Which dog stops you in your tracks?

[Chichichiwawa]

Like if you're out and you see a dog - what dog would make you stop and stare?

For me it's a pure black or pure white standard poodle properly clipped out. I think they're gorgeous.

Irish Setter - pure beauty.

Loving the warnings about the German Shorthaired Pointers. Thanks!! They are gorgeous dogs. Definitely a retriever for us one day I think though!

I love Irish setters and golden retriever ems but most of all I love this girl
She was a year old here and is almost ten now
The best friend I will ever and have ever had

Well as we are doing pics of our beautiful boys and girls, here's the village celeb as a puppy before his markings settled, and now as a young adult with his 'wyf' (he's neutered). He comes from working lines and certainly has the brains and fitness to be a working dog, but to be honest he's a bit too highly strung and dramatic. TV would be a better job for him. All you'd have to do is teach him cues for all the dramatic noises, expressions and postures he does already.

This one, absolutely loves life and is admired and adored by everyone she meets.

iloveeverykindofcat I am currently obsessed with Corgis and if I could have another dog I would have one in a heartbeat, he's beautiful.

@Stellaris22 thank you, he knows.

They're great dogs and I definitely recommend them to the right family but you have to know what you're getting in for: not so much a cute litlle teddy bear as an intelligent, driven, vocal, medium-sized athlete on short legs. He's wonderful but he is, as they say, a lot of dog in a compact package. Not one for an easy life.

Here's my little floof. He's a rescue so not entirely sure of the breed but I've been told he has some Brittany Spaniel in him. We often get stopped and most people are shocked to learn he's 12 years old. He's still as bouncy and daft as ever!

And another one because he's gorgeous. Never met another dog like him.

I took my Leonberger into B&Q last week as I quickly needed something and didn’t want to risk leaving him in the car. The first worker thought I’d brought a pony in with me 😂 then the rest of her Co-workers came (literally) running over to look at him. He is very used to people staring at him 🤣

Where I walk my Leo there is a woman who struggles to control a huge white adolescent Kommodor who is even bigger than my Leo. It literally looks like a man dressed up in a dog suit 😂 I confess I do stare at that.

I get stopped a lot with my 10 month old staffy puppy

He has the saddest little seal face , but when folks stop to say hello it transforms In to the biggest staffy smile

He just love attention and luckily people seem to give it to him.

@Sauvignonandlemonade

And another one because he's gorgeous. Never met another dog like him.

Wow he is gorgeous - what a pretty dog you have there!

We had a wolfhound growing up and people actually stopped / slowed down in their cars to stare (small town).

I myself love a long haired German shepherd (especially black) or huskys

iloveeverykindofcat I have a basset hound so no stranger to more difficult breeds, it would be very different to a basset but ours loves exercise.

@Indoctro

I get stopped a lot with my 10 month old staffy puppy

He has the saddest little seal face , but when folks stop to say hello it transforms In to the biggest staffy smile

He just love attention and luckily people seem to give it to him.

God, he's gorgeous!

I see a few people mentioning Bernese Mountain Dogs. The President of Ireland has two, and my mam got to play with them on a visit to the Phoenix Park. They were gorgeous.

@magicstar1

I see a few people mentioning Bernese Mountain Dogs. The President of Ireland has two, and my mam got to play with them on a visit to the Phoenix Park. They were gorgeous.

They are beautiful. I wish I had the space and they had a slightly longer life as getting one of these babies in my house 7-8 years is too short! Would break my heart. Slobber and fur doesn't bother me, but I would need a place to put a mattress for a bed 😂

Smooth collie, they're so rare and I think they're gorgeous.

Also a Leonberger or any big fluffy dog like a Bernese or Newfie.

I also have a weakness for a silvery grey staffie with a smiley face, my future rescue dog of choice .

I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Tollers yet …

My instant thought was pretty much any sighthound, particularly Afghans, Salukis, Borzois and Podencos. Any/every Lurcher we see draws my attention. To me there’s nothing more beautiful than a sighthound in full-flight. Having read through the thread though I have realised I am a sucker for so many different breeds:

• Good strong, old-fashioned, square-set, long-coat GSDs. My first ever rescue was one and she was perfect in every way. Sadly they are like hen’s teeth these days, but we do have one locally and she is a stunner.

• Bernese Mountain Dog - came so close to having one in the late 90’s having researched the breed and breeders and been in regular contact with a breeder who was happy for me to have one of their pups. We had waited for a couple of years and were up next on their waiting list - only for a crossbreed rescue pup to find her way to me just before, so she came home instead. Didn’t regret it for a minute, she was an amazing dog.

• Gordon Setters - used to know a breeder and they are the most beautiful elegant looking dogs, with a completely contradictory goofball, loopy personality behind their glamour.

• Irish Setter - my grandparents had one that helped teach me to walk! Beautiful, sweet natured girl.

Irish Water Spaniel - almost never see these anymore. My grandparents had one after they lost their setter and he was the most loving, affectionate, loyal boy.

• Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier - the only pedigree dog we’ve ever bought, an awesome girl, still missed every day and it’s been over a decade since we lost her.

• Dandie Dinmont - can’t resist their cute faces, with their huge eyes!

The list goes on and on and includes gorgeous cross and mixed breeds. We live 30 seconds from the park entrance, so there is a constant parade of dogs past our front window and I get to see all manner of different breeds on a daily basis.

My particular favourites these days are oldies of any variety, absolutely love them to bits and always want to hear their life stories, if their humans are up for a chat.

I would also be ridiculously excited to meet one of my next breed, English Toy Terrier, out and about. Our getting a pup will have been years in the planning by the time it happens and although it is a big departure from the type of dogs we’ve had before, I am absolutely smitten with them.

Sighthounds and setters for me

Saw a Gordon Setter today, and I did have to go and admire him

I also love any sight hounds with their genteel demeanour… who then burst into amazing running machines when off lead, love to watch them run!

I have a deerhound myself, and he’s very marmite. Small dog owners quickly lift up their doggies as he approaches, they’re scared, I guess he looks sort of wolf like. Very sweet nature, but def not a dog for everyone

Bernese mountain dog, leonberger and Newfies.

I would love one but the short age span puts me off. I think they are beautiful though.

I settled on getting my 3rd golden. Nice to see so many on here saying they love a goldiw. My boy gets a lot of attention on walks.

Salukis!
I was walking my Eurasier on the local meadows on sunday and an unknown dog owner came behind us with her dog on a lead..so I clipped mine one (she loves to chase but can be funny with some dogs) and the owner said 'no it's fine..I'm just waiting til we are far enough for her to run'.. I explained mine loves a chase but barks and sometimes growls when playing..no worries she says...
She let her saluki go, I let my girl go.... and it was like watching Usain Bolt go past... my girl is pretty fast but the Saluki shot past like a missile!!! Then doubled back to be chased again! She was poetry in motion!

We get stopped a lot because Eurasiers are rare and the black tongue and curly tail confuses people!
(My girl...)

SBT, Rottweiler and ABBB