Breed (S) of dogs you would NEVER own AGAIN?

[Papa Deuce]

1. My Aussie.... I overestimated my ability to give him all he needs. Still, he is pretty darn good but I wouldn't have another.

2. Boxer. I had one and he was a really great dog, but apparently his glass was only half full. He knocked himself unconcious, not once, but twice.

 

[grinningghost]

OK, she's not MINE, but after dealing with my mom's dog a couple hundred times, no WAY I'd own a Westie. I'd get a snake first.

Also, no more German Shorthair Pointers. Too high strung.

 

[Maddy Dog]

Toy poodle. She was smart, STUBBORN, thought she was HUMAN, and ONLY liked one person, my mother.

 

[Sparx]

OK, she's not MINE, but after dealing with my mom's dog a couple hundred times, no WAY I'd own a Westie. I'd get a snake first.

Is that the dog that wouldn't eat the peanut butter and your neighbors nearly called the cops on you for? Because I don't want one of those either!

 

[grinningghost]

2. Boxer. I had one and he was a really great dog, but apparently his glass was only half full. He knocked himself unconcious, not once, but twice.

A friend of mine has a boxer. He's short a few marbles too. One time, she came home from work to find he'd jumped through a storm door. Blood all over the place, but he lived.

 

[grinningghost]

Is that the dog that wouldn't eat the peanut butter and your neighbors nearly called the cops on you for? Because I don't want one of those either!

Yes it is. She's absolutely psychotic.

 

[Sparx]

Yes it is. She's absolutely psychotic.

how did that all end? I mean, did you shoot the dog or tie her up in a tree?

 

[Beauty]

My mother has a RED POMERANIAN! That is the LOUDEST dog EVER MADE! NEVER EVER EVER EVER AGAIN! She has alot of personality but the barking is absolutly uncontrolable.

 

[ilovedale3]

Never agin would I have a labrador. He was sweet, but dumb as a box of rocks. He also ate everything in sight. You name it, he ate it: the rubber handles off of hammers, the corners of concrete blocks, rocks, rope, and fiberglass insulation (my parents were building a house at the time). He never seemed affected by it though... my dad was so mad about the insulation though that he said "I hope he itches himself to death when he poops!"

 

[janette]

Border Collie, wonderful dog but just can't deal with the hair.

 

[Pooh67_68]

It was some type of spaniel, don't remember which.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Since I was a relatively new dog owner until I met my DW, I'll give you her answers to this question.

While she said she would never turn down any dog that needed her she would probably never purposely go out and purchase another Beagle or Cocker Spaniel. The beagle her family had was extremely destructive and just not a house dog and in all the years she has done dog obedience training she's only been bitten twice, both times by cockers. Maybe it's just a person thing cockers have against her?

 

[2Poodles]

German Shorthaird Pointer -- beautiful dog, good with kids, good watch dog but off the wall. Never calmed down until she 14 years old. All she wanted to do was run, run, run, run. Sweet dog though but too darn high strung.

Mary & the 2Poodles
(Sebastian & Winslow)

 

[The Princess]

A peek-a-poo. Mine was mean and he lived to be 17!! We now have a bichon~what a wonderful dog!!! I would get another one if my DH would let me.

 

[paigevz]

No more Siberian Huskies. They are not meant to be in a yard...........they can squeeze through a hole the size of a coffee can and will run for miles. They also had to have their coats stripped in summer and a swimming pool to keep cool.

I have never had, but have known several cocker spaniels intimately........would NEVER have one...........they are sooo hard to train.

Beagle---------cute as can be, but they dig and they howl!

Any terrier...........so active.

Chihuahuas.(never had but have known)..............yappy and too nervous.

Dachshund (never had, but knew several)...........with the very noteworthy exception of one male, these have been very harsh with my children, even when they aren't moving or even looking in the dog's direction.

 

[KathyTX]

... apparently his glass was only half full. He knocked himself unconcious, not once, but twice.

Poor little guy!!!

 

[Trish5768]

Minature schnauzer-he hated my children.

I love my boxer.

 

[grinningghost]

how did that all end? I mean, did you shoot the dog or tie her up in a tree?

Just like in the movies, as I was about to do one or the other, my mom played the heroine and saved the day - she took her home.

 

[chyam]

I would never own any of the smaller breeds,it seems like they yap all the time. My neighbor has 5 of the little critters, I always make sure I slam my garbage can lid when I leave for work at 6am knowing full well that those dogs are in her house yapping her awake! Just to get her back for all the yapping I have to listen to coming from her yard!

 

[Planogirl]

We have a yappy dog living across from us too. Luckily, we can't hear it when we're inside but if we're out in the back, it goes on and on and on and...

We once had a Border Collie that didn't work out well. This dog was very intelligent and good-natured but required way more space and exercise than we could give him. He ended up living on a farm and ran and herded cats to his heart's content.