My search for ultimate dog breed ends!

[Prabhath]

Yaj,

Awesome Caravan.

[Sakobav]

Inder

Thanks for IM clarification

Yaj - Great dogs

The best dog I have known was a mongrel...

[nagarifle]

thanks all will use cod liver oil, i
for fleas use different one then frontline, same thing but not branded thus cheaper.

Nagarifle

I need to know what brand of Permethrin you are using?

Nitro Express

its a Hyperdrug brands own, which is a little cheaper then frontline(got it in the uk) also my friend is a vet and gave me a small bottle of the same stuff, not used it yet.
http://www.hyperdrug.co.uk/Flea-Treatme ... ducts/269/

[bhupi]

My boxer is very sensitive for non veg diet, have to give it in small quantity were as no problem with vegetarian diets. He is a bit hyper active love's to play the whole day, even hunted few squirrels from our farm. While during the day time he is calm but once it's dark you can't even enter the farm. Last week itself while in the mid night he started barking like hell, and jumped on the main entry door like he wants my dad to wakeup who was alone at the farm and that too without any arm (thanks to the licensing dept.) and help other then our dog who was guarding him. Dad told me that he never saw him in that ferocious mood before, dad could not see anyone in the dark but surely there was some danger which our dog foiled. Will share his photo later.
Man's best friend is dogs and guns and you need to keep one. Still waiting the day i will be 30 and i can apply for an arm license.

Thanks

[Yaj]

Love the Caravan hound.My last dog which passed away last feb was a Himalyan/Tibettan Mastiff. I absolutely love this robust hardy breed and love the deep heavy bark and the active guard dog qualities which are shown best by this breed ..come nightfall . Some experts have told me that there is a slight difference between the muzzle of a himalyan and tibettan mastiff. would love to know the difference if anyone of u could educate me on it.

Thanks! The Saras kennels webpage has a pretty decent write up explaining the difference though the gaddi photo is quite poor. http://sarastibetanmastiffs.com/breed.shtml

Yaj,

Awesome Caravan.

Thanks Prabhat!

Inder

Thanks for IM clarification

Yaj - Great dogs

The best dog I have known was a mongrel...

Thanks ngrewal!
Regards,
Yaj.

[hvj1]

Guests coming to our house, often asked politely,
Guest: "What breed is this"?
Me : "Police dog
Guest : What? Never seen a poilce dog of this kind?
Me : Actually, he works undercover.

[Sakobav]

Guests coming to our house, often asked politely,
Guest: "What breed is this"?
Me : "Police dog
Guest : What? Never seen a poilce dog of this kind?
Me : Actually, he works undercover.

Funny hvj1 -- the smaller dogs are more active and alert compared to big ones. My friends Lab would eat anything in the house stomach was bottomless pit and then he was just a door stopper - bug*3r used just sleep and had to be pushed away ..

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-- Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:37 pm --

Yaj

Found your write up on 'Astra' Nice one
http://www.indianmastiff.com/our_stars.htm

Appreciate some more info on these folks who sold you the pup..

Interesting NG Video on dog attacks and power of bite comparison between various guard dogs...



Cheers

[hvj1]

Hi Ngrewal.
Labs are known for this type of behaviour, that is the only reason, I dont go for them. I always prefer dogs who are lean and mean.
Regards

[Yaj]

My friends Lab would eat anything in the house stomach was bottomless pit and then he was just a door stopper - bug*3r used just sleep and had to be pushed away ..

This the result of breeding without any consideration for the working abilities of a dog. Actually the labrador is retriever is supposed to be an energetic working gundog with tremendous stamina. In fact there are still working specimens where shoots are still arranged in the UK etc. But these look nothing like the show specimens with their mastiff like heads and heavy bodies. In fact I was showing my friend(a veteran in the dog show world) a video of an English gamekeeper's labrador, he said a lab looking like that would be dismissed even in India as of poor quality and unfit for breeding .

Yaj

Found your write up on 'Astra' Nice one
http://www.indianmastiff.com/our_stars.htm

Appreciate some more info on these folks who sold you the pup..

Thanks . Unfortunately I found out later that the guy is just a puppy broker.He used to pick up the pups at a pittance and resell them.I was lucky to get a good pup. At that time he was the only guy, but now he has been almost crowded out by a new crop of puppy brokers and the price of pups has sky rocketed. Getting a pup without visiting and seeing parents personally is really not advisable.
Regards,
Yaj.

[icemanV]

Funny hvj1 -- the smaller dogs are more active and alert compared to big ones. My friends Lab would eat anything in the house stomach was bottomless pit and then he was just a door stopper - bug*3r used just sleep and had to be pushed away ..

Visitor: You have a dog at home?
Me: Yes
Visitor: Is he dangerous?
Me: Yes. He will lick you to death.

I have a Lab(Whiskey). You will feel he is the worst gaurd dog on earth.

I did not get him for being a gaurd dog. But I have been in some situations where he showed me unexpected sides of him. I have somehow become confident that if there is trouble this guy will be there. I dont know much about dogs and this is my first one, so it is possible of being a little defensive of him.

OT:
What do these creatures have that they do so much Emotional Atyachar? You miss them, you cry for them, you laugh at them.They only want roti, kapda aur makaan.(forget the kapda) and to play. Why do they say a Dog's Life? My dog has so much fun.

Ice

[hvj1]

OT:
What do these creatures have that they do so much Emotional Atyachar? You miss them, you cry for them, you laugh at them.They only want roti, kapda aur makaan.(forget the kapda) and to play. Why do they say a Dog's Life? My dog has so much fun.

[Yaj]

Why do they say a Dog's Life? My dog has so much fun.

Ice

Hence also the expression "Lucky dog!"
Regards,
Yaj.

[kanwar76]

Thanks . Unfortunately I found out later that the guy is just a puppy broker.He used to pick up the pups at a pittance and resell them.I was lucky to get a good pup. At that time he was the only guy, but now he has been almost crowded out by a new crop of puppy brokers and the price of pups has sky rocketed. Getting a pup without visiting and seeing parents personally is really not advisable.
Regards,
Yaj.

There was a time when people use to pick up Gaddi's on a visit to Himachal.No body use to ask money for them. You