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Piotr Rasputin
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any experience with retrievers?
how's 500 for a 8 week old
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Huey P. Freeman
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Are his parents show dogs? You can get a better price if that is what concerns you. But after looking at that cute lil guy I'd pay twice that. Dogs are great and the joy he will give you over the course of his time with you will be priceless.
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Mr. Stench
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Why not adopt a dog instead of buying?
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Just don't support these "designer" dog breeders.
Labradoodles, Puggles, ect..
Although the dogs are gorgeous, they discard the ones that do not have ideal traits to kennels and what not. Make sure you go to your local animal shelter or humane society, plenty of mixed breeds there with tons of good traits and often partially trained already.
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Piotr Rasputin
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this is just a family with a litter not a breeder..
how can i get a puppy for under 500? i've been looking
any known problems with retrievers?
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journeyman
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any known problems with retrievers?
they've been known to make smart-ass remarks under their breath in that scruffy dog-voice of theirs. a little hoity-toity if you ask me
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Huey P. Freeman
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Go to dogbreedinfo.com to look info on common problems as well as temperment and tips on raising different breeds. I believe in adopting strays as well but I can tell you when I finally am in a position to get a dog it won't be from a shelter. I have my heart set on getting a Clumber Spaniel. They are awesome dogs. They are pretty rare in the States and cost an arm and a leg(1200-2000 depending on the parentage). But if breed doesn't really matter please do adopt.
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Huey P. Freeman
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Originally posted by Mr. Rmz:
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Originally posted by Armen:
any known problems with retrievers?
they've been known to make smart-ass remarks under their breath in that scruffy dog-voice of theirs. a little hoity-toity if you ask me
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Originally posted by Mr. Rmz:
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Originally posted by Armen:
any known problems with retrievers?
they've been known to make smart-ass remarks under their breath in that scruffy dog-voice of theirs. a little hoity-toity if you ask me
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richierich
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Wassup with those dogs tha look like straight up killers..I think they are called Cessna something..The look like a cross between a rot a pit and a great dane and have muscles everywhere they are mostly brown with little blaks markings sometimes..those dogs terrify me..
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Piotr Rasputin
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Mastifs are menacing looking
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Ingela
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Adorable!
The most expensive thing w. having a dog is not buying but having it, vaccination, insurance, replacing your old shoes with new ones after they get chewed to pieces etc etc. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
I can't see any reason that you would wanna try and a cheaper dog. If it has a good pedigree that price sounds like quite a bargain to me.
Is it gonna be your first dog?
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DJ Rockin' Robin
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Originally posted by Armen:
any experience with retrievers?
how's 500 for a 8 week old
Love those dogs until they get like a year old, then you have a horse on your hands.
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Huey P. Freeman
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Originally posted by Armen:
Mastifs are menacing looking
NO THEY ARE NOT. They are huge but they are big ass teddy bears. Real laid back temperment and great with kids. Now you wanna talk menacing looking and just as potentially viscious as their look check out Akita's. Japanese dogs, very loyal to their masters and can be really viscious with other dogs.
@ Rich: Check out dogbreedinfo.com they have all the breeds on there and I'm sure you will be able to find the one you are talking about.
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richierich
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Thanks Sean.....It's those dogs that ripped that lady to shreds in a hallway San Fransisco
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Piotr Rasputin
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i haven't found a cheaper price..
what documentation am i supposed to ask about?
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Huey P. Freeman
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I'm partial to German Shephards (this one's a puppy). They're extremely smart and wonderful around children.
I'd pay the $500 and take that Retriever home if that's what you want to do. The price isn't unreasonable.......JMJ
Shepards are probably the most versatile all around dog breed. Very loyal, great protectors, very good with kids and very sweet dogs. I love them.
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Originally posted by DJ Rockin' Robin:
Love those dogs until they get like a year old, then you have a horse on your hands.
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Originally posted by His Highness Lord Eargasm™:
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Originally posted by JMJ:
I'm partial to German Shephards (this one's a puppy). They're extremely smart and wonderful around children.
I'd pay the $500 and take that Retriever home if that's what you want to do. The price isn't unreasonable.......JMJ
Shepards are probably the most versatile all around dog breed. Very loyal, great protectors, very good with kids and very sweet dogs. I love them.
Absolutely. I think Shephards sometimes get a bad rap as being mean or vicious by those that have never owned one and know nothing about them......JMJ
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Piotr Rasputin
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shepards are great.. by far the most common breed in Russian.. would make me sad to own one though.. remember the stories of how the nazis used them???
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Ingela
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Originally posted by JMJ:
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Originally posted by His Highness Lord Eargasm™:
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Originally posted by JMJ:
I'm partial to German Shephards (this one's a puppy). They're extremely smart and wonderful around children.
I'd pay the $500 and take that Retriever home if that's what you want to do. The price isn't unreasonable.......JMJ
Shepards are probably the most versatile all around dog breed. Very loyal, great protectors, very good with kids and very sweet dogs. I love them.
Absolutely. I think Shephards sometimes get a bad rap as being mean or vicious by those that have never owned one and know nothing about them......JMJ
Agreed. I understand the bad rep though, I think it's partly because they were overbreed at times and some people was more concerned about having many litters and making money than finding good homes for the pupps as well as choosing the right parents. Since the shephard is so dependent on his master it can easily go wrong. For most of the shephards, the masters word is law.. and if it's a weak dog with a unconfident owner or a dog that don't get to work enough so it has to figure out things to do themselves.. then you have a problem. Since my mum breed Shephards they are very close to my heart, there are very few that I would like to take home with me though (reason above). Probably cause I know fairly well how I would like both the exterior and the temperament if, or should I say when I get one - cause I think my next dog will be one.
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Originally posted by Ingela:
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Originally posted by JMJ:
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Originally posted by His Highness Lord Eargasm™:
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Originally posted by JMJ:
I'm partial to German Shephards (this one's a puppy). They're extremely smart and wonderful around children.
I'd pay the $500 and take that Retriever home if that's what you want to do. The price isn't unreasonable.......JMJ
Shepards are probably the most versatile all around dog breed. Very loyal, great protectors, very good with kids and very sweet dogs. I love them.
Absolutely. I think Shephards sometimes get a bad rap as being mean or vicious by those that have never owned one and know nothing about them......JMJ
Agreed. I understand the bad rep though, I think it's partly because they were overbreed at times and some people was more concerned about having many litters and making money than finding good homes for the pupps as well as choosing the right parents. Since the shephard is so dependent on his master it can easily go wrong. For most of the shephards, the masters word is law.. and if it's a weak dog with a unconfident owner or a dog that don't get to work enough so it has to figure out things to do themselves.. then you have a problem. Since my mum breed Shephards they are very close to my heart, there are very few that I would like to take home with me though (reason above). Probably cause I know fairly well how I would like both the exterior and the temperament if, or should I say when I get one - cause I think my next dog will be one.
You're right about the dependency factor. My mother trains and breeds Shephards as well (for roughly 20 years now), so I've seen what you speak of first hand......JMJ
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