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what dog to get???????

mustangmustang Member Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2001 in General Discussion
the wife and i would like to get a dog. i would like a golden retriever or a setter.we live out in the country and am looking of a med. size family,bird,just have fun with dog, that can live outdoors all year with some shelter. dog care is nothing new, we have on of them little dogs that live in the house and act like a cat, but we won't get started on that! o yea, its got to be smart!!! i dont want one that cant find his dish in the field. any suggestions? what breeds do you have?
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    If you get that golden retriever I doubt you will be dissatisfied. They are smart as anything and most prefer to live outdoors. I really like them jokers cause they are fun to be around, you can actually rough house with 'em without going to jail. PETA sux!
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    HHHMMMMMM - let me think - aaaahhhhh - ...
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  • Ms. BeastMs. Beast Member Posts: 496 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, we just happen to have a beautiful yellow lab that is going to have pups around new years! I have never had anything but a lab. I think they are wonderful with kids, smart, and good hunters.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~He Dog~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`Cept I don`t think he`d go for sleepin` outdoors all the time!!.218
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  • s.guns.gun Member Posts: 3,245
    edited November -1
    Get a Lab. Retriever,any color.They are very easily trained,well behaved,energetic,lots of fun.Take them to the lake or creek ocasionally;they'll love you forever.
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  • gunny6gunny6 Member Posts: 61 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    German Shorthair Pointer...#1 in my book...
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Labs are great, but watch out fer the tail - it's a lethal weapon Great dogs for outdoors and fer kids ta play with.[This message has been edited by badboybob (edited 11-24-2001).]
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,078 ******
    edited November -1
    We had a Golden. Smart dog, but stubborn. Lot of fun. Very active, but if you let him inside, he would settle down after an hour or so of upsetting furniture. Too much hair though. Next time, I will consider a Lab.
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    I was talking to a lady the other day who had two Hungarian Vizslas. Those were the coolest dogs I've seen lately.Medium sized (50-60 lbs.) and real lean, gold in color, short hair, long ears almost like a hound, and run and jump like a gazelle. I looked them up on the AKC website and they are a centuries-old European breed of bird dog.Sure were neat.
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  • 7mm_ultra_mag_is_king7mm_ultra_mag_is_king Member Posts: 676 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    get a cat,,less maintenence
    when all else fails........................
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  • AntiqueDrAntiqueDr Member Posts: 691 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nothing goofier that a Lab pup...
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You just can't do better than a Yellow Lab, Katie (the dog) is my first lab, she smart, gental with kids as well as protective, great for hunting ... she does get a little hyper when friends come over but settles down fairly quickly ... did I mention she's great with kids? Abby will roll all over her, pull tail ears, lips ... what ever she can get ahold of and when Katie gets tired of it she'll either whimper or walk away ...
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  • ghotie_thumperghotie_thumper Member Posts: 1,561 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The dog will be as good as you are at training it. Just make sure to get a short hair version of whichever type you decide on. They are much lower maintenance. Foxtails, burrs and other nasty pieces of brush love long hair breeds.
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    get a great dane=medium-sized elephant.
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  • kevin@digital-link.netkevin@digital-link.net Member Posts: 65 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get a rottie the best dog I ever had Great with kids loves outdoors goes hunting swimming camping and sleeps at the bottom of are bed Had dogs all my life and this is the best breed Good luck Kevin
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  • mustangmustang Member Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    thanks for the input guys! i do like the looks of the golden/yellow lab. antiquedr. you have a nice looking dog!as far as the rottie and the great dane, i thinkw we'll have to pass. i'd go broke just trying to feed them! i think we'll wait till spring, and see what turns up. thanks again.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd weigh in for a Weimeraner. Great upland dog, OK for waterfowl if the weather's not too miserable. FULL of love, very tolerant of children. Short coat, smooth as satin. Did I mention they are beautiful as well? Very smart. Mine spent most of two NH winters outside (with a shelter) until wife relented. Best dog I've ever had, and I've always had at least one . . . house is not a home w/o one.
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  • Ms. BeastMs. Beast Member Posts: 496 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Those are great pictures! What you are saying about Labs and kids is soooo true! They take what ever the kids give out and then come back for more with their big old tails going! Our last litter of pups was 9, it was great having them chase the kids all over the house and then just plop down and be asleep. Got to be a lot of work after awhile, 10 labs in one house doesn't work! The food they ate........forget it!
