What dog breed have you owned that you'd never own again?

[End Of The Road]

No matter how much you loved your dog.

I've had three:
English Bulldog - expensive to buy and maintain. Hard on the house, especially carpet. Otherwise, wonderful creatures.
Miniature Schnauzer - smart, cute, somewhat neurotic, but huge vet bills. Lots of pancreatitis in this breed. But she's my baby.
Australian Cattle Dog - we rescued this one (he thinks he rescued us) but the shedding is off the chart, even with regular brushing with a furminator.

I'm thinking about a wire fox terrier next time around. Anybody got one?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. beagle, once bailey dies if lisa wants another beagle, she will also have to get a new wife

[BOSSHOG]

2. This doesn't answer your question

but we loved our Beagles and our Basset Hounds and our German Shepherd and our Poodle. Mom had a tiny little something or other I didn't care for. He had one of those nasty, snotty small dog attitudes. But mom spoiled him rotten.

[Connonym]

3. gotta agree with beagles

how can I even begin to count the ways they annoy? is it their love for digging in the garbage can (most sickeningly when Aunt Flo is visiting)? Their belief that a litter box is a snack bar? The way they smell like a wet dog even when they're not wet? Their utter joy at knocking over the laundry hamper so that they can indulge in their taste for eating panties (again, especially if Aunt Flo has been in town)? Maybe it's the ungodly way they howl instead of bark. I could go on but I think these reasons will suffice.

[End Of The Road]

4. My family had a beagle, for a very short time, when I was about 8

He was young, but not a puppy, and was foisted upon us by a close friend of my mother's.

He was not housebroken, and would not learn to be: Even after being walked in the evening for 1/2 hour, he would run back into the house, jump on my (or my brother's) bed, and pee (we were IN the bed).

He had separation anxiety: If we left the house for even short periods of time and confined him to the kitchen, massive destruction would result.

Finally, he was a frustrated hunter: My folks were going to a formal event and my mother was putting on her mink stole (this was the '60s), and he attacked the stole. Henry the Beagle was gone from our house the next day.

[LiberalEsto]

66. We got a beagle puppy when I was 6

and like you said, ours would not be housebroken. And he howled an awful lot.

He liked to pee and poop in the linen closet on my mother's freshly-ironed and folded sheets. I don't know if you are old enough to remember what a huge chore doing laundry was like circa 1960. No dryers -- just hang it out on the laundry line, hope for nice weather, then take it in and iron everything.

I was brokenhearted when the beagle disappeared one day, courtesy of my mom. But now, looking back at her reasons, I can totally sympathize with her. I would never own a beagle.

[LostinVA]

5. My wife loves dogs

But she hates Beagles with a passion. She says it's because they howl and they're stupid.

[BarenakedLady]

15. Another vote for beagle

They may be cute, but dumb as a sack of rocks.

[Flaxbee]

44. actually, they're not stupid, just have been inbred too much (as have

so many AKC dogs) for looks rather than ability, and if you don't have the diligence to train them properly - and most people don't, because it is a labor intensive job - then beagles are just lost.

The USDA uses beagles very, very successfully for agricultural inspections...

Dogs were bred for certain purposes - it is hard to bring a cattle dog, or hunting dog, or ______ inside and expect it to discard its instincts and breeding to just hang out with the peeps, you know?

[XemaSab]

54. On the other hand, MY Bailey, the springer/golden retriever mix...

We got him from a ranch where his mom, the springer, is a working cattle dog. We don't really know what his dad's deal was, but he was probably a COUNTRY dog of some stripe, if not working on a ranch then probably spending part of the year as a hunting dog.

So you would think he would be full of beans, right?

Wrong.

He's a little fat guy. I've never seen a dog so lazy in my whole life. We take him to the dog park and he just stands there like he's totally over it.

Awesome.

[BarenakedLady]

57. Mine was a rescue dog.

She was a bundle of anxieties and neuroses. I know she never had the chance to get over that and learn to be a good doggie. She got loose from me and ran into traffic. :cry: 20 years later, and it still has to be one of the most traumatic moments of my life.

RIP Casey. :cry:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. and their desire for cat poop. i really dont like beagles.

[Madrone]

35. I hate to tell ya it ain't just beagles....

Cat poop is a HIGHLY sought after and UNIVERSAL dog favorite. Of any breed.

