Reply to: What Dog?

[NickFitz]

That dog over there. Nick it while the owner's in the Co-op. She'll never catch up with you on that mobility scooter anyway.

[OwlHoot]

Still no definitive answer, so let's try another tack.

They say dogs look like their owners. So what do you look like? A bulldog? Basset Hound? Poodle maybe?

Come to think of it, now there are cartoonizers, why not have a caninizer? A site where you upload a mugshot of yourself and it selects a dead ringer of a mutt tailored to your physiognomy?

[Platypus]

Another vote for a black lab

[HairyArsedBloke]

This sounds like a Plan B to me.

You'll have to bid for the website.

[Lockhouse]

Hot dog.

[Muttley08]

WHS. I like the bit about getting a gun dog, as the training is very good. You do need to keep an eye on them if you live near a river or lake as they'll be in like a shot. Not recommended for canal boat trips

Definitely don't get a Spaniel. Not only can they be nervous wrecks (Springer Spaniel) but a friend had one (Cocker Spaniel) which got jealous of their new born baby and went for it.

Ey? Any dog can be a nervous wrecks...springers are gun dogs...and cocker's are generally no problem...any dog can be a problem - it's the owners who make the difference...

[Sysman]

You know the answer, you need a black lab.

Ours was a "failed" gun dog, so very well trained, but the most amazing family dog, would be as happy walking for hours in the rain as catching a pheasant as letting kids try and ride him like a horse.

WHS. I like the bit about getting a gun dog, as the training is very good. You do need to keep an eye on them if you live near a river or lake as they'll be in like a shot. Not recommended for canal boat trips

Definitely don't get a Spaniel. Not only can they be nervous wrecks (Springer Spaniel) but a friend had one (Cocker Spaniel) which got jealous of their new born baby and went for it.

[Muttley08]

Springer Spaniels are a lot of fun...thought of getting a rescue dog as well? You know you're doing a good deed...and better than buying some overbred weakling from an obsessive Barbara Woodhouse type

[Ruse]

Not true - all dogs are pack animals and are capable of this. There are many more stories of Staffs actually keeping children from harm (I believe my mother's staff jumped to stop me falling into an open fire as a toddler), but those never make good stories for the quality newspapers you seem to read.

LOL, it was the first one to come up on Google. We had a Red Setter when I was a child and it had been terribly treated and abused by the previous owner. It was the most docile and affectionate dog, never once even tried to bite anyone.

But perhaps you prefer these, yes lovely dogs:



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...r-1605370.html

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/...alk.1955451.jp

[mudskipper]

I'd also recommend a black Labrador - ours was quite happy to be dressed in pyjamas and wheeled around in a dolls' pram. Not sure what it did for his street cred though...

[EternalOptimist]

Last week I listened to a conversation between to contractors boasting about who had the dog that had bitten the most people! I didn’t think that people like this existed.

The world is full of sad, twisted , sick individuals.
stick around

[Paddy]

Hows about a fighting dog ?


You are unwise to lower your defenses

Last week I listened to a conversation between to contractors boasting about who had the dog that had bitten the most people! I didn’t think that people like this existed.

[nomadd]

...i've finally decided i'm going to get what i've always wanted - a dog.

...I've very little experience with dogs

...dogs can range from lovely to insane

..Big'ish dog

http://www.the-sextape.com/wp-conten...ice_jordan.jpg

Nomadd

[SizeZero]

There are plenty of breeds that would never do this even if maltreated.

Not true - all dogs are pack animals and are capable of this. There are many more stories of Staffs actually keeping children from harm (I believe my mother's staff jumped to stop me falling into an open fire as a toddler), but those never make good stories for the quality newspapers you seem to read.

[realityhack]

Are you serious ? I wouldn't let one of my kids within a mile of any dog that is capable of this:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1309601.ece

There are plenty of breeds that would never do this even if maltreated.

I'm sorry, but in the vast majority of cases, it's the owner - not the dog - that needs putting down.