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Doberman may be breed's finest specimen
This Week News ^ | March 4, 2013 | BRETT NUCKLES

Posted on 03/27/2013 10:32:58 AM PDT by Altariel

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To: Salamander

Yep...when that Pekingese got it, I yelled and turned off the TV.

I guess they’re keeping current, though....almost everyone I know seems to prefer the little yappy dogs these days.


41 posted on 03/27/2013 12:55:00 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: Cuttnhorse

Did you see the Portguese Podengo Pequenos?

My friend Suzanne busted arse to get them recognized and they finally made it.

The *look* like little foo-foo purse dogs but they’re bloodthirsty little rabbit and vermin dogs.

I have a Medio version.

She is a merciless verminator and worth her weight in gold.

:)


42 posted on 03/27/2013 12:59:06 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: CatherineofAragon

I’m sorry but if I have to worry about accidentally stepping on a dog, it’s not really for me.

I would love a Min Pin but I can’t imagine it surviving The Moose clomping around my living room.

:D


43 posted on 03/27/2013 1:02:04 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: CatherineofAragon

” No kidding. That name belongs on one of those purse dogs.”

For a brief moment, I considered naming Odin “Fluffy”.

[the irony hit me funny]

I have a friend who named their Boa Fluffy.

Which IS really funny.

:)


44 posted on 03/27/2013 1:05:05 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: Salamander

Working dog lines are the answer I think - my Dobe comes from working lines and he is not “nice to everyone” for sure.


45 posted on 03/27/2013 1:05:59 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Salamander

She knows how to pose for the camera too! And I like your comment about the necessity to beat many other dogs in her breed to get in the finals vs. a dog that comes from a much smaller class.

That is what I don’t understand about the Goldens who usually come from a field of 100 entries. Surely the best of breed of a group that large must have SOMETHING to recommend it, but they are always left out in the cold when the ribbons are handed out. Not fair.

The big dog shows should be advertised as giving prizes to the “most unusual”, the “newest”, etc. ‘Cause they sure don’t give them to the most popular dogs.

And don’t get me started on those ugly Pekinese dogs that can’t even waddle around the ring....


46 posted on 03/27/2013 1:07:52 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: CatherineofAragon
German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County had a Dobie named Amy and still has one available named Randall.

http://www.gsroc.org/available_dogs_detail.asp?ID=2598

http://www.gsroc.org/available_dogs_detail.asp?ID=2567

47 posted on 03/27/2013 1:11:48 PM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: woodbutcher1963; MissEdie

Nobody asked me but if I had to choose from that list I would go with Phillmar and then Shiloh.

Most of the dogs in the choices are running the same general bloodlines but these two have some good Euro lines bred in as well.


48 posted on 03/27/2013 1:16:37 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: Altariel

I’m sorry but the look on the dog’s face is priceless! I think he wants those boobs out of his face! :)


49 posted on 03/27/2013 1:16:38 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (Molon Labe)
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To: Salamander
"I have a friend who named their Boa Fluffy.

Which IS really funny.

:) "

Actually, that's kind of cute, LOL!

50 posted on 03/27/2013 1:16:51 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: Salamander
The AKC “allows” _4 missing teeth_. Euros allow NO missing teeth. The purpose of the dog was to bite so the AKC is insane.

That reminds me of the '70s movie, The Amazing Dobermans, with Fred Astaire. I read that they fitted those dogs with false teeth to make them look more viscious! And, remember "The Boys" on Magnum PI?

51 posted on 03/27/2013 1:17:29 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: chrisinoc

Oh, look at them....

Randall’s face! So gorgeous.


52 posted on 03/27/2013 1:18:04 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

If somebody jumps you in an alley or breaks into your home, you don’t want “a great ambassador for the breed”....;]

What are his lines, if I may ask?


53 posted on 03/27/2013 1:18:45 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The dirty little secret of shows is *politics*.

Who knows who.
Who likes who.
And worst of all, the judges’ personal preferences.

The one BOS judge never saw a fluffy mop she didn’t love and every year, she’d pick her favorite over the best dog.

She was gone the last two years and replaced by a younger goofball, IMO.

Whoever kept putting up that grossly overdone Bull Terrier a few years back needed their head examined.


54 posted on 03/27/2013 1:23:27 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Labs also have a ginormous breed class.

Do you think you’ll live long enough to see one go BOS?


55 posted on 03/27/2013 1:25:15 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: CatherineofAragon

It was a reaction to the popular prejudice against pets who aren’t “fluffy and cuddly”.


56 posted on 03/27/2013 1:26:51 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: Salamander

Well, in a manner of speaking you do.

“In your culture, it is acceptable to jump my mistress in an alley or break into my mistress’s home? Let me introduce you to my culture.”

At least, that’s what the dog would say, if he weren’t so busy relating his displeasure with tooth and jaw....

We on Free Republic need to encourage these great ambassadors of Doberman culture, and be understanding of their ways.

:)


57 posted on 03/27/2013 1:26:53 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Naturally, I have the trilogy on DVD [lol] and no, they don’t have false teeth.

However, they did stuff cotton under their lips to make them “snarl” for the camera.

“Zoltan, Hound Of Dracula” [seriously] does indeed feature a corn-starch powdered Dobe with fake fang extensions.

One of the best worst movies, ever...:)


58 posted on 03/27/2013 1:30:00 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

“The Boys” drove me crazy.

Nobody else noticed that one of the “boys” was missing “parts”?

Was the girl Zeus or Apollo?

[Magnum wasn’t much of a PI if he missed that all those years]

LOL


59 posted on 03/27/2013 1:31:52 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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To: Altariel

LOL!

Okay..fair enough.

Fie on the AKC’s definition of “ambassador”.


60 posted on 03/27/2013 1:33:45 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.....)
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