re: Best dog you've ever owned

Black Mouth Cur. He's sitting by me right now. Probably gonna poop himself. He's sixteen years old. It's close now. But I can't do it because he's the best boy that ever was in my timeline.

Best dog I ever had was a mutt, smart and loyal.

Hard to which one was the best, but the sweetest, most loving dog I've ever had was a Staffordshire Terrier that my wife's coworker gave to us after she had a baby. She was originally adopted from the pound and had obvious signs of trauma like heavy scarring. Absolute trembling mess around strangers, despite looking fairly intimidating, but the most good natured, fun loving dog you can imagine when alone with our family.

She was an old girl when we got her and we only had a couple of years with her, but simply thinking about putting her down, surrounded by my family in our living room, allows me the ability to cry on demand. So just in case that skill ever comes in clutch: Thank you, Daisy.

Currently have a blue heeler, and she's probably the best all-around dog I've ever had. Only girl and runt of the litter. Smart as hell, loving, intuitive, playful when you want to play but chill when you don't, calm and predictable in public and around strangers, 15+ year lifespan. Great breed overall in my limited experience.

Baxter - Half Great Pyrenees / Half Anatolian Shepherd. Lost him to cancer a couple of years ago.

He was the sweetest dog and loved his family fiercely. RIP buddy...

Molly 1a and Max 1b. Both passed with the last 2 years. They were a great tandem. I

I agree fully! I know this is long, but I'm a few fingers into a nice bottle of whiskey, and I feel talkative.

A year ago, we adopted a 10-month-old rescue. He had been on the street his whole life and had been injured. His back left ACL needed to be rebuilt. A local rescue https://www.bigpawsozarks.org/ took him in and paid for his knee surgery. We'd been discussing the idea of getting another dog to be a companion for our 3-year-old Great Pyrenees. My wife saw the post on FB, and the description said 1/2 Great Pyr & 1/2 Lab. We have owned several Pyrs and like the breed. We meet him at the rescue facility. He was still recovering from the knee surgery and limped badly. We hit it off immediately and adopted him.

Looking at him, I didn't see much Pyr resemblance, maybe some lab. We had a DNA test run to find out what he was. Our 1/2 Pyr 1/2 Lab was 50% GSD, 20% Australian Cattle Dog, 20% Australian Shepherd, and 10% Lab. To say he's a high-energy dog would be an understatement.

Silas is approaching two now and is starting to mature. He is an awesome dog. I've never seen an animal be so appreciative; it's like he tells us all the time, "Thank you for rescuing me. " He has really bonded with my wife and will go apeshit if he thinks she's in danger. He doesn't like strange men in the house at all.

I’ve had 2 shelties who were just the best.

Current dog of 11 years, an Akita/pit mix. Never even much liked dogs before him and he will forever be the best dog in the world!

Black Lab. Smartest dog I've ever seen in my life. Zero professional training and she just knew what I wanted her to do. Case in point, I had just replaced the vinyl liner in my pool and was re-filling it. Her and my 5lb Yorkie were playing in the deep deep, the Yorkie couldn't get traction to get back up the slope to the shallow end. I just said "Sally, help Lucy". That dog turned around, got behind the little dog and started nudging her butt and pushed her up the slope! I actually have that moment on video. I've had some great dogs, but that one was very, very special.