10 Top Favorite & T0 Least Favorite Purebreds

    • Gold Top Dog
    wow! I can't believe how many people don't like GSDs!! I'll give it a shot (in no order)

    german shepherd
    rhodesian ridgeback
    doberman
    american bulldog
    great dane
    bullmastiff
    beagle
    bull terrier
    bernese mountain dog
    black and tan coonhound
    can i add a few more?--boxer, whippet, malinois, and amstaff!

    least likely to own-

    shih tzu
    lhasa
    bichon
    really, any of the small longhaired doggies
    chi
    english bulldog- cute though
    cocker spaniel
    yorkie
    poodle
    pekignese (sp?)
    schnauzer (except for giant)
    • Gold Top Dog
    ORIGINAL: FeathersEverywhere

    Papillions have caught my interest

     
    I feel so proud.  Papillons are taking over the world slowly.  ;)
    • Gold Top Dog
    My Faves - I like big herding type dogs.
    1. Saint Bernard
    2. Newfoundland
    3. Bergamasco
    4. Great Pyrenees
    5. Sheepdogs
    6. Bernese Mountain Dog
    7. Labs
    8. Giant Schnauzer
    9. Bouvier Des Flandres
    10. Scotties
     
    Least Fave's - way too yappy/barky
    1. Chi
    2. Chi
    3. Chi
    4. Papillion
    5. Boston Terrier
    6. Pug
    7. Most Terriors
    8. Bishon Frise
    9. Pekingese
    10. Pomeranian
    • Gold Top Dog
    Favorites:
    Border Collies
    English Setters
    English Pointers
    German Shorthaired Pointers
    Aussies
    Doberman Pinchers
    American Bulldogs
    Greyhounds
    Sulukis
    Borzois

    Least Favs:
    Shih Tzus
    Yorkies
    Maltese
    West Highland Terriers
    Wire haired Fox Terriers
    Miniature Schnauzers
    Rottweillers
    Bull dogs
    American cockers
    Lhasa Apso


    • Gold Top Dog
    Too many to call favorites:
     
    Pharaoh Hound
    Scottish Deerhound
    Irish Wolfhound
    Ibizan Hound
    Azawakh
    Sloughi
    Greyhound
    Spanish Galgo
    Akita
    Doberman
    Coydogs and wolf hybrids (I'd probably never own one though because I don't support purposely breeding them.  I love them for their intelligence and independence)
    Pekingnese (for their toughness and stubborn streak)
    Papillon
    Japanese Chin
    All of the mastiffs
    Bull Terrier
    Austrailian Terrier (they just look perky!)
    All the Asian Ovchartkas and flock guardians
    Beauceron
    Karelian Bear Dogs
    Bloodhounds
    Leonberger
    Toller
    Otterhound
    PBGVs
     
    Dogs I'm least desirous of owning:
     
    Puli, Komondor (unless I can keep them sheared!)
    Boxers
    Bulldogs
    Retrievers (all of them)
    Border Collie
    Pomeranian
    St. Bernard
    Cocker Spaniels
    Toy or Miniature poodles
    Italian Greyhound
    Dachshund
     
    • Gold Top Dog
    hhmm - agree with most here - not liking the the most like & most hated - will go with
     
    *10 - I want to own in my life
    1 - Bichon - had 1, great little girl
    2 - Irish Wolfhound
    3- Poodle - any size had a few mixes
    4 - greyhoud
    5 - collie - lived w/ a black as a kid
    6 - schipperke
    7 - papillio
    8 - saluki
    9 - weimermer
    10 - wolf mix
     
    *10 - I think I rather not own
    1 - chow chow
    2 - chihuahua - dad had 3, all mean
    3 - pom
    4 - mastiff
    5 - chinese crested
    6 - airedale
    7 - rottie
    8 - chesapeake retreiver
    9 - sheep dog (love them just not "me")
    10 -
    • Gold Top Dog
    Here are my favs:
     

    Westie
    Golden Retriever
    Beagle
    Collie
    Mastiff (particularly Cane Corso)
    Bernese Mtn Dog
    Bulldog
    St Bernard
    Cav King Charles Spaniel
    Basset Hound
     
    Don#%92t have any “not likes”…
    • Gold Top Dog
    Sometimes I change my top ten, but today they are:

    1. Australian Shepherd
    2. Border Collie
    3. Shetland Sheepdog
    4. English Foxhound
    5. Redbone Coonhound
    6. Leonberger
    7. Field Spaniel
    8. English Shepherd
    9. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
    10. Doberman