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a yellow lab once that I liked pretty good until I saw blood on his mouth and a couple of my small calves ears had been chewed off. No more lab. Also heard from another source that his lab worked on his livestock. The best dog I ever had was a Blue Healer (she was smarter that a lot of people I know)
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  • 7mm_ultra_mag_is_king7mm_ultra_mag_is_king Member Posts: 676 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    get a cat....less maint.Dog always needs attentioncat, too dang stuck up to be freindlydog, needs to be babysitted or you get landmines cat, feed it once a day, dump litter box every third day, forget about it dog,will steal food when you aint looking cat.....skip that one dog big pain in the but when you are in bed. cat keeps your feets warm dog make too much dang noise. cat, never hear it unless it wants something little cat eat $5 a week friggin mutt ate $25 a week in doggie food cat kill mice dog watch them run across floor dog eat newspaper cat look at it and yawn dog bite dumb mailman cat do nothing dog raise leg on furniture cat just claw it dog gets mean and bites you cat just be playfull and nail you feets from under the couch dog just big pain kitties soo cute also funny when hit with a bb gun dog tear you up for that save your self a headache and get a bird
    when all else fails........................
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  • just-shootjust-shoot Member Posts: 233 ✭
    edited November -1
    Labs & Retrievers are both good hunting & family dogs. One differenct I noticed: The lab will defend your family and property, the retriever will show the that person breaking into your home where you hide the good stuff. Not an agressive but overly friendly dog in my opinion/experience. Anyone, if I have the wrong impression of the retriever, please correct me.
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    Ok - I got it - A BLUETIC hound!!!! Very nice hunting dogs. They are not just for *, even though they love to tree every squirrel in the yard. Mine loves pheasant hunting and just running the fields. She is great with the kids, but a bit boneheaded when it comes to obediance, but she loves you anyway....
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  • soopsoop Member Posts: 4,633
    edited November -1
    Buy yourself a stuffed toy dog.No food or vet bills,and you don`t have to worry about stepping in anything. Find yourself a friend who has a good hunting dog.Make this person your best friend,at least until his dog dies.
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  • barnratdevaneybarnratdevaney Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Take a look at a Gordon Setter, we have one, and with NO training, he is scarey good at flushing game and bringing it towards us. Rabbits, Turkeys, anything that moves, and he is a good family dog, friendly to the kids to a fault, yet with a big dog bark and a frightening countenance towards strangers. No negatives with this guy, cept he likes to sleep in my son's bed and push him onto the floor.
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  • Dave3Dave3 Member Posts: 106 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've got the best of both worlds Half Golden Retriever half black Lab. He looks Like a black Golden Retriever. Not as hyper as a lab and not as "sensative" as a golden. Barks like heck at strangers then shows them where the good stuff is. The long hair does tend to collect alot of cockleburrs. Kinda hard to find though. The Vet says he looks Like a Flat Coat Retriever has anyone seen a flat coat.
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  • Miss. CreantMiss. Creant Member Posts: 300 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pit Bulls are more exiting.
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  • twinstwins Member Posts: 647 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1.) Chesapeake Bay Retriever2.) Weimeraner (sp)
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cats suck.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He Dog only sleeps out side during hunting seasons, trout fishing, and camping trips. Like cats a lot. Concealed sleep outside.
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  • Richie RichRichie Rich Member Posts: 439 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    well, here's one not to due unless you are a gluten for punishment and don't mind having everything that can and will be chewed(chewed) and that is my (loving little 13 inch mo. breed itchy itch, 4 champion BEAGLE.Don't get me wrong I love her to death and somtimes that is not far off, like the 1000 dollar rug with 3 holes in it or the 300 dollar shoes in the raid of the closet or the lawn bubblers chewed of course. And then the on going always getting into the trash, all and the time she ran off for 4 days and got hit by a car and I had to have her hip re-built.YEP I love my lil beagle also have 2 miniture snauzers they are okay for lil dogs but favorite dog was my english springer. sorry to rant on but I love my beagle, we also have 2 parrots,1 turtle and a lot of fish in a 125 gallon tank. GOOD LUCK Rich
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    He Dog,I`m glad you liked ~CATS~!!!Has anyone else here seen ~CATS~???.218
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  • R WallerR Waller Member Posts: 35 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    boykin spaniel,one of the finest dogs in the world... http://www.boykinspaniel.org/ http://www.rockncreekkennel.com/
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  • s.guns.gun Member Posts: 3,245
    edited November -1
    Mustang;how bout giving us a result later as to what dog is No.1,2,and three.
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A big fat dog ! In case of need he helps you hunt ,in case he does not ,he becomes the food ! .....
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