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Themachine01
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Anyone own or know someone who owns a Shar-Pei, i know that they are cute as hell as puppies but i've heard that they smell bad as they get older. I've had all labs and an akida, but am really interested in the shar-peis.
Looking into getting a new puppy, need some help.
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HappyScrappy
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they do smell bad - they are very high maintenance and expensive due to that.
I really wanted one, then I talked to a woman that was walking one and she sighed and told me that they are terrible. Her reasons were:
1) they are really dumb - they have been inbred (as have many purebred dog breeds)
2) they smell awful - you can prevent this by giving them a special diet that limits the amount of oil their skin produces and washing them a lot.
3) you have to put this cream on them all the time b/c the skin gets infected since it is always rolled over like that (think of a fat person and their rolls of skin) - stuff grows in there and then smells bad and makes them itch and they tear at their skin leaving hairless inflamed patches.
4) all of this care costs a lot in time and money.
So, in the end, they are really cute, and people love them lookswise - but the return you get on your investment is less than that of a dog with more personality and less care.
but in the end, it is your call and not some chat board person - but if you do get it, make sure you really want it - because there is nothing more fucked up than people that are always getting pets and then getting rid of them b/c they are too much work.
also take some pics if you do - those things are cute
I really wanted one, then I talked to a woman that was walking one and she sighed and told me that they are terrible. Her reasons were:
1) they are really dumb - they have been inbred (as have many purebred dog breeds)
2) they smell awful - you can prevent this by giving them a special diet that limits the amount of oil their skin produces and washing them a lot.
3) you have to put this cream on them all the time b/c the skin gets infected since it is always rolled over like that (think of a fat person and their rolls of skin) - stuff grows in there and then smells bad and makes them itch and they tear at their skin leaving hairless inflamed patches.
4) all of this care costs a lot in time and money.
So, in the end, they are really cute, and people love them lookswise - but the return you get on your investment is less than that of a dog with more personality and less care.
but in the end, it is your call and not some chat board person - but if you do get it, make sure you really want it - because there is nothing more fucked up than people that are always getting pets and then getting rid of them b/c they are too much work.
also take some pics if you do - those things are cute
Themachine01
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thanks Happy, thats the same stuff that Ive heard. I take pride in training all the dogs that I have owned, the last thing I want is a stupid dog. The smartest dog Ive had to date is the dog I own currently, its a mix between a lab and a norwegian ridgeback, much smarter that any pure bread lab that Ive owned. Ive got a good year or so before getting another one, just doing a little early research.
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When I decided to get a dog, I analyzed my needs:
I wanted an active dog. A dog that was excellent with children. And a great guard dog.
After a few months of research, which included going to dog shows and talking to breeders. I came to the conclusion that my needs would be met by a mastiff.
But always check you local pound. You'd be surprised how many quality dogs, with papers are given up.
I wanted an active dog. A dog that was excellent with children. And a great guard dog.
After a few months of research, which included going to dog shows and talking to breeders. I came to the conclusion that my needs would be met by a mastiff.
But always check you local pound. You'd be surprised how many quality dogs, with papers are given up.
Themachine01
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how about a bulldog, anyone own one?
TheProject
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Themachine01 said:
My old roommate has an English Bulldog. Great personality, fun to be around, but stinks to the high heavens even 15-20 minutes after you bathe him.
Plus, they slobber all over the place too.
If you don't mind those two, go for it.
Themachine01
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i dont know if I could put up with a smelly dog, I only have to bath my dog now around once every 2-3 weeks and he doesnt smell at all.
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The Canadian Oak said:
Speaking of pets, what happened between you, Satan the snake, and the pet store? Always buy everything with a credit card man... always always always!
-Warik
HappyScrappy
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Code - my dad wants a mastiff (a bull mastiff). he has a large lab now, and used to have a basset (she was killed by a truck one night that she got out) - and he wanted to complete the height differences with a bull mastiff.
they are great dogs - but you need a lot of space and you have to make sure they are worn out most of the time... same goes for labs and the basset I guess.
they are great dogs - but you need a lot of space and you have to make sure they are worn out most of the time... same goes for labs and the basset I guess.
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A tired dog is a well behaved dog.
Mastiffs, for the most part are easy to tire out. But my lab can play for hours and still cause problems.
Also, if you get a pure bred dog. Do NOT run them until they are fully grown. Running a dog too much may cause hip dysplasia.
My lab is huge too. He's 7 months and weighs 70 pounds.
The mastiff is a year and weighs 175.
Basset Hounds ROCK! I used to have one as a kid.
Mastiffs, for the most part are easy to tire out. But my lab can play for hours and still cause problems.
Also, if you get a pure bred dog. Do NOT run them until they are fully grown. Running a dog too much may cause hip dysplasia.
My lab is huge too. He's 7 months and weighs 70 pounds.
The mastiff is a year and weighs 175.
