I want one of these

[Scotty]

Beautiful but meant to be a little hard to train and doesn't make a great guard dog.

I wanted to get an Alsation (German Sheppard) or Doberman but came across this breed when on Wikipedia.

Not for now but the future when I return to the UK.

Anyways, post pics of your dogs.

[Jocasta]

You're planning to come back some day?

[Scotty]

Course!

[aloha]

this dog you posted is a very pretty one, but you are right, they are hard to train and need a lot of running. and if you don´t have snow, the best would be to let him run next to your bike.

well, if I will ever have the chance to have a dog, it will be a Golden Retriever or a Flat Coated Retriever

I've been wondering when you'd return. By the ways you've described India, didn't seem like
'your cup of tea'/

[Scotty]

Originally Posted by aloha

this dog you posted is a very pretty one, but you are right, they are hard to train and need a lot of running. and if you don´t have snow, the best would be to let him run next to your bike.

well, if I will ever have the chance to have a dog, it will be a Golden Retriever or a Flat Coated Retriever

Weather isn't to warm in Bristol and I know they are succesfully bread in places like Arizona.

We had a Golden Retreiver a while back, fantastic dog, very family friendly.

Originally Posted by Avis Phlox

I've been wondering when you'd return. By the ways you've described India, didn't seem like
'your cup of tea'/

It isn't. Not really a place to come unless you're retiring or on holiday.

Any idea when you'll leave? What about the family business?

[Scotty]

No and business is the problem.

It's really taking off now.

Find it hard to tell the old folks I'm leaving when they pretty much need my input. Don't get me wrong, I need their's but I'm gonna be living a half life if I stay here.

[Moshe..]

Some of my dad’s family have farms, and whenever they have something valuable, instead of bothering with expensive alarms and locks, they simply tie an alsatian to it. THe experience of tying dogs up is enjoyable and if you’re not careful you become addicted. In no time we find many alsatians attached to objects of no conceivable value. The rusting fiat uno, sitting under the hedgerow, undriven for seventeen years, has its own alsatian, securely harnessed to the front wheel with plaited sailors rope. And then they start barking. You don’t want anything bred for guarding: they bark so much it’ll drive you up the wall. Once one of them starts, they all start, and it’s the closest dogs will ever come to operatic production. Just get yourself a labrador or golden retriever. Golden retriever is the best dog ever invented! NOw you have to promise not to get the RSPCA on us. Oh and hope you get back to scotland in one piece.

[aloha]

We had a Golden Retreiver a while back, fantastic dog, very family friendly.

That´s why I love them so much, they are looking just cute, and are very friendly, easy to train, and they love the affection of their people

[Scotty]

Originally Posted by Moshe..

Some of my dad’s family have farms, and whenever they have something valuable, instead of bothering with expensive alarms and locks, they simply tie an alsatian to it. THe experience of tying dogs up is enjoyable and if you’re not careful you become addicted. In no time we find many alsatians attached to objects of no conceivable value. The rusting fiat uno, sitting under the hedgerow, undriven for seventeen years, has its own alsatian, securely harnessed to the front wheel with plaited sailors rope. And then they start barking. You don’t want anything bred for guarding: they bark so much it’ll drive you up the wall. Once one of them starts, they all start, and it’s the closest dogs will ever come to operatic production. Just get yourself a labrador or golden retriever. Golden retriever is the best dog ever invented! NOw you have to promise not to get the RSPCA on us. Oh and hope you get back to scotland in one piece.

Nah, some dogs can tell the difference between random sounds and others (found this on Wiki). i had a mate where I was brought up who's dad bred alsations, the house one was the biggest I'd seen and probably the only dog I was ever really scared of.

Thing was a guard dog though, protecting it's pack and area(even if it's humans and their house).

Yeah, lots agree, Golden retreiver is a great dog. Also had a lab that couldn't hack it as a blind dog but damn he was great.

But If i get a dog it's partly for practical purposes. Looking after the house while I'm at work is one and there lies the problem with the one I want. It's not a great guard dog. Though it's just so damn cute that I want one.

I checked the prices and it costs about up to 800 pounds or $1600 US. Starting price is about 500 GBP or $1000. For a puppy.

Thing about these dogs are they're not bread to have certain characteristics or a certain colour scheme, they're all natural and have been since the crossing of whatever dog came before and wolves.

Originally Posted by aloha

That´s why I love them so much, they are looking just cute, and are very friendly, easy to train, and they love the affection of their people

Lovely dog to get. Please, post pics of them!

Here's the stray I look after now.



Lots of dogs running stray out here but he's the only one who's not afraid to come close.
Danny.

[Moshe..]

Golden retrievers just want to lick burglers' faces. They're too friendly. Better go down to argos to buy an alarm. But you shouldn't have to pay that much for a dog surely. I think find someone with unwanted puppies, or go to dog-home. I luckily got an unwanted retriever off a distant family contact, yet she's absolutely perfect dog - healthy, sane, ect. And looks glamorous at all times.

[aloha]

Originally Posted by Scotty

Lovely dog to get. Please, post pics of them!

okay here you go:

Golden Retriever


Flat Coated Retriever:

[Scotty]

middle dog at the bottom is the best, pick the Flat Coated Retriever.

[aloha]

he´s cute, isn´t he? gosh I love those dogs, they look so damn pretty!
but the cute puppy right next to him is also very cute

[Kashie]

[aloha]

oh that´s also cute! is it also a Goldie or a Hovawart?

[Scotty]

That's one kick ass dog!

[Kashie]

it's a golden retriever, but a special kind bred for hunting, especially. i believe they call them formula 1 (in English) because of their physique. a bit smaller than ordinary Golden's, and runs incredibly fast. originated from Ireland

[Scotty]

Retrievers were originaly bread as hunting dogs.