Dog lovers...what breed of dog(s) do you have?

We have an Australian kelpie.
When she was a puppy, she bit every piece of wood furniture -- every wood antique -- that we have in the house. Not chewed. Just bit. Enough to put serious tooth marks in the table or chair leg, and then lost interest.
When she was in obedience school, the teacher used to walk up to my wife and watch her with the dog. Then she would look at the dog and then back up at my wife. She would shake her head.
'You should not have that dog,' she would say gravely. 'That is not a pet dog.'
No, it is true. Most of them are working dogs, sheep herding dogs. Her parents worked on a sheep ranch.
Yes, she is high strung. But, we take her for long runs also every day and she used to do agility training, and it really is fun to have a dog that is quite smart.

Big black and tan German Shepherd named Chopper.

Two German Shepherd Dogs - Rocky & Darma

I have two labs, one yellow and One black. Both are from English stock, best dogs ever.

Blue Weimereiner named Presley and a Shi-poo named Nicco

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French Bulldog

I have a lab/rottweiler mix (see profile picture) and a German shepard/akita mix. My lab/rotty mix is almost 9, and won't jog outside, LOL. He will walk with me, but he won't jog. He just hates it and will stop and sit. He's also getting a little old for long walks so we just take him around the block now. We do have a very large back yard, so exercise is not a problem for them. If I could let him off the leash and throw treats, he'd run all day long.

My shepard/akita mix is 12 1/2 years old, and we're getting closer to Rainbow Bridge :-( He hasn't been able to do long walks in several years. He also gets very jealous if we take the lab/rotty. Late in August, he had his very last walk, as his hind legs gave out towards the end. It was about 1/2 mile walk. I really thought that was his last day with us, but he recovered.

The G-shep is on Rimadyl, and we watch him carefully for signs of uncontrolled pain. So far, so good...we can also up his dose of Rimadyl if we need to, but he has GI upset if we do a regular 2x/day dosing. It's full on geriatric palliative doggy care mode in this house. Vitamin sauce, kongs of nutritional supplements instead of tennis ball chasing, lots of brushing, and we help him up on the bed so he has a soft place to cushion his old bones. He loves the brushing and puppy massages.

Yeah, I'm the crazy dog lady.

We have a 5 year old one-eyed Boston Terrier named Bandit. He's a good dog. He was abused by his previous owners (shelter dog) and lost his eye either to abuse or in a fight. He is a sweetheart, but he has issues.. We're working with him and he's becoming less and less afraid as time goes on. He's GREAT with my kids, and seems to do ok with other dogs.. and he wants to play with all of the neighborhood cats (they are less enthused, imagine that).. just have to keep giving him love love and doggy chow.

In the past we had an English Bully Wally (My FAVORITE breed and he was wonderful), we had a Boxer Max (the sweetest dog I have ever owned.. I miss the heck out of him), a Boxer/German Shepherd mix Sofie who was an idiot. I'm sorry but I will NEVER own a Shepherd again. Ugh. She ate EVERYTHING, glass, flower bulbs, toy soldiers... I dont miss her, sorry to say... I grew up with an Olde English Sheepdog Maggie who was dumb as a box of rocks but so loyal and sweet. She died when I was 12.

I've also owned rats and hamsters in the past. Hamsters are useless. Rats were GREAT pets. My 3 little mischief makers.. RIP Speedy, Plato, and Merlin!

Sandy's a Lab mix, not entirely sure what with, but my guess is one other breed is Husky.

I have a 2.5 year old jack russell mix. He's rather unique with some of his habits, but I love that little booger! Next month will be a year that I've had him (shelter rescue). I do walk him about 2 - 3 times a week and he loves it.

Beagle Bassett mix named Henry. Best dog I have ever been around!

English Mastiff- Bosco but he answers to "B" and "b-ho" -he is my big 'ol baby and Duke who is a quarter of each of these: beagle, pit, chihuahua, and jack terrier. He's my running mate.

I have two pug mxes (pug/cocker spaniel) who are blood brother and sister - Ellie and Rocco (7 yrs old)
Leo who is a shih-tzu/poodile (6 yrs old in may)
Max chihuahua/shiba-inu mix (5 years old)
Molly Shih-tzu/terrir (4 years old)
Monte chihuahua/min pin (age unknown- humane society from where we adopted him thinks he is around 8 or so)

Oh, and I have walked all 6 of them before with a friend of mine who takes her two dogs along so we each have 4 to walk. We get some strange looks. I also love all 6 of them like children and I have their names tattooed on my leg. Dog crazy?? Yes, I think I am! HA!

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