Doggie stoke

[L7]

Those are great looking Griffs and awesome shot in the snow.

They sure are a shaggy pair, how much stripping do you do? One of the reasons to go with this breed is they are supposedly low shedding but I'm not sure I'm believing that. Do yours shed much or can you control it with stripping/brushing?
It doesn't make a difference at this point, we're commited in all ways to the dog but still curious.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Here is Zippy 1.5 year old Mongrel.

what kind of dog is that? that's REALLY cute

[L7]

He said it's a mongrel but I'd guess there's a good bit of german shorthaired pointer in there.

[adam]

I had a german-wired hair pointer, Otis, when I was young. As soon as my mom got pregnant with my little sis, he was gone. He was a cool dog, but high strung. He occasionally drug logs out of the fireplace (not when they were on fire).

[stuckathuntermtn]

mongrel is a kind of dog?! i thought it was an insult

[Chainsaw_Willie]

From dictionary.com:
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mon·grel Pronunciation Key (mnggrl, mng-)
n.

1. An animal or a plant resulting from various interbreedings, especially a dog of mixed or undetermined breed.
2. A cross between different breeds, groups, or varieties, especially a mixture that is or appears to be incongruous.

adj.

Of mixed origin or character.
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To those blue-bloods of upper class society for whom racial purity is held in high regard, "mongrel" is an insult.

That said, here's my pure-bred Elkie atop Mt. Ellinor a couple weeks ago:


Pretty sure my next dog will be a mongrel from the pound. Looking for lab/shepherd, lab/husky, husky/shepherd, shepherd/chow or similar mixes.

[Evil E]

sadie 1st day home from the breeder



sadie at 7 weeks.



chillin garden style

[irul&ublo]

From dictionary.com:
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mon·grel Pronunciation Key (mnggrl, mng-)
n.

1. An animal or a plant resulting from various interbreedings, especially a dog of mixed or undetermined breed.
2. A cross between different breeds, groups, or varieties, especially a mixture that is or appears to be incongruous.

adj.

Of mixed origin or character.
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To those blue-bloods of upper class society for whom racial purity is held in high regard, "mongrel" is an insult.

That said, here's my pure-bred Elkie atop Mt. Ellinor a couple weeks ago:


Pretty sure my next dog will be a mongrel from the pound. Looking for lab/shepherd, lab/husky, husky/shepherd, shepherd/chow or similar mixes.

How come your dog only wears two boots?

[Chainsaw_Willie]

Gotta hold the poles in the front paws!

[WWCD]

My bulldog Hugo.

He wishes I was better at the internet.







edit: because I got better.

[Bandogge]

A couple of new pics of my ten month old Caucasian Ovcharka Female "Wicca" hanging out at an observation pier.







Training pictures... Getting her used to opposition, in this case, the stick.



Working on full mouth bites.

[Danno]

never heard of that breed. Good looking dog, looks smart (I know that sounds weird, but some dogs just look smart, what can I say).

[Bandogge]

Thanks,

She has the oldest experssions I've ever seen for a ten month old pup...
At times she truly reminds one of a living statue.

They are not a popular breed, and for very good reason. my wife and I are delighted with her personality, but at the same time, see a very high potential for tragedy should the breed fall into ignorant or un-educated hands.

The breed truly deserves respect.

Here is a picture of myself testing her father.

[adam]

Just out of curiosity Bandogge, why do you train these dogs? For the po-po?

[Bandogge]

I do indeed, do decoy work for the local city Police K9's once a week.

I also train (Not so much presently) in the dog sports, most involvment in the past has been with Sch. and French Ring.

My main area of experience however, is training personal protection dogs for applicable civilian/ business purposes... Some sentry work, but mostly personal protection.