Purebred Breeds.......

[ArkRescue]

Awww - poor baby - a family member has a Newfoundland that came from a puppy mill and she was kept in a cage and to this day (a couple years later) is STILL scared of new people and has potty issues indoors.

My Saint Bernard/Great Pyreness mix is very shy, but I think that's the result of the lack of socializing when she was little. I got her at 6 months, and she had been kept in a small pen up until that time (@$*&#!*# to the breeder).

When we are in the garden, she will kick up a ruckus at anyone who approaches, just to let momma know that we have company. But if you continue to approach, she turns tail and RUNS! (& she can cover some ground with those long legs!)

 

[my-thyme]

Awww - poor baby - a family member has a Newfoundland that came from a puppy mill and she was kept in a cage and to this day (a couple years later) is STILL scared of new people and has potty issues indoors.

We had a time dealing with potty issues, now 1 1/2 yrs later she hasn't had an accident in over 3 months - YEAH!!!

She is a beautiful dog, and she likes me, but our home sees so many faces every day (three young adult boys have LOTS of friends that are often at our home), she just stays in her corner and tries to pretend that she's not there - kinda funny for a hundred pound dog.

Much as I feel good about "rescuing" her, and knowing home much she needed rescuing, lesson learned - get an animal from a home where there was one litter of puppies, and lots of hands on.

 

[RareBreed]

We had a time dealing with potty issues, now 1 1/2 yrs later she hasn't had an accident in over 3 months - YEAH!!!

She is a beautiful dog, and she likes me, but our home sees so many faces every day (three young adult boys have LOTS of friends that are often at our home), she just stays in her corner and tries to pretend that she's not there - kinda funny for a hundred pound dog.

Much as I feel good about "rescuing" her, and knowing home much she needed rescuing, lesson learned - get an animal from a home where there was one litter of puppies, and lots of hands on.

I think guests at our house would appreciate that because our 120 pound Malamute thinks she's a 5 pound lap dog.

 

[jp2854]

bruno also thinks shes a lapdog rarebreed. she also thinks she has to protect us from everyone that walks in the door too. she does the sniff down test and if they pass it great if not she tells them in her ways to get lost.

 

[my-thyme]

I think guests at our house would appreciate that because our 120 pound Malamute thinks she's a 5 pound lap dog.

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My son has a Yellow Lab/Great Pyreness that thinks the same - what a lug!!!

 

[ArkRescue]

I've had 100+ lb Rotties that thought they were lap dogs and some of my dogs weighed more than I did LOL. OMG does that hurt to have a dog that big jump on the couch into your lap.

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My son has a Yellow Lab/Great Pyreness that thinks the same - what a lug!!!

 

[Pete]

Lhasa Apsos

 

[Hoover]

I would recommend calling individual breeders and asking them about their dogs. Get the history of great great grandparents. Dogs are like kids - its all in how they are raised - you raise a kid to be outspoken and outgoing a dog is going to raise its pups to be outspoken and outgoing. Hence my four are outgoing and outspoken. My Chi's are not afraid of anyone or anything - and my GSD are not shy this is not due to their training due to their breeding their training came later. I would not approach them now even if you THINK they know you. Yes they are puppies and they make mistakes because they are puppies and they are learning, but would you want to be that mistake????

 

[toppick08]

Aww! Arent they just the best dogs? What color?

black tri..