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dream dog breed!, no i am not getting a dog

-meh- View Member Profile	08/11/2012, 09:23 AM Post #1
Posts: 6,435 Joined: 5-December 09
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Ok this is a dream... and i know i would never be able to get one of these... but i really really would love to get one of these dogs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_Shepherd_Dog Serious look at the size and fluffy and cool these dogs are.... they would need to be trained so well as a puppy but the males can grow around 75cm high!

Ker View Member Profile	08/11/2012, 09:26 AM Post #2
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They are gorgeous, but I could never have one. They are a LGD (livestock guardian dog) and they need a job. To have one in suburbia would be cruel, they need sheep to protect. My dream dog (besides the one I have) is a Malamute. I fear they are far too strong for me, mentally and physically, so I settle for patting other peoples.

Lena View Member Profile	08/11/2012, 09:28 AM Post #3
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I always wanted a st benard but only because they are beautiful.

mks81 View Member Profile	08/11/2012, 09:28 AM Post #4
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I adored Dalmatians from a very young age and my family ended up breeding Dallys and we have always had one. Later on I loved Cavaliers so we have always had a couple of them and now my dream dog has been Pointers and I got my first last year and she is utterly gorgeous.

-meh- View Member Profile	08/11/2012, 09:29 AM Post #5
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sanity is over-rated
nods i could never get one even once i have more time/money/house big enough to have it... because i know that i would never have the strength and discipline to not have it become a disobedient giant fluffy monster! but yeah it was also be cruel on the dog to have it as "just a pet"... malamutes are also stunning!

raven74 View Member Profile	08/11/2012, 09:38 AM Post #6
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Rhodesian Ridgeback all the way for me.

Ker View Member Profile	08/11/2012, 09:39 AM Post #7
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QUOTE (-meh- @ 08/11/2012, 09:59 AM) malamutes are also stunning! Mallys are horridly wilful. I can cope with wilful shar peis (and I do), but they aren't the same weight as me lol. Doesn't stop me from desperately wanting one though. I've wanted a Mal since I was 18.

jupiter123 View Member Profile	08/11/2012, 09:39 AM Post #8
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Great Dane Just absolutely love them. Would I ever own one? I would love to have 2 of them, may be a little big although after my troublesome Maltese could they couldn't be that bad could they.

Ker View Member Profile	08/11/2012, 09:41 AM Post #9
Posts: 7,977 Joined: 2-April 05 From: Adelaide
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The Danes will be easier than the malt, seriously. GD's are stupid and lazy. Maltese are much smarter and more hyper.

Guest_Maybelle_*	08/11/2012, 09:48 AM Post #10


I would just love Great Dane too. Our rescue Boxer appears to be a GDx. Just lovely Boxers are wonderful dogs; always my first choice, but DH was keen on a 'smart' dog. Ooops

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