What is your favorite breed of dog, and why?

Jun 21, 2024
6:49:09pm

Cougar Junkie Truly Addicted User

I'll start.

My favorite breed is Australian Cattle Dog (blue heelers). They are smart, athletic, fun, and just the right size (medium). Their coloring is beautiful, and they often have eye patches. Lastly, they even have a bit of dingo in them.

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What is your favorite breed of dog, and why?

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 6:49pm

Nintendog.

BYUtka

Jun 21, 6:50pm

Peekapoo

Revolution

Jun 21, 6:51pm

My dad had several Australian Blue Heelers and gave them all the same name. I

Hoopster

Jun 21, 6:52pm

My favorite isn’t a breed. But I love our F1 standard bernedoodle.

JamieTartt

Jun 21, 6:52pm

1. Golden Retriever 2. Labrador Retriever 3. Great Pyrenees

byuluvr

Jun 21, 6:54pm

Boxer. We’ve had Boxers for years. GREAT family dog.

Lifi

Jun 21, 6:55pm

The one where the dad is a bulldog and the mom is a shih tzu. Don't remember what they call it...

RootieBoy

Jun 21, 6:56pm

RE: The one where the dad is a bulldog and the mom is a shih tzu. Don't remember

Chefcurry

Jun 21, 6:58pm

Husky

Salami Karate

Jun 21, 6:56pm

Toy Pom......

StarMan

Jun 21, 6:59pm

RE: Toy Pom......

Hoopster

Jun 24, 6:58pm

So I have only tried a couple of recipes, but the big black dogs- kintamani-

Courtimedes

Jun 21, 7:00pm

Yes. Emigrating to China. 😛

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:01pm

Hard to beat a lab. They're perfect except all the shedding.

Chemish

Jun 21, 7:01pm

English Setter.

Busting Coveys

Jun 21, 7:02pm

Old English Sheepdog, mellow, no shedding and very loyal. Just got a puppy after

gilbertatty

Jun 21, 7:03pm

I'm not a dog fan, but I've had a Yorkshire Terrier for a year and a half

Belboz

Jun 21, 7:03pm

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

arizonacougarfan

Jun 21, 7:03pm

The neighbors just got one of those. Looks similar, but swap the brown for black

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:08pm

Such people friendly dogs. Love to snuggle but also play and run around

arizonacougarfan

Jun 21, 7:11pm

One lying next to me right now. 2 daughters both have one. Nice dogs.

Soupie

Jun 21, 7:16pm

Hot.

CAPX

Jun 21, 7:07pm

Irish setter

veddarhall

Jun 21, 7:07pm

I haven’t tried them all yet so I’m undecided.

godawgs

Jun 21, 7:08pm

Board name!

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:09pm

I love Brittany’s

conflictedcoug

Jun 23, 3:29pm

Rhodesian Ridgeback because they are awesome and gorgeous animals

Ray Shoesmith

Jun 21, 7:09pm

Belgian Malinois

BeardedBroker

Jun 21, 7:11pm

Please to note other part question. Much thank you.

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:13pm

Some of the coolest dogs in the world but 100% wrong for 99% of people.

godawgs

Jun 21, 7:18pm

For sure. Mine has mellowed a bit, still pretty crazy.

BeardedBroker

Jun 21, 7:46pm

Aren't they just modified German Shepherds? Sure look like it.

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:49pm

RE: Aren't they just modified German Shepherds? Sure look like it.

BeardedBroker

Jun 21, 10:33pm

Been thinking about getting a blue heeler.

bluesloth

Jun 21, 7:14pm

My mother had a blue heeler mix. (Rottweiler may have been the other part.)

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:19pm

Komet was not a blue heeler mix. I picked the dog up, saw the parents & sibling

Creaturecow

Jun 26, 5:10pm

They are great dogs, just have a velociraptor stage from 6 mos' to year 3.

Creaturecow

Jun 26, 5:12pm

Lots of good guesses in this thread but there is only one correct answer as to the best.

Tokolosh

Jun 21, 7:14pm

Looks like a cross breed with Dumbo.

bluesloth

Jun 21, 7:15pm

I hunt with a few and they’re awesome

godawgs

Jun 21, 7:20pm

The Speckled Beagle?

Plantagenet

Jun 21, 7:49pm

Vizsla—smart, good size, athletic and fun!

Billie Ruben

Jun 21, 7:14pm

Acceptable alternate to the GSP.

Tokolosh

Jun 21, 7:19pm

Loved our vizsla, very fun dog that just considers itself one of the family.

Submariner

Jun 21, 7:37pm

I had a Vizsla. It…didn’t go well.

godawgs

Jun 21, 8:00pm

I love Weimaraner’s too, but we tried rescuing one with bad health problems

Kbdub

Jun 21, 8:46pm

We’ve had ours for four months. Crazy about her.

