What Kind of Dog Should Malia and Sasha Get?
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UPDATED: Saturday, November 8, 2008 18:37
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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
They should get FERRETS!
Isn't that what Rahm Emmanuel is for?
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Greyhound!!!
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ok i promised myself i wouldn't enter into this conversation, but i was curious...
Greyhounds are some of the sweetest dogs ever (just like pitbulls). they're quiet, mellow, and all-around happy dogs.
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Originally posted by Hero: I think whatever they get it should be a rescue puppy and not a store-bought puppy.
Rescue dogs can be good to have, not to mention you're giving a previously neglected/abused dog your love ^_^ *but* that being said, you have to be very very careful with them, because I've had experiences with some rescue dogs that are just a bit dodgy, and those poor things are hard to deal with.
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Greyhounds are sweethearts, but very high energy
I sometimes babysit my neighbors Greyhound / Border Collie cross, and am always amazed at her speed.
I take my lab and her to the park and throw the ball for them, she runs to the ball, past the ball, and my lab has the ball back to me before the greyhound has used the entire park in a highspeed turn around to come back.
I would recommend Labs, loyal, smart, live to play, adaptable... and they don't mind alot of people coming and going.
Lets party like its 1939
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Originally posted by Hero:
I think whatever they get it should be a rescue puppy and not a store-bought puppy.
Read the article much? The two requirements are 1) rescue puppy and 2) hypoallergenic breed. So see there? Something you can agree with the Obamas about
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Quote:Yep! But I am a tad biased...
Originally posted by freelancertex:
Greyhounds are some of the sweetest dogs ever (just like pitbulls). they're quiet, mellow, and all-around happy dogs.
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Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
Greyhounds are sweethearts, but very high energy
I sometimes babysit my neighbors Greyhound / Border Collie cross, and am always amazed at her speed.
Yes, they are sweet! And, they are high energy and amazingly fast, but only if they are chasing something. But for that, they have to actually be awake. Most of the time, they are breathing throw rugs.
Greyhounds are naturally lazy, because they are sprinting hunters (not retrievers, not herding dogs, not terriers, not "working dogs"). Because the hunt is an all-out affair from which it takes days to recover, they must conserve energy so that they have the energy to chase down prey successfully. No need to chase, they are more than happy to rest up. Ergo, lazy. If there is not much happening, they tend not to make much happen. Now...
Border Collie / Greyhound mix? Tee hee! The Border Collie is an amazing herding dog, arguably the smartest, highest energy of them all. Must be doing something all the time. Go go go dog. Furthermore, it is more likely a Border Collie / Whippet mix. Whippets came from crossing terriers, a go go go dog, with small Greyhounds. They look more like a small Greyhound than a terrier, and are indeed sighthounds, same as Greyhounds. So, what you have there is a dog that is up to two-thirds go go go. (Whippets are often affectionately called "turbo-terriers".)
If you were to meet an all-Greyhound that is four years or older, I'll give you a 50/50 chance of the animal being upright at the time. I kid you not.
~Karel (owned by nine Greyhounds over the last 13 years).
"Whatever is wrong with you is so right for me." -- Marillion.
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Originally posted by Karel:Quote:Yep! But I am a tad biased...
Originally posted by freelancertex:
Greyhounds are some of the sweetest dogs ever (just like pitbulls). they're quiet, mellow, and all-around happy dogs.Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
Greyhounds are sweethearts, but very high energy
I sometimes babysit my neighbors Greyhound / Border Collie cross, and am always amazed at her speed.
Yes, they are sweet! And, they are high energy and amazingly fast, but only if they are chasing something. But for that, they have to actually be awake. Most of the time, they are breathing throw rugs.
Greyhounds are naturally lazy, because they are sprinting hunters (not retrievers, not herding dogs, not terriers, not "working dogs"). Because the hunt is an all-out affair from which it takes days to recover, they must conserve energy so that they have the energy to chase down prey successfully. No need to chase, they are more than happy to rest up. Ergo, lazy. If there is not much happening, they tend not to make much happen. Now...
