Top 5 Breeds You'd Own

1. Weimaraner
2. Corgi
3. Papillion
4. Bull Terrier
5. Dachsund
6. Vizsla

All beside the obvious GSD and Lab in my case.  I've had Doxies and Weimies before...love them.  The others are on my future wish list.  As I get older, I'll go smaller.

1. siberian husky

2. shiba inu

3. GSD

4. tibetan mastiff (lol i want one but will probably never happen) 

5. mutts/mixes 

erica1989

4 - toller - this is probably the ONLY retriever I would consider owning!

CoBuHe

• Bull Terrier

1. Shorthaired Potcake.  They're friggen' smart.

2. Black Lab.  Hard to lose them in the snow up here.

3. Boxer.  I might not ever get another boxer because of health stuff - maybe if the breed gets rid of a bunch of bad genes for a few years I'd check one out again.

4. Great Dane.  Would have got one if it wasn't for stupid BSL and small back yard.

5. Boston Terrier.  My wife loves "little" dogs, and this is a good bully breed combo for us.

oranges81

Sera_J

 I always hear about herders, and they are such great dogs.... super sweet and, this is going to sound wrong, but so easy!!

 

*snort* Sooo Not easy! LOL!  I have to be 3 steps ahead of Maze. It's all the training that makes the dog look easy.

*snort*???  Gee.....

I've met puppies and just general dogs..... some trained, some not.  I do know what a trained dog looks like, and a trained herder is also very nice, I spend hours every week in classes and working with my dogs in agility, retrieving/bird work, tracking, obedience and conformation, I'm a fairly informed dog owner.  There are exceptions to every rule, such as an easy Weim or a difficult aussie, but generally speaking Weims are stubborn, dominant, sharp and in general a more difficult breed.  Aussies usually want to work for you, as it's in their nature as a herder to want to cooperate.  .... I thought Maze was a Lab?  Sorry for the OT rant, just a little off put here.

Wow -- a lot of people like Weimies!! That's exciting to see!

Gina, your list surprised me.  Where are the Hounds?! :)

ETA: Sharp in the description of Weims.

pkillur

1. Shorthaired Potcake.  They're friggen' smart.

There are other breeds besides the German Shepherd?!?!?!?!

Hehe.. Have only ever owned German Shepherds and plan to keep it that way.  

 Lani: I didn't mean anything by it! Honest. It was a snort of laughter.  I never doubted your dog skills for a moment!!  I know nothing about Weims. So I don't doubt the description of the breed. I'm used to working with dogs (herders especially) who's owners have given up on them or didn't do any training at all.

No doubt in my mind that you could handle a herder. Please accept my apologies if I offended you in any way! 

Oh. And Maze is lab/BC (or other type herder) who is very OCD and will herd anything that moves, if allowed.

PrincessPenny

My dream would be a Newfoundland or Doberman Pinscher, but how many times do purebreds pop up in the humane society? Not often.

 1. DOBERMAN - I don't think i'll ever be without one...they're amazing!

2. Ridgeback

3. Whippet

4. Greyhound

5. mal

I will always love GSDs...but i am OVER the hair. I don't even know if i could realistically do a mal because of hair. I have become a MAJOR grey fan here in the past year...i've met a lot of really sweet ones, but don't know if a dobe would play too rough for a grey.

I would like to add that I will probably only own mixed breeds in my life unless a purebred winds up at the shelter or I get my rescued greyhounds.  DH is very big on rescuing from shelters, as am I, so I don't see us going to breeders or even rescues probably.  But who knows what can happen...I may just change my mind someday.  :)

Dangit!  I keep forgetting breeds!  A Ridgie would/could be on my list, too.

RidgebackGermansShep

but i am OVER the hair. I don't even know if i could realistically do a mal because of hair

I'm with you on that, which is why Mals don't make my list.  So, my revised list:

#1 - DOBERMAN

The rest in no order

• Whippet
• Ridgeback
• Bull Terrier
• APBT or AmStaff
• Weim
• I also love Greyhounds, so they're a possibility if something came up.

Notice all the smooth, short, tight coats.  Also notice no "cute & cuddly fluffy bunnies".  Most of those are smooshy cuddlers, but not something you'd pick up off the ground and squish like a stuffed animal.  Not my thing.  Even the small dogs below are not squishy fluffy bunnies - they're comedians and I appreciate that kind of "cute".

Possible, but not probable in the next 10 years: Bostons/Frenchies or Coonhounds (Plott, Redbone, Black & Tan, Bluetick)

Belgian Malinois is definate first choice. I have never dealt with anything smarter though they are not for everyone. I LOVE this breed.

I do have a coon dog-- the sweetest girl ever, LOL, but all I have been able to teach her is to sit. That took six months and she still only does it when she feels like it! Now not to offend. She is very smart, just doesn't care to impress me like the malinois do!

The rottie mix is sweet, but way too lazy for me.

My next choice is a shih tzu. Way different, but I have always had them and love them. Hard to house train, maybe grumpy sometimes, but so cute.

We have a 9 week old pup now who will start in SAR if all goes well. She is from strong working lines, and has a huge bite instinct. So we are also working that. She learned to sit, wait, follow a target, bite, and track in days. She is too young for much, but she LOVES to work already.

We have found a male to breed with one of our females and can't wait for her next cycle and puppies!