What Is Your Areas 'trendy' Dog?

[Brandiandwe]

North west Sydney here: SWF of various mixes, oodles (awesome family dogs, healthy, and great cause I'm allergic.....what do you mean not all of them are suitable? Sigh). Various mixes including bully breeds of different types (we RESCUED our dog. Yes he is quite aggressive, but it will be fine if you stay out of our way even when I'm being towed towards you), lab mixes (yes, he came from the pound, he is dog aggressive, but it's ok. I rescued him. He beats up my other dog but it's fine), a lurcher ( she's a greyhound. It's funny how she doesn't look like yours though.... She's a mix but mainly greyhound. I call her a greyhound. We got her from the pound. She's a rescue.), terrier crosses (not from the pound or rescued apparently). Also, my favourites, a lovely Great Dane who wuffs happily, daschunds who I like better now they aren't allowed out through an open gate to have a go at my dogs, and another greyhound. And a single, elderly cocker who belongs to our neighbour and bops along very happily. Beagles and whippets also sighted regularly as well as a couple of black labs, some mastiffs and general bitsas.

No real trend here except for the infuriating insistence on rescue dogs. Which is infuriating mainly because of the use of that label to excuse poor behaviour with no corresponding training (ie I know that no dog us perfect, but surely you need to invest time and effort to help your dog rather than excuse a lack of recall, aggression, reactivity without preventing your dog from approaching or harming others, as being because they are a rescue. Because wherever they came from, they're now a pet).

Sorry.

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I live in innercity sydney & the trendy dogs at the moment are dachshunds. Frenchies are so 2012. :laugh:

Increasingly I'm seeing Berners, maybe they'll be the next "It" dog?

The rest are the usual posh dog mix (as my friend says :laugh: ) of Retrievers (all types), Viszlas, 'oodles, Great Danes, plus the ubiquitous Staffys, a few Border collies & kelpies & a bunch of random unusual breeds.

Inner West Sydney is the same DeeLee - frenchies and daxxies.

Yes!

And I'm running into a lot of greys, mostly unmuzzled though.

[Rozzie]

http://www.dolforums..._1#entry6300632

I have noticed you do this to every topic.

You do realise that the answers do change with time?

Every topic??? Bit of a stretch methinks.

And I doubt the answers would change drastically in 6 months.

[poochmad]

Labradors, Jack Russells and working breeds. We live in a country town.

[redangel]

Cavs, Dobes, Staffy and Staffy X, BullArab X, Poodle X and Beagles...lotsa Beagles. Strangely everywhere I go in my travels I see beagles, totally distracted,nose down...dragging their owners out for a walk. :laugh:

[denali]

North west Sydney here: SWF of various mixes, oodles (awesome family dogs, healthy, and great cause I'm allergic.....what do you mean not all of them are suitable? Sigh). Various mixes including bully breeds of different types (we RESCUED our dog. Yes he is quite aggressive, but it will be fine if you stay out of our way even when I'm being towed towards you), lab mixes (yes, he came from the pound, he is dog aggressive, but it's ok. I rescued him. He beats up my other dog but it's fine), a lurcher ( she's a greyhound. It's funny how she doesn't look like yours though.... She's a mix but mainly greyhound. I call her a greyhound. We got her from the pound. She's a rescue.), terrier crosses (not from the pound or rescued apparently). Also, my favourites, a lovely Great Dane who wuffs happily, daschunds who I like better now they aren't allowed out through an open gate to have a go at my dogs, and another greyhound. And a single, elderly cocker who belongs to our neighbour and bops along very happily. Beagles and whippets also sighted regularly as well as a couple of black labs, some mastiffs and general bitsas.No real trend here except for the infuriating insistence on rescue dogs. Which is infuriating mainly because of the use of that label to excuse poor behaviour with no corresponding training (ie I know that no dog us perfect, but surely you need to invest time and effort to help your dog rather than excuse a lack of recall, aggression, reactivity without preventing your dog from approaching or harming others, as being because they are a rescue. Because wherever they came from, they're now a pet).Sorry.

I know, that is always a horrible excuse..

I agree that its annoying.

Cavs, Dobes, Staffy and Staffy X, BullArab X, Poodle X and Beagles...lotsa Beagles. Strangely everywhere I go in my travels I see beagles, totally distracted,nose down...dragging their owners out for a walk. :laugh:

:laugh: sounds like the few i have seen around here!

[Trisven13]

I live rurally....... in my village the most common breed is a tan and white terrier - somewhere between a JRT and a Foxy and generally called a JRT. Next most common would be a border collie.

When I ran the local dog rescue a staffy mix was the most common followed by a fluffy thing.

When I visited my friend in Sydney I was AMAZED by the number of oodles & apparent purebreds by comparison to where I live.