Blackdogs Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) You're stranded, unprepared, on an island for an indefinite period of time and all you have with you are your dog/s. What breed of dog/s do you have and how do you think they would they help you surive? If you could choose another breed to bring with you as well what would it be and why? Edited February 28, 2013 by Blackdogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjelkier Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Is it a tropical island or an arctic one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 If we are talking an island with prey of some kind on it, I'd do ok in the food department with the Whippets and the Staffords. I'd only need two of my dogs. Between them they can run down rabbits and bring down a Hare, so that's food covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 For the same reasons as above I'd have my ESS - her life revolves around retrieving game. There's nothing she would rather do than hunt. She's also a great little hot water bottle on a cold night! My Dally would be there purely for his entertainment factor :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I'm sure my Lab would be capable of hunting for food - but she won't share it... *grin* It's probably a good thing I was taught to hunt by our house boi when we lived in the highlands of PNG... neither me or my dogs would starve... T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crickets Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I would grab hold of my Newfoundland and swim for it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huski Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 My beagle would sniff food out and my Mal would catch it! And she would protect me from anything dangerous on the island. My Sibe would look pretty :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Emotionally they would motivate me more to survive/escape & ease the isolation. On a practical level toy poodles would be useless except as an alarm. Another breed would be something to protect me/hunt for its own food. I would have to be vegetarian in those circumstances. German shepherd, deerhound, along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) My Aussie would be my emotional support :laugh: and my Anatolian would guard us and act as an alert and probably catch some food if he was hungry enough. Oh and the Aussie has caught birds before so she could also help me with food. My Anatolian is really big and furry so would keep me warm at night too. They would both keep me entertained. If I could take one other type of dog it would be a Greyhound to chase and catch more food...and for the laughs :) Edited February 27, 2013 by Aussie3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdogs Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 Is it a tropical island or an arctic one? Hot during the day, freezing at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdogs Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) I think I'd be wishing that I'd not ingrained the motto 'do not hurt little creatures' so deeply into their psyches. The Schipperke would alert to danger, the Kelpie would take down the threat. Oh an the Schipp can find food miles away, so if there was any typoe of fruit or carrion she'd find it. She may also chase small creatures to exhaustion so I could catch them. Both would keep me warm at night. I'd add a JRT to the mix so they could catch prey for me. They're small so they don't cost much in fuel. Edited February 27, 2013 by Blackdogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polecatty Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 If it was an island with plenty of ground dwelling mammals a purebred JRT for bushing/flushing and a midsized, purpose bred herding breed/sighthound mix would be my choice. As far as pure efficiency goes that combination is very succesful at putting meat on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Not all greyhounds Aussie. If I was stranded with Stan he would just stare at me until we got rescued or carked it. If it was freezing at night he would be complaining he didn't have his jammies :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Not all greyhounds Aussie. If I was stranded with Stan he would just stare at me until we got rescued or carked it. If it was freezing at night he would be complaining he didn't have his jammies :laugh: :laugh: I'd still choose Stan over another Grey, if only for the hilarity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 My greyhounds. After a couple of days I am sure they would forget all about being nice to small creatures and catch something and we would huddle together at night for warmth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Not all greyhounds Aussie. If I was stranded with Stan he would just stare at me until we got rescued or carked it. If it was freezing at night he would be complaining he didn't have his jammies :laugh: Oh well, I suppose you could always eat him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascalmyshadow Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 The dogs I have now would be good to alert of any danger and help keep me warm but that's about it. I would choose my old standard poodle, she had a very high prey drive and would hunt anything that moved, she was very loyal and always came back when called and she was an exceptional guard dog. Not sure how I would maintain the coat however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckoTree Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I don't know, but I would call it Wilson. Any breed. They would help me survive by maintaining some level of crazy dog person sanity. Otherwise I would just probably drown myself in a coconut after a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maeby Fünke Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 My dogs would be useless because they wouldn't protect me, and I would have to feed them as well as myself...but I guess they would be good for company. If I could have another dog, I would have a Rottweiler so I felt safe at night. It would be pretty scary, I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 As much as I love them, mine would be useless. They'd stare at me with their tails down and expect me to summon something out of the air. On the other hand, I remember once when Danny found a dead new born possum and he was not going to let that prize go come what may. For survival? I guess a couple of Wolfhounds for catching prey and they sure would keep me warm at night. I just hope our hypothetical is a tropical island with coconut palms and bananas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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