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Wanna snuggle that Leonberger! He'd be the best teddy bear.  On a Crufts note, a black coated retriever won best in show. There is now a programme on More4 (UK) called 'How to buy a Puppy', it will be up on 4OD once in the next day or so. So far it's had input from the Panorama programme that caused so much up roar with the Kennel Club/RSPCA/Crufts etc. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-to-buy-a-puppy/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1
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Sock Weasel posted:To be honest I thought they were American Eskimo dogs until I saw the little sign above the kennel blocks. I have no idea how you'd tell them apart, probably something minor in the facial structure. From what I can see from good ol' GIS the only difference I notice is that their muzzles are a little wider. Then again, this is compared to Roxy. The MINIATURE American Eskimo. So, really, she's the midget of the Spitz world.
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cuntvalet posted:From what I can see from good ol' GIS the only difference I notice is that their muzzles are a little wider. One website I saw claimed that Japanese Spitz tails curl up on the center of their backs while Eskie tails drape to the side. That gave me a good laugh. How much does Roxy weigh now? Psyche is at 23 lbs, the little fatty fat fat. At any rate, I think Poms are the midgets of the Spitz world. 
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Kiri koli posted:One website I saw claimed that Japanese Spitz tails curl up on the center of their backs while Eskie tails drape to the side. That gave me a good laugh. I think she's about 15 or 16 lb? To pick her up feels just a tiny bit heavier than our cat, Wikus, and he's about 12 lb so that seems about right. But finally, she's not so much of a skinnybitch. Thank god!
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Sock Weasel posted:Oh my god, it looks like someone painted this dog with watercolors or something. I love Akita markings.
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I'm new, and it took me a while to find this thread. My brain kept registering it as the "primates" thread. Not the brightest. My wife works at a vet clinic; I was on the road. She sent me about 10 texts that, when I finally got into cell reception went from "there's a lovely dog here being put down" to "we're all crying cause we don't want to euth her" to "We've got a new dog." Owner had brought the girl into be put down, because he couldn't afford a surgery she needed. The vet and owner worked it out to surrender the dog to someone who could afford the procedure and rehab. This photo was how I was introduced to Rosie (now renamed to Rosalita Ford):  I guess she's some strain of "undesirable" because of her wooly coat? The first blow-out was interesting. She gets on good with our bully-mix, but she has to be the boss and he's pretty careful around her.  We've caught them balled together when they think we're not watching, but scram if we get a camera. We live in MN so she gets all the snow she wants.  She does NOT share toys well.  I'd never had anything resembling a primitive breed before. It has been educational. I wish I had found this thread earlier, it made for some great laughs and "She's exactly like that!" I'm disappointed that I can't see her ever being off-leash. And she's a giant bitch with other dogs (zero fear of bigger badder dogs, either) so dog parks are kinda iffy. She came to us having never been crated, but took to that extremely well. Learning about the NILIF approach.
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Wow, she is absolutely gorgeous! I'm so happy you and your wife saved her from being put down, it looks like she has an awesome life now.
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Congratulations, you have adopted a wooly mammoth dog She is beautiful. EDIT: Also, it sounds like you guys are doing everything right so far, so keep it up. If you have any questions at all don't hesitate to ask. rivals fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Mar 15, 2011 |
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rebounded posted: Want to snuggle so bad! Thanks for taking her in. How old is she?Seconding if you have any questions, there are a lot of great people here who can help you out. There's also a Dog Training Megathread for all your training needs.
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c355n4 posted:What was the surgery she needed? TPLO. The dumbed-down explanation the wife gave me was it was to correct a torn ACL. If anyone else has had to go through that rehab, I feel for you. First off, she's an active breed, and when the surgeon told us how little exercise she was allowed for the first few weeks I was worried. She constantly want to MOVE. Secondly, she's a talker so she cried a lot between pain management. Just really hard to come home to a new awesome dog, then 2 days later seeing her whimpering in the floor for a month. She limped about twice as long as was expected, and still sits to favor it. On the flip-side, I think it helped her adapt to being primarily an indoor dog, and welcoming crate-training. I probably will have a lot of behavior questions, now that I know the thread is here. I'll try and punctuate with pics. edit: She's 5. We've had her for ~7/8 months now.
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I don't envy you at all. We were just preparing for our Husky getting a total hip replacement and the suggested timelines were something like 8 weeks of confinement and 8 weeks of rehab before back to normal exercise. Thankfully (for reasons mentioned within the last few pages) it doesn't look like we need to worry about it yet and potentially not at all. Though the specialist did say that he seems predisposed to tearing his ACL so we have to keep an eye out for that.
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Woolie! She is GORGEOUS, I want to snuggle that long fur with Kiri (I don't envy you during a blow, though!) I also don't envy any of you during these surgeries.  I don't think Koji will ever need surgery for his knee, it's a very low grade, but it still makes me worried of the possibility.
