Worst dog breeds...tried it once but never again

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Pugs.

I have two highly bred show Pugs. They are the best temperament E.V.E.R. but I will never get another one. If a Pug is bred to show standards (vs. back of the WaPo classifieds puppies/ cash only, WV address), Pugs are one big long expensive health nightmare. And the trend in the standard is to get even MORE extreme features, so puppies of today are even more fucked up and sicker than my own two -- which is hard to imagine.


Here's a bit of trivia I bet you didn't know: Pugs that meet the breed standard cannot conceive puppies on their own. (IVF) They can't give birth vaginally without killing the mom or her babies (all C-sections). Modern Pugs don't have nostrils, just slits where the nostril would be. Their throats collapse in on themselves somewhere around the 5-6 year mark (C-Pap machine).

In addition, my dogs have been to neurosurgeons, orthopedists, opthamologist surgeon, and a canine allergist. One had to go on Prozac for several months, and the other one continues to have some OCD tendencies that aren't debilitating, so we don't medicate him.

Next dog: stuffed animal.

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Anonymous wrote:-Bichon frise. Very experienced dog owners/families all had house training issues as compared to their prior dogs [poodles].

Male Bichons as well as females?

Is is an inbred thing, or are they just dumb?

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Anonymous wrote:I currently hate my Jack Russell Terrier. She will be 1 year old this week. She peed on the floor last night during the election. She runs through the house like an insane creature whenever she is out of her crate--She's out of her crate 6-8 hours a day. She gets an hour of flat out running and tussling with other dogs at the dog park every day. She never gives any warning that she needs to pee--she just pees. She is impossibly cute with a scruffy muzzle. I hate her but yeah, I am her slave.

Perhaps doesn't like spending 16 -18 hours a day in a crate?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I currently hate my Jack Russell Terrier. She will be 1 year old this week. She peed on the floor last night during the election. She runs through the house like an insane creature whenever she is out of her crate--She's out of her crate 6-8 hours a day. She gets an hour of flat out running and tussling with other dogs at the dog park every day. She never gives any warning that she needs to pee--she just pees. She is impossibly cute with a scruffy muzzle. I hate her but yeah, I am her slave.

Perhaps doesn't like spending 16 -18 hours a day in a crate?

+1000.

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Anonymous wrote:We had a beautiful husky. She was sweet, smart, and great with the kids. But she was by far the hardest dog to train I have ever had. She knew what to do. She was just so amazingly stubborn. She also had an insanely high prey drive. We loved her. But I would never have another.

We have two German Shepherds now. It's really hard to find anything to complain about with them. I agree with the earlier poster. It's hard to characterize dogs simply by breed. My Shepherds are great dogs. But they would be a disaster were they not properly trained and socialized.

*nods* Huskies are notorious for being really independent minded. They don't train easily.

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Anonymous wrote:We had a beautiful husky. She was sweet, smart, and great with the kids. But she was by far the hardest dog to train I have ever had. She knew what to do. She was just so amazingly stubborn. She also had an insanely high prey drive. We loved her. But I would never have another.

We have two German Shepherds now. It's really hard to find anything to complain about with them. I agree with the earlier poster. It's hard to characterize dogs simply by breed. My Shepherds are great dogs. But they would be a disaster were they not properly trained and socialized.

When I was a kid, we had a German Shepherd/Husky mix who was the best dog I've ever known. Sweet as they come, friendly, and just all-around wonderful.

We've also had a snappy little poodle and the worlds most neurotic greyhound.

I agree that it's hard to extrapolate about an entire breed based on experience with one dog. My SIL's Australian cattle dog has pretty much put me off that breed, though.

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Corgies.


Great for one person, lousy for a family. Imprint/bond to one person, and the rest of you are all in trouble.....don't sit too close to the chosen one (DH in our house), don't dare to kiss the chosen one if the dog isn't expecting it. Ended up giving the dog to friends who loved loved loved him (and had no kids) after he went after our DS once too often. Same thing happened again after several months, this time DW was the chosen one. Apparently that's a trait. Dog ended up with a single older woman, happily ever after. (Thankfully).

Also, they stink. Beautiful thick coat and undercoat, but it smells even with constant washing.

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I had a bluetick coonhound that I adopted at 5 years old. She wasn't socialized properly as puppy so she had a myriad of behavioral issues that could have been prevent. But, the whole personality and purpose of the breed is not for me. They are very independent and their jobs are to lead their owners to whatever is being hunted. I will never get another breed from the hound class.

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Anonymous wrote:I had a bluetick coonhound that I adopted at 5 years old. She wasn't socialized properly as puppy so she had a myriad of behavioral issues that could have been prevent. But, the whole personality and purpose of the breed is not for me. They are very independent and their jobs are to lead their owners to whatever is being hunted. I will never get another breed from the hound class.

+1 and add Italian greyhound, which is the toy greyhound. Very imbred. Worst traits of this lovely breed. Hound + high energy + hunting drive in a very small body + bladder way too small for indoor life. Much too fragile for outdoors. A lap dog. Breeding like this really bothers me

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+1 on generalizations about dog breeds. Some do have inborn traits, which can sometimes be trained out, sometimes not.

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Anonymous wrote:I had a bluetick coonhound that I adopted at 5 years old. She wasn't socialized properly as puppy so she had a myriad of behavioral issues that could have been prevent. But, the whole personality and purpose of the breed is not for me. They are very independent and their jobs are to lead their owners to whatever is being hunted. I will never get another breed from the hound class.

I would agree that the independence of the hound class can be disconcerting. I grew up with a bassett hound, and I dearly loved him, but at around age 8 or 9, he basically didn't even like to sleep in the house, he always wanted to just sleep in the barn or even just on the grass under the stars. Unlike my current lab, which, unlike a PP's experience, is totally sweet and kind and well-mannered, and really everyone in my family's best friend (we rescued him 9 years ago at around 2 y.o.), we like to think he is just grateful that's why he's so sweet.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I currently hate my Jack Russell Terrier. She will be 1 year old this week. She peed on the floor last night during the election. She runs through the house like an insane creature whenever she is out of her crate--She's out of her crate 6-8 hours a day. She gets an hour of flat out running and tussling with other dogs at the dog park every day. She never gives any warning that she needs to pee--she just pees. She is impossibly cute with a scruffy muzzle. I hate her but yeah, I am her slave.

Perhaps doesn't like spending 16 -18 hours a day in a crate?

+1000.

Yeah, what's this crate stuff, when did that come around - I've had a dog (or my family has) every waking day of my life, from birth to 46, a new one every 13 to 15 years, and never had a crate. What are they for?

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My miniature pinscher is so high-strung and anxious it is insane...like a mean little person, hates my kid, etc. Could be because she is a rescue, could be the breed. Still love her, though!

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Anonymous wrote:My miniature pinscher is so high-strung and anxious it is insane...like a mean little person, hates my kid, etc. Could be because she is a rescue, could be the breed. Still love her, though!

I've had three different dog trainers shudder at the thought of min-pins. (I don't have one.) I like their size and might have been inclined to get one, but it can't be a coincidence when 3 out of 3 trainers malign them unprovoked!

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Our vet also disparages min pins, and she presumably has seen every kind of dog you can see.