Author Topic: what breed's of dogs do you have and (Read 29338 times)

berni · « **on:** July 09, 2011, 08:27:55 pm »

Do they work?

My pack is most usless for a smallholding but they are just pets, i have 2 rotty's and EBT and 2 shar pei, i also foster dog's and have at present a cane corso x and 2 staffy x's (they were all due to be PTS)

Before i had the pei's a was on the lookout for a collie pup to train to do agility or start to work but it just didn't work out that way, i only take to look after dog's with issues (normally people ones) and work with them so they are rehomable

JulieS · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:47:38 pm »

I have 2 basset hounds who think that 'work' is a four letter word that shouldn't be used.

deepinthewoods · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2011, 08:53:08 pm »

i have a lurcher, whos mainly whippet but a 1/4 collie.
shes very fast and is brave in the brush, but unable to outwit a rabbit. one day she'll earn her keep im sure!

any tips?

thats one hell of a pack you have there, must be hard work.

little blue · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2011, 09:16:12 pm »

I have a huge, gorgeous German Shepherd.
She was a rescue with huge lack-of-socialisation issues, but when she's just at home with us, you'd never know!
So "work" is an interesting question - she is a brilliant guard dog / postman scarer / barker, and will chase a rat (or pretty much anything) given half a chance....

We sometime borrow next door's JTR for rodent murdering, if the 4 cats are out-witted

Sudanpan · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2011, 09:17:35 pm »

We have 2 collie/springer/cocker spaniel crosses

Useless when it comes to being brave but very very good at chasing and retrieving balls

cookie · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2011, 09:50:23 pm »

I have a Basset hound who's favourite past time is pinching anything edible and a 6 month old Jack Russell who never seems to get tired.

Chrisw · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2011, 12:06:39 am »

3- Black labs, two work as gundogs the third is retired
2- cocker spaniels both completely mad but very good hyperactive gundogs

knightquest · « **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2011, 01:27:47 am »

We have a nine year old Lab/Collie/Dalmation/GSD cross, a five year old Malemute and two Leonbergers (2 and 4).

One of the Leos and the Mal run in harness but not very often.

Ian

faith0504 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2011, 06:41:00 am »

we have a rottie, dobermann/greyhound and a jack russell, they are just our babies, we do all the work you supervise from the settee

Fronhaul · « **Reply #9 on:** July 10, 2011, 07:21:56 am »

2 Pointers who think they work although they will point anything from bees in the garden upwards in size.

1 Vallhund who will work stock but I retired after one of the rams decided to chase him - he is far from convinced he is retired but those horns are hard for a 12 year old.

jaykay · « **Reply #10 on:** July 10, 2011, 08:36:01 am »

Two border collies and an elderly retriever. One of the collies works with the sheep (and chickens and ducks and goats....) -he's untrained but very good. The other would if only we had trained her when small - she's a bit mad but not a bad ratter.

The elderly retriever has always just been a pet. In fact, the work is on my part and clearly the retriever name is because you have to retrieve all the socks, tea towels etc that she takes out into the garden/beck/gill, chews and leaves there

Actually, she makes me smile every day, so she earns her keep

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #11 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:15:28 am »

Current pack is three working collies. My two (dog 7 yrs old and bitch 3) and his one (bitch 5 yrs old). All work sheep with varying degrees of skill, effectiveness and control and my two will work cattle, though the little bitch winds them up too much really.

The farm is on a crossroads of country lanes, but with the big tourist site up the road we get too much traffic to have dogs loose, sadly. So the collies are kennelled when not working / out and about with us and there are no pet dogs

My two:

Sandy · « **Reply #12 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:31:02 am »

Thats a very arty photo Sally, wonderful.

I have 4 Labs, Black Male, Black Female, Yellow Female and Chocolate Female...they are wonderful dogs that help me enjoy life!!

doganjo · « **Reply #13 on:** July 10, 2011, 09:50:19 am »

I have four Brittanys (French HPR gundogs) one works, a second is being trained for shooting and agility, one bitch has worked with birsd of prey, the otehr to the gun but had a scare and is now gunshy.

geebee · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2011, 01:06:44 am »

my rescue lurcher Whippet/ Bedlington x Greyhound (allegedly) has obviously been worked hard & had at least one litter when I got her at 4 years old (allegedly) she has lots of nasty scars presumably from barbed wire etc. so though she will take off after anything from rabbits to deer I try not meet any! I feel mean because it's what she knows but I think she's had her share of injuries & she likes to spend most of her time snuggled up in her bed or sofa if I'm not looking, I think she's earned that

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