Pure Breds Out And About!

[Quickasyoucan]

I get pretty excited when I meet breeds I have seen on paper but that you don't come across very often. Recently I have met:

a boston

two portuguese water dogs

a lakeland terrier

a basset hound

a couple of Irish terriers on different occasions

a saluki

a pembroke corgi (okay not that uncommon but not that common either)

a soft coated wheaten

a parti coloured poodle (the colour is unusual).

an affenpinscher

a miniature bull terrier

I am often guilty of trying to strike up a conversation with the owners , but most people don't seem to mind chatting about their breeds if they own an unusual one.

[Alkhe]

I had never owned a purebred dog until I had Greyhounds.I get exactly the same 3 reactions as you Maxiwolf when out walking.

1:Quick grab the kids here come those baby eating monsters.Yep good luck out running a greyhound(fools)

2:A lady once said OMG he is the most divine creature I've ever seen(chuffed)

3:Those things(THINGS!)shouldn't be allowed in public(f#** off)

I fostered a gorgeous greyhound a few months ago, and the number of times crusty old men would eye him off and ask me 'are you going to race him?' etc.. argh. I don't know what it is, but wherever we walked there were old men hanging out in their front yard watching us That was the most common comment for us, for some reason!

Oh, and one woman whose son was throwing a tantrum not wanting to get into the car.. the grey and I walked past and she grabbed her son and went 'if you don't shut up that dog's going to get you' or words to that effect

[Bjelkier]

I got super excited when I saw someone walking their Borzoi a few months ago.

Also saw a lovely JS out and about the other day.

[kasoo]

I've seen a very cute JS puppy being walked in our neighbourhood recently. I'd love to catch up to them and say "hi". :D

[W Sibs]

I got to play with a Frenchie for the first time the other day... OMG, he was such a clown

The owner had an awesome sense of humour too!!

[cassie]

I work in a cafe on the city fringe and we are dog friendly, so dogs are allowed to sit at the outdoor tables with their owners. Every single morning without fail, we have two Bostons come in. They are cute little things! One of my work mates asked the owner about his "Pugs" and I cut in "They're Boston Terriers, not Pugs" and the owner nearly fell over!

The same thing happened when someone brought along their Akita puppy, he was stunning! Another work mate was admiring the "Husky" when I corrected her. Now everyone just comes to me first and says "Cassie what breed is that?" How embarrassing - I'm the crazy dog lady!

We also have a Bernese who comes in occassionally who is from the same breeder as my two, so I always have a lot to talk to them about Have also had an Old English Sheepdog, a Bouvier, a Brittany, a Viszla, all have been beautifully behaved. The other 90% are SWF's and not very many of them have any manners!

[mita]

I so much agree. It's a delight to be out & about and come across an example of a lovely p/b. Especially as someone else said, if it's one of the less common breeds. Or one that suffers from unfair stereotyping which this dog doesn't deserve.

It's great starting a conversation with the owner.... where it soon becomes obvious why this is such a beautifully cared for and well managed example of its breed. Lovely to meet owners who take such pride in their purebreds.

Tibetan Spaniels are less common. But every now & again, someone will come up to me & say, with great satsifaction, 'They're Tibetan Spaniels. My parents/aunt/cousin/boyfriend's sister (or whatever) owns a Tibbie. He/She is a fantastic little dog!'.

They often add that they can hardly wait to tell him/her that they saw 'TWO Tibbies!'

They're like bird-watchers, thrilled to sight a rare species!

Edited June 22, 2011 by mita

[Podengo]

There are lots of dog walkers in my suburb which is nice, mostly men with little dogs! There is a couple who live across the road from me that have 3 Malamutes, I see them out pounding the pavement 2-3x a day with their pack, they are nice dogs, very well behaved. At agility there is someone who has just imported a Pyrenean Sheepdog... very cool looking dog!

[Stutterfly]

I see very few dogs being walked around here, and those that I do see aren't pure breds.

When I used to have a gorgeous GSD...Bundy. He was very fluffy, his gold bits were very bright, his dark bits were very dark... I would often get comments from other people when we were on walks...those that were game enough to come near him GSD really do have a bad rep. Unfortunately he was stolen from us not far from his first birthday...but that's a whole other story.

I love seeing other people's dogs when I'm out and about. I almost always ask permission to pet them, because I can't resist

[Aetherglow]

There are lots of dog walkers in my suburb which is nice, mostly men with little dogs! There is a couple who live across the road from me that have 3 Malamutes, I see them out pounding the pavement 2-3x a day with their pack, they are nice dogs, very well behaved. At agility there is someone who has just imported a Pyrenean Sheepdog... very cool looking dog!

It's funny how once you have a dog you notice the dogs in your neighborhood. I've my girl for just over a year, and so far in my local park I've met 3 Samoyeds, a Brittany, a lovely pair of Airedale pups, an elderly Visla with a young pup, and a German Wire Haired Pointer, none of which I ever saw before I had my own dog. There's also a Bedlington Terrier somewhere in the area. Not so much my neighborhood, but I quite often see a gorgeous adult Chow and pup being walked in Royal Park in the mornings.

[Alkhe]

There are lots of dog walkers in my suburb which is nice, mostly men with little dogs! There is a couple who live across the road from me that have 3 Malamutes, I see them out pounding the pavement 2-3x a day with their pack, they are nice dogs, very well behaved. At agility there is someone who has just imported a Pyrenean Sheepdog... very cool looking dog!

