Are You Not Allowed To Dislike Certains Dogs Around Here?

[Dame Aussie]

I guess some owners of smaller breeds are to blame.. Chi's are one of the breeds I don't always like, because they show aggression and many of the owners do nothing about it. There are some Chi's which are trained well that I totally adore though.. sweet little munchkins they are.

I really can't stand a feisty small breed that has never been pulled into line

Smaller dogs seem to be more possessive and I'm learning that with mine now who I try to socialise with A LOT but she's still wary of strangers who come in (friends she hasn't met) and wont let people she hasn't met pat her which is really annoying for me because I don't want that dog who just wants me. She loves people and dogs she's met before but if she hasn't met you then she's really not interested (not at all aggressive, just not interested in attention from strangers). I want to change this but no idea how. I went to a friends house last night for dinner, she's moved into a big share house and there are 5 or 6 of them there and I brought Lucy along. New surroundings + new people and she wasn't letting anyone touch her. :eek:

My Aussie Lili is just like this, if she has met you before she's all over you, if you're new, well, you have to prove yourself :laugh: She's never aggressive or scared, just not interested at all in attention other than from people she knows.

It takes her about 15 minutes to warm up to a new person and then, forget about it :laugh:

I don't see it as a completely bad thing though, I feel a bit of comfort knowing she wouldn't just go off with anybody.

[Guest donatella]

I guess some owners of smaller breeds are to blame.. Chi's are one of the breeds I don't always like, because they show aggression and many of the owners do nothing about it. There are some Chi's which are trained well that I totally adore though.. sweet little munchkins they are.

I really can't stand a feisty small breed that has never been pulled into line

Smaller dogs seem to be more possessive and I'm learning that with mine now who I try to socialise with A LOT but she's still wary of strangers who come in (friends she hasn't met) and wont let people she hasn't met pat her which is really annoying for me because I don't want that dog who just wants me. She loves people and dogs she's met before but if she hasn't met you then she's really not interested (not at all aggressive, just not interested in attention from strangers). I want to change this but no idea how. I went to a friends house last night for dinner, she's moved into a big share house and there are 5 or 6 of them there and I brought Lucy along. New surroundings + new people and she wasn't letting anyone touch her. :eek:

My Aussie Lili is just like this, if she has met you before she's all over you, if you're new, well, you have to prove yourself :laugh: She's never aggressive or scared, just not interested at all in attention other than from people she knows.

It takes her about 15 minutes to warm up to a new person and then, forget about it :laugh:

I don't see it as a completely bad thing though, I feel a bit of comfort knowing she wouldn't just go off with anybody.

Yep mine is EXACTLY the same! In her own house she's better, she'll suss the new person and within about 10 mins if you've been accepted you're then harassed with loads of toys being dropped at your feet wanting to play. She's not a touchy cuddly dog anyway, would much rather chase a ball and roll in the garden then sit on someone's lap and get attention. I thought my breed were supposed to be cuddly lap dogs :laugh:

[trinabean]

I don't think that there is any breed of dog out there that i can look at and not see the beauty in them. There are breeds that I probably wouldn't have but I will probably look at an individual of that breed and think it's cute.

Yes, I feel the same way. I generally love dogs and can appreciate dogs of all breeds, even ones that I would not own. I'm more prone to disliking owners than their dogs. :laugh:

I really can't stand a feisty small breed that has never been pulled into line

Yes, me too. Again, I think the owners are often to blame for allowing bad behaviour from small dogs. Often, not always ( I realize that a lot of small rescues may come with issues). Bad behaviour which would not be laughed at or tolerated if shown by a large breed. On one stretch of road that I walk my Boxer down we encounter 4 separate barking, aggressive fluffies. My dog walks quietly past and has never responded to another dog by barking etc. I have only ever seen one of these dogs walked once, long ago. He barked the whole time he was being walked and lunged at us as we passed (though we had crossed to the other side of the road thankfully!) I wouldn't judge an entire breed based on this one dog though. :)

[Guest lavendergirl]

Just like I won't judge all German Shepherds because one barks aggressively at the fence when I am walking my "small white fluffy" past.

[Shaar]

Yep there are some breeds I wouldn't own, I just don't like them.

I have a Chinese Crested, a LOT of people dislike them as a breed and think they are ugly... why am I not allowed to dislike another breed when I get told on a daily basis "Oh why did you buy one of those?".

I'm not a fan of some bully breeds, no it has nothing to do with BSL, they just don't really appeal to me in the slightest. I can see why others like them but that doesn't mean I have to.

[Rosaline]

Aesthetically there are lots of breeds which really don't appeal to me as I prefer those which are IMO more traditional looking like gun dogs.

Temperament wise I can't stand any agressive or yappy breeds.

[Crisovar]

Of course everyone is allowed to have personal likes and dislikes, but rude & thoughtless comments are uncalled for.

It is not necessary to to resort to some of the derogatory terms of phrase that are often used. Ignorant generalisations about breeds and their owners are just as bad. There are many breeds that I would not choose to own, for different reasons, but I wouldn't call them "things" or "stupid" or "ugly", they are just not for me.

[melzawelza]

Temperament wise I can't stand any agressive or yappy breeds.

Aggressive or yappy breeds? I think you might mean individual dogs, as no breed are all aggressive or yappy.

[Cosmolo]

I think people find it frustrating when breed opinions are based on only a little information. Its the same as saying XYZ breed is very intelligent- based on meeting 1 or 2. Obviously people are less likely to object to intelligence than aggression or other negative traits though.

I get a little frustrated when Jack Russell Terriers are labelled the way they are by people who have not met a pedigree JRT or have met JRTs with unsuitable owners. It doesn't matter though because they meet my JRT and love him :)

[luvsdogs]

The 1st border collie I ever met I disliked, in fact my oh's whole family disliked him except his owner, oh's cousin. Now I love them to bits, in my mind they are the best breed of dog ever. Not to say that I don't like other breeds. I now have a small white fluffy & love him to bits too.

