Type of Dog

[NotoriouS]

Just look at breeders websites and breed specific infomation through books etc.
You will learn that ALL species are loyal, intelligent, playful, good with kids etc lmao. Anyway all dogs can be trained, so just chose 1 that you like.

That's EXACTLY what I have come across when reading. Every breed of dog seems to me loyal, intelligent, etc, etc.

As 'gravitation' mentioned... I big scary companion dog is what I want. All dogs seem to be great! What would separate them for me I guess would be *** a first time owner. Also, I do work from around 9am - 6pm. However, I go for jogs and other excercise on a daily basis when I get back so the dog will get plent of excercise. My yard is large (mixture of grass and concrete). I don't have any kids - youngest person in the house is 13.

P.S. Thank you all for your help!! You guys are always willing to share your knowledge/experience! So yea, thanks guys!

I will keep you all updated on what I decide and ofcourse - pics when the pup finally arrives !

 

[gravitation]

That's EXACTLY what I have come across when reading. Every breed of dog seems to me loyal, intelligent, etc, etc

Any working breed is going to need exercise both to keep fit and to be stimulated, i recommend a walk in the morning before work, tire the dog out a bit and the dog won't be so concerned about destroying your yard or ripping your clothes off the line.

Has to be a fairly good walk aswell, bout eight-ten blocks should do.

preferably i would walk the dog twice a day four days a week, that's how i do it but once a day, walking for a bit more of a distance four days a week should be fine. On the weekend i forget about walking, they go to the park or the beach for some fun over the weekend.

There are lot of different ways of doing it, but i'm just telling you what has worked for me and kept dogs very fit and healthy.

Again pm me if you have anymore questions, picking a dog is exciting stuff. As you can probably tell i'm pretty passionate about them, i just don't like to see the wrong dog go to the wrong family.

 

[whiteyluvsrum]

go the rottie!

have the biggist bite force out of domestic dogs.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/bite-force-competition-pitbull-rottweiler-and-shepherd/1903146452

smart , and hard working dogs. perfect for protection.

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very strong
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[whiteyluvsrum]

the american bulldogs dont go into shows for temperament behaviours or how their body proportions should be to win a trophy. instead the american bulldog show displays how heavy the dog can pull, showing its strength, determination, its willingness to succeed.. its "gameness" !

you are wrong, like all purebreds they have a breed standard. american bulldogs have a breed standard and are shown.
http://www.american-bulldog.com/aba_standard.htm

any dog can pull not just american bulldogs.

the "gameness" you are talking about is the dogs temperament. every dog of any breed has varing temperaments. some have soft temperaments some have hard temperaments. not every bulldog has a hard temperament, its the same for any breed. you can have a toy poodle with a hard temperament and you can have a bulldog with a soft temperament or 'gameness".

another factor is the dogs drive, drive is the desire to do something. you can have prey drive (a dog that chases balls, and with do anything to chase and play with its toys). there is food drive (will do anything for food). dogs have varing amounts of drive aswell. some dogs have more drive than others and will respond better to either prey or food.

the easiest dog to train obedience is a dog with high drive and a softer temperament. but if you wanted the same dog to train as a protection dog it will lack in fight drive and will avoid or run when it is fight or flight mode. There are 3 drives that need to be strong for protection work, prey, defensive and fight drive. fight drive is the make or break for protection work, thats when a hard temperament comes in.

 

[draqonfly]

thanks for correcting me.... its been years since i was into dogs, got things messed up.

cheers

 

[LauraM]

some Army dude always walks around our park with German shephers.. very obidient dogs and they also want to bite and scratch when my dog goes anywere near their owner or them... hence me jumping n between the dogs and dragging my playfull dog off the other dog (if the owner told its dog to attack neither me or my dog would stand a chance their house was robbed a while ago.. lets just say the robbers didnt get inside the door) .. Ive heard German shepherds are great Guard dogs and good pets.

 

[LauraM]

whiteyluvsrum very impressive videos.. holy crap that dog was carrying a frigging tree.

 

[whiteyluvsrum]

thanks for correcting me.... its been years since i was into dogs, got things messed up.

cheers

no worries, I learnt a lot aswell looking into the history of the bulldog. they were used in the same way as the rottie was. Both were "butcher dogs", the rottie has an earlier history in pulling aswell. In the city of rottweil they pulled meat carts for the butchers, aswell as herding cattle and as protection dogs.

I think you were refering to the english bulldog about fighting lions. The english bulldog was used in bull baiting and would fight with lions, bears, anything that was chucked in.

The american bulldog came into play at the end of WW2. when johnson and scott rounded up the best english bulldogs found in the american south and bred there own form, the american bulldog.

was only recognized by the united kennel club in 1999.

 

[LullabyLizard]

Chiuaua's are pretty feisty