Kbdub

Jun 21, 8:43pm

Golden Retriever.

byujdmba

Jun 21, 7:15pm

Not a dog person but wife recently got a Boston Terrier and it's been great so

Covid-19

Jun 21, 7:21pm

German Shorthair Pointer

BerkeleyCoug

Jun 21, 7:22pm

The kind that doesn’t bite, or shed, or bark, or poop, or pee, or drool….

Penske Material

Jun 21, 7:24pm

So, no woman for you?

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:26pm

...or cost money, or have to be housed when you are on a trip, or eat kids...

Courtimedes

Jun 21, 7:33pm

RE: The kind that doesn’t bite, or shed, or bark, or poop, or pee, or

Billie Ruben

Jun 21, 8:01pm

You just described the golden doodle I just inherited from my dad. My first dog

BikeGuy

Jun 21, 8:23pm

Doberman. Great family dog, smart, obedient, not a lot of shedding.

delux_247

Jun 21, 7:27pm

They look great with a docked tail and vertical ears. If not, they look weird.

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:29pm

Doberman…Beautiful, smart trainable dog with short hair and doesn’t slober.

Malcolm Reynolds

Jun 21, 7:27pm

Jinx

delux_247

Jun 21, 7:31pm

Had two. Dino, male, happy obedient perfect. Tanya, girl, moody stubborn.

CAPX

Jun 22, 4:29pm

Was she spayed? They won't even let unfixed dogs in our local dog park

Kbdub

Jun 22, 4:39pm

Yes she was.

CAPX

Jun 23, 2:56pm

I prefer male dogs.

Cougar Junkie

Jun 22, 4:46pm

I think some of the dog gender stereotypes are pretty suspect.

godawgs

Jun 22, 5:01pm

Yeah, I'm probably biased. My mother's dog, that I referenced above, was the

Cougar Junkie

Jun 22, 5:48pm

Dogs are cool.

godawgs

Jun 22, 6:05pm

My Doberman (female/European) does this too.

Malcolm Reynolds

Jun 22, 8:20pm

Love it! Are the European Dobermans superior to the American ones, as

Cougar Junkie

Jun 22, 10:00pm

RE: Love it! Are the European Dobermans superior to the American ones, as

Malcolm Reynolds

Jun 22, 10:18pm

Fav? The one I don’t have. Like not having one. 2nd we have had two poodle mixes

SBB

Jun 21, 7:33pm

Poodles, but I guess some of you don't want a dog that is smarter than you

JoMax

Jun 21, 7:33pm

All dogs are not the same, my favorite dog I have ever had is my 5 year old Goldendoodle

JOPE

Jun 21, 7:34pm

That's the tough part. You can't tell how the dog will turn out when you get a

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:36pm

large dog-weinaramer

PackerFan

Jun 21, 7:40pm

The German Shepherd Dog: personality, smarts, loyalty, presence, versatility &

Plantagenet

Jun 21, 7:46pm

Probably my second favorite after Australian Cattle Dog

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 7:50pm

Good point. The German Shepherds from Europe are superior. The American

Cougar Junkie

Jun 21, 8:02pm

The AKC standard is physical conformity, whereas the European standard is for

Plantagenet

Jun 22, 10:15am

English Staffordshire Bull Terrier

whoneedscorners?

Jun 21, 7:58pm

RE: English Staffordshire Bull Terrier

byuluvr

Jun 21, 8:17pm

And American staffordshire bull terriers are the absolute worst.

shimmy

Jun 23, 3:26pm

True!

whoneedscorners?

Jun 23, 6:31pm

Labsky- perfect temperament and intelligence

pegushin

Jun 21, 8:01pm

Same. Pretty sure my dog growing up was part Heeler and part Beagle. Tried to go with a part Heeler part American..

greatbam

Jun 21, 8:23pm

Miniature Pincer

RenoCoug

Jun 21, 8:45pm

I’ve had 4. Great dogs if you can teach them not to bark at everything.

Malcolm Reynolds

Jun 21, 8:47pm

She is good in public while on a leash but is a ravage beast at the house

RenoCoug

Jun 21, 8:50pm

I’m a fan of the Boykin Spaniel

conflictedcoug

Jun 21, 9:31pm

Do you hunt with your Boykin? I’ve heard they’re great water dogs.

Busting Coveys

Jun 21, 9:50pm

Yes

conflictedcoug

Jun 21, 9:56pm

A dingo ate my baby…

ArcticKat

Jun 21, 9:49pm

RE: A dingo ate my baby…

BYU Grounds

Jun 21, 10:22pm

Because you love them so much, I volunteer you to babysit mine for two weeks in

Creaturecow

Jun 26, 5:47pm

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