Some smaller breeds have worse temperament IMO just less ability to do damage like a Pit. I dated this typical high maintenance chick after college. Very predictably she had this chihuahua dog. Biggest bitch in the world (the dog I mean). That fuckin dog would nip at me and growl like a little asshole all the time for no reason. We'd be crawling into bed if that dog was already in bed she would literally try to attack us for coming to bed and disturbing her. What made it worse is the other bitch (the girlfriend I mean) would laugh it off and give the dog its way!
When I get back to the States I am gonna get a dog (my son is allergic as is my girlfriend's daughter so I have to go with the hypo allergenic breeds) I am strongly considering an Irish Water Spaniel. That being said I might bypass the hypoallergenic and go with the Rhodesian Ridgeback. I've always liked them and they won't melt in the Las Vegas summers. They were actually bred to hunt Lions.... pretty wild.
My brother in law has a Ridgeback and he's one of the coolest dogs I've ever met. My bro went on the road for a week when the dog was a puppy (4 wks old) and asked us to keep him for a week. I taught him a few tricks (sit, roll, shake) while he stayed with us, then I didn't see the dog again until about 3 months later. I went over to their house and in the foyer the pup runs up to me, head down and wagging his tail furiously so I'm expecting to get jumped on. Instead he smells my legs, sits and rolls over. Very smart breed.
Same kind of story...lived in a ground floor apartment where the outer door could just be pushed open. In the summer we heard a dog outside our door and opened it to find a big, friendly Airedale, kind of messy, looked like he'd been running a while. Gave him some water and called the number we found on his collar and found some roast beef for the boy. Made him sit and give me his paw before each bite - a fast learner. The owner, who lived about a half mile away, came to get him in about fifteen minutes, wasn't very appreciative. Fast forward to Christmas eve, we had a half dozen people over and door was ajar because more were expected. Heard something at the door then it opened and the same dog ran in, circled the room and sat in front of me with his paw up! (Where's the beef, boy?) No collar this time so no number to call. He hung around for an hour or so then let himself out and took off. Bitch who owned him and kept letting him get out came around later and came very close to accusing us of taking him. One more time and I would have. No good deed goes unpunished.
I had a similar story but the opposite. My property is completely fence but one morning while sitting at my computer I look out and see 2 Jack Russells just running around like maniacs. I go out and call them, whistle, try anything to get them to come over, nothing. Brought out a little food and walked around to my garage which I already had opened and put the food inside. As soon as the came in to eat I shut the door so I could check their tags. Took me a fucking half hour to catch one of the damn retards, they were just jumping and twirling in the air for no apparent reason, if I didn't know better I would have thought they snorted a kilo of coke. Took the owner an hour to get here to pick them up and I tried to get them to stay at least a little calm but those things would not stay still, sit? stay? That shit wasn't happening, those were the stupidest fucking dogs I ever met. They did the same thing 3 weeks in a row and every time it was the same retarded jumping and twirling.
dogs are good for kids for a few reasons. they prove to them that if you have responsibilities and don't handle them that someone else will do it for you. (that would be you) they also teach kids about death. to me that is their main purpose, you get a dog when your kids are young and they grow up with it and it is a part of their family, they typically live 8 to 14 years so by the time they are teens the dog will die and they will learn what its like to lose something they love. which helps them a lot in dealing with the inevitable death of their grandparents and parents. people who spend thousands of dollars trying to prolong the inevitable death of a dog are fucking morons. also, its a dog, if it comes up lame and cant continue then it dies. there is no plan to keep the dog alive. there is no surgery and there is no treatment plan. it either gets up in the morning eats and shits or it takes a 22 in the ear. err I mean goes to live upstate and run in the fields of grandmas house. smh....
"...stupidest fucking dogs I ever met." Probs to you. You taught them where they can get a free meal.
I made the mistake of getting a terrier mix at one point. I agree, very difficult dogs, very belligerent dogs, definitely not the type of dogs for a guy who isn't a big dog person. you really have to put a ton of effort into those little bastards.
