HeavyPaws Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I want to add, I saw a black and tan hovawart today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverStar-Aura Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I find it a bit of a shame when people ask what my Aussie Terriers are!!!!!!!!!!! I used to have so many people ask about my Aussie Terrier Poochie too. They'd insist she must've been a silky terrier x maltese or something weird and when I informed them she was a purebred I'd get the "are you sure?" look! Lately I've been seeing Newfoundlands and a Weimaraner who's about 8. I don't know if they are considered "rare" but they are from a location, which seems to have a lot of rescue dogs, mixed breeds and staffies. Oh and there's a lady down the street who owns a black Scottish Terrier and every winter she walks him in his gorgeous red tartan coat. So damn adorable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger001 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I find it a bit of a shame when people ask what my Aussie Terriers are!!!!!!!!!!! I used to have so many people ask about my Aussie Terrier Poochie too. They'd insist she must've been a silky terrier x maltese or something weird and when I informed them she was a purebred I'd get the "are you sure?" look! Lately I've been seeing Newfoundlands and a Weimaraner who's about 8. I don't know if they are considered "rare" but they are from a location, which seems to have a lot of rescue dogs, mixed breeds and staffies. Oh and there's a lady down the street who owns a black Scottish Terrier and every winter she walks him in his gorgeous red tartan coat. So damn adorable! i was so surprised when i started grooming in a small country town i have 6 Scottish terriers on my books also Wire-haired Fox Terrier Welsh Terrier newfy st Bernard smithfield not complaining here i love them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I want to add, I saw a black and tan hovawart today I'm jealous! Are they an imported pet or are they going to work for breed recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaseyKay Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I impressed a couple walking on the beach by telling them their Pharoah Hounds were beautiful. I'm pretty good with dog breeds, when I was a kid I had a "dog-spotting" book you could tick the breeds off. But I got it wrong a couple of weeks ago, THOUGHT I saw a black and tan finnish lapphund...don't know how many if any are in NZ, I've certainly never seen one before. And I said "oh wow is that a Finnish Lapphund" and she was offended and said it was a "SIBORD" (a siberian husky cross border collie). Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussielover Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I want to add, I saw a black and tan hovawart today I'm so jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyPaws Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I want to add, I saw a black and tan hovawart today I'm jealous! Are they an imported pet or are they going to work for breed recognition. He said he was an import, he was his pet in the US and when he moved here for business he brought him along. His vet here refuses to believe it isn't a rotty x golden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee lee Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I want to add, I saw a black and tan hovawart today I'm jealous! Are they an imported pet or are they going to work for breed recognition. He said he was an import, he was his pet in the US and when he moved here for business he brought him along. His vet here refuses to believe it isn't a rotty x golden OMG, I just googled them- what beautiful dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mita Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Mita, I don't think anyone has identified our dog as a tibbie yet. Mostly we hear that he is a "funny looking chihuahua"! He doesn't look anything like a 'funny looking chihuahua'!!!!!!!!! I came across a lady with a black & white tibbie & told her how nice it was to see a Tibetan Spaniel. She nearly fell over with shock. She told me she'd owned pet tibbies for 15 years & I was the first stranger who'd ever recognised the breed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Jones Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Corvus, yes in Sydney. They look so much like wolves and are quite big. Also seen Coton de Tulear, Dutch Shepherd Miniature Aussie Shepherd, Thai Ridgebacks (not very friendly and a bit ugly) Pražský KrysaÅ™Ãk These are the ones that are tiny like a small chihuahua. Shikoku All of these were seen in Australia Hi dasha do you know the owner of the Dutch Shepherd or did you just see it somewhere in Sydney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhou Xuanyao Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Argentine Dogo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 There is someone around here with two Tibbies and some sort of big goofy oodle. She didn't seem wildly surprised when I asked her if they were Tibetan Spaniels, but then, I guess sometimes I don't seem wildly surprised when someone asks me if that's a Swedish Vallhund. I'm usually SO surprised I'm in shock and just casually answer "Yes, that's right." as I try to gather my wits. Actually, someone at the dog park recently said to me "What's the little Vallhund's name?" She didn't even have to check she was that confident! I just kind of gaped a bit like a fish and said "Erik." She totally saw the appropriateness of the name and had a good laugh. It's weird the dog nerds you come across when you have an unusual breed. She's another UK ex-pat, though. I'm sure that's the only way you can possibly be familiar with Vallhunds without being a total diehard dog geek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmaci Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I want to add, I saw a black and tan hovawart today I'm jealous! Are they an imported pet or are they going to work for breed recognition. He said he was an import, he was his pet in the US and when he moved here for business he brought him along. His vet here refuses to believe it isn't a rotty x golden OMG, I just googled them- what beautiful dogs. Just googled them too. OMG they are beautiful I can see why the vet thinks they might be rotty x golden - pics on google showed them with the looks of a golden but colours of rotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I want to add, I saw a black and tan hovawart today I'm jealous! Are they an imported pet or are they going to work for breed recognition. He said he was an import, he was his pet in the US and when he moved here for business he brought him along. His vet here refuses to believe it isn't a rotty x golden OMG, I just googled them- what beautiful dogs. Just googled them too. OMG they are beautiful I can see why the vet thinks they might be rotty x golden - pics on google showed them with the looks of a golden but colours of rotty They are beatiful dogs but no one seems to want to get them started here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casowner Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 (edited) One of our customers has a Glen of Imaal Terrier and another a Black Russian Terrier which are very different, no one has ever guessed my CASD but I wouldn't expect them to either as I had never even heard of them until I was researching a suitable Flock Guardian for us. Edited August 11, 2010 by casowner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I met the one and only Spanish Mastiff in Aus today And i knew what he was I thought Samantha Cooper had a pair in Victoria? She definitely has two - I've spoken with her daughter Nadine about them when she imported her second one - it was just a puppy, and a big goofy one at that. Mindy had a really good play with a portugese water dog the other day as well. It looked exactly like a lot of labradoodle type dogs and I embarrased myself by asking whether it was a poodle cross lol its not just strangers that get breeds wrong i had a lady book a labradoodle in for grooming once you can imagine my surprise when she walked in the door and following along behind her was a Murry river curly coated reviver she insisted she paid good money for her labradoodle if you ask me she got a better deal with the MRCCR If she bought it on the border it may well have been sold to her as a Labradoodle. Some moronic couple bred a Labradoodle with a MRCCR and sold the pups as Labradoodles - they had a big photo spread in the paper and all pups sold that day. I went to puppy preschool with two of them and one of them had really thrown to the MRCCR. Of course she could also be stupid I saw a Basset Fauve de Bretagne at the royal show on Friday. Woohoo - that would have either been Carla or Marcus. Did you give them a squish??? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Hmm...i asked if he was the only Spanish Mastiff in Aus...and was told that he was? Oh well - it was great to see one in the flesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastion 2 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 hovawart....I had to google this wow stunning if it wasn't for google I would have thought it was something from Harry Potter I saw a BMD this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussielover Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Saw a flatcoat today at the park. Interesting looking dog! From a distance looked like a lab cross or a long haired golden. But up close, the head shape is quite different to the lab and golden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcissa Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 What an interesting thread - I just did A LOT of googling. So jealous that you guys get to see so many different breeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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