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The breed I think, from personal veiw, to controll *phycally and mentally is the alaskan malamute, they are sooooo goofy and they are so independant. UGH lol I couldent even walk my old mal Jag because he would walk me :eek:.
What breed is hardest for you to controll personally??
Definatley has to be my old dog, Bandit. He was an aussie/pit mix who was aggresive with other dogs, and did not trust people. We got him at the animal shelter, and he had been abused.. He was difficult to train, but I still loved him. :D I think I have shown a few pics of him before, but heres one to freshen everyones memory...;)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/fbd7f148.jpg
Look at that angelic face! :D
So far, springer spaniels. The ones I've met are too focused on their tennis balls and frisbees to listen to me or worry about anything else. I've met alot of other breeds that are more focused on toys, like border collies for instance, but they will still listen to my commands. :o
I'm glad Timber doesn't have a strong "ball drive." She fetches the ball about twice, and then runs, looks at it, and comes back without it lol. :rolleyes:
I think it depends on the person and how much experience they have with a certain breed or just dogs in general. It also depends on the dog and how they are trained.
For me, out of my 3 dogs, I find Nebo the easiest to control...and he's the breed that should be hardest to control. Huskies are known to be independent, hard to train, etc. Plus he is a larger dog and much younger than the other two.
Reggie is a schnauzer, Smokey is a poodle....dogs you'd *think* would be easier....uhh no. Neither one of them listens very well to me....
The reasoning? I was just a kid when we got Reggie and Smokey, and I did not train them, nobody did. We didn't *teach* them how to behave. It's not their fault. And I personally trained Nebo and have worked with him. That's the difference.
p.s. Nebo *is* independent, and he wasn't hard to train really, more like hard to get him to listen when he's distracted. :rolleyes:
Lemme see if I can remember the dogs I've tried working with..
I've only work with... a chow, Chi, Border collie, collie, shitzhu, pekingese, beagle, pomXpug and a sheltie. I've been reading about dogs for a majority of my life so I had about the same knowledge for each time I've worked with a different dog. The shitzhu would only do something when I had a treat. The chow would ALWAYS sit when I asked but that was all it knew. The border collie...was REALLY hard to work with lol. The pekingese, beagle and pomxpug were the hardest to work with. They live with my cousins and my cousins aren't keen on training. The dear little sheltie on the other hand, is an angel compared to those other dogs. I always thought Kai was a brat but after working with all those other dogs, I'm quite thankful for all those years of researching. Kai sits, downs and stays on command without treats. That's a big improvement for us because he use to only do it for treats. Without asking, he stays inside if the door's open, he won't touch anyone's food unless I give it to him....he's a sweet little boy.
the dog i have now is my first dog, sooo. :p
but my neighbor's akita was the hardest to control.
*he wasn't very hard to control, just because every other dog is easier. :rolleyes:
None for me...so far.
The largest dog I walked was a Saint Bernard (Lou) and Alaskan Malamute (Babe). Both were very good, of course they had their moments. The Malamute pulled now and then, but with a good pull of the leash and voice command he stopped and would listen. These dogs were well trained too, so I am sure that accounted for their good manners.
Of the dogs that I have owned, I would
say our Terriers were the most stubburn.
Rocky, (akita) has tunnel vision when it comes to his prey
drive and strange dogs. That to me makes
him the most difficult dog, I have ever owned.
My easiest dogs and most obedient dogs were
a GSD/lab mix and a GSD/Akita mix and GSD. :)
That is the same with my dogs, when you include Oreo, the beagle/poodle mix my parents got when I was 14. At that time we knew nothing about training dogs, being alpha, or anything. And at 14, although I really wanted a dog, I didn't want the responsibilty....Now, 14 years later, Oreo sets her rules. Although she has gotten better, you don't touch her where she doesn't want to be touched, or you may get bit. She knows sit and lay down, and that is about it :)Quote:
Originally posted by wolf_Q
I think it depends on the person and how much experience they have with a certain breed or just dogs in general. It also depends on the dog and how they are trained.
The reasoning? I was just a kid when we got Reggie and Smokey, and I did not train them, nobody did. We didn't *teach* them how to behave. It's not their fault. And I personally trained Nebo and have worked with him. That's the difference.
The hardest breed that was hard to control was my Brodie he was a young wild boy! He was a beagle mix so he want to go everywhere where wer is noise went! But I love the breed they are my favorite!! Hound-dogs!~ lol
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Now, 14 years later, Oreo sets her rules. Although she has gotten better, you don't touch her where she doesn't want to be touched, or you may get bit. She knows sit and lay down, and that is about it
Hey, that is not true. Oreo may not be the best behaved dog in the world but she comes when you call her (if she can hear you), gets in her bed when she is told (or bribed), gets off furniture when you tell her and can beg, too. So there!!!!
