dogs, opinions wanted on different breeds.

if next to the weiner than he must be in #2 spot in your heart

 

not your eye but your face according to your sig picture

 

mrs taz hit you to give you that black eye??

 

thats one of the main reasons i want another dog. They dont care if you're broke, or if you had a bad day and are a bit crabby, a dog is your best friend no matter what. andi refuse to buy a dog from a pet store, or a backyard breeder, or some idiot that breeds their dogs to show the kids the "miracle of life". those are the types of things that leads to unwanted pets and strays. The only thing keeping me from adoptinig a dog from a rescue shelter is the fact that i want an Akita. No matter how cool the dog is, you never know how they will act around children, and since i have 4 kids i cant run the risk a giant akita hurting one of the kids. I'd just feel better with a puppy so i would know for sure how it was raised and know its habits right from the beginning. at least then if something bad does happen i can only blame myself for not being a proper dog owner. i just dont feel it's right ot blame a dog for showing their natural behaviour. It's a shame that the pit bull has a bad reputation, i've had 3 of them and they were the best dogs i ever owned besides my rottie. when my nephews and nieces were little they used to ride my pitt bulls, pull on the ears, steal the food bowls, etc, and the worst thing that ever happened was when one of the females got a little playful and barked 1 time at my nephew and it scared him so bad he pissed his pants! he was 3 at the time, but it sure was funny. when he started crying molly (the pitt) crouched down and crawled over too him wimpering like a baby saying she was sorry. saying all pitt bulls are bad is like saying all black people are thieves!! just a bunch of stereotypical bullshit in my opinion, a dog of any breed can be mean and aggressive if raised that way.

 

yeah i know there are good adult dogs, but i dont want to spend the whole time keeping a watchful eye on the dog because i didn't know it when it was a pup. I just cant bring myself to do it, as much as i would like to rescue an adult from a shelter. and yes there are Akita rescue centers in my area, and there was even a dog there that i considered adopting, but i just cant risk it, call me weird but i'd just feel better about getting a puppy. My wife and I have recently discussed buying 5-6 acres of land to build a house on and also build a large kennel and fenced off area to start a large breed rescue facility since it seems the larger breeds are the ones that get abandoned most often. But it will probably just end up on the ever growing list of things i would like to do. In a few years i'm going to end up with about 50 acres and 6-7 horses to deal with, i dont see where a few dogs added in would make that much difference. "Come on down to uncle Darth's animal farm!"

 

I know i said i wanted a puppy, and i know i said i wanted a purebred Akita, but today I took the kids to a carnival where they had animals up for adoption and we fell in love with an Akita/ black lab mix named Cooper. Keep your fingers crossed, the adoption process needs to be reviewed by the shelter before they will let anyone adopt their dogs (which is a good practice in my opinion).
here is a pic of cooper

 

Cooper looks like a definite keeper there Darth

I've always loved short haired terriers of all sorts especially Jack Russell Terriers. Russells are smart as a whip, extremely athletic and have a seemingly infinite amount of energy. Great companion dogs they are - not too big, not too small.

 

we have a jack russell that has natural tail & ears, not the cut done version. she is very territorial about her property but is in love with a german shepard/wolve mix eventho both are fixed!

 

well i gotta admit i fell for the dog before the kids saw him, but they were soon to follow once they saw him (of course being 5 year olds they fall for anything with 4 legs and a tail).

 

they have, on vacation in florida. all i heard was "daddy we promise we'll walk him every day". i had to explain that the 12 inch alligator they though was so cute would turn into large kid eating pet. took them a while bu they backed out of wanting the gator.