what breed was hardest for "U" to controll?

**Dobiegirl24** · 08-31-2003, 04:36 PM

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.

**mga416** · 09-05-2003, 01:30 PM

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.

**robinh** · 09-05-2003, 02:05 PM

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.

**Karen** · 09-05-2003, 02:31 PM

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.

**ChrisH** · 09-05-2003, 04:53 PM

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.

I would totally agree with that.

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!

Chris

**Kfamr** · 09-06-2003, 03:27 AM

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.

**Tonya** · 09-12-2003, 12:00 PM

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.