[XemaSab]

55. And there is NO look on the face of a cat

like the look the cat gives the dog when the cat catches the dog eating out of the litter box. :D

[La Lioness Priyanka]

58. unadulterated condescension.

[XemaSab]

71. It's interesting to see such a human emotion on the face of an animal

but the look the cat gives the dog is just like "YOU are the most LOATHSOME FOUL BEAST ever to come across my path. It's BEYOND ME how such a FILTHY creature as yourself can even EXIST. EVERY DAY brings a new revelation into your DISGUSTING, DISGUSTING ways. I don't know who made the GRAVE ERROR of bringing you into this house but I PROMISE I will see that error rectified if it's the LAST thing I do."

It's sort of like how I feel about W. :D

[Arugula Latte]

61. It's like: "Hah! As if we needed MORE proof that we are the superior species!"

:)

[littlebit]

43. Beagles are not that bad.

I have had one for 7 years. She is my baby. She is really stubborn but that's why I like her. As long as she can go hunt when she is hyper it's all good. A bored beagle is a bad beagle.

The worse dog I have ever had is my baby Eddie. He is a Yorke mix with a really bad attitude. He barks nonstop. He fights with the bigger dogs and he marks everything. I would find him a new home but he is girlfriends little guy. She would get rid of me before him.

[MrCoffee]

6. Rhodesian ridgeback...that dog was psychotic

[NMDemDist2]

7. a sheltie.

I love my girl, but geez, I could build a new dog every week with the shedding and I get her groomed every month and I brush her a couple times a week myself

next dog is a poodle or bichon

[LostinVA]

9. WAIT -- I thought you had a Border Collie?

[NMDemDist2]

11. I do, my Big Guy is a border and I have an Old Girl who is an aussie cross

but the OP didn't ask what dogs I had, only the ones I wouldn't own again.

I'd own a Border again for sure.

:bounce:

[LostinVA]

13. D'oh!

We love our Mick.

[Shakespeare]

14. Labradoodle/goldendoodle. I REALLY want one.

They pick up the best from both breeds--the temperament and loyalty of the retriever, the intelligence and low-shedding rate of a poodle. A gay couple who hikes the same canyon I do (in my neighborhood) have one, and I LOVE running into them so I can play with their dog. Big, hairy, sweet, funny, playful....just a great dog.

That, or another border collie. :hi:

[mitchum]

20. A warning about labradoodles; they also combine the cunning of the poodle...

with the single-minded determination to chew on everything of the labrador retreiver.
I really love our doodle, but i also really miss those 4 pairs of glasses, 6 pairs of shoes, handmade lamp, and countless books :)

[driver8]

59. My wife wants a Labradoodle or a goldendoodle...

our dog Buddy sheds like crazy (shepherd mix).

Our first dog was a Border Collie -- he was an awesome dog. He was so, so smart and so full of personality. I would definitely have another BC (when the kids get a little older.).

[bif]

8. Irish Setter=dumbest dogs on the planet

[NMDemDist2]

17. to quote my hubby "That Setter gets lost at the end of it's leash"

:rofl:

[redqueen]

69. Hahahahahah

[Duppers]

51. amen!

nt

[suninvited]

10. I have had Labradors and currently a Blue Heeler

and I would own both of them again in a heartbeat. The Blue Heeler sheds, but I have a good vaccuum.

I also owned a chow/lab mix, one of the gentlest, sweetest dogs you have ever seen.

[hobbit709]

23. Ditto on that chow-lab mix

BB The Moosedog was the greatest

[Duppers]

52. Labs--best dogs in the world!!

My Kellie girl (Duppers was her nick name) would be 25 this month if she were still alive.

I still break into tears if I think of her very long. She owned my heart (and she could also read my mind).

[Phoonzang]

12. Beagle...

Oh my god that dog was stupid and destructive. I hear it's common experience.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

29. i hate the beagle. i also hate admitting to this but he gets on my last nerve

[China_cat]

16. Irish Setter

Damned dog was a drunk and hyper to boot. (you couldn't set a bottle of beer down anywhere that he wouldn't steal it. And we never taught him that, either.

He also climbed trees in order to go over the fence. When he wasn't trying to dig under it.

