great picture,my dog is used to run around with really big sticks as well but that looks more like a tree. henk!!!
Henk ..he carried it for about 3 miles would not put it down, great thing is when we got home he just collapsed in the corner and went to sleep
I always get worried when I hear of owners referring to their Rottweilers or German Shepherds as 'big softies' :Angelic: They are no such thing, they are pack animals that need to know and be comfortable with their place in the pack. If they are confused as to their place in the pack they will instinctively try to climb the ladder and that is when a small child gets savaged or worse. End of rant. That is a seriously cute spaniel though.
Not all dogs are that representative of their breeds in either a good way or a bad way. Basset hounds are supposed to be hunting animals. In her 12 year existence, Agathe never showed any signs whatsoever of being interested in this activity. We came face to face with foxes on our walks and she couldn't have cared less. The thing might just as well have been made out of plastic. She never snapped at anyone in her entire life or made any attempt to bite them. But you wouldn't want to say that all basset hounds are like this. I would, however, be a lot more inclined to trust a strange bulldog or basset hound than a rottweiler or alsatian going by a law of averages.
Utter bollocks, I grew up with German Shepherds and they are by nature 'soft' dogs. It is very rare to find one with dominance issues. The dogs used by the Police / Army are specifically bred to have controllable aggressive tenancies, these dogs do not get sold as pets. The vast majority of dog attacks are due to the shite way the owners train them. That applies to ALL breeds from Shepherds to Chihuahuas.
Yes, it is the owners fault and it does apply to ALL breeds of dogs, which was exactly my point. I wasn't specifically picking on Rotweilers or German Shepherds other than that they are big powerful dogs.
gotcha, sorry I went off half cocked it seems. We have had 7 Shepherds over the years and I have never seen an aggressive reaction from any of them.
I'm also very sorry to hear that. They are loving pets, who rapidly become members of the family. We had three that thankfully made it to old age, when they passed the house was no longer a home. So we got three more...That's well over three stone of cats.
I only have one cat now 1/2 Norwegian forest and 1/2 Bengal - cute cat unless you want a cuddle he comes a walk most nights with our greyhound - neighbours think we're nuts