Basset Hounds ROCK! I used to have one as a kid.
HappyScrappy
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our basset was an Artisian Normand (sp?) - they are bred to run into holes and kill badgers - so she was totally fearless. she was a sweet dog, although always had a spacy look in her eyes. she didn't look like the traditional basset (my uncle had oneof those, sooo cute - but they howl VERY loudly) - she looked like a doshound (sp?) on steroids.
she once faught a horse, got kicked in the head and launched 20+ ft and then got up right away like "okay, where the fuck is that horse, I'm gonna kick its ass!" and then looked around and chased back after the horse.
our lab was the runt of his littler. his mom was about 60lbs and his dad was 120lbs (HUGE black lab). so our dog looks huge from a distance, then you get up and see that he is huge and really short - but proportionate. he is insanely smart and a real cutie.
my dad is travelling across canada with him right now.
she once faught a horse, got kicked in the head and launched 20+ ft and then got up right away like "okay, where the fuck is that horse, I'm gonna kick its ass!" and then looked around and chased back after the horse.
our lab was the runt of his littler. his mom was about 60lbs and his dad was 120lbs (HUGE black lab). so our dog looks huge from a distance, then you get up and see that he is huge and really short - but proportionate. he is insanely smart and a real cutie.
my dad is travelling across canada with him right now.
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My lab is way too smart.
He can open doors. So I have child safety-thingies on all the doors.
But I figure he can't be all that smart since his favorite place to drink is the toilet.
He can open doors. So I have child safety-thingies on all the doors.
But I figure he can't be all that smart since his favorite place to drink is the toilet.
HappyScrappy
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toilet water is clean and cool - supposedly that is a major deal in prison too (watched a Discovery channel special that went into great depth on the toilet there among other things). (water from the tank is clean - harder to say on the bowl where the dog gets it - but their digestive tract is so short that they can't have E-Coli issues)
my dad's lab has an amazing vocabulary. I can recall in high school sitting on the couch reading a book, and having a tennis ball land in my lap. I look up and there is the dog sitting there with a big smile, facing me, but looking all around, as if he had nothing to do with said ball. then if I still ignored him, he'd touch my foot, or if I were in shorts, he'd lightly lick my knee, knowing either would get a response.
he wanted me to play obviously. so I'd say "*dogsname* where is your frisbee?" and he'd cock his head and then roll his eyes in contemplative thought and then bolt off into another room and then come racing back in and plop down a shoe in front of me. he would have this guilty look and I'd say "*dogsname* you know that isn't a frisbee - where is the frisbee" and he'd look at me... then around the room, then back it me. and then just divert his eyes - so I'd say "is it in the kitchen?" and he'd run into the kitchen and then run back looking all happy, but "empty handed" and I'd say "how about the basement" and then he'd bolt off to the basement and then come running back either with another shoe or empty handed... so I'd say "*dogsname* it must be in my room!" and he'd get all excited and run down to my room and open the door, grab the frisbee, and then run back to me on the couch and hand me the frisbee, obviously very pleased with himself. then I'd do this with every object in the house that I knew he knew by name until the supply was exhausted (sp?) - then I'd just ask him where Afghanistan (sp?) was and watch him run around the house looking for it. if he looked out the window I'd tell him he was getting warmer.
great dog. he is a total scardy cat - afraid of everything, but he will growl and bark his head off at old ladies. he knows he can take them. everyone else he is unsure about.
that dog also steals credit cards. I didn't believe my dad but then one day the dog walked up to me at dinner and handed me dad's credit card. it was too funny - he had grabbed my dad's wallet from his pants as he sat at the table and then somehow got the card out.
when he was a puppy he used to eat the remote controls and the vcrs (he would yank them down by their power cord and they'd smash open and he'd eat everything inside). since he also ate razors, I think he just liked the taste of blood in his mouth. he later got shocked badly enough that it turned a breaker over and he yelped and then stood there barking at the shattered vcr and then no longer messed with them or any cables again.
a wonderful dog - although a little too verbal for my tastes.
I love labs.
my dad's lab has an amazing vocabulary. I can recall in high school sitting on the couch reading a book, and having a tennis ball land in my lap. I look up and there is the dog sitting there with a big smile, facing me, but looking all around, as if he had nothing to do with said ball. then if I still ignored him, he'd touch my foot, or if I were in shorts, he'd lightly lick my knee, knowing either would get a response.
he wanted me to play obviously. so I'd say "*dogsname* where is your frisbee?" and he'd cock his head and then roll his eyes in contemplative thought and then bolt off into another room and then come racing back in and plop down a shoe in front of me. he would have this guilty look and I'd say "*dogsname* you know that isn't a frisbee - where is the frisbee" and he'd look at me... then around the room, then back it me. and then just divert his eyes - so I'd say "is it in the kitchen?" and he'd run into the kitchen and then run back looking all happy, but "empty handed" and I'd say "how about the basement" and then he'd bolt off to the basement and then come running back either with another shoe or empty handed... so I'd say "*dogsname* it must be in my room!" and he'd get all excited and run down to my room and open the door, grab the frisbee, and then run back to me on the couch and hand me the frisbee, obviously very pleased with himself. then I'd do this with every object in the house that I knew he knew by name until the supply was exhausted (sp?) - then I'd just ask him where Afghanistan (sp?) was and watch him run around the house looking for it. if he looked out the window I'd tell him he was getting warmer.