    Bottom Ten:

    1. Kerry Blue Terrier
    2. Shar Pei
    3. Lhasa Apso
    4. Bichon Frise (you groom the darn things)
    5. Giant Schnauzer
    7. Black Russian Terrier
    8. Chihuahua
    9. Neapolitan Mastiff (you clean those wrinkles)
    10. St. Bernard (too much spit and hair for me LOL)

    • Gold Top Dog
    Breeds I'd like to have:
    Foxhounds (obviously)
    Coonhound
    Anglo-Francais
    Bull Terrier
    Ibizan Hound
    Vizsla
    Siberian Husky
    JRT
     
    I wouldn't choose a breed from the toy, non-sporting or herding groups...
    • Gold Top Dog
    Like most people have said I love all dogs.  But there are some visually I am just drawn too. 
     
    Top 10 (in no particular order)
    Basset Hound
    Basenji
    Mudi
    Corgi (Cardigan)
    Siberian Husky
    Alaskan Klee Kai
    Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
    Greyhound
    Saluki
    Thai Ridgeback
     
    Bottom 10
    Weimaraner
    Min Pin
    Pekinese
    Springer Spaniel
    Teacup Poodly
    Teacup Yorkie (really whats the point of having a 2lb dog)
    Pug
    Pomeranian
    Akita
    Chow Chow
    • Gold Top Dog
    Top 10

    GSD
    Border Collie
    Australian Shepherd
    Shih Tzu (I have 2, but they don't yap, and they're never in full coat![;)])
    Beagles - especially Gina's new babies![:)]
    Bernese Mountain Dog
    Siberian Husky
    English Springer Spaniel
    West Highland Terrier
    Shetland Sheepdog
    Pound Hounds

    Least likely to own:

    Chihuahua -just too "vocal" for me and I would be afraid I'd step on him
    Dachshund
    Lhasa Apso -( most people think they look/act the same as a Tzu, but their temperment is very different from a Tzu)
    Chinese Crested
    Pug
    Min Pin
    Bull Dog
    Doberman
    Fila - too weary of strangers for my lifestyle, and also a bad experience w/ the 3 next door[&:]
    St. Bernard - I LOVE the colors/size/personality, but the drool alone could cause a divorce in our home [&:]

    OMG ... that was really hard!  I still don't think it's really accurate; I guess it depends on what day you ask me

    • Gold Top Dog
    My most favorite dogs are mixes, but since that's not the point here, I'll make my lists.
     
    Ten Favorites- I gravitate to medium/large shorthaired, acitve or athletic dogs.
    Cattle Dogs
    Greyhound
    Akita
    Pits (not the oversized hulks, though)
    Rotties
    Bull Terriers
    Belgian Shepherds
     
     
    Least Favorites
    German Shepherds- I've met too many that were just a little "off."
    Huskies and Malamutes- pretty, but I don't see myself even having one
    Most hounds or "jowly" dogs
    Labs and Chessies
    Saint Bernards
    Dalamtians
    Setters
    Pekes
    Pugs or other smooshed face, bulgy eyed types
    Clumber Spaniels
    • Silver
    WOW!  Kind of an eye-opening thread.   I feel like I should be hiding--everyone dislikes Pugs.  Good thing I mostly lurk!

    I'll just post my ten favorite, so as not to insult anyone.  Other than 1 and 2, no particular order.

    1. Pugs
    2. Pharaoh Hounds
    3. Skye Terriers
    4. Greyhounds
    5. Berners
    6. Borzoi
    7. English Setters
    8. Vizsla
    9. Beagles
    10. Scottish Deerhounds


    • Gold Top Dog
    ORIGINAL: skyehi
    WOW!  Kind of an eye-opening thread.   I feel like I should be hiding--everyone dislikes Pugs.  Good thing I mostly lurk!
    I'll just post my ten favorite, so as not to insult anyone.  Other than 1 and 2, no particular order.


    [:o]awwww.. don't feel that way!  I was shocked how many Shih Tzus were on the bottom list too![sm=cry.gif]

    Just remember, it's nothing personal about the breed - just preferences![;)]
    • Bronze
    Top ten: papillon, shetland sheepdog, pomeranian, greyhounds, whippits, australian shepard, west highland white terrier, mutts in general, great danes, and collies.

    Bottom ten: Shar-pei (Yuck), bloodhounds, chows, chihuahuas, pugs, anatlolian shepards sp?, poodles, labs, german shepards, shiba inus sp? and bulldogs. and I almost fogot the one I will never in a million years own, cockers.