It's funny how once you have a dog you notice the dogs in your neighborhood. I've my girl for just over a year, and so far in my local park I've met 3 Samoyeds, a Brittany, a lovely pair of Airedale pups, an elderly Visla with a young pup, and a German Wire Haired Pointer, none of which I ever saw before I had my own dog. There's also a Bedlington Terrier somewhere in the area. Not so much my neighborhood, but I quite often see a gorgeous adult Chow and pup being walked in Royal Park in the mornings.

Those are probably the Chows I see! Snap! Royal Park used to be my dog park, but I've now moved on to finer (read: less muddy!) pastures at Edinburgh gardens. There's a beautiful Brittany there, too, which may be the one you've seen too?

[minxy]

I don't think I have ever seen another pure bred dog around my area before

[Aetherglow]

There are lots of dog walkers in my suburb which is nice, mostly men with little dogs! There is a couple who live across the road from me that have 3 Malamutes, I see them out pounding the pavement 2-3x a day with their pack, they are nice dogs, very well behaved. At agility there is someone who has just imported a Pyrenean Sheepdog... very cool looking dog!

It's funny how once you have a dog you notice the dogs in your neighborhood. I've my girl for just over a year, and so far in my local park I've met 3 Samoyeds, a Brittany, a lovely pair of Airedale pups, an elderly Visla with a young pup, and a German Wire Haired Pointer, none of which I ever saw before I had my own dog. There's also a Bedlington Terrier somewhere in the area. Not so much my neighborhood, but I quite often see a gorgeous adult Chow and pup being walked in Royal Park in the mornings.

Those are probably the Chows I see! Snap! Royal Park used to be my dog park, but I've now moved on to finer (read: less muddy!) pastures at Edinburgh gardens. There's a beautiful Brittany there, too, which may be the one you've seen too?

Probably not, I live a little further out than that. I know where Edinburgh Gardens are, but mostly as somewhere I drive past in the course of my work. Maybe I'll have to check it out if it's non-muddy though. My local park is a busy football ground so the area around the oval gets very churned up and sloppy, and Tarja has a talent for finding deep puddles

[jacqui835]

I usually get 3 reactions on Brutus - 1. Ahhh! Its a Doberman grab your children and little dogs and flee! 2. OMG! hes sooo cute! *pat pat love love etc etc* (Brutus hates those people... NOT) or.. 3. your dogs illegal! how come you have a dog with a docked tail... blah blah blah.. (ironicly.. these people will go out of their way to cross the road.. come over to me and TELL me this..)

Ha I get the exact opposite - I have had lots of people tell me how much they hate their tails (I have a dobe with a tail), and how they hope people will eventually come to their senses and let them be docked again. You just can't please everyone...

I saw a fantastic ridgeback the other day myself. He was a very impressive specimen with a good size head, because so many these days seem to be small and with out of proportion small heads. He was about the same age and size as my doberman, also entire because he was a show dog. They played so well together, I think because they had similar attitudes in terms energy and dominance, but they're nice, well socialised and balanced dogs.

Made me feel very happy to see that some breeders are still breeding dogs that seemed capable of their original functions and winning prizes with them

[GeorgieB]

A Samoyed gets walked around my area often hes just gorgeous to look at.

Also a beautiful pair of Healthy weight Labradors I see quite often. I just love seeing healthy Labs!!

[monique.c]

I fostered a gorgeous greyhound a few months ago, and the number of times crusty old men would eye him off and ask me 'are you going to race him?' etc.. argh. I don't know what it is, but wherever we walked there were old men hanging out in their front yard watching us That was the most common comment for us, for some reason!

Oh, and one woman whose son was throwing a tantrum not wanting to get into the car.. the grey and I walked past and she grabbed her son and went 'if you don't shut up that dog's going to get you' or words to that effect

I wouldn't take too much notice to what parents tell their kids to get them to do stuff, I work in a pharmacy and today had a lady tell her kid that he better be good or the pharmacist will get him and crush him up and make him into medicine...

Pretty bad though about that lady because that's how kids get irrationally scared of dogs

[Remarkabull]

New people moved in a couple of houses down from us have a beautiful Dobe puppy, and people across the road have a British Bulldog (not that common in Darwin). I also see a guy walking a gorgeous Bull Mastiff pup around here and an old man walks his even older Westie behind our house every day.

[RiverStar-Aura]

I'm actually starting to feel a bit of P/B dog deprivation. The dog park I frequent is full of cross breeds, however, I'm pleased to report that the majority of them are rescues so I feel privileged being friends with their owners -- they're such wonderful, loving people! We're all a part of a dog walking group who get together every afternoon to take our dogs for a spin around the park (we do laps of the park whilst letting our dogs play) and it's so much fun for both owners and dogs.

We do have a couple of pure-breeds though: 2 Cocker Spaniels (the black male has THE MOST funky 'do in the history of hair dos and the tan female is a real sweet-heart ), a black Standard Poodle (Angus -- he's a really gorgeous boy! ), 2 white standard poodles whose owners I don't know yet, and a gorgeous Weimaraner who has since moved away.

And of course there's always the Labs and GSDs and a little beagle called Peanut! Zeus loves her!! :D

[Katie P]

Some lovely P/B dogs in my area!

Bichon Frise, Dalmations, Golden retriever, Boxer (most gorgeous looking female), Bernese Mountain Dog, Australian Shepherds, Weims, Havanese, Old English Sheepdogs, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Wolfhounds and we are absolutely infriltrated by Border Collies!