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Rosalita is beautiful. She almost makes me wish I had the patience to deal with that much fur. I wanted to share this website with the thred- it's a Finnish kennel that is breeding Western shar pei that are more traditional and functional by crossing them with traditional lines. Their male, Maxim, is one of the most beautiful shar pei I've seen:  This gives me a lot of hope. More breeders seem interested in returning the dogs to their original form. So many of the health issues in shar pei are related to the extreme type that was popular for so long. I hope that more breeders will realize that a less extreme Western shar pei is just as charming, as well as healthier.
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That is a beautiful dog! I am such a sucker for those tiny Shar-Pei ears but I never liked the crazy wrinkleface. But Maxim looks great.
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Wheats posted:This gives me a lot of hope. More breeders seem interested in returning the dogs to their original form. So many of the health issues in shar pei are related to the extreme type that was popular for so long. I hope that more breeders will realize that a less extreme Western shar pei is just as charming, as well as healthier.   BEAUUUUTIFUL dogs, wow. I never knew peis could look like that. I LOVE LOVE LOVE those folded ears. The rear legs on some of those dogs are sooo long, are they supposed to be??
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huskyjackal posted:The rear legs on some of those dogs are sooo long, are they supposed to be?? From what I've read about them, kinda. Their buttholes are meant to point at the sky (seriously) and the long hind legs probably exaggerate that. I say some of the ones they have look a bit ridiculous though. http://www.hkshar-pei.com/ This is a good site to read up on Bone Mouth Shar-Pei. I love 'em but, since they're so rare I'll probably never even see one in real life  .
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LunacySystem posted:From what I've read about them, kinda. Their buttholes are meant to point at the sky (seriously) and the long hind legs probably exaggerate that. I say some of the ones they have look a bit ridiculous though. Yup, this trait is described as si ngan chiu teen, or "anus facing sky". It helps to set the tail up high, so it looks proud. Ears are totally one of my favorite things about shar pei. They look so silly and tiny!
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... Well. Learn something new every day!  Some of those dogs have nearly straight legs, that's nuts. No angulation at all. The title of this thread makes me giggle because in my head I think "primitive breeds" translates to cavemen-like neolithic dogs with Gary Larson styled faces and hulking shoulders so they blunder along grunting and rolling in mammoth poop.
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I love that Shar Pei This is really lovely webcam quality because I know if I got up to grab my camera he would get up too, but this is what Kaidan has been doing tonight. It is the biggest Kaidansmile. 
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I love Kaidan. I have an awesome picture from my lovely cell phone of Buddy laying the BEST way the other day, I should go through the effort to get it on the computer to post. It's too good not to share.
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Yeah you should. It's been way too long without new Buddy pictures.
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WolfensteinBag posted:
Too good not to share, yet I see a lack of sharing on here...Koji shares his distain. 
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Oh fiiinnneeee.......... Here, have some random bonus pics that have been on my phone for about a year, too! This is how Buddy was laying the other day.   and here's just a bunch of other random pics of him from my phone:      Man, these two are so old, they were before we moved! That was well over a year ago, now:   Also, here's a couple extras, they're clients at my work. This first one is a MASSIVE long haired akita Meko. The dog he's next to is a wheaton terrier for size comparison: This is Jacks, one of my all time favorite clients. He's a husky mix, & is about 16 years old. I absolutely love him, he reminds me of Buddy a ton since they have a lot of the same expressions. Also, he lets me hug him and kiss his snout like I do with Buddy. Before I got Buddy, he made me really want a husky, now when he comes in he makes me want to go home and hug my own dog.
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WolfensteinBag posted:Oh fiiinnneeee.......... ! Buddy looks seriously nonplussed about your choice in bandannas. Wanna rub dat belly, though.Of course we need more Koji pictures.   Also, Wheats, that seriously looks like a take no prisoners kind of Shar Pei.  "What kind of dog do you own?" "A Shar Pei!" 
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huskyjackal posted:The title of this thread makes me giggle because in my head I think "primitive breeds" translates to cavemen-like neolithic dogs with Gary Larson styled faces and hulking shoulders so they blunder along grunting and rolling in mammoth poop. Yay pictures.  I love how Koji's expressions are just varying levels of smug. I managed to get some pics of Raf today wearing his fancyass new collar that I picked up at Crufts. He looks like a big man now.     (I'm starting to doubt if he's ever going to grow into those drat ears.) Has anyone elses dog started falling apart for the spring/summer yet? The tumbleweed season has just started at our house.
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WolfensteinBag posted:Oh fiiinnneeee.......... Kaidan lays like this all the time. I love it. He's also realized that when he rolls onto his back he gets lots of attention because it's cute as gently caress so he does that whenever he wants pets now. It's awesome because he does it to make us pay attention to him, but we pay attention to him to make him do it more
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rivals posted:
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Kiri koli posted:Can I have some belly rubs pweaaaase??? *calls in the Psyche fanclub*
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I guess if we're all posting pictures then I'll join in with Mo's shiba smile:
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Roxy and her bff Calleigh (Calleigh would disagree with the term 'bff' but what does she know?)
