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

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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?

+1000.

. if u keep a dog locked up for that lengh of time it's time to find a loving home jack Russell's need lots of exercise they were bred to work. unreal

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And she's a year old...she's a puppy with energy!

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. if u keep a dog locked up for that lengh of time it's time to find a loving home jack Russell's need lots of exercise they were bred to work. unreal

Seriously. I am a big proponent of crate training and grew up having lived with two dogs who we got as 8 week old puppies who we crate trained to house train, and my dog sleeps in her crate at night (in our bedroom at the foot of our bed). However, I think the crate is a tool largely for housebreaking and a way to give them a safe space/bed area, not something that should be used permanently to restrain the dog all day. The goal should be to take advantage of their instinct to not soil where they sleep, and slowly let them get that the rest of the house is their den as well. I think once they are essentially housebroken, you should leave the crate door open and restrict them to an area of the house that is not a pain to clean up if they have an accident (the kitchen, or we live in an apartment with hardwood floors so we let her hang out in the living room) until you can trust them everywhere. They'll never figure out that the rest of the house is someplace that shouldn't be soiled if you don't give them this freedom. My dog is a lot less hyper and neurotic if she can wander around and check out the window and bark at cats, sleep on the couch, and play with her toys then if she is crated all day. It's not healthy to leave a full grown dog in the crate for 10 or 11 hours straight. Even with young puppies, you shouldn't leave them in their crate for more than ~4 hours. By a year they should be housebroken.

Honestly, since DH and I both work and live in an apartment, we specifically adopted a mutt who was a mix of two lower energy breeds (i.e. NOT a Jack Russell), who was small enough to comfortably hang out in an apartment all day, and who was an older puppy (8 months...and that was only ok because she's a very calm, laid back dog, otherwise I would have stuck to more like 1-3 years) who was already housebroken. Even with that, since she is still young and has a lot of energy, we are very diligent about making sure she gets enough exercise and play time and take her for a walk with some off leash run time before we go to work and a very long walk after work and go to the dog park on the weekends as well as doing some training in the evening. What is unreal is that people adopt high energy dogs that are bred to work as young puppies and then wonder why they have behavioral problems. People need to do some more soul searching before they get a dog about what breed and what age dog they can really care for. If both parents work out of the house, or if they have several toddlers who need constant supervision, then don't adopt a young puppy who is super high energy and needs tons of exercise, like, say a Jack Russell, Border Collie, or even a younger lab or golden retriever.

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. if u keep a dog locked up for that lengh of time it's time to find a loving home jack Russell's need lots of exercise they were bred to work. unreal

Seriously. I am a big proponent of crate training and grew up having lived with two dogs who we got as 8 week old puppies who we crate trained to house train,... People need to do some more soul searching before they get a dog about what breed and what age dog they can really care for. If both parents work out of the house, or if they have several toddlers who need constant supervision, then don't adopt a young puppy who is super high energy and needs tons of exercise, like, say a Jack Russell, Border Collie, or even a younger lab or golden retriever.

I posted at 19:25 and want to thank you for reminding people about the suitability of a breed for the living environment as well as puppy needs. All our dogs gotten just after the 8 week mark didn't require training to not pee/poo in a crate nor use a divider. They naturally do not want to do it in their environment. I put blankies and toys in it and encourage entry with puppy 's food and also put the stuffed kong's in there. We use a command to go in and store toys in there. The crate is a respite for me and a safe place for the puppy and our stuff while in the shower or out of the house. I would not get a puppy or any non-old dog if it was crated for 8 hours a day with a dog walker coming in once/day.

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11:55 here again. The issue of breed/lifestyle is very near and dear to my heart, because I grew up with a couple lovely dogs who were herding mutts. One was a golden retriever border collie mix and the other was a lab australian shepherd mix. Both dogs were wonderful dogs, and my mom chose those breeds because she enjoys having an active, highly intelligent and trainable dog. She enjoys having long walks as a form of getting exercise (also fetches with them for extended periods of time and takes them to the dog beach) and trains them in a way that is intellectually stimulating for them. However, my mom was a SAH mom who had a pretty active lifestyle. My dad and I also went jogging with the dogs. I know both of those dogs would have gone crazy and been totally destructive and neurotic in another household.