I am not sure since I havent had that much experience.
Lol, i only have one dog, but my family has other dogs. i've been around Golden retrievers, Springer Spaniel, Cocker spaniel aaand Border collie.
I found Coco, my Cocker spaniel pretty hard to control. i was young when we got her though, only 9 years old. she's about seven years old now, and she's the sneakiest puppy i've ever met.
She's been living with my dad for the last couple of months and quickly got used to the fact HE doesn't want her in the kitchen. but of course, the second he's gone, the kitchen is all hers -_^ she's such a smart dog, despit my family's beliefs. hehe but my story said... impossible to control
(But i wouldn't have it any other way ^-^)
I would say our Chows. Not that they were really hard to control, but just more stubborn & hard headed:rolleyes:
I have never had a hardest to control, not for a specific breed anyway. I think the dog that tugged the most for me was a mixed breed, and was at the Humane Society so I guess that doesn't say much.;) The biggest dog I have handled was a HUGE doberman, but he didn't tug a bit.
i've only had 2 breeds, beagle and dobe. since pepper had a dominence problem when we got him he was harder to control then honey, but honey was harder to train.
In my life, I have had a poodle, a lab, now, a dachshund and mostly yorkies. But, the one dog that was out of control and totally hard to do anything with was the: Jack Russell Terrier!! I know they are really smart and I liked the idea of teaching them to do the obstacle course. We also have horses and I had seen them at the steeple chases in our area. They have Jack Russell races. So I had to have one!! They require a lot of work! Plus, they get bored very easy so they have to be busy all day! Mine pulled off wall paper from the walls and almost chewed through the entire leg of the dinning room table before I caught her. She lived the rest of her days outside and as it would be, got runned over by a car because she was always jumping the fences, etc.
I think I like Yorkies the most, they are well tempered, yet can be a little aggressive and they are very smart and will listen to training well. The dachshund is pretty good too, although a hound, tame enough to live inside.
I think the hardest dog I've run across to train was a chesapeake bay retriever. Extremely hard headed!! Once you get them trained - they NEVER forget. Great dogs, but they do require patience.
They can also be the hardest to control in certain situations. They are very territorial about the person they pick as theirs. If they sense a threat to their people - yikes - get out of the way. At one time, we had three (weighing over 300 lbs total) and they were soooo mellow until they sensed a threat then watch out.
I think it has as much to do with training as with breed. Dad's neighbor loooves to walk Bruni for him - although Bruni's a 140-lb St. Bernard, she was trained, and does NOT pull on the leash. In contrast, her mixed breed shelter/rescue guy was full-grown when she got him, and pulls Jeanie down the street and back.
I would totally agree with that. :D I have lived with/owned, let me see, a Wirehaired Terrier, a mix breed (that I can`t even give a guess of what), a Jack Russell mix, a Lab, a Lab/Gsd mix, a Sheltie type mix, two Dobes, two GSDs and my current dog, Bob a Springer Spaniel. And Bob is the hardest, because, as you say, it is sooo hard to keep him focused, all he wants to do is have fun!:DQuote:
Originally posted by wolfsoul
So far, springer spaniels. The ones I've met are too focused on their tennis balls and frisbees to listen to me or worry about anything else.
Chris
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Originally posted by Karen
I think it has as much to do with training as with breed.
That's EXACTLY what I was going to post. There have been many dogs from Buster, the chocolate lab i used to walk to Norman the cocker spaniel and Buddy the pit bull.
Dusty is by far my hardest dog ever. He is australian shephard and husky. He is super duper hyper. One word always comes to mind when I look at him...estatic. He knocks you down cause he's so excited to see you, he does back flips and knocks stuff down, he sees a person or kitty and he runs off to see them, he's got this shrill high pitched bark that can break glass... These all sound like things you can break, right? Nope. Dusty is so happy that reprimands do not phase him. I have tried both physical and verbal punishment. Nothing matters, he is still happy as heck. I have never seen Dusty get his feelings hurt or seen him miss a beat when I discipline him. I've just tried to be consistant and hopefully sooner or later, he'll grow out of it. He's getting a little better.
I forgot to mention that he likes to knaw on you when he gets really excited. A visual image for you.
I think great dane is quite hard to train, because they are big, and they know it and want to show their temeprament.....