What breed of dog wouldn’t you have again?

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We have a little Beagle/Poodle cross and my word she had the worst characteristics of both. Stupid, disobedient and scent driven like a Beagle. Fussy with food and snappy like a miniature poodle. We do love her despite this.

This evening she pushed us to the limit by chasing rabbits for two hours in the local tiny park. Her recall goes out of the window when she is scent triggered. We thought she’d got better. But no, she’s still a dick.

What breed or cross of dog would you never get again and why?

@TheWisePlumDuck , how on earth did your parents allow her to stay in the house. I have no idea how any of you could even look at her after that.😢

Yes! There’s one over the road to me, yappy annoying little prick. Never sits still

We looked after a relatives German shorthaired pointer and omg she was hard work! Wouldn’t relax, constantly on the go and constant crying.

We used to have a Newfoundland, and I miss him everyday. A LOT of work with the fur and solving but omg the most loving, safe angel on earth

A westie. She had major small dog syndrome and would snarl and snap. Was stubborn and obnoxious and not a suitable family pet. My dad still has scars on his thumbs from her. Loved her as she was full of character but never again lol.

I now have a Rottweiler who is the polar opposite of her, and is just a soft cuddly potato who just loves being around us. Thinks he's a tiny lapdog and wants cuddles 24/7.

I should probably start a separate thread, but I’d love opinions on a Bernese mountain dog

Am I looking on a mirror? LOL I was going to say the same thing!

I got my cocker as a three year old - I was her fourth home. I don't think she had a good upbringing and she has issues. She is a nice, soft dog (both in nature and to touch) but too needy for me.

I prefer terrier cheekiness. I had a most beautiful staffy. Extremely well trained, very friendly and all round happy dog. He got a bit too heavy for me in his old age, so I researched his successor. Based on my preference for a 10kg-ish, square headed, stocky dog I got a shortlist. Read the breed standards and chose a westie. The varminty in the breed standard may have been a positive 😄 He has been absolutely perfect from the moment he came home. I love the cheek, the attitude, the independence (but not too independent mind you!) and his joie de vivre. The cocker and I would have girl time on the couch while he tore around like a dervish as a pup. He was wild.

As with all of my dogs they are both very friendly, outgoing, happy in themselves. They recently saw a new vet and she was like "Wow, they're so friendly."

Dogs I wouldn't have - labs - too many vicious ones around where I live. Border collies - working borders travel up to 80km per day and engage their brains. Regardless of how many walks they go on during the day, you're not going to cover anywhere near enough ground for a working breed. I lived next to two - incessant non stop barking all day and nights as well at times. I hated those dogs with a passion. I moved to a four lane, busy road and the peace and quiet is blissful.

Beagles are such beautiful dogs. I didn't know their dickhead personalities!

@Molecule I hear you. He's the freak inside but has been attacked and is very dog reactive now as a result
Breaks my heart

Not a X breed but huskies. They are assholes.

I have had 3 in my lifetime (growing up). Wonderful, beautiful, intelligent dogs but they are fucking hard work. They are professional escape artists. You may think you have husky-proofed your garden but they will prove you wrong time and time again.

they can jump and climb like mountain goats and run like Usain Bolt.

I love them but no. Never again.

Jack Russell. He was snappy, barky, unpredictable and stubborn.

I’ve always had working dogs - collies, GSD and various crosses of them, plus current dog is a springer spaniel cross. I like the mad energy, alertness and trainability of a working dog. Would never touch a pug/french bulldog etc either, as I’ve got friends with them and all have breathing problems and just aren’t healthy at all.

I would never have a collie/sheep dog. We have several on both sides of the family and they are all either highly strung and likely to snap as soon as look at you or they are obsessed with fetch and wont leave you alone.

The dog I wouldn't have again is a Patterdale. I have never known such a bossy independent creature. She didn't have a mean bone in her body and she adored the kids but boy she was hard work.

Delighted that for once the sausages haven’t received a total pasting! 😂

Chows are my favourite breed I have 2 and there temperaments are amazing , they do shed twice yearly but not a big deal to me . Very loyal and make great guard dogs . Also excellent for toilet training very clean dogs

No more Romanian rescues for me. I ADORED our girl and she loved us, but my god she was such a traumatised dog that the work required is something I'm not prepared to do again. We lost her suddenly after 2yrs and it was horrific for us all.

Otherwise I've never met a poodle or poodle cross I've liked, ever. Neurotic, panicky, needy and too high maintenance in coat and behaviour for me. My best mate has a cockerpoo and I absolutely can't bear it (albeit 50% of that is piss poor training and zero boundaries which is not the dogs fault). Curly haired dogs give me the heebie jeebies.

