28-10-2014, 12:55 PM
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That's part of the problem as pack animals they protect their own pack so IME that is when we have had most problems. It's also why I don't understand when dogs turn on the family all mine were rock solid with all of us it was strangers they didn't trust.28-10-2014, 01:00 PM
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'difficult' breeds (whatever that means) you find repulsive???I suspect they're not very keen on your either.
Originally Posted by Roseredlee
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On a more trivial note, I do find many of the 'difficult' breeds quite repulsive. Always puzzles me why people go fo them when there are so many more appealing dogs around.
28-10-2014, 01:08 PM
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Not nice I know to have your breed considered repulsive but we can't all like the same look in a dog IMO. I love Chihuahuas never seen one wasn't super cute and beautiful but I am well aware some people see them as big rats, can't say it bothers me they are the ones missing out on the Chihuahua love and fun.My least favourite look in a dog is anything brindle just cannot take to the colouration. My husband has a particular dislike of snub noses something I love. Just personal taste really I think.
28-10-2014, 01:24 PM
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I guess I just find the word "repulsive" just offensive really. It's a bit like saying people find red-heads "repulsive" when you have a red-head child.
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Not nice I know to have your breed considered repulsive but we can't all like the same look in a dog IMO. I love Chihuahuas never seen one wasn't super cute and beautiful but I am well aware some people see them as big rats, can't say it bothers me they are the ones missing out on the Chihuahua love and fun. My least favourite look in a dog is anything brindle just cannot take to the colouration. My husband has a particular dislike of snub noses something I love. Just personal taste really I think.
28-10-2014, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Roseredlee
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On a more trivial note, I do find many of the 'difficult' breeds quite repulsive. Always puzzles me why people go fo them when there are so many more appealing dogs around.
Although there are many breeds of dogs I would not want to have I could never say any of them are repulsive . I think the dog world would be very boring if we all had the same breed of dog .
28-10-2014, 01:59 PM
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Well said Abbey - if you met my dog you could call him - naughty, adventurous, a character, exuberant etc.. but I'd be hard pressed to find anybody that could call him that horrible "R" word.
Originally Posted by Abbey
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Although there are many breeds of dogs I would not want to have I could never say any of them are repulsive . I think the dog world would be very boring if we all had the same breed of dog .
28-10-2014, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Baxter8
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I guess I just find the word "repulsive" just offensive really. It's a bit like saying people find red-heads "repulsive" when you have a red-head child.
28-10-2014, 02:06 PM
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You might like my one - he does try to run like an elegant Irish wolfhound (unsucessfully) and is a bit goofy and daft like an old English Sheepdog!
Originally Posted by Roseredlee
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Well, sorry, and you're right, they'd probably feel the same about me, but that is the word to describe how I feel looking at some dogs. My own two are pretty weird - people always laugh at my older dog in the street because he has two very comical black eyes. But we all love our own no matter what. My personal preference for looks veers between Old English Sheepdogs and those so elegant Irish wolfhounds.
28-10-2014, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Abbey
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To be honest I'm a real dog lover and whereas I might say I wouldn't want certain breeds I would fall in love with any dog in a matter of seconds whatever they looked like !Baxer8 your dog sounds utterly adorable !
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