I would get a GSD, gonna shed like crazy though.
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x1000000000000000000000Originally posted by wills2383 View Post
and work with a good dog trainer... LOVE this breed they are awesome, but need a firm hand to guide. Like most GSD or Belgin's do.
For big cuddly scary looking teddy bear, look at bull mastif, French mastif(dog from turner and hooch)... Any of the Mastif type breeds. I am a sucker for Canes but they need to be worked with more than most mastiffs, a lot of mastiffs are LAAAAZY
also might look at a Dogo...Last edited by catslayer; 12-03-2015, 10:41 AM.Comment
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Just read this in the link posted above. The OP said he needs a dog good with children so I don't think a working line of GSD is good for him. Or correct me if I am wrong. After all this was on the Internet.
Working dogs have more 'hair trigger' aggression, and generally a higher Prey drive. Because of this, they must be monitored carefully around people, especially children. Anything that moves fast becomes Prey (like a rabbit) to be chased down and caught. If a jogger runs by, or a child zips by running, or is on a bicycle or on skates, the Working dog may react to them as if they are Prey. They can't grab with their paws, so they use their mouth to grab (bite) to stop their Prey.Comment
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I'm going to say you are sticking your foot in your mouth... Name ANY agressive breed and we can find a good trainer with a dog that is AWESOME.Originally posted by 3DW5 View Post
Nurture has a HUGE HUGE HUGE portion to do with it. Nature has a little to do with it. Worked with more breeds than most, seen good and bad of almost everything...
SO sorry but he is more right than youComment
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x2 on the Great Pyrenees we have one too he is a great dog. They do shed but we keep him shaved down in the summer. No way anyone would mess with him if they didn't know him.Originally posted by Gus View PostComment
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My sister got bit by a golden retriever once. Any dog is a gamble. Do your best and raise them right. This debate could go forever.Comment
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Plumber was at the house Monday. He asked about the Aussies and I laughed an said I wish they would bite somebody. I had already put the great Pyrenese in the back yard. We walked to the back sliding door and the plumber asked about him and I said he's really cool. Shouldn't be a issue since I'm right here. Lol yeah that wasn't even close to correct. He lunged at the back door as soon as he seen the plumber guy. I had to put him on a leash the whole time. Best watch dog ever!!!Originally posted by The Gipper View PostComment
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American bulldogs we have a 140 pounder he is quite intimidating caiies a basketball in his mouth.Comment
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Definitely a mastiff, but which one. An always love able gentle to everyone mastiff is an English. If you want this traits with your family and common visitors, a Brazillian is more your type.
Fila Brasilirio
Lol mine treed one of those meat salesman guys once.Comment
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I vote pit bull. Sheds very little and always intimidating. I've had mine since she was 11 weeks old and has been great with everyone she encounters.
She is less aggressive then my basset hound.Comment
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I personally would not go with a GSD unless you plan to spend a ton of time training it and finding a good breeder. the way they are bred now with the slopped back leads to a lot of neurologic deficits in the hind end (they lose control of their back legs). They are also the most unpredictable dogs I have met other than the toy breeds. But like others have said it is all in how you raise them . Don't let the GSD train you though.Comment
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then try explaining the number of incidents with pit bulls when every single owner claims they were sweet well behaved dogs, and the numbers of them that have attacked their owners after being so good for so many years,,, breeds have characteristics, you can not change that sure you can get a good dog and a good owner from any breed,, just as you can get a bad one....Originally posted by catslayer View Post
i have seen and been on the calls were way to many people were attacked by certain breeds for no apparent reason other than being within attack range,, and from your own statement,, you can find A good trainer with a good dog
finding a singular instance, says nothing about the breed as a whole
its is far better to look for generalities of a breed than hope to find one good one from a multitude of dogs with worse dispositions ,, different breeds do different things,,, they always have,,, some are just plain better around kids than others, some make far better guard dogs, some make better trackers and retrievers some dogs do multiple things better,
proper training within a given breed can make that particular dog better than the rest, but a bloodhound is still a bloodhound,, he is not going to act like a german shepherd or a dogo...
i recently did some searching on bite numbers,,, #1 is the pit bull, the german shepherd, rottweiler, doberman, chow, were all in the top 10, i just dont remember some of the others,,#10 on the list was the boxer,,, the list was a comparison of bite instances to deaths by that breed,,, the pit had over 6000 documented bites with well over 1000 deaths,,,, ( the numbers were compiled by a dog research group, i do not recall the name of the group)
the #2 dog on the list had less than half as many bites or deaths,, the boxer had only about 600 bites, with about 60 deaths ( i do not recall the exact numbers on any of them, i did this over a month ago)..
what dogs are best known for is a characteristic of that breed,,, sure nurturing can have some influence , some but the disposition of the dog remains because of the breed, individual exceptions exist,, they are not the norm...Comment
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