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Help PI! I vacuum my floor every day but this thing shows up and spontaneously generates hair. What should I do???  
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a life less posted:
Quote from a million pages ago, because Icelandic Sheepdogs are the fuckin bomb. I've wanted one ever since I was a kid. And then my parents bought one for my little brother because they hate me or something. This is Oskar:   (he likes to climb on furniture and hang out with our cat. They play fight and it's awesome )I need to take a picture of him sleeping. He folds himself into this really awkward position next to the back door. He's an rear end in a top hat, and he's my favorite dog ever. Our other dog, an English Springer Spaniel is better behaved, but Oskar is smart, and won't take crap from you. He does basic commands when I ask him to unless I'm asking him in front of a stranger. He looks all around the room, avoiding eye contact, and I can tell he's thinking "heh, not gonna impress your friend today, rear end in a top hat." His undercoat is starting to shed for the spring, and I swear to god, you could sculpt a second dog just from his rear end-fur. I plan on getting one as soon as I can after I move out. I might even be able to get one of his sister's pups, since they kept her for breeding. I mean seriously. Read that quote again. VIKINGS.
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uberwekkness posted:I need to take a picture of him sleeping. He folds himself into this really awkward position next to the back door. That is a gorgeous dawg. My parents' dog likes to fold himself up in between the wall and the hall table, next to the front door. He gets a draft from under the floorboards, and from the door. Plus he gets to guard the poo poo out of the door.
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uberwekkness posted:This is Oskar: Wowee, that is a gorgeous dog! I love all the primitive breeds, but their independence, stubbornness and shedding problems mean I probably won't ever get one. Are Icelandic Sheepdogs as independent as the other primitives, or are they slightly more biddable? I live with terriers, so I get independent, but mine like snuggles too much to ignore what I say
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Fraction posted:Wowee, that is a gorgeous dog! I love all the primitive breeds, but their independence, stubbornness and shedding problems mean I probably won't ever get one. Are Icelandic Sheepdogs as independent as the other primitives, or are they slightly more biddable? Well, ours loves to play. He does fetch pretty well, since he follows the "leave it" command, and he loooooves tug-of-war. He does like to make us happy, and is usually a pretty good dog. I think the biggest problem we have with him is when someone comes over (unless he's seen them come through the door a ton of times, like family, or my brother's fiance) he'll start barking A LOT. Once they come in and say hello to him, he'll stop after a minute or two, but it's a little frustrating. He doesn't cuddle too much, but sometimes, he sits down right next to me looking regal (asking for pets), or he'll lie on his back, using the sofa for support (asking for a belly rub). He's mostly just really fun to watch. Like I said, he play-fights with our cat (our favorite is when he exposes his neck to the cat, standing like two inches away as if going "do it! I dare you!" waiting for the cat to bite him or something) and he makes really funny toned down growly barks, like he knows he's not supposed to bark, but needs to tell us something anyway "aaarrroooo....." He's independent and stubborn (probably not as much as other primitive breeds), but he has a looot of character, and is seriously just really fun to be around. And honestly, his shedding isn't too bad. He doesn't leave little hairs everywhere quite so much, like our tabby can (I swear, you pick him up, put him down, and there's a cat shaped outline of shed fur on your shirt). It mostly comes out in little clumps, and that's when you know it's time to brush him.
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Warbadger posted:Help PI! I vacuum my floor every day but this thing shows up and spontaneously generates hair. What should I do??? Hmm hmm, looks like a serious case. I'm afraid the only course of action is to box up the source of the fur and to send it straight to me. Okay, so I'm FINALLY working on the Shiba post again now that I have a free day. Sorry it's taking so long guys, and I know it won't live up to your expectations of amazing, but pulling more than one job really takes it out of you. Also, though I know more about Shibas present day, I know next to nothing about their history (besides the basics) like I do the Akita. I did find this interesting article about the Okinawa Ryukyu dog to tide you over that you guys might find a good read (thinking of you FB!).  
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I present for your approval as primitive, the wondrous Radar, IBZ. He is smug, headstrong, mouthy, of ancient (umm, maybe) lineage, prick-eared, fox-coloured, independent, and very prey-drivey, except for cats and small kids. You may see from the photos that he is also bipedal, just for fun.    Just to prove to the doubters that he's primitive, his tail nearly forms a full ring when he's moving. Plus, he's listed as primitive on the wheel of fortune graphic on the first page of this thread. Like a basenji, only not so portable. Or, photoshop a big Spitz coat onto him. Did I mention he's a complete and utter arse? And that he also sheds, despite being relatively coatless?  Loves me and the kids, doesn't mind the hubby, ignores most people, and goes monkey-poo on Jehovah's Witnesses and delivery people. Husky people, Shiba victims, Basenji weirdos, don't hate him 'cause he's different. There are many colours in the primitive rainbow! (Please. I need a thread where I can post "I have spent close to 500$ on shredded dog beds" and people will understand.)
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