So talking about dogs

snufkin's picture

These are my two favourite ones (apart from german sheppard):

Puli (hungarian sheppard dog):


And the vizsla:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSm5-e7uga4

Archer14's picture

LOL!Are those just big fur balls that many cats coughed up and came alive? Tongue

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fuzzylunkin1's picture

Those are DOGS?

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[Fuh-zz] Dude I'd say you're preachin' to the choir, but I'm not even in the choir, I'm the janitor!
[RealPandemonium] dude, you're the serious shit
[RealPandemonium] you're like the janitor from scrubs or something

snufkin's picture

its a flying mop!

Archer14's picture

lol snuf. now i know where your hider came from Tongue

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The second you fall asleep, is the second your life is over
You give them an inch, they take a foot
If you dont try, then you will never fail

RazielBass's picture

LOL

funny pics but I do not like toy dogs (and this from someone who has a tenterfield terrier).

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RealPandemonium's picture

They have larger cousins, like those instead.

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[Fuh-zz|Work]: if kram and teej had babies
[Fuh-zz|Work]: they would be sexy croatian speaking gods with southern accents

RealPandemonium's picture

They have larger cousins, like those instead.

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[Fuh-zz|Work]: if kram and teej had babies
[Fuh-zz|Work]: they would be sexy croatian speaking gods with southern accents

snufkin's picture

a puli is not a toy dog! although it is not as large as an irish wolfhound (pic), they are NOT toy dogs.

Why did they get bred with that hair?

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snufkin's picture

protection against wolves, they were used as shepherd dogs.

Well that makes sense considering how smelly and disgust dreadlocks end up being.

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_SRM_CHOPSAW's picture

Looks, like a scrubing Pad for my dishes!!! Lmao

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We should all be flying "_SRM_" damn it Smile

_SRM_Xason's picture

They also come in bunny form

Archer14's picture

LOL!

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The second you fall asleep, is the second your life is over
You give them an inch, they take a foot
If you dont try, then you will never fail

TeeJ's picture

I spit coffee on my monitor when xas's pic popped up! rofl!

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RazielBass's picture

Human seem stupid when he try to be god and create a..."thing" like those "animals"
I like the original

TeeJ's picture

This is my latest addition to my pet "collection". He is the pup of my brother's dog, and I helped with the delivery of the litter and picked him out at birth. He was born on my birthday, and due to the odd mix of breeds he is the only survivor of the litter, and has been since about 3 months after his birth. His brothers and sisters all died off due to health complications, or due to bastards taking them in that had no idea how to maintain such an animal. Lot's of folks in our area simply want an animal of this caliber for bragging rights, and rarely take into consideration the training and maintenance of an animal like this. Takes lots of conditioning in the first 6 months to truly adapt them. He is a year and a half old and weighs 90+ lbs (not easy to weigh him very often). His mother is a Brindle Pitt Bull, and father is a German Rottweiler.

He generally looks like a Mastiff due to the mixture of breeds. He is built like a mac truck, and virtually unstoppable. He is much larger than your standard Pitt, but isn't quite the size of your average Rott. His body mass is jaw dropping. I pulled my back out and walked around stooped over for quite some time after I "body slammed" him while we were playing around at one year of age.

Discipline has been the key to managing this monster. In his first six months, he literally ate the wooden legs off of three kitchen chairs. And I do mean ATE. No wood left. Ate it, and digested it with no problems! lol! Luckily he is out of the chewing stage.

Very protective of the family, and does not accept strangers AT ALL! Takes about three visits with me "introducing" you to him for a person to be able to make it to the front door with all their limbs, but once he associates you as a friend you are considered part of his family.

This works out well, as my German Shepard is very old, and although she does a wonderful job of protecting the house and family and is in very good health for her age, I know her time left is limited.

I may stud Max out, but would only do so with a pitt or rott. Don't want to throw anymore breeds into the mix! He never leaves my side when I am at home. I don't take him into public very much other than taking him for a ride, or to a remote location with few to no ppl. Even though I have him trained to not charge after those who don't pose a threat, or to stop when I command him to do so, people tend to find him very intimidating. Don't like scaring peeps. Especially kids. He loves kids, and wants to run up to them to meet them, but to the kids, it looks like he is coming to have them for lunch!

