re: Tell me about your dog "breed" & why their great.

A friend has a golden doodle. Big strong dog, he's trained to get beer out of the fridge. He shuts the door too.

I've always appreciated the beauty of a GSP but couldn't tell you anything about them other than what I've read here. "They need to run"

if you think you want a hound, consider a bloodhound. They are the sweetest smartest most entertaining dogs I’ve ever had.

you can probably imagine the good stuff, so I’ll tell you the bad stuff

-ears, constant maintenance
-toenails, constant maintenance
-loud (you’d better want to have a conversation)
-hardheaded, they do and go where they want to go and that’s that
-sensitive, yelling or physically reprimanding won’t work
-short lived, if they get to ten you are playing house money

Anatolian shepherd, brings protection to a whole different level , originally from Turkey they protect goats and sheep from predators, bobcats, foxes, dogs and coyotes don’t stand a chance, wolves they are about 50/50 on, 2 legged predators not even close. They will protect thier own at all cost, and once you establish a bond with them they simply owe you thier life , to their master they are passive and loving , to everyone else they are cautious and alert, to any aggressor stupid enough to continue after their warning barks , well ….

I have an 8 year old harlequin Great Dane. The greatest dog I have ever had and probably will ever have. So many things to say about her, but I got lucky enough to work in a company that I get to take her to work every day.

“A beagle is on the short list as well.I just like a bigger dog”

I have a Redbone Coonhound(female).I used to raise beagles,lot of similarities.
Mine is a housedog,was very easy to house break.Never chewed up anything.
Main reason I wanted a house dog was because we live out in country,pretty isolated so I wanted a watchdog.I have a long driveway,soon as a car turns on our driveway she knows it and barks that would wake the dead.
Not protective at all,loves everybody.

Only thing I really use her for is to trail deer that have been shot.Most of them had a blood trail so I could have found them myself.Two of them didn’t
bleed and she trailed them fine,just a little slower.An 8 pt I shot last year I don’t think I would have ever found,

I have a wireless collar I trained her with to keep her from leaving the yard.She’s 5 now and hasn’t had the collar on for probably 6 months,never leaves the yard.She like to stay outside if it’s not too hot or cold

I’ve been happy with her.

All of our dogs over the past 30 years have been mutts from the pound. Lap dogs to the last of them, until somebody gets close to the yard and they go into attack mode.

I'm my experience, that's a catahoula.

Proceed.

Friend has a bloodhound. Super sweet dog will sleep in the sxs all day no matter what's going on.

She loves to swim he can't keep her out of the water and that keeps everyone on edge because of the Gator population at the camp.

Redbone is a slick animal didn't really consider until reading your post. Seems they won't shed as much as the breeds I've owned. <-- am I mistaken?

Border Collies are great...loyal, loving and smart!!