Beautiful dog. Never again.

[trackfan]

18. Beagle

Hmmm. There seems to be a trend here.

[IndianaJones]

19. papillon. nt.

[Sentath]

21. Ok, why?

'Cause I've long fantasized about finding a papillon chihuahua cross. And, while I know what I'm letting myself in for with the chihuahua I've never met a papillon.

[IndianaJones]

22. i love her like one of my kids, but they are terrible with small children...

and very moody. This is our second and will be the last I think. Very neurotic and hyper.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. A friend of mine had a papillon -- horrid little creature.

I love dogs but I didn't like that one. He was extremely hyper and not at all bright.

[BrotherBuzz]

24. Our Blue Heeler, Billie Girl was grand

Our Border Collie mix, Brindle, was a good boy and liked to ride up front in the truck with me.

Our Australian Shepard, Petey One Nut, was the big mistake.

Our present dog, a Border Collie Heeler mix, Sally, is working out very well considering she was a double rescue dog that came with a lot of issues. We've resolved most of them and the rest are easily forgotten after she taught us how to play with a sphere, be it a tennis ball, or a basketball, or a stick, or a rock, or a water bottle, or whatever she decides to work with. "Closer" is her favorite word.

[Duppers]

53. awwww, I love your dog.

:loveya:

Our border just passed last Aug. She was a real love, but I'd never have another one unless we buy a farm. She needed a job----badly needed a job.

Borders are bored too easily and have too much energy.

[Raven]

25. I'll never own a pure breed again! Too much illness. I don't want

to talk about my Raven...she was a Newfoundland and I adored her.

[XemaSab]

33. Agreed on the purebred thing

My aunt and my grandma both had toy poodles.

My aunt's dog, Casey, had something wrong with his knees where his kneecaps would pop to the side. He would stand there just SCREAMING until you popped them back in. This would happen several times a day. He was also diabetic, and needed shots a couple times a day. The insulin was kept in the freezer, and when it was time for a shot he'd go sit in front of the freezer wagging his tail waiting for the shot. SO pathetic.

If anything, my grandma's dog Maranatha (:eyes:) was more pathetic. He was incontinent and epileptic, and he was on almost as many meds as my grandma, including valium, so he was stoned all the time. When he was about 4 they discovered a defect in his vertebrae, and they had to do a $10,000 surgery to fix it. So he had a gray stripe down his back where they did the surgery. Then when he was about 10 he got Cushing's disease and all his hair started falling out. You're seen pictures of the ugliest dog in the world? That's about what he looked like. Did I mention he yapped and bit?

The simple lesson of the toy poodle: don't get a toy poodle.

(edit: name of the disease my grandma's dog had)

[LostinVA]

60. I don't think it's the purebreed thing as much as the AKC thing

The AKC ruins dogs. I've heard non-AKC Newfies are much better. Dogs bred for their original purpose, such as herding or hunting, tend to be healthier, physically and mentally.

[Arkansas Granny]

68. Whatever the reason, from the purebred dogs I've known to the mutts that I've owned,

the mutts have had, by far, the strongest constitutions and enjoyed the best health over their lifetime. I always figured it was the natural selection and survival of the fittest factor.

[LostinVA]

70. It's a shame really

For example, I know somebody who bought her dogs (German Shepherds and Bernese Mountain Dogs) from Germany. They have very strict standards for breeders over there, and the dogs are bred to do a job. The result is very hardy dogs with good termperments. They don't even look like the American version. The AKC has turned GSDs into skinny, lame, neurotic, blind dogs.

I have an ABCA Border Collie. He comes from dogs that have just been bred to work for hundreds of years. The AKC has only started recognizing them about 15 years ago. They've already turned it into a completely seperate breed. Big, bushy, squareheaded, and hyperactive as hell. Nothing like the wiry, half-feral looking working dogs.

Unfortunately, AKC dogs are what most people look to as the "best," when they're likely harboring a host of problems.

[yourout]

26. We have had good luck with labs and now have......

Daisy!.....a walker coon hound.

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So far She has been great....only a little howling and a great disposition.