My parents had a springer cross jack russell. Lovely boy, but appalling combination of dogs 😂 Bright, determined, able to clear a 6ft fence despite being 6 inches high himself and utterly incapable of tiring himself out, ever. He ended up going to a rural home where he could run riot all day - not a suitable family dog!

Can't figure out how to edit but my Patterdale cross is not the freak inside but is perfect. Outside however is tense

Mine is a rescue livestock guardian breed probably a Mioritic sheepdog cross. I love him and he is gorgeous but I would never have got him if I knew (rescue just billed him as ‘large mixed breed’)

On the positive he is a very beautiful creature, healthy, robust, not fussy and enjoys a good country walk, has no separation anxiety and he loves his family but on the negative he has a massive loud bark that he deploys often which is not ideal for a terraced house, he is clever but stubborn and hard to train and he is very reactive and prone to bark and lunge at things he thinks are a threat including cats, motorbikes, the neighbours and sometimes runners.

He will never be a dog that you can take to a pub or cafe and relax as you always have to watch out that he isn’t going to get triggered and lose it. He is big and needs good exercise but I have to be very careful where I let him off lead and mostly just keep him on a long line. He has embarrassed me more often than I care to remember!

I love him but I will get a smaller more placid dog if I ever have another!

Ours isn't stupid either and she is adorable. She is greedy though and the smell of chicken cooking sends her a bit wappy. We've managed to keep her slim though.

The only thing is the how much she sheds.

My relatives had a gorgeous (mostly) Boxer that had real character, he had amazing traits, he used to like collecting certain things. Sadly, he had to be put down as they found out unexpectedly that he had lymphoma. It was tragic, he was a very young dog, too. Apparently it's pretty common for that breed.
Also I've always loved Jack russells, but have heard of a few who got aggressive and unpredictable with age, so been put off those, too.

yappy doesn’t happen with small dogs either.

i have a small breed usually perceived as yappy. It’s the same as all dogs, if you allow them to bark incessantly or behave badly that’s on you.

mine barks if there’s someone at the door, or if someone passes the house. He’ll stop once he’s got my attention. Which it why I have him as I have hearing issues and don’t always hear. At all other times he is a stealth dog and a trip hazard.

people still tell me they couldn’t have a yappy small dogs either when he’s stood at heel quietly when the door is opened.

it’s the owners of the yappy dogs, not the dogs.

as for dogs I wouldn’t have, I agree with pp, any designer cross. So unpredictable as to what you get. I minded a poodle cross once and its coat was a fucking nightmare. Hours of grooming to stop it felting, hair everywhere, not the non shedding teddy bear they’re sold as.

We had a foreign sheepdog breed (outing as there aren’t many in the country) & they were amazing - loved walking anywhere, great recall, so loyal. Absolutely my dog, glued to me & followed my routines devotedly - although they allowed DH & DC to walk them as I’m not able to. Amazing security for the house when I was on my own. Sadly a victim to a type of dementia in old age & had to be PTS which was so sad.
Put me off long haired breeds though as the fur was a nightmare!

Dalmatian. Absolute bin raider and untrainable. I had two behavioural specialists out to him who said he was a lost cause. He was very loving though and beautiful to look at. Just a massive pain in the arse.

All 5 of my previous Staffies have been excellent though. I’d have another tomorrow if I could.

Lhasa Apso. A long-haired breed that actively hates being groomed (it’s a trait common to the breed: most dogs love being groomed, or tolerate it anyway!) Nightmare.

She never once learned in 16 years of daily grooming that if she kept still it wouldn’t be a painful experience. No, she’d twist and turn and writhe at the merest gentle contact with a soft brush, and of course the brush or comb would pull. Which only reinforced her idea that grooming was BAD.

See also: thick as two short planks

I’m in awe that one won Crufts some years ago because it must have been an exceptionally docile one!

I loved that dog but she was HARD WORK.

Working cocker also. I loved that boy with all my heart, and he loved me too. God, he was an absolute demon though. Cleverer than most children, disobedient, needy, greedy, wild. His early years nearly broke me. I would have him back in a second, but I wouldn’t get another who wasn’t him!

In contrast, my springer is a dream. Needs lots of walks and fun but is absolutely zero trouble.

I feel you. I have a Weimaraner who, I swear, tries to get inside my body at times. I have to steel myself to be firm and insist that she lies in her bed for part of every evening for my sanity. I adore her though.

Wire haired dachshund. We’ve always had smooth and long haired dachshunds and I adore them, even though they are stubborn and barky. I quite fancied making up the set so we short-term fostered a wire hair, who was completely insane. Totally different temperament from the other coats, more like a terrier in that he needed a job and constant entertainment or he was bouncing off the walls. It definitely put me off ever adopting one!