Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Got a stern lecture on responsible dog ownership today

Yes, we have four! He (Spot) is pretty tight with Basil. He's just really attached to me.

Many of these dog clubs consist of liberal, elitist, PETA type jerks.

It just comes with the territory unfortunately.

I remember when our Alf was a pup, we took him to a dog club-agility training-type deal in Fairbanks, Alaska--our hometown.
He was incredible and outperformed most of the older and very skilled dogs there. It was clear that this bothered the regulars there and they went out of their way to be critical of his wanting to socialize with other dogs. He'd never even been around other dogs other than his litter. Overall he was very good with the others.
We avoided the place and snobs for several months and when we returned several of the jerks there had acquired wire-haired pointing griffons like our Alf.

None of them ever had his intelligence, nose and agility. They seethed over his gifts.

,..shoulda told her that that fishy smell coming offa her would be more conducive to raisin' cats.

It's best to cut to the chase when dealin' with an uppity female.

Tell her, "Yeah, lady. You wouldn't even have to learn how to say 'here kitty kitty',......just park your crotch upwind of them and they'd come a'runnin.

"None of them ever had his intelligence, nose and agility. They seethed over his gifts"

What about their dogs?

Breed that healer with a border collie or a mountain cur, love my border collie/healer cross. The Cur/healer make great coyote dogs

lol! touche'! indeed, they were a-holes...

Well, I want a dog that will actually CLIMB AN 8FT FENCE to nip the schidt out of kids passing by on bicycles

Sad part is, all these people were sure they knew everything there is to know....

You're the weinner.

Yep, the little mutt in my avatar is a mostly heeler/sheepdog mutt. When my aunt passed years ago her wishes were for her ashes to be scattered along with those of her beloved newfie/lab mix Bear. I'm thinking I'll request the same w/respect to the ashes of that little mutt.

My bigger heeler is actually a heeler/stumpy-tailed cattle dog mix, that latter breed being poorly known outside Australia, but since they are basically taller, leggier heelers born w/out tails I dunno that counts as a mix.

And I've posted this pic before of my sister's heeler/aussie mix, bred on purpose by my other sister. A great dog...



Birdwatcher

Good advice. I do not like most people and keep to myself.

Smartest dog I've ever seen, was my little Brother's half Border Collie / half blue Healer, mix.
Best guard dog I've ever had was half Red Healer / half Coyote, that a kid in Vet. School gave me when I was still a student at TAMU. That dog hated blacks and Hispanics like no dog I've ever seen. But he would sleep with our big Tom Cat.

That's what she says........

One of the most athletic dogs I've ever had the pleasure to be around was a Belgian Shepherd (Mallinois) x Aussie Shepherd.

Very smart, capable, responsive and one of the best cow/bull dogs I've seen in action. Been wanting a pup out of him for a while. Seems like every time there is a litter, it's the wrong time of the year for me.

Lately, they've been breeding this male to a couple English Shepherd females which the local vet had imported. Nice dogs also. They don't seem to have been screwed up breeding for pet attributes resulting in watered down intelligence and functionality.

Birdy, the arrogant AKC types are some of the most annoying, anti-social flakes you'll encounter. Several times I've been to an AKC show only to be turned off by rude behavior on the part of the owners. "Dog Nazis" is not a bad term for them, and many of them repeatedly breed dogs with health problems, all for the sake of looks, trying to win shows.

I suspect if you found a reasonable breeder, and could talk to him one on one, you might get one receptive to providing a stud for your female, but I expect he won't want anyone to know about it.

I've met one malinois socially that was a pretty calm, well behaved dog, but he was watching me very closely as I chatted with his disabled owner. The folks who work with them a lot urge caution, though.

And yeah, I agree most dogs need someone around the house. That's one reason why I have cats, as they function fine when left alone during the day.

I'm not sure who the guy with the hair and bell-bottoms is but this late-seventies photo shows one of the best dogs I have owned; Mozart, an Old English Sheepdog..



Both my sisters are into horses and work around the moneyed Eastern horsey set (mostly wealthy women, some homosexual men, mostly owning thoroughbreds). Mozart there was brought in from England by one of these ladies.

He proved too high-energy for her to handle so one of my sisters took him, and shortly thereafter he became my dog. We got him when he was two.

The AKC by that time had already turned this breed into inbred, oversized, defect-plagued non-functional masses of hair. I suspect the English breeders had more integrity because Mozart weighed in at around fifty pounds and was both fast and agile.

He had the brains of a good working dog too and never needed a leash, readily learning commands. He was the boon companion of my high school years and after I went off to college, I still recall how depressed he became when he saw me packing to leave when I was home on visits. We still have many funny stories in our family concerning the antics of this dog, he was one of us.

By the time I came home from Africa Mozart was stone deaf and could barely walk, still the same cheerful and faithful dog though. A year later I took him on his last ride to the vet, it was time, and it was for me to do. He smiled at me the whole way there as he always did and followed me right in. He died with his head in my hands. I surprised myself by sitting in the truck and weeping when I came out of the vet, I didn't think I would.

One dog I'll be looking for for sure on the Rainbow Bridge.

Birdwatcher