What do you know about your favorite breed?

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Pick as many of your favorite dog breeds as you want and tell what you know about them, or some of what you know about them. Include a picture.


The Neapolitan Mastiff -- The Neo is a powerful, strong looking dog. They are powerful, muscular and strong with a rather wrinkly face, but don't be fooled by the Neapolitan's mean expression, they're very loving dogs that are rather friendly and gentle. They were devoloped to look and act mean, but are extremely affectionate with family and family friends. These dogs are highly protective and not fearful at all, so burgalars beware! They are extremely intelligent and somewhat willfull. These dogs are usually very loving with children, but females are a better family pet while males are better guardians. They're great guard dogs for both properety and family and will give their lifes for their owners.


Picardy Shepherd -- Most people know the Picardy Shepherd from the dog on "Winn Dixie", and they're a great dog to know! The Picardy Shepherd loves his owners dearly, but they are not fearful dogs at all. They will stand up to their enemies snarling and showing their white scissor-like teeth.


The Pit Bull -- Some people imagine pit bulls as vicious monsters roaming the neighborhood for the taste of blood, but they are wrong. A loooong way from right. Pit Bulls are very loving dogs, and in history were trained to fight in the ring with other dogs, but never bite a human. Over the years, good breeders have made trustworthy and great dogs. What makes pit bulls bad, any dog actually, is either bad breeding or bad ownership. No dog is bad, but there are bad owners. They're happy, outgoing, stable, and friendly. Being highly protective over their owners, they're give their life for the people they love.

[Roxyluvsme13]

If I even slightly get started on what I know, I'd be here all night

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If I even slightly get started on what I know, I'd be here all night

You don't have to right too much, just some stuff

[BC_MoM]

If I even slightly get started on what I know, I'd be here all night

lol! Same here.

[3GSDMom]

I'll definetly be back here to write my essay on GSDs LoL

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I'm only going to do one of my favourites for now, as I have to leave soon and when it comes to Tollers I always go on and on and on...not that I really mean to, it just happens...lol. I may or may not do my other two (Belgian & Mudi) later, we'll see.

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever:


The NSDTR originated in and around Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. They should have a thick, water repellent coat that is medium to long in length. A coat such as this does require consistant grooming. Tollers come in various shades of red and orange with white markings on the paws, chest, tail tip, and/or their face. Reguarding size, male Tollers are to be between 45-51lbs, and are 18-21 inches tall at the withers (19" being the ideal) with females being slightly smaller at 37-45lbs, and 17-20 inches tall at the withers (18" being the ideal). Tollers are not miniature Golden Retrievers as many people unfamiliar with the breed seem to think, nor were the originators of the breed trying to create a mini Golden. Tollers were bred to toll (which means lure) ducks and other water fowl within the hunters shooting range by playfully retrieving sticks at the waters edge. The birds were intrigued and curious at the sight of the Toller and swam closer to 'check the dog out' and see what it was all about. Tollers were bred to resemble that of a fox. The Toller is a very playful, high energy, active, outgoing, intelligent dog. They are always ready for action. Before the breed was deemed "Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever" the breed was called the "Little River Duck Dog" aswell as the "Yarmouth Toller". Tollers can be somewhat reserved around new people and tend to save most of their exuberance for family and close friends. Tollers do need to be socialized a lot when they're young, or they can become shy and unsure of new situations. I know a few who weren't socialized enough and they are now fear barkers and are capable of biting in new situations.

The Toller needs something do. They require exercise (and lots of it!) every day, as well as mental stimulation. If this is not given, Tollers can and do find ways to entertain and amuse themselves. They can become barky and destructive if not given enough exercise and such. They are content to lay around on the couch when you feel like watching TV aswell, but that isn't something they like to do all day. Tollers love to work, they love to please. However, that being said, they do get bored if you repeatedly do the same thing over and over and over again and they thrive on learning new things. Tollers can also be pretty stubborn and often their intelligence can do more harm than good...they're almost too intelligent for their own good so you always need to be one step ahead of them. Owning a Toller is like having a 2 year old child for 12-14 years.

Haha...I think that's enough for now, I didn't mean to sit down and write an essay about them but I know I am probably forgetting something..

[Alysser]

Okay, well I'm going to write my essay now.