great dog. he is a total scardy cat - afraid of everything, but he will growl and bark his head off at old ladies. he knows he can take them. everyone else he is unsure about.
that dog also steals credit cards. I didn't believe my dad but then one day the dog walked up to me at dinner and handed me dad's credit card. it was too funny - he had grabbed my dad's wallet from his pants as he sat at the table and then somehow got the card out.
when he was a puppy he used to eat the remote controls and the vcrs (he would yank them down by their power cord and they'd smash open and he'd eat everything inside). since he also ate razors, I think he just liked the taste of blood in his mouth. he later got shocked badly enough that it turned a breaker over and he yelped and then stood there barking at the shattered vcr and then no longer messed with them or any cables again.
a wonderful dog - although a little too verbal for my tastes.
I love labs.
Themachine01
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my lab/ridgeback is too smart for his own good also, its amazing. His sense of smell is incredible. Last week, while he was inside,I tied a piece of bacon to a string and drug it around the yard in kind of a zigzag line then tied it up in a tree about 100 yards from the house. I let him out and with his nose to the ground followed the scent exactly where i drug the string and jumped up and grabbed the bacon from the branch it was hanging from.
HappyScrappy
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frorider6 said:
LOL
come on - we all go through our razor eating stage.
my uncle has a basset hound (or had - the dog got a tumor on his thyroid and after 3 BigMacs one day was put to sleep) - and we were out at I think Smith Mountain Lake... some big lake near DC, don't recall exactly. People were half heartedly fishing off one of the docks - less to actually catch anything and more just to pass the time in the sun. I loaded up a hotdog (the only bait we had) on a hook and got ready to cast. I knew not to go back to far b/c I didn't want to snag a human, so I went sidearm... an caught an 80lb basset hound.
he smelled the hot dog and waited until it was airborne and then nabbed it.
so we have a picture of me holding the fishing pole with a dog hanging off the end of it.
he never squealed or anything from the hook - we carefully removed it from his mouth and gave him the hot dog and away he waddled, one happy dog.
he did drool a lot though and howled. he also would attack the mail coming in through the mail slot in the door - so all the mail would be torn up and slobbered on.
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Alot of dogs chew on sharp items. It's called masticating (no not masterbating). It helps them cut in molars.
Bobber
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Bro you need to get a Boxer. They are seriously the greatest dogs ever. Between me and my friends we have 7 boxers and I swear none of us would change that. They have so much love to give and always want to be around you. They are smart, athletic, and love to swim. Hell they even look like little bodybuilders with their Huge chests and tiny waists. Look into it, I gaurantee you would be happy with one.
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i have a chocolate lab and she has chewed the remote, my son's pencils, books, basically anything she could get ahold of. she's two years old now, and the only time she chews now is if she's pouting because no one is at home. other than that, she is a great dog. you just have to get thru the first year, when they are the most destructive.
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I took both my dogs to schools.
As a result, even my lab doesn't chew on anything but his toys.
My mastiff chews only on toys and my arm.
As a result, even my lab doesn't chew on anything but his toys.
My mastiff chews only on toys and my arm.
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Most dog schools have you take the dogs and work with them. Thus, I had time and on the second dog had the knowledge.
But for me, it's more effective to take a dog to an advanced school.
My dogs go to bed when told to. They understand how to wait, how to heel they know all routine dog commands and can do them with hand signals.
I've never seen someone train their dogs on their who could get their dogs to do anything from hand signals.
But for me, it's more effective to take a dog to an advanced school.
My dogs go to bed when told to. They understand how to wait, how to heel they know all routine dog commands and can do them with hand signals.
I've never seen someone train their dogs on their who could get their dogs to do anything from hand signals.
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Code said:
After seeng my friends girlfriend tell their boxer to sit with hand signals I started teaching mine. I had never seen that before and it amazed me. I have been working on getting him to sit by touching my elbow for almost 2 weeks now and he almost has it down, but being only 7 months old he gets really jumpy at times.
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7 mos is a bad time for dogs.
It's a rebelious stage for dogs. So getting them to do anything new is a feat.
It's a rebelious stage for dogs. So getting them to do anything new is a feat.
Themachine01
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My first 2 labs I took to training school and taught them hand signals. My lab/ridgeback I have now I trained on my own. Once you know how to train a your dog, you know how to train your dog. Not only the dog learns in school, but you learn how to train your dog.
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