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Chickshunt2

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Ok I know this might sound odd as I just posted a ton of info on dogs. But heres my problem. I want a new pup.....no thats not the problem...the problem is what breed to get...I don't want to keep this pup....O.K. many of you just went huh..then why get one...I want to train it to do something and then sell it/ give it away. I want an uncommon breed...I guess once I come up with a breed I'll come up with what job fits it. S.A.R., drug sniffing,tracking,hunting,hurding,etc. I would rather stay away from labs, or other main hunting breeds.......relax I love em just I'm burnt out on em I want something new fun not he same ol breed to train again.

Just so ya'll know when I say give away I find a good home, I once gave a kid a well trained best friend of a lab through make a wish. I have also given trained cops drug dogs, S.A.R. dogs,etc. I have also given 5 dogs to diff. sightdog programs.
 
How about a Belgian Shepherd?, they are not overly common but are easy to train and can and do just about anything.
Make sure you do your homework on the breed first. :-)
 
Corgis are cool, and very very smart. Good chute working dogs (they can't trail cows a long way, they have very short legs). They have no fear. They are very faithful. Ours gets cows loaded up in trailers and loaded up in the chute. He keeps them moving in the chute. He's tough, he will go a long ways on his short lil' legs. He won't quit for anything. I kinda think he likes it here :)
 
A dog that I have always wanted, and never seen in person but hear are very smart, yet a bit stubburn at times, is the Beuceron.... Just something about them always interested me but not a breed you see every day..
They are used as police dogs, hog hunters and supposedly driving dogs and guard dogs... I bet they could do something... Anyways, I need a guinea pig to try them out for me so I can talk the wife into one :wink: :lol: :lol:

We wanted to get a Malanois but decided against it will we have young children. Most breeders we talked to suggested "not a dog for homes with small childred", lol. My wife grew up with one who was great with her and her sibs but....
 
IL, Melon Balls can be great with kids! The fellow down here that we do "French Ring" with down here has a couple of really nice mallogators. Fantastic in ring but great temps when they are off the feild. The Beuceron breeder on the island has gone out of breeding them, she brought them in for Schutzhund when I was working the Dobes. Anyhow they were just too hot and would get handler aggressive. I'm seeing that alot with the Rotties on the field as well.
 
Oh.. doesn't matter, next dog is the wife's chocie and she has already decided that she wants a yellow lab.. Which is strangely different than the young gal I used to date saying she would never own a lab.. Strange how 12 years and 2 kids change your perspective on things I guess...

Yeah, i had kind of heard that about Beucerons but I am always warry of folks who say things like that because most have never seen one let alone spent anytime with one. Best family dogs I saw as a kid where rotties but I know there are some real bad onses too... Oh well, the kid wants to play some memory so I best be finishing off.
 
IL Rancher said:
We wanted to get a Malanois but decided against it will we have young children. Most breeders we talked to suggested "not a dog for homes with small childred", lol. My wife grew up with one who was great with her and her sibs but....
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I think with the majority of dogs, its how they're raised as pups. If they are used to kids from day one, there shouldn't be a problem. I have a Tervuren, we got her when she was 3 months old and she was raised with kids until the time I got her. She absolutely adores kids. Hubby's grandkids come to visit she's with them all the time. LOL!

It would all depend on how the kids treated the pup as well. There are kids that are not so nice to dogs/animals.
 
Not to sure about a poodle for a cop dog, but I have trained them to hunt and they are very good at it. ( it was what they were bred for when the breed started) Belgian Shepherds are great dogs I have worked with them before, they are a breed that I have been tossing around. Corgis are cool but to small for anything I'll need them to do. Now the Beuceron is a name I don't know right off hand I'll have to go home and look in my notes to see if I have even heard of it before. Do you know where they come from?(country?) I do like working with strange/odd/rare breeds. I also like working with breeds that have a bad rap. I own a wonderful pitbull who is a great ambassador for the breed, he not only is very friendly with people but well behaved with other dogs. I have taught him how to hunt upland birds.....Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a game warden to believe your out hunting pheasant with a pitbull???? Trust me it's not easy.......I had to show him. All he could say is A Pitbull???? He also knows how to herd horses,cows and geese. His only bad habit is he needs to chew, He has never chewed something that wasnt his, but he can go through a kennel pack of 8 inch rawhide bones faster than anydog I know. I'm lucky if one bone last longer then a day.
 
Beuceron is a, gasp, french dog I believe but good looking dogs. Colored like a doberman, most have dewclaws on the rear legs as well as front.. Sizable dog...

I would probably never get a Terv or a Groendal (The Black Belgian) just because the long hair. We have a German X Malamute and a German X Rot and a Husky and we are so tired of the tumbleweeds of fur these stinkers throw off.

