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Posted by Becky Rock on 14-01-2012 at 20:23:

We had a golden retriever when I was a kid. Got him at six weeks from a friend who bred them and labs.

He was the meanest dog I've ever known, which is highly unusual for that breed. He was good to us, but no one else. Massively over protective. We had to fence in our yard for fear some kid would wander in and he'd attack him.

When I met my husband, he was what he claimed was a Pekinese. She was gold and tall for a Peke, with the squished face. Again, mean as crap. Took her about 6 months to get used to me.

I checked and determined she was really a Tibetian Spaniel and believed she was the reincarnation of our retriever, who was even more ticked to have been reincarnated as a short female.

I do believe people make their animals mean, but there are some animals that are just born that way.

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Posted by amethyst on 14-01-2012 at 20:53:

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Originally posted by Becky Rock
He was the meanest dog I've ever known, which is highly unusual for that breed. He was good to us, but no one else. Massively over protective. We had to fence in our yard for fear some kid would wander in and he'd attack him.

That does happen. Some dogs are more naturally protective of their territory then others regardless of breeds.

We had a Doxie that would bite anyone who wasn't family who walked through the door. Now, if she was put in a bedroom and came out and you were inside, you were fine, but you could not walk through the door.

A collie/golden lab that we had would climb an 8 foot fence, jump two three foot fences, run around the corner, and sit in the front yard and scare people across the street. She never bit anyone, but you couldn't pass in front of her house.

The lab (she looks more like a lab than a collie) we have now, as soon as she figured out she was with us to stay, and we weren't going to beat her (she was a rescue), she became very protective. She has the most ferocious bark I've ever heard in a lab, but that is all it is. She'd lick you to death before she'd bite.

Breed have characteristics, but those are just generalities.

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Posted by littlewolf on 20-02-2012 at 12:12:

meet Clancey,

He was rescued from the pound by Peiradise - a recue group for Shar Pei, he is approx. 6 month old (recued in december) and is now being foster with us (as of 3 days ago)

He seems to be adjusting quickly and will stay with us until he gets adopted.

We are required to keep a diary of his progress (good stuff and not so good) as well as giving him basic training (not easy as Shar Pei usually do what they want (they seem to have cat like natures)

One of the reason we got him (after we had our initial assesments (Peiradise takes their placements seriously) is because Clancey needs to learn pack and dog behaviours and we have experience with dog who need extra attention ( Shar Pei have problems with their eyes, skin conditions and dietary requirement as well as excess drooling to name a few ( we have spittle on furniture and the other dogs already)

The other dogs are still adjusting to him and his place in the pack, but as clancey is not a dominant dog, they seem happy to have him around. Our youngest dog wants to constantly play, but as yet this has not happened and as long as the other dogs get extra attention, they all seem happy.

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Posted by ElectricWhite on 20-02-2012 at 18:05:

Clancey looks like a sweetie! I'm also glad to see that the breed is trending away from the huge, all-over-the-body skin folds that they had when the breed first became popular in the U.S., back in the '80's. (The wife of a DJ at the radio station I listened to at the time got one, so all the listeners got a daily dose of the pros and cons of the breed. For instance, his puppy's folds were so deep that they could swallow his hand. And while that sounded cool, it also meant that skin care was a nightmare.)

I'm also glad he's fitting into the pack well. It looks like he'll have a great time while he's in your care!

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