Border Collie / Greyhound mix? Tee hee! The Border Collie is an amazing herding dog, arguably the smartest, highest energy of them all. Must be doing something all the time. Go go go dog. Furthermore, it is more likely a Border Collie / Whippet mix. Whippets came from crossing terriers, a go go go dog, with small Greyhounds. They look more like a small Greyhound than a terrier, and are indeed sighthounds, same as Greyhounds. So, what you have there is a dog that is up to two-thirds go go go. (Whippets are often affectionately called "turbo-terriers".)
If you were to meet an all-Greyhound that is four years or older, I'll give you a 50/50 chance of the animal being upright at the time. I kid you not.
~Karel (owned by nine Greyhounds over the last 13 years).
"Whatever is wrong with you is so right for me." -- Marillion.
Maybe it is the Border Collie in her, but even in her own house she is back and forth running ( chasing their cat and other dogs around ) for at least half the day.
Funny thing the owners were afraid to let her off leash, they thought she'd be gone. I let her loose at the park, let her run a bit then tried to do some off leash healing, and she picked it up right away.... loved it.
I like to think she was just grateful to me for letting her run... mind you now everytime she sees me outside she trys to get out and run to me ( knocked the screens out of the windows a few times )
I have what has to be the worlds most lazy lab. Take her to the park, she'll retrieve until she decides shes tried then she takes the ball and sits next to my jeep.
One of my other neighbors has two Great Danes. Super nice dogs, sleep alot. Funny when you see them looking over a 6 ft fence at you.
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Quote:I guarantee you it is the Border Collie in her! "Gotta herd! Gotta herd! Gotta herd!"
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
Maybe it is the Border Collie in her, but even in her own house she is back and forth running ( chasing their cat and other dogs around ) for at least half the day.
Quote:Never a good idea to let an all-Greyhound off leash in an unfenced area. If it decides to chase something, its cannot be recalled; and if it gets out of sight into unfamiliar territory (which at 45 mph does not take long), it is lost. Most unlike a Border Collie!
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
Funny thing the owners were afraid to let her off leash, they thought she'd be gone. I let her loose at the park, let her run a bit then tried to do some off leash healing, and she picked it up right away.... loved it.
Quote:That is most assuredly a lazy Lab, especially considering she's supposed to be a retriever. LOL! A Greyhound will chase a ball until it stops moving. It will then look at you as if to say, "Make it go."
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
I have what has to be the worlds most lazy lab. Take her to the park, she'll retrieve until she decides shes tried then she takes the ball and sits next to my jeep.
*snort*Quote:Greyhounds sleep like Great Danes, oh yes.
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
One of my other neighbors has two Great Danes. Super nice dogs, sleep alot. Funny when you see them looking over a 6 ft fence at you.
"Whatever is wrong with you is so right for me." -- Marillion.
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A Greyhound will chase a ball until it stops moving. It will then look at you as if to say, "Make it go." *snort*
A couple things I observed with some of my dogs. A Lab WILL retrieve; it doesn't have to be trained to do so. My Lab (Daisy) would, from the time I got her as a tiny pup, chase anything I threw, grab it, and bring it back and drop it in my lap, then sit happily waiting to do it again.
A Doberman Pinscher, on the other hand, won't so much "retrieve" as "kill". I'd throw a ball, she'd chase it down, pounce on it, and proceed to rip it to pieces. Ditto her favorite little stuffed animals, starting with the eyes. Always the eyes. Kinda creepy, really, if she hadn't been just the sweetest dog in the world. For more on this kind of stuff, Google up "doberman teddy bear collection".
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/08/03/teddy-bears.html
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I'll put squirmy the three legged cat up against y'alls fetch doggies any day.
She don't have so much range cause she's nearsighted, and no vertical leap worth a mention, but she's like the damned energiser bunny when she gets rolling.
She will bring you a milk ring and annoy you into throwing it by adoring you to death while trying to hand it to you, and keep bringing it back till she literally falls on her side wheezing, and even then she's back at it in ten minutes or so.
And if you try to get slick and toss it where she cannot reach it or find it, or fake the throw, she will simply go over to the corner of the hallway carpet under which she keeps her stash, and get another one - the only way to get out of it is to play on her short attention span by giving her food, attention or something else to play with.
Also, every once in a while she randomly decides some ordinary object is "evil" and proceeds to go completely full bore berserk on it, we've yet to figure out what her criteria seems to be, but wow that poor amazon book manifest never knew what hit it...
-F
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