[Sweet Freedom]

28. Yorkie

Total cutie-pie, but horrible allergies and a teeny-tiny bladder. :)

[femmocrat]

49. We had a rescue Yorkie....

He was so cute, but we could never let him out of the laundry room because he would pee all over the house. Apparently the original owners never bothered to housebreak him... I don't know. I think he was probably from a pet shop (or puppy mill).

He had so many health problems. I spent a fortune on vet bills! I think one problem with Yorkies is that they keep breeding them smaller and smaller, which could bring out genetic problems.

[Sweet Freedom]

56. Ours had the worst skin problems

Poor thing seemed to be allergic to everything and then on top of it, he was a flea magnet. It was a constant battle to keep his skin healthy.

[XemaSab]

31. Cocker Spaniel

Admittedly, we were probably partly to blame for Cary's behavioral problems, but DAMN... he was smart but HYPER.

Like, mad dog tearing around the apartment for HOURS every evening hyper.

We just didn't have the time, space, or patience to deal with a dog that big and that exciteable.

And FWIW, both my aunt and my grandma had toy poodles, and those dogs had more health problems than you would BELIEVE.

In recent years we've had a lab/cattle dog, boxer/cattle dog, and springer/golden retriever. All great dogs. Happy, healthy, smart dogs.

I think the lesson is that purebred dogs are a bad idea.

[Cannikin]

32. Basenji....maybe

He was a monster for years, then suddenly he became a wonderful pet...except for his tendency to run out the front door in a heart beat. It was his downfall. One day he ran straight into the street in front of a car. I miss him. They are very unusual dogs but I'd consider having one again if I knew he'd turn out the way mine did before...ya know.

[DemReadingDU]

34. In defense of beagles

Our beagle Abby is the sweetest friendliest beagle I have ever known. Rarely barks, doesn't dig, nor hunts specialty items (underwear). She is more of a lap dog, loves the grandchildren and all dogs in the neighborhood. She good at taking me for walks.

However, our previous beagle was a constant barker, barked at everything, even the wind. She did not like children or other dogs. She was great at hunting moles in the yard. She was a weather barometer - If there was a thunderstorm approaching, the dog started pacing, panting and looking for cover. Actually, she was afraid of any loud sound...a sneeze would send her scurrying.

Before the beagles, we had a mutt. She was a quick learner and knew many tricks. A fun dog for the kids as they were growing up.

[Rabrrrrrr]

36. Fuckin' poodle. Yappy, hyper, nervous unfriendly little fucking demons.

Not that very many dogs are really worth much of a shit, but poodles take the cake for awful.

[hobbit709]

48. My wife had one of those toy poodles

I kept saying it was a rat with an afro and an attitude.

[Bennyboy]

37. Great Pyreness.....Loved that dog but

You could never have him off leash. He would get out and G-O-N-E, gone. 10,000 acres are their territory and if he had marked anywhere within that range he would go there. LICKETY SPLIT. And being a huge dog, he had no fear of cars or anything...... Got hit once as a year old,and I still think that is why he started to have seizures. When he got to be about five, he had them all the time and so we had to put him down eventually they got to be so bad.

The dog I had previous was a Pyr/Golden and that was the best dog ever. he would come when called and I never had a fence in the front yard. But when he went away,I got the Pyr and had to put up a fence and then he would find a way to get out....

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[momto3]

38. Siberian Husky.

She was our first dog - absolutely beautiful. She was smarter than the two of us put together. Plus the shedding and the constant running around. Definitely not a good "neighborhood" dog.

[bicentennial_baby]

39. I miss my Huskies SO badly...with pics!!

:cry:

They live with my parents. Mine is the Alaskan, Buddy. I'd have him here in a heartbeat if I didn't live in an f'n apartment. :(

I miss my girl Stripe too, the sprint racing trained Siberian...she's so beautiful and wonderful. Shedding be damned.

Both of them, whenever I was sad or depressed, would lay behind me and wrap an arm around me like a human until I calmed down or felt better. Best. Dogs. Ever.

Sigh!

x(

Me and Buddy last summer:



Me and Stripe:



Stripe and Buddy serenading me:



Sniffa and Buddy slow dancing:



PS- The dirt and holes are their own creation...They've dug that part of the yard up like crazy. It used to be all grass...And, they LOVE their cooling holes in the summer. Typical Husky babies :D

[momto3]

41. Your dogs are gorgeous!

We loved ours - her name was Chopin (music geeks, can you tell?). I think it would have been easier for her and us if we had not lived in a subdivision. She always wanted to roam! She even learned to climb our chain link fence to get out. There was no stopping her. We had to put her down because of cancer a couple of years ago.

