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Lighthearted - poshest people you know dog breeds

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Brightonbabe5 · 04/11/2020 10:03

The poshest family I know own a gorgeous wolfhound named who's always covered in mud & loves children & a little Jack Russell😁

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Juanbablo · 05/11/2020 06:01

We have a JRT and are definitely not posh in any way.

Caeruleanblue · 05/11/2020 06:05

Jack Russell's and other terriers are good ratters if you have land and outbuildings.

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 05/11/2020 07:21

@MrsJunglelow

I don’t know any truly ‘posh’ people but the most middle class I know have horribly behaved cockerpoos

Oh god yes. My kids go to school in a very MC area, and since lockdown the school yard is overrun with small, curly dogs at pickup time.

TheJourneyWoman · 05/11/2020 08:03

The poshest family I know have a working cocker. Over the years though I have noted that posh people often have black labs.

SagelyNodding · 05/11/2020 08:16

The poshest people I know have:
Family 1 - 1 yellow lab, 1 Scottish Terrier, 1 mini wire-haired dachshund 1 golden retriever.
Family 2 - an old English sheepdog
Family 3 - A pair of black labs

Brightonbabe5 · 05/11/2020 09:07

We're collecting our Cavalier this weekend, we will be joining the "cute pooch" brigade. Our school gate is over run with fluffy cockapoos, cavachon, bichon type pooches too! It's been worse since they've returned from midterm🤣

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DrGachet · 05/11/2020 09:21

Labradors - they send them off to "boarding school" and get rid of if they don't shape up to be good gun dogs Angry and border terriers.

DotTheCaddy · 05/11/2020 09:23

The poshest family I know have a rescue staffy

Hoppinggreen · 05/11/2020 09:27

The poshest people I know have black labs and spaniels
However, I was walking DDog (Retriever) in a vair posh area and an incredibly posh older couple came over - he even had red cords on ffs!
The lady said they used to have 3 Goldies “ vair smart dogs” apparently

JonHammIsMyJamm · 05/11/2020 10:03

@CherryPavlova

All the multi’s and established families around here have working dogs. Labs with black being most frequent, but a few fox reds and the odd chocolate. Sandringhams being the most sought after. Chocolates generally considered a tad nouveau. Cockers are popular as are JRs. Working dogs generally much more popular. Even our sweet setter is an Upperwood and we’re not grand at all.

People more concerned about source than breed per se.

Sandringhams being the most sought after

They’d have a job. Sandringham haven’t offered stud or puppies for a good few years now, have they? Hmm. You’ll find dogs with Sandringham in their lone but no direct Sandringham dogs anymore, probably not for around 7-10 years now.

JonHammIsMyJamm · 05/11/2020 10:03

*line not lone

Wolfiefan · 05/11/2020 11:46

@Brightonbabe5 thanks I am very lucky. The Tibetan is such a funny character and so attached to its mum!
Enjoy your new addition.

Brightonbabe5 · 05/11/2020 12:38

According to DH lurchers are very common among the horsey Codswolds set 🤣 I've know idea how he has this nugget of information!

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CherryPavlova · 05/11/2020 12:53

JonHammIsMyJamm Yes, clearly its the line not the address.

Kanaloa · 05/11/2020 13:11

The ‘poshest’ person I know is an older lady who has an extremely spoiled and very cute maltese.

HoneyCheesecake · 05/11/2020 13:30

The poshest lady we know (kids at private school, keeps horses) has a black lab! It’s a very skinny looking one which is apparently more typical of the breed rather than the stockier types you see. She is a lovely lady and actually looks after our dog.

I get called posh (only by people who don’t really know me or know my background), and I have a rescue Bichon.

Literallynoidea · 05/11/2020 14:57

Off topic but I find lurchers very lacking in character. I've never known an interesting one. Am I missing something?

Posh ppl I know have all manner of dogs, but never poodles or alsatians or rottweilers or chihuahuas/pomeranians. Some super posh scoff at the 'made up breeds' eg cockerpoos, labradoodles too.

Brightonbabe5 · 05/11/2020 15:19

@Literallynoidea that's what surprised me about Lurchers they're crossbreeds also...

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moosemama · 05/11/2020 15:44

@Literallynoidea, what do you mean by interesting?

I’ve had three Lurchers, all different mixes and all characters in their own way.

First one was about 30 years ago and we didn’t even know she was a Lurcher at the time, she was a pocket rocket that had everyone in stitches on a regular basis with her antics.

The boy we lost in June this year was a character and half and so full of life. He was a dog with a sense of humour, really clever - you could teach him pretty much anything, he had to be involved in anything/everything that was going on in our household. Unfortunately, due to his bad start in life, he was absolutely petrified of any dogs other than our other Lurcher and had really bad separation anxiety. We adored the bones of him and miss him dreadfully every day, the house feels very quiet and empty without him.

The old lad we still have is the sweetest, calmest, most loving boy. Loves everyone and everything, fantastic human and dog social skills - again, a cheeky sense of humour and charms everyone he meets.

I think some Lurchers can be aloof with people outside of their family/circle and can therefore come across as a bit lacking in spark to outsiders. Saluki crosses in particular tend to be chock full of character, which can be a double-edged sword in some cases.

spiderlight · 05/11/2020 16:47

Two wolfhounds and a Bernese Mountain Dog.

TheDogsMother · 05/11/2020 17:00

Prince Charles and Boris Johnson have Jack Russells

Stellaris22 · 05/11/2020 18:50

Two black labs which are trained as gundogs. Posh people do seem to prefer black labs!

Seriouslymole · 06/11/2020 12:25

I'm the poshest person I know, and I have a rescue greyhound. Grin

Also, the Queen (who I don't know personally) with her corgis. Corgis never really strike me as posh for some reason.

unchienandalusia · 06/11/2020 14:32

My mother! Always has golden retrievers. We've broken the mould somewhat and have a GSP.

40somethingJBJ · 06/11/2020 18:53

The poshest people I know have labs/spaniels/lurchers/JRT’s. The richest people I know (who are not posh in any sense of the term...) have a menagerie of pugs and chihuahuas, complete with matching outfits and diamanté collars!

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