2. Tibetan Mastiff
3. Sarplaninac
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Old October 12th, 2006, 08:43 PM
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Ignorance speaking...

What's a Sarplaninac?
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Old October 12th, 2006, 09:01 PM
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1. akitas (duh!)
2. mastiff-type dogs
3. greyhounds & afghans (whoda thunk it?)
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Old October 12th, 2006, 09:20 PM
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1. Caucasian Ovcharka
2. Tibetan Mastiff
3. Sarplaninac
yes please,i would like pics and infos on all the 3 !
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Old October 12th, 2006, 09:22 PM
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3. greyhounds & afghans (whoda thunk it?)
Really ? Afghans are rare these days,could you image bringing one in the woods? With that long hair picking up everything
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Old October 12th, 2006, 09:33 PM
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Afghans are rare these days,could you image bringing one in the woods? With that long hair picking up everything
i know... not practical but i find them sooo beautiful!
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Old October 12th, 2006, 09:44 PM
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i know... not practical but i find them sooo beautiful!
They are all beauty but no brains.
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Old October 12th, 2006, 09:46 PM
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I know! We should start a thread about dogs we would like to have but can't ! I try to not adopt dogs that weights more than a 100 pounds.Kinda hard to help them into the car and when they get old and need help,how do I manage a 150 pounds St-Bernard? And more $ to feed. But if I could,the bigger the better! One of each bigger breeds!
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Old October 12th, 2006, 09:48 PM
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1. Siberian Husky
2. Siberian Husky X
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Old October 12th, 2006, 09:51 PM
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Rainbow,you cheated !
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Old October 12th, 2006, 09:56 PM
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Old October 12th, 2006, 10:02 PM
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Hey hey hey, what's with all the cheating!?!
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Old October 12th, 2006, 10:13 PM
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What's a Sarplaninac?
Sorry for jumping in here, I'm sure Lukka's ma will have more valuable input, just had to scan this beautiful pic from one of my books. My good friend has been drooling over this breed for a long time so I've accompanied her to look at a few. They are just gorgeous big dogs! They can be quite protective though so it's not a dog for everyone....
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Old October 12th, 2006, 10:17 PM
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my three

pitbulls\pitx
beagles
and a toss up between an irish setter and a newf.
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Old October 12th, 2006, 10:30 PM
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Ooooo...I think the Sarplaninac just jumped way up on my list! They sure are beautiful dogs. Thanks for the pic and info
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Old October 12th, 2006, 10:53 PM
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I took this one of Lukka today. Her first look at snow.
Yes they are very protective.
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Old October 12th, 2006, 11:00 PM
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Lukka is a gorgeous puppy! Thanks for sharing.
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Old October 12th, 2006, 11:36 PM
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3. greyhounds & afghans (whoda thunk it?)
what's with the & if it's one breed?!?

Those are pretty, Lukka'sma. Umm.. what's the diff between them and leonbergers?
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Old October 12th, 2006, 11:41 PM
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GSD(of course.... )
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They are all beauty but no brains.
Not this baby....

This is a very close friend of the families Afghan,Cash(also a Champion)Georges sister also raised a Champion.

He's got both beauty and brains.....
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Old October 12th, 2006, 11:42 PM
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So FURRY!
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Old October 13th, 2006, 12:45 AM
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I am very partial to the Four-Legged breed.

Seriously, there aren't any dawgz I don't like. Lots I know I could never live with (my hat goes off to all you Jack Russell people). I've met squish-faces I thought were foul-tempered OOOgly critters and I've met squish-faces who just have "Love me Alllll Over" in invisible ink on their foreheads. Though I do swear up and down in my next life, NO MORE HAIRY DAWGS (unless they can operate a vacuum and pay for their own grooming ).

I love Great Danes ~ especially harlequinns and I adore Glen of Imaal's. Jeepers a 3rd out of all the possibilities? Nah...I can't, I love them all.
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Old October 13th, 2006, 12:59 AM
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Glen of Imaal's? What are those?
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Old October 13th, 2006, 01:16 AM
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http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/glenimaalterrier.htm
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Old October 13th, 2006, 01:34 AM
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ahh... I'm not really a terrier person, so that explains that.
Thanks rainbow.
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