My SIL has a border collie/lab mix and for the life of me I don't understand why she got a dog. She has three young kids (which is a huge handful in and of itself) and only my oldest niece is really old enough to engage with the dog. Her dog is border collie smart and very athletic, and if she actually had the time for him, he would be a great dog. They got the dog because my three year old niece wanted a puppy--of course three year olds are not really old enough to engage with taking care of the dog and want all kinds of things. My older niece is allergic to dogs, which begs me to wonder why they didn't consider getting something like a poodle, which would at least have a chance of not bugging her allergies. Because of this, they keep the poor dog outside all the time--and because she's a busy mom of small kids, she doesn't have time to walk him. On top of it, they aren't a particularly active family and she thinks a dog walk is a quick stroll around the block. He wrecks the yard and jumps all over/herds the kids (so they are now terrified of him), and then she complains about how he's such a bad dog and how she wishes she could have a good dog, blah blah blah. I think they scooped him up when he was a cute little puppy, and then he grew into a big dog and they totally lost interest. She loves the idea of having a dog--the American dream of having the three kids, white picket fence, and obedient dog--but doesn't put any of the work in to train her dog to behave well around people/around the kids. Because the dog is in the yard all the time, and doesn't engage with the kids at all, I worry that he's not going to associate them with being part of the "pack" and bite one of them/start becoming territorial, even though he totally has a sweet, intelligent demeanor. I guess this shouldn't bug me so much, but it makes me think about how my dogs could have turned out with another family, and it just makes me sad--so I'm ranting about it on an anonymous forum, lol.

I completely understand how kids take priority over the dog--I'm not one of those dog owners who considers my dog my child--and how a busy family with small kids and two working parents wouldn't have time for a dog. But a lot of people seem to think of a dog as just an accessory. They also think that some dogs are just "good dogs" as if you don't need to do anything to train them to be good dogs. My dog is very trainable, mild mannered, sweet and low key by nature and certainly is not nearly as much work as a lot of dogs to train, but even she would be a neurotic, destructive mess in the wrong hands. I think that an owner who doesn't meet the dogs needs can turn even the best natured dog into a bad dog.

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We have the best natured dog in the world!!! Very high maintenance dog that even our trainers expressed caution about. But he's 18 months now, well exercised, stimulated, and trained. We devoted significant time and money into him (and we have a toddler/preschooler too) and I'm glad we did. I wouldn't recommend this dog to anyone else I know because the level of commitment is insane. But he was my third baby and I wanted to make it work, so we did. He's a high energy hunting breed -- so lots of exercise and stimulation required

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http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/not-for-newbies-veterinary-experts-choose-15-worst-breeds-for-new-pet-owners?WT.mc_id=Outbrain_17742177
Might be helpful for someone who is looking

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Anonymous wrote:Austrailian Cattle Dog. If I had some land sure, but in a regular sized yard no way! She is fiercely protective of her family and herds our little dogs constantly. It's kind of funny actually but you know she needs a job to do and doesn't have one

I have a mix Australian Cattle Dog and I love him. He herds my kids when they get home and sleeps while they are away. He is awesome.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You surely knew all this before you commited to getting one? Pug ownership is absolutely cruel. Breeding a creature with these awful health problems is dispicable and all you sick people who are driving demand for these genetic defects are even worse.

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Yes! This breed should be banned. Not because they're dangrous, etc. but because it's cruel to breed these dogs. They have so many medical problems, can't breathe properly, etc. it's inhumane. Humans suck for creating this poor breed of dog.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes! This breed should be banned. Not because they're dangrous, etc. but because it's cruel to breed these dogs. They have so many medical problems, can't breathe properly, etc. it's inhumane. Humans suck for creating this poor breed of dog.

PS - I'm talking about the pugs post!

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I have a shiba inu, and he loves to cuddle and snuggle up to my legs in bed, just because he doesn't want to love and lick and jump all over me all the time doesn't mean he's not cuddly and love able, and he's definitely not a jerk. He's the sweetest a dog should be. His personality is carefree and he is a more to himself dog but I like the fact that he can somewhat take care of himself without my constant help.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a rescue Rottweiler and Pit Bull. They were rescued at 4 and 7 weeks from a breeder who was (very much illegally) fighting Pit Bulls. My Rottie has no teeth, they were pulled at 6 weeks because they are used as training dogs against the Pitt Bulls (for size and strength, but pull teeth and claws so they can't do much damage).

They are both the sweetest things, all the older dogs had to be put down, and WERE violent, but they were RAISED to be that way. My dogs would eat out of your hand, I would have NO issue letting either of them around an infant. It's all about how they are raised and loved.

idiot. they don't even have ANY adult teeth at six weeks. as a matter of fact, they don't even have all their baby teeth at six weeks.

MORON LIAR

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I find great humor in the folks that have an issue with a Shiba inus. If what you are looking for is a compliant dog, a pocket pooch, something that looks cute in a tutu and throws dignity to the floor...this dog s not for you.

A Shiba is an ancient dog breed that is genetically similar to a wolf (least genetically modified), so their traits are very wolf like.

Are they good with kids? Yes actually...but like any animal if your child pulls it around and twists the ears, yaks the tail, etc like a spring dog toy...then don't be surprised if the dog snaps back. They don't tolerate abuse.

They are not a dog for a beginner. Training Shibas is more management and skill than the typical brute force approach with a lot of other dogs. Want to exert your will? A Shiba will match you will for will. Want to get a Shiiba to do what you want. You need to have the respect of the dog and engage the dog.

If you aren't willing to do any of that - stick with a pocket pooch....

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Ladradoodle !


The grooming needs are insane and at $120-$150 a month. Very hyper and constant ear and health issues