THE MALTESE

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No one is really sure where the Maltese orginated from but they suspect an island off the coast of Italy called "Malta". Others, think they could be from Melita. Also people think maltese's were bred from a Spitz-type dog in Central Europe, but many say they are mixed with poodle and spaniel. Maltese's were orginally bred for hunting and were about three times larger then they are today, when they first orginated. It is thought that people bred these dogs to a smaller size and stopped using them as hunting dogs. English Crusaders returning home from Italy brought the breed to England. They became very popular in a short time, especially with women. They were dogs of royalty, and were carried around everywhere by the English women.

Malteses are decended from one of the oldest dog breeds every recorded to exist. This dog breed is now 8,000 years old. This dog was called the "Melitaie dog". Statues of maltese's were found in Egyptians tombs and also found on Greek vases. Roman pholosiphers(sp?) wrote about them also.

Okay, I really need to stop now. Sorry, this is so long but I research these dogs ALOT.

[cali]

I probably forget loads but I do better when I am asked questions rather then trying to come up with things from the top of my head.



History:
originally there were differnt types of sheepdogs for differnt areas, all these dogs were known simpley as "colleys" the breed known today as the "Border Collie" originated in the border regions of scotland and england, the father of the breed is well known, Old Hemp. sheepdogs trials bagan when people started to argue over whos Colleys were the best, so so the trial was created, old Hemp was heads and tails above all the others because he had a unique style, while the rest of the dogs barked, old Hemp used whats known as the "eye" he crouched low and mezmerized the stock with his intense stare, this kepts the sheep calm and moving nicley rather then nervous and jumpy of the barking dogs, and like most legendary dogs he was used at stud..a LOT, so his working style got passed on and improved upon, however they were all over the map with what exactly they were good at, and that is when the even more famous Winston Cap came along, he is considered the father of the modern Border Collie, because rather then onlly being good at certain parts he was amazing at all aspects, Cap single handedly changed the face of the Border Collie, and is in 90% of the pedigrees of todays BCs.

Appearnces:
Border Collies are still primarly a working breed, and as such while there is a generalized look to BCs they come in a huge variety of looks, many of them people have no idea about. the size and build depends on the area, in my area nearly all BCs are small and lightly built, with longs legs and long narrow muzzles, others areas may be different.

Coat-when most people think of a BC they think of a long coat, but in addition to rough coats they also come in smooth(which is the dominant gene) curly coated(not like a poodle but wavy), and wire coated(this comes from Turnbulls blue, a Beardie ROM'd as a BC, and runs through the blood of many BCs)

Colour-most people see black and white right away, this is the classic colouring, however they also come in black tri, red tri, lilic and white, red and white, blue and white, sable, saddleback sable, brindle, blue merle, red merle, and patterned white.

Eyes- eyes are usually brown , but are often blue or green in merles, and can also have black and white with blue eyes.

Ears-pretty much anything goes, in shape they are usually medium medium sized and triangular but the way they are carried anything goes, many breed stanrads say they they are "usually" carried half perked(tipped), I know a lot of BCs and almost every one of them has either fully pricked ears or airplane ears(if the cartiladge did not fold in at one spot they would be fully pricked) they also often have mismatched ears.

Temperment:
the Border collie is considered the smarted breed in the world, and its no wonder, it even owneing BCs it never ceases to amaze me when I here stories bout BCs who have figered out answers to problems that not even I would have been able to come up with, like the one whos owner placed a moutrap on top of the garbage can, so the BC took its east favorite toy, placed it in the mouse trap, removed the trap(attached to the toy) and raided the garbage, as clear in the above story "smart" and "trainable" are very differnt lol BCs live to please there owners but they are also independent thinkers, thye had to be, they were bred to listen to the handlers but they were also bred to be able to think about what the hander said, assess weather or not its the right thing to do, and ignore the handers commands when needed, they needed to be ablke to do this in the blink of an eye, I dont know very many humanes that have the ability to make snap desisions and have it be the RIGHT one lol

Energy:

BCs are known for their energy, however every dog is differnt, and differnt BCs utilize this energy in differnt fashions. for example, Misty is extremly energentic and can go forever, but its because she stops to take 2 minuts power rests before she is worn out, this way she never truly runs out of energy. Happy on the other hand can go for hours, but then she crashes, its because she does not stop, she keeps on going till she collapses, but this means that she sleeps for longer peiods making her seem lazier then Misty, when really they have about equal energy levels.

maybe I should stop now... lol