Dog breed thread

Golden Retriever - have nothing remotely close to negative to say other than the shedding made me buy a Roomba

Dachshund when I was a kid - back problems had to put to sleep when it was 6 or 7
Collie - great dog.
Mini Schnauzer - another great dog. My girlfriend now wife gave one to my parents for Christmas. She was smart and a great dog. Just a pet though obviously. My dad loved that dog.

Shih Zhu - bought my girlfriend now wife one. Very sweet but unbelievably dumb. Was never house trained.

2 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. By far the sweetest personality dogs I've ever owned. They were wonderful. I cried like a baby when we had to put them down. The breed suffers from heart failure and most will have it.

British Lab - He's mine. Trained him and he's trained well. Only things he wants is attention and to please. Very smart and very easy to train (after all I trained him).

Labradoodle very sweet and very smart. Extremely smart actually. Really need to work with her more.

Mutt - he's most likely a schnauzer and yorkie mix. He showed up at my parents house. He's runs the house.

Lab/Golden mix (or so I think) - 5 years old now. Had him since he was found in the woods around 9-10 weeks old. Best dog that has ever existed on the planet.

Huge pitbull (he adopted me a year ago when he was dumped in my moms driveway almost dead) - he is probably 5 or 6. Couldn't walk for a month when I got him. Had every kind of issue you could name and weighed in at 68 pounds. Now he is 100+ pounds and a force. Still has a little gimp in his back legs. He is nuts when it comes to prey, would probably kill multiple animals if I didn't keep him leashed, but is the sweetest cuddly dude inside with the fam

Pack of beagles as a kid. Lots of barking for no reason when in the pen. Had one jip that we left out the pen when we moved houses that ran a lot better once we did that.

Black male lab in high school. Didn’t retrieve worth a dang. Dad got rid of it when I went to college.

Have a yellow male that’s 8 now. Sweet dog. Very laid back. Has never met a person or dog it didn’t like. Can be stubborn at times. Only barks when startled. The puppy aggravates him everyday.

Bought a black lab female 2 years ago. Sweet dog. Barks if you startle her. Hard headed at times. A retrieving machine. A bumper is like crack to her.

Lots of Mutts - every kind of personality with these, sweet, mean, dumb, smart.

Shih Tzu - He was a mean little a-hole, only liked my brother. Was my mom's dog, but didn't want anything to do with her either. He pissed in people's beds when he was upset with them.

Lhasa Apso - Family dog growing up, but she was a sweet little girl, she was my buddy. Always sat on my lap and watched TV with me. Was heart broken when we had to leave her with a family friend when my parents moved overseas and I was in college.

Cocker Spaniel - Had one when I was young, remember he didn't listen very well, pretty dumb, dug everything the frick up. Still was hilarious when he wanted to be a little fool.


Lab - Duck dog when I was really young, just remember him play fetch for hours. That's about all I remember about him. He lived outside.


Current Shetland Sheepdog - By far my favorite dog I have ever owned. She is smart as frick, easily trainable. I trained her as a therapy dog so she could visit sick people in hospitals and such, not ESA or service animal. She is mischievous though. She is kinda funny as well, she is scared of heights, doesn't play with toys at all, and isn't a lap dog. So she is never on furniture and doesn't chew anything. She herds the kid for me, all around great dog except for the hair tumbleweeds. Short hair shedding I find much worse though, I can deal with the tumbleweeds much easier.

Really want a German Shepherd eventually.

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I recently bought four old Lassie movies in a DVD collection and it got me interested in collies. Did you have it in town or the country? Good with kids? How much barking? And anything else you remember.

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Shelties are very similar to rough collies, just smaller. They can be a little more mischievous though.

They don't need a ton of exercise, but you do need to work both breeds mentally or they may destroy stuff.

Both breeds love kids, Collies tend to be more friendly with kids than shelties for some reason.

Sheltie are known much more to be a talker than a collie, but expect both to signal a lot when something isn't in the right place.

They both will herd people to the right place, it's hilarious. They will nip at you to get you there. It does shock some people who aren't expecting it. Running makes it worse.

Expect "awwwwwwww Lassie" all the time no matter which you get. Well not if you get a color that isn't sable.

Doberman - He has been great, except for the fact he is such an a-hole. but he means well. He just can stand to be away from me.

He actually cornered my neighbor the other day as he was walking up to my newborn. I was so impressed to see him being protective of the new guy in the house.

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They both will herd people to the right place, it's hilarious. They will nip at you to get you there. It does shock some people who aren't expecting it. Running makes it worse.

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I have free range chickens. If you tell me that a collie will keep those bastards off my porch I will be getting a collie.

And I guess I could train it to keep youngins away from the road.

Dachsund- very entertaining and protective of the family. Smart but stubborn and hard to train, but it can be done. They have a huge personality and make great pets. Think they are bigger than any dog out there. The ones I've had we're damn near fearless.

Shetland Sheepdog (mini Lassie)- extremely smart and great family dogs. Ours would look out for us as kids. She would attack a wasp of it flew too close to us. Extremely loyal but need a lot of space to run. Very active dogs. Grooming isn't horrible but it isn't easy either.

Mutt- I currently have a mutt that my wife and I adopted from a shelter when we first started dating. He is the best dog I've ever had. Friendly, loving, smart, and a funny personality. If I had to guess he is some sort of terrier and dachsund or chihuahuah mix.