Which breed?

[Minihero]

Which breed dog do you have?

We are planning on getting a puppy in Spring and looking at breeds. We love golden retrievers and have the space for a medium-big dog. We also like the idea of cocker spaniels and cockerpoos. There's also a maltipoo in our family that we adore.

We have 2xDC age 8 and 6 and DH works from home every day.

Gorgeous!! ❤️💕
Hoping our floofer does get least woofy, you're right though, mornings is no woof zone lol 😂

Gorgeous 😍 I looked at these too as they seem to have wonderful temperaments.

We've had two Australian Labradoodles now and they are both exceptionally gentle, intuitive and make us smile with their antics. They genuinely do give us therapy in a very broad sense of the word. You would find it very difficult to be unhappy around one.

We have a cross between ab Australian Shepherd and a labrador. She is clever and loves everyone.

@Floofpaws To be honest, she was never remotely as bad as Jack Russels, Westies etc. I’ve known well. I’d have called her a not very barking dog.
But when she was around 7/8 due to circumstances she had a bad patch. Still not a very barking dog but we got an electronic buzz collar. She was happy with it (this is a dog who HATED having her nails trimmed and didn’t mind letting us know).
We used it for a couple weeks, maybe an hour max a day. She was perfectly happy, ran about, played etc. but stopped the twenty minutes’ barking immediately. We’ve used it maybe two three times a year since, particularly when we started showing the house for sale. Some years never. I hope I’m not gonna be flamed for this, It’s made her happier not just us. It’s a break in repetitive regimen and 100% painless. Worth trying.

I absolutely disagree but we’re all human and that’s fine. One of the best breeds for a family home and much lower maintenance than a high energy dog like a golden retriever. I can’t speak for others but the Staffies I raised were fantastic at dog parks, if they’re socialised early and trained early they make brilliant pets.

@bumblebeessarecool wow! What an interesting cross. Gorgeous but I imagine can get up to mischief!

What a beautiful face!

There's surely a reason why they're one of the most common purebred dogs to be found in shelters though?

But other people are scared of them and it is going to be mega stressful to takevonevout to school drop off, to the park, on holiday etc. They like to grab other dogs by the neck. They may be playing but other people don't like it.

And jet in my home country they are on the dangerous dog list.

You need a specific licence to own one, dog has to be on lead with a muzzle when leaving the house...
However, I know both the lovely ones and the dog aggressive ones but I would not risk it with young DC.

selectively bred for centuries to be safe with children. I know of plenty of aggressive labradors yet know beautiful, calm Labrador’s. There isn’t a dog breed on earth not capable of serious aggression.

Staffordshire bull terriers have killed multiple people over the years in the UK. Can you say the same about labradors?

And yet since the year 2000, they've been at least partially responsible for 15 deaths in the UK alone, including several babies and toddlers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_Kingdom

The labrador doesn't even feature once.

Any dog with bull in it's name is a red flag to me. Including frenchies, but for different reasons!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ListofffataldoggattacksinntheUniteddKingdom

Lakeland terrier, a few jack Russell's, St Bernard, collie cross, Alaskan malamute, English springer spaniel and Bernese mountain dog are just some of the surprise breeds but no Labradors.

The springer and one of the staffs was due to sepsis of a small bite/nibble.

That's practically all of the surprise breeds. The others are all the usual suspects and most of them bull breeds.

Hmm, I actually don't find any of those particularly surprising with the exception of the St Bernard and Bernese Mountain Dog. And in fairness, there doesn't appear to be any evidence that the BMD actually attacked anyone, just that it was one (of many) dogs present?

Terriers, collies, malamutes and spaniels are all working dogs who need experienced owners. Too many of them end up in homes where they're not given the correct amount of stimulation or exercise, leading to behavioural issues and aggressive tendencies.

There are threads on here all the time from people who are struggling with aggression and sadly, the majority of the dogs involved are spaniels, terriers, collies and husky-type. That's not a coincidence.

The BMD was one of multiple dogs that killed a man. Oddly they don't list how many others or their breeds. His own dog wasn't one of them though ❤️

I just googled. 7 dogs, BMDs and dachshunds. How awful. The report says his own dog was involved but wiki says not, so don't know if they found this out later.

Is there evidence of that or is it just that the BMD was present, I wonder?

Obviously BMD's are big dogs and can potentially do a lot of damage, but it's incredibly unusual and so it can hardly be used as an example of a dangerous dog breed (unlike with JRT's where they've been known to kill multiple babies, often newborns).

@CellophaneFlower well I didn't want to miss any out 😀

@coffeesaveslives I was surprised by JRT. The argument is usually that little dogs don't do much damage but then there's the JRT.

I think there were several BMDs as well as dachshunds. It is surprising, I agree. I've read before about pack mentality kicking in though. Didn't that happen with that dog walker who was attacked by multiple breeds?

I think that one was proven to be her own illegal pitbull. Certainly I know for a fact that the Leonberger was cleared of any involvement.

I think a lot of the dogs involved in the dog walker incident were cleared weren't they? It was mainly her XL bully-type that inflicted the damage from what I remember.

I guess it teaches us that literally any dog can attack and cause fatal damage, but I don't think a one-off incident can really be compared to the 15 fatal attacks by staffies in the last 20 years (which PP was trying to do).