Dog!

[Japher]

Another thing:

Buddy is naturally aggresive (Chow) and protective (Shepard), thus, to deal with her I had to be the same way in order to earn respect, and show her who is boss. I have punched her... seriously... yet, still, somehow she knows that it is my wife she is ordered to protect... not me. My wife is ALPHA DOG. She just needed to learn to listen to me (my dog not my wife).

The best way, however, to teach a dog to learn you are boss is to hold them like a baby... dogs hate it when you hold them on their back... I have scars to prove it.

[Japher]

When my neice was 2, my little sister (who is 26) was chasing her (my neice) around and scaring her. My neice would scream in delite and run the other way. Buddy blocked my sister from my neice and wouldn't let her (my sister) near her. When my sister "insisted" Buddy attacked... Luckily my wife was there...

I told my family to never threaten anything smaller than them, because Buddy will protect them with her (actually their) life. Buddy, who is fixed, has raised two litters of bunny rabbits and feels it her responsibilty to protect the little ppl...

[Pekka]

True.. and you have to be strict with them sometimes. Sometimes when they continue doing something they know is forbidden.. you have to sometimes use little (not too much!) force. They'll come out just fine, you just have to show them sometimes who's the boss. That way they'll be better when they are grown ups. If the dog for example keeps on jumping on the dinner table, you can't just say 'NO! bad dog!' for 2 hours. You need to give it a little hand of guidance.

[Japher]

Let me see if this works.... Buddy is on the right... I will try and get a "live" picture of her... She's 70 pounds of pure muscle, with a lot of fur... under coats suck

[Pekka]

No picture.. Something went wrong, come on work it, we want to see Buddy!

[Japher]

too big, hold on.

[Pekka]

Damn I really have to go to sleep now, but post the picture, I'll check it out tomorrow.. .

[alva]

Belgian Shepards are not appropriate for an apartment, and by the way, they're less agressive than Germans, and smarter too.

Hmmpff, that's not a given??!!???

[Japher]

???sorry to experiment.. I don't really have a photo editor... that will change shortly

[Japher]

Yeah, my first picture!!!

Anyone know a good free/cheap photo editor...paint ain't goin' to do it?

[Frozzy]

I have an English Labrador who is 6 months old, soon to be neutered. He's going through that **** everything in sight phase at the moment... but I loooooove him

[Bereta_Eder]

Thank you very much for your suggestions and advices. Some of them I already knew some others I did not.

I do not like the Dachshund. Too small feet, too long back and generally not "natural" it seems to me. I don't like small dogs in general but I can live with one that has good proportions.

About the Golden Retreiver, I have a large veranta (this is not a yard, it is like a very large balcony) and the appartment is rather large itself. But I'm still not sure wether it would be happy in it.


I will take the test you provided now.

Thanks again

[Bereta_Eder]

And Pekka thanks for the photos

Japher great looking dog

And my girlfriend likes them (how else would see be with me? )

[Guest]

OMG!! How cuuuuuuuuteeeeeeee!!!! I want a labrador!

[Guest]

The background of my desktop has heaps of pics of labrador puppies