[LibertyLover]

40. I feel your pain regarding Husky shedding

we swear that we could knit a medium sized terrier with the hair that our Siberian looses. But he is so good with our 5 year old daughter. That dog will put up with the most amazing things from her - doll crowns on his head, jewelry around his neck, a 5 year old using him as a pillow for a nap. And he follows her around the yard when she's out playing, making sure she is always in his sight. Forgive the Mr. T riff, but I pity the fool who might try to come in our yard and hurt her - they would have a really pissed off Siberian Husky on them, followed in quick succession by the 2 greyhounds and the 2 whippets.

[momto3]

42. We used to always joke that we could make another dog out of her brushed hair.

But yeah - they are so soft!

[bicentennial_baby]

46. I contemplated knitting with Stripe's fur at one point!

:rofl:

You sit down on the "dog couch" (yes, they get their own couch, due to shedding), and you're practically a Husky yourself when you stand up!

:rofl:

[femmocrat]

45. Belgian Tervuren.

Dumbest dog I ever knew even though they are supposed to be very smart. And omg, what a shedder.

I would never have another Golden Retriever either for pretty much the same reason. Beautiful, sweet-natured, but dumb as a box of rocks. I spent more time chasing that dog over hill and dale than I care to remember. He had to take basic obedience twice and still did not understand "come", "down", or "stay". He was a very sweet dog though, and absolutely loved the kids.

[SacredCow]

47. Chihuahua...

that little bugger could NOT be housebroken. Sweet as the dickens, and cute as a button but the crap all over the apartment was just too much...

[Duppers]

50. a peke

most nasty tempered little shit I've ever seen or had, and I LOVE DOGS, just not mean-tempered, dumb ones!

[HamdenRice]

62. German Shepherd

I love German Shepherds. They are super smart, loyal, protective, playful -- just perfect dogs.

The problem is that they don't like visitors. Every shepherd I've ever known has barked at and even cornered all guests who are not at least weekly guests.

Now that I have a golden retriever who loves everyone who steps across the threshhold, I couldn't imagine dealing with a shep again.

[arbusto_baboso]

63. Jack Russell Terrier

Don't get me wrong, they're absolutely wonderful dogs, but they're smarter than most children, and could only get into more trouble if they had opposable thumbs.

I had one, Mutley, for 14 years. Basically, if you didn't want her to learn a certain behavior, you couldn't let her SEE you doing it.

She also had a propensity for getting out of the yard, wandering around getting into trouble and returning well after dark.

Then, she'd also climb to the highest spot in the house she could reach (usually the back of the sofa) and pounce on my stomach when I lay down to watch tv.

A great dog, but a LOT of work.

[femmocrat]

72. I would love to get a Jack Russell terrier....

I think they are the cutest breed! I'm just not sure I want to put up with all the crazy behaviors. They are naturals at agility but seem to have a mind of their own!

[malta blue]

64. I LOVE MY BEAGLE mix....

All the beagle haters need to step off :P

My beagle mix is 15 and she has all those characteristics that the posters above stated, but she is JUST A DOG and some of those things are inherent to BEING A DOG ;)

I also have a rat terrier who is more fond of underpants than the beagle but as far as little dogs go, she has a big dog attitude in a little body. She is not a yipper, nor a shaker. She is only 11 pounds and kneecaps the beagle regularly (for fun) and plays well with others - the best part: NO SHEDDING.

[LiberalEsto]

65. Samoyed

She ate literally everything, including wallpaper off the walls. You couldn't trust her around an electric cord for 5 minutes, so she had to be crated while we were at work. I would like to think she was an anomaly.

[Arkansas Granny]

67. In my entire life I have only owned two dogs that I was certain of their breed.

One German Shepherd (came with papers) and one Poodle (no papers, but pretty sure she was full blood). One was given to me and another was a stray whose owner I was never able to locate.

My favorite breed of dog is mixed. I'll take a little mutt dog over a pedigreed dog any time. They generally have fewer inbred health problems and come in such a wide variety of size, shape and color.