i love border terriers and lakeland terriers

Pekingese
(Most Bassett Hounds have a lovely bell-like sounding bark, don't they.)
and Pekingese again.

I couldn't agree more!!!  Thankfully, they have been brought to task, at last, and have now had to start reviewing their standard of practice.

The changes can't come quick enough!!

      

      
my Titan - now & when he was about 12 wks. With his curly tail

1. Pitbull - mainly American
2. German Shepherd
3. Rottweiler
4. Scottish Terrier
5. Jack Russell Terrier

that pitbull is beautiful!

I have only ever known one in real life.... and she was so inbred that her central nervous system was shot to bits... her back legs didn't respond as they should.  

they are fine looking dogs though!

have pitbulls got an unfair reputation or are they always naturally aggressive? i generally dont know anything about the breed

Annoca - I love Petit Brabancon because they smile with their eyes. A friend had one. His name was BUGEYE

I. German short-haired pointer   

Have you ever seen The Dog Whisperer with his old Pitbull, called Daddy? What a fantastic, gentle-natured dog he is.

imo like all dogs you can get soft pitbulls & aggressive ones.

however.. there seems to be something that can trigger that response in them... though how much of that is down to the fact that they were being owned & bred by a certain type of person who used them as a status symbol... & therefore encouraged the dog to "be hard as!".

there is a bloke round here that breeds rotties...  he really shouldn't!  he likes to brag about how he feeds them on pure beef... and how tough they are!  he has two young kids as well... and one of the first litter has just impregnated his mother... who is only about 2 yrs old!

panic edit - not HIS mother... the dogs mother... as in .. another dog!

Love Daddy!    Cesars No.2!   Pack leader in his absence!

My mate is one of the acknowledged experts on Pitbulls in this country. She has spent the last nigh on 20 years fighting the DDA. She had a pit who had been rescued from a dog fighter - I never knew a more intelligent dog, brilliantly loving with kids but you couldn't let her near cats as they had blooded her with them
She was a serious handful though - very dominant.

Chicken - It would depend on where you sourced your pit bull from.

Some people breed the PB for show - then there is another element that breed then for fighting.

Any of the Pit Bulls that I have judged throughout the world have been lovely dogs in both mind and body.

If a wrong element get hold of any breed, they can turn it into a weapon on the end of a lead.

pitbulls are lovely natured dogs but they have to have the right owner (not some idiot who wants a mean dog). I had a Pitbull x Rhodeshian Ridgeback & he was the softest thing I've ever had. Looked mean, sounded mean but didn't know what mean was. We used to take him (Sweep) blackberry picking & he'd eat them before we could pick them.

Now I have a JRT (first small dog ever) & a JRT x bull terrier. The Jack is snappy & is not tolerant of the kids (but neither am I). And the Bully x JRT is brilliant with the kids & friends etc but I wouldn't want to meet her in a dark alley.

my OH used to be a dog groomer. He said the 2 nastiest breeds he ever came across were a toy poodle & a corgi. He calls them pure evil lol

i dont think im firm enough to have a pitbull

ive heard corgi's can be nasty

Feeding raw meat to any dog is a good thing - as dogs are carnivores.  What is sold as dog food tins and sacks is just pure rubbish  I would never feed it to my dogs.

I love Daddy. That dog single-handedly changed my perception of the breed. He is an absolute darling.
My dad always says there's no such thing as a bad dog/breed - only inexperienced or irresponsible owners.

we feed my dog sardines sometimes , good for them apparently

Corgis are low to the ground - but they certainly pack a punch.  They are cattle herding dogs and in order to get the cattle to wherever they were supposed to be, they snapped continuously at their heels.

you don't have to be firm with pitbulls because they are gentle. They just need (as Ceasar says) RULES - BOUNDARIES - LIMITATIONS & lots & lots of love & snuggles

my dog enjoys sardines on toast now and then too Chicken.

anyone ever heard of a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever?

*goes into Cesar mode*

"carmmm submisssssiv"

(anyone seen the Cesar South Park - where Cesar takes on Cartman?)

Yes.  They're more curly coated.  Clever dogs too

that's what these barstewards I mean lovely cattle dogs do. Definitley not very child friendly

My nan had a corgi when I was little. She also had a doberman. Me & the doberman used to hide under the kitchen table from the corgi (vicious little turd)

Is that an Australian Blue Abo?

No. Have you got any pics, Chicken?

a blue heeler. There is also a red heeler. Both make great farm dogs

I have just been checking that Daddy is still with us... he is! 

interesting article...

Pack Profile - Daddy

thats a nova scotia duck tolling retriever i like them

Ditty - thank you for the article on Daddy. He sounds like an exceptional dog, I just love him.

Chicken - cute pic, thanks hun.

This is the Nova Scocia Duck Tolling Retriever.

i would love a NSDTR! but they are rare in the UK

They have been in the UK since 1988 so they are not now considered a rare breed.

If you contact the Kennel Club they will send you a list of accredited breeders where you will be bound to get a puppy.

3 Cheers for the forum dog Dante,whom we'll be seeing very soon.

We had a Corgi years ago,she was gorgeous not a bit aggressive.However when you'd run away from her she'd nip your heels,not bite just playfully nip.
Kim was her name .I certainly missed her when she passed on.