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While at an animal shelter last week, there was stray female Jack Russell terrier. She was fine when it was just me walking by her kennel, but when I was walking Bandit by her, she bared her teeth and was snapping at him. He just kept his nose safely out of reach. Anyway, the experience reaffirmed my dislike of Jack Russells. They are permanently on my never never breed list. They also are too energetic for me and their high prey drive is not suitable for my cats.
Basically, any dog that is quick to show teeth like a vampire about to feed is on my never never list, especially if it's only in play. And I'm not just talking about showing a little teeth or the trembling of the upper lip, I'm objecting to their lips curled all the way back in an aggressive way. I've had a pug, two lab mixes and several small terrier mixes, and I rarely saw them baring their teeth in all the time I had them.
I'd have to say my list of would own would be really long lol..I love so many dif things about so many dif breeds.
There is only a few that I wouldn't own and it's not because I think they are bad breeds to own it's strictly from my own bad experiences.
A german shepherd and the only reason is I had one for two years and we don't know why but she just snapped one day and it wasn't pretty..so I'm now a tad afraid of them. I hate that too because I am such a dog lover..
St. Benard..wonderful dogs but so much to handle..
Great Dane..my sister had one and that dog drove me nuts..she bout knocked u down walking by ya lol..but she was a sweetie..just don't wanna own one..
Dogs I would own..
Pit Bull..my all time fav breed
Lab
Golden retriever
Chihuahua
I could go on but I"ll stop there..
Well, we learned something this weekend. Our friends visited us with their 90 pound golden retriever. Sweet, smart dog. I've always liked the breed.
But way too big and the tail is a menace. He just took up a lot of room, too. It's different when we saw him in the house and up next to our collie.
So we'll stick to the 50-60 pound range.
Have owned several goldens and while I love them, I have to agree about the tail! However, goldens should NOT be 90 lbs. The breed standard is: "Weight for dogs 65-75 pounds; ******* 55-65 pounds". A 90 lb golden is probably not getting enough exercise which might be why he seems to take up so much space....just a thought.
I am a labrador man through and through. If I couldn't own a lab I would settle for a Golden or a golden lab cross.
Dogs I would never own?
Any toy breed including the chiwawa. Terriers are also out especially the smaller breeds.
I could live with weimaraner, or a chesapeake bay retriever.
I had a couple of hound dog mixes and yellow lab mixes as a kid, and they were always my favorite. Got a rottie - wonderful dog except he tended to slime me. After losing him, I ended up with another rottie. This one doesn't drool -hooray - and he's happy-do-lucky, with the wiggliest stump in town.
Since I spend a lot of time in my motorhome in RV parks, I can say I would never, in a milllion years, have any of those little yappy dog breeds. They are unpleasant and a nuisance, and they seem to have really stupid owners who don't keep them on leash, and then yell at my dog who is on a leash and sitting quietly.
I am interested in several of the Molosser breeds. Am taking a hard look at the Sarplaninac and Slovensky Chuvach...does anyone have an idea how much a nice one would cost of both breeds. Doesn't need to be show quality, but good and if I were to purchase a Sar I would like to get a white a very light blonde, or a brindle if I had my first choice.
I'm interested more in why you wouldn't own a specific breed. There's no such thing as a 'bad breed' of dog, it's all in how they're raised. So if you're deciding to not own a specific breed because they're 'mean', you're just uneducated.
So, removing the ignorance from the equation, if there is a breed you wouldn't own, why?
For me, it's the small terriers. They're high energy dogs that are very smart. I just don't have the time or the energy to keep up with a dog like that anymore.
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