As you may be able to tell, I love him like he was my son (hence the boasting) as he loves me like his father. He's a wonderfully impressive animal, if you can handle dogs of his size and mass.

Oh, and he is indoor/outdoor. He tends to stay at my feet when I am home, or at my wife's if it's just the family here. Took a while to adapt him to indoor. House-breaking wasn't hard, but furniture expense was high early on! lol! My security policy at home is; IF you attempt to come in uninvited, you have to face my "babies". IF, by the slight chance it would be, you get past the dogs, I got somethin' for yo ass! But you would pretty much have to kill Max to get him off of you, and if that happens I am going to shoot you, anyway! Smile

Just thought I'd share him with you guys. I know some of you have heard me mention him before, but he is one of my "pride and joys". There have even been a few times I have been sitting in Alleg on TS when he see's someone out the window next to my desk and goes to growling and barking. I try to hit push to talk on TS to let folks hear him. His bark can sometimes make my ears ring!

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Edited for correctness on behlf of TeeJ

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He was born on my birthday, and due to the odd mix of breeds he is the only survivor of the litter, and has been since about 3 months after his birth.

....as he ate the other pups as a right of passage...survival of the fittest you see

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In his first six months, he literally ate the wooden legs off of three kitchen chairs. And I do mean ATE. No wood left. Ate it, and digested it with no problems!

I now know why they call them 'stools'...and I use his turds as firewood

Amen to the discipline thing. I spent 10 solid weeks of training on my Golden retriever when he was 6 months old. best time investment ever.
Also, people who treat their dogs like equals will seriously screw up their pets. You have to dominate from day one. People who own toilet brushes (ie maltese, Pomeranians, Highland terriers) and put them above themselves on the doggy ladder deserve shooting. A dog is happiest in its place as are you.
Our house, the doggy heirarchy is
Me, Wife, kids, Jackson (golden retriever), Tobey (tenterfield terrier)
The only problem you get with those big dogs is if they think they are higher than your kids, that is when attacks happen.

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TeeJ's picture

Yeah, I certainly have an "understanding" with my dogs. I dominate/order them and its like they understand each word, although it is simple Brain Association/Cognitive Training. I have always had large breeds and learned early on what an animal is capable of.

The kids thing is very important to me, whether it's my own (even though they are grown) or others children. I knew the caliber of animal Max was going to be so I thought it out carefully, before he was born regarding working with him and other people. Family first, then friends, then any that don't pose a threat. Those that do...well..I keep him in a fence when he is outside...a very strong fence...and the other 50% of the time he is in the house. If a person knocks he is on alert. If a person just walked in? They better hope they are supposed to be just walking in. Smile

He is very protective over children, any children for that matter. The interesting thing is that part of this is his personality, but I think my German Shepard who is quite a bit older than he is and kind of took him under her wing when he was a pup kind of rubbed off. He is never aggressive with them. The only thing there has ever been to consider is his size. So jumping up on folks is out of the question, but hell if he runs by and bumps your legs accidentally you're hitting the floor! I love him. One of the prize pets of my life.

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RealPandemonium's picture

Another reason not to fuck with teej.

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[Fuh-zz|Work]: if kram and teej had babies
[Fuh-zz|Work]: they would be sexy croatian speaking gods with southern accents

TeeJ's picture

Smile

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fuzzylunkin1's picture

Don't worry I'm good with animals. I hate dogs but I think I intimidate most of them.

There's one dog I sort of kind of like, her name's Lucy and she's some sort of Pit Bull/Collie mix or some shit (I don't particularly care):

She's rather large (don't know weight, she's my sister's I'll have to ask her) and really freaks people out because she'll run at ya full speed to lick you. Uhhhgggg I hate it when dogs lick me.

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[Fuh-zz] Dude I'd say you're preachin' to the choir, but I'm not even in the choir, I'm the janitor!
[RealPandemonium] dude, you're the serious shit
[RealPandemonium] you're like the janitor from scrubs or something

RealPandemonium's picture

Yeah I'm pretty bad around dogs. I won't be visiting teej's home any time soon lol.

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[Fuh-zz|Work]: if kram and teej had babies
[Fuh-zz|Work]: they would be sexy croatian speaking gods with southern accents

Sages's picture

lets soak your underwear in meat juices and then try

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