Standard poodles have been used as police dogs, especially narcotics and explosive detection. Knew a breeder near here who sold some. Ours was a beast of a dog that scared the crap out of people who had Shepherds.. Big, fast and athletic as al get up, he would clear the top rail on a three rail fence when he wanted too.. Goofy looking dog for sure but he didnt have no fancy hair cut either.. Best fetch player I have ever seen, lol.
 
i'm with hanta yo
corgi's are great dogs
i had one that i packed around for years and he worked alot of stock in that time i used him out in the traps and some in bigger pastures but it was hard on him with his short legs
now for a small dog we have jack russell's and i take them to the pens when i have to load trucks afoot at night by myself thay are great i cout out the draft and the trucker best be ready as i have a hard time calling them off until the cattle are in the truck
if you want a dog that is not well know but talented try a kelpie i use and breed them here at the ranch thay are more help than alot of "cowboys" i've been around and alot of folks that see them have no idea even what breed they are
i have even heard of them being trained to do search and rescue for the police
until later
jerry
 
My youngest Kelpie was originally designated for sale to someone how was thinking S And R with it but the breeders thought he was "too" good for that so they swaped a different dog that was 2 weeks younger than him... They have enough energy and brains to be an Search and Rescue dog but who knows what would happen if a random sheep walked past the disaster area :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
I had a friend who had one of those when I was 10 or 11. Bravo was an interesting dog.. BIG... I don't know much about him but he sure was a cute puppy... We have an Anatolian cross.. Not good for much except scaring the beejibies out of people since he is 11 months old and 110 pouns probably... Haven't weighed him since November I think when he was 90 pounds. Moose is a cool dog however.. I like dogs way to much, I could probably find 100 different breeds that I could be interestied in checking out.
 
I think I found a winner of the puppy lotto..... I'm leaning with a Catahoula Leopard Dog, They can be taught to herd,hunt,and S & R..!! So now I'm wondering if anyone has had them, worked with them, know of one? Likes /Dislike about the breed? Anyone know of a breeder whos breeding for the dog not the color? I think it would be cool beans to have a 3 'n' 1 dog :) Would keep me busy training for a while tho. Not so sure if I got one if I would want to give it away when it's done with training. They are a very pretty dog and heck any dog that could tree a coon,bring back a downed bird and get the cows and horses...might be to good to let go of.
 
Neighbor has one.. Pretty nice dog but a little spooky. That is my very limted exposure to them.. Said she herded real good when she was younger but now she is 12 or 13 and he doesn't have cows anymore.
 
There is a Catahoula breeder in Richardton, ND that has been
raising them for a long time.

Years ago, I looked into them when we needed a good dog and
I, too, was impressed.

You really need more than one, the way I understand it, because
of how they work. You might check into that. I don't think they are
heel dogs. I remember seeing how they worked and it was different
than heelers.

Buck Brannaman had a Catahoula years ago that he took with
him when he toured Japan doing rope tricks. That was some neat
dog.

Also there is a guy named Grant DeSaye that is teaching some
horsmanship classes at Dawson Community College in Glendive.
He has one that he sure does think a lot of.

Good luck. And be prepared for a little hard-headedness in these
dogs. But then again, that is what makes them tough.
Their full name is Catahoula Leopard Cow-Hog Dogs, because
they use them to work cows and hogs in Louisiana. They can
find a bull in a swamp, because of their 'nose'. And they can
get him out of the swamp, which is quite a job. And I do believe
they bay...
 
fh is right on all she said about them
we had catahulas when i was growing up in north east texas and they shure got the job done and ours were very protective of us kids grandad had to tie them up if grandma wanted to give us a thrashing
those dogs were tough minded and tough on stock as well when grandpa sent them the cattle came back or they died trying to get away,they had a great nose on them as i got older we used them to hunt wild hogs with and we caught them alive so we could sell them the dogs would bay them up and keep there attention so we could get hind leg and tie them down
then the next day i could take those same dogs and hunt cattle with them
theres alot of folks here in texas that raise them for what they are and not for color
i found a web site with a forum that was mostly about catahulas but i can't remaember what it was i think i just did a search for cow dogs and that is how i found it come to think of it that is how i found this site also
well good luck
until later
jerry
 
Phyllis Bennet raises them: http://www.whiterockfarms.net/
Jane Pate does: http://www.cowhousecatahoulas.net/

And the website that Jerry is talking about is probably this one: http://members4.boardhost.com/Kowgirl/

Jerry, I also found Ranchers.net searching google for 'cowdogs' !
 
A breed that I always found interesting is the Rhodesian Ridgeback. They are a very smooth, muscular looking dog. If I am not mistaken, their name indicates where they originated.

They were bred for hunting lions and have an instinctive hatred for them. Maybe Andybob knows more about them.

Imagine if you could train them to hunt coyotes! 10 for breakfast and then on to lunch!
 

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