There are many breeds I would never have especially if they are short coated as I prefer coated breeds. My son's 11 y/o short coated mixed breed dog is the funniest, easiest dog to live with over the years although I wouldn't have picked her myself.

[Ben and Jerry]

thought about it --but before they moved in they renovated the house which of course was always done late at night at midnight they were hammering down nails to sand the floor boards --- They did ask if they were too noisey ?

Did you tell them they were being noisey when they asked? I could also be wrong but aren't there regulations about after hours noise assossiated with building you could have reported?

the hubby works on cars when they're there late they slam every car door thats how we know they're home the kids 3 teenage boys often kick the ball against the

Again have you spoken to them or just assumed they won't listen.

they stand out the front of our fence under the trees wearing hoodies claiming they wanted to see our dogs ( we are foster carers for puppies)

I don't really understand this comment, why is what they wear irrelevent? Are you trying to say they stand right on the otherside of your fence hidden under trees covering there identities? If so can't you contact police reporting suspicious activity on your property?

I do feel sorry for the dog and I know its loves it WHEN they do play with her but it also send my dogs barking because its pitch black and they can only hear I worry all someone else will hear is my dog complain then sadly I wouldn't be able to have foster dogs here either.

Perhaps keep your dogs somewhere where they will be unable to go off at the noises if your worried about your barking dogs recieving complaints. If taken inside when the neighbors play with there dog it will reduce the noise yours hear and reduce the noise others will hear from your dogs if they still happen to bark. Can you also work with your dogs to prevent them barking if they require the dogs to be left outside?

But I don't feel its right to leave a dog alone everyday and sometimes its not them who come home but the mother in law who comes feeds the dog and goes straight away .So I guess they think by doing what they do makes up for what they don't do? These school hoildays they left just after xmas and haven't been back two different family members have taken turns feeding the dog yet noone has played with it or even walked it (that Ive seen) Its a sad case but I guess because it is being fed etc theres'nothing I can do.

I don't mean to sound like a $%!& or anything but surely you can't judge these people for what there doing unless your watching them 24/7. Maybe these other people are taking the dog for walks when your not there, maybe they are playing with the dog and you just can't hear it because there not using a squeeky toy.

In these sort of incidents the problem is usually only a problem because the ones causing it aren't aware of how much noise there actually making. Yes there are some cases of living next to the Neighbors from hell, but most of the time there is just a big lack of communication.

Edited January 23, 2012 by Ben and Jerry

[Guest Clover]

I don't think I have ever "disliked" a dog....how do you do that? it's a dog. They aren't like people, they aren't rude, snobby, nasty by nature, cruel etc.

A dog is the product of it's owner and the way it has been raised, I could never dislike a dog because someone didn't socialise it properly or beat it up to the point of it being fear aggressive......

There are breeds I like better than others but that is a preference, not a personal thing. I just wouldn't have one of them, I dont actively dislike them, I think that's a bit strange. JMO though.

A lot of dogs are rude, snobby and nasty. I have a snob dog myself, he hardly ever 'talks' to anyone other than 'his ' people ;).

[Guest Clover]

I think people find it frustrating when breed opinions are based on only a little information. Its the same as saying XYZ breed is very intelligent- based on meeting 1 or 2. Obviously people are less likely to object to intelligence than aggression or other negative traits though.

I get a little frustrated when Jack Russell Terriers are labelled the way they are by people who have not met a pedigree JRT or have met JRTs with unsuitable owners. It doesn't matter though because they meet my JRT and love him :)

Cosmolo i am the same with customers who bag out JRTs & say they are aggressive, yappy little dogs. But then when questioned it is BYB little yappy mutts that get called JRTs that they are talking about. Big difference to the well bred, well trained Jacks we would know :).

[DAVERI]

I think that one bad experience can shape our whole view toward a breed, size or look. Its called stereotyping isn't it. we do it all the time most of the time we don't even know we've done it and im not just talking about dogs. eg if you had dinner at a say Indian restaurant and it was your first time eatting curry or indian and it was really bad that you'd prob go on the rest of your life saying you dislike curry or Indian food.

[Rosaline]

Temperament wise I can't stand any agressive or yappy breeds.

Aggressive or yappy breeds? I think you might mean individual dogs, as no breed are all aggressive or yappy.

From my experience there are breeds which "bark" and breeds which "yap". I have sensitive ears, a big deep woofing doesn't bother me, whereas the higher pitched bark of some smaller breeds (which the owners may call a bark, but to me is yappy!) does.

Semantics.

[HugUrPup]

Temperament wise I can't stand any agressive or yappy breeds.

Aggressive or yappy breeds? I think you might mean individual dogs, as no breed are all aggressive or yappy.

From my experience there are breeds which "bark" and breeds which "yap". I have sensitive ears, a big deep woofing doesn't bother me, whereas the higher pitched bark of some smaller breeds (which the owners may call a bark, but to me is yappy!) does.

Semantics.

So true.

There's also the fact that often there is a type of "person" who chooses a type of breed and then the breed becomes the by product of the people.. for example, rough nuts getting bull breeds and roughing them up causing them a bad reputation by breeding bad traits into them or turning them aggressive. It's not the breeds fault, but the majority of these dogs are aggressive and unpredictable because of the way the people have made them. Same goes for small breeds where the owners baby them and allow them to behave in a manner that would see them destroyed if they were large dogs, simply because it's "funny" to them or they are too small to do much damage (so they think).

So often you will see the same traits in specific breeds owned by specific types of people.

I hope that makes sense.

Edited January 23, 2012 by HugUrPup