new dog

Thomas. PLease. · 16 May 2009 at 23:44

Get a Labrador they so are awesome, heres ours.

Our family has always had labradors, they are so much fun. Extremely clever animals, i've taught ours a lot of things. It can can do a lot of tricks my favourite of which is the army crawl. It fetches the newspaper and post from the front door, it helps carry things in from the car when we go shopping. My dad even made a doorbell mounted to a piece of wood that it taps when it wants to go out in the garden. Its so much fun as well, really playful with so much energy, it never gets angry, and is fantastic with children when they play with it.

We had labradors since i was a very young child, and they've always been fantastic, i used to sleep in our old dogs basket with it too.

KaHn · 16 May 2009 at 23:44

LabR@t said:
it was like that with my last dog she went everywhere with me except work ,

Then get a GSD, get a pup from a good breeder and you will never have a better copanion.

http://germanshepherdforum.createforum.com/forum.html

and

http://germanshepherdsuk.co.uk/forum/index.php

The first is probably the better forum for info, the second has more members.

KaHn

Atom · 16 May 2009 at 23:44

German Shepherd gets my vote. Been fine with the kids even when they were babies.

Mine, my sisters and my brothers.

LabR@t · 16 May 2009 at 23:46

i know i just cant decide i'm not getting one until new baby is 6 mnths probably change my mind a 1000 times, I plan on having 2 dogs again eventually may even get another JRT one day

KaHn · 16 May 2009 at 23:46

GSDs are one of the only breed I know who takes kids in as pups, even when growing up.

When I was a child with our family GSD i used to get up in the middle of the night go down stairs and cuddle in to him as a teddy.

KaHn

KaHn · 16 May 2009 at 23:47

LabR@t said:
i know i just cant decide i'm not getting one until new baby is 6 mnths probably change my mind a 1000 times, I plan on having 2 dogs again eventually may even get another JRT one day

My opinion would be two GSDs.

I have a GSD(mine) and a Shar Pei (GF)

I would like an Alaskan Malamute when Max is older but I would end up getting another GSD.

KaHn

datawrite · 16 May 2009 at 23:48

I quite like Jack Russell's or Westies myself.

Sankari · 16 May 2009 at 23:49

KaHn · 16 May 2009 at 23:51

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Older Max gets bigger bones

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KaHn

datawrite · 16 May 2009 at 23:51

Is that a bone from the Mother-In-Law? lol

Dewotter · 16 May 2009 at 23:52

German Shepard or Alaskan Malamute, I like them so they'll be grand

KaHn · 16 May 2009 at 23:53

datawrite said:
Is that a bone from the Mother-In-Law? lol

No it is a Cows knuckle bone (including the shin) I will generally feed him cut marrow bones as treats but these came from my BARF supplier and didn't want to waste them.

The shar pei eating hers (collor as she just has another entropian)

KaHn

KaHn · 16 May 2009 at 23:56

I know this sounds bad but GSDs/ Rots/Labs all have health problems and if you dont want to deal with that (with out scouting the world for a perfect pup) look at getting a sibe husky, they have next to no health problems, will cost you around 6-800 for a pup, same as a good GSD but have none of the hip dysplasia (which I am having to deal with for Max)

KaHn

Thomas. PLease. · 16 May 2009 at 23:59

just get a pet insurance policy, could save you thousands in the long term.

KaHn · 17 May 2009 at 00:00

Thomas. PLease. said:
just get a pet insurance policy, could save you thousands in the long term.

Make sure you get a life time policy tho, I think one of the supermarkets did one which also paid vet bills upfront.....

KaHn

Thomas. PLease. · 17 May 2009 at 00:06

iirc my parents took one out from marks & spencer. Our lab unfortunatley had some front leg problems while it was growing, if it was out all day on the farm it would get very stiff in the evenings, and so it had to be rested for a while. Our pet insurance paid out for it to have swimming sessions to improve its strength without having the impact of running, this was at this special pet place at something like £60 per half hour session, including vets bills it came well into the thousands.

Our dog now absolutely loves the water, any opportunity and she's in. She loves to dive under the water as well, which ive not seen many other dogs do!

Captain_Slick · 17 May 2009 at 00:06

I'd go for a Lab or a mongrel.

Although we currently have a border collie, a staffy and a yorkie mongrel and we've never had a problem with them and my little brother. Depends how you raise them, imo.

Thomas. PLease. · 17 May 2009 at 00:08

Captain_Slick said:
I'd go for a Lab or a mongrel.

Although we currently have a border collie, a staffy and a yorkie mongrel and we've never had a problem with them and my little brother. Depends how you raise them, imo.

Yeh, if they grow up around kids then they'll normally be fantastic with them. Its the same with introducing them to other dogs at a young age as well.

^TANK^ · 17 May 2009 at 00:08

Labrador or German Shepherd.

KaHn · 17 May 2009 at 00:10

If you look at the stats you are more likely to get bitten off a border collie than any other dog, but because they are not used as fighting dogs/guard dogs/police dogs no one cares.

A dog is only as viscious as its owner lets it.

We had Max in to get xrays on his hips the other day, sedated aswell, which I wasnt there for, when I picked him up I asked if he had went for any of the vets/nurses the vet told me this

"yeah he turned to bite me and just mouthed me, I found it quite pathetic" I took it as a compliment as I have seen Max chew through marrow bones/ribs/turkey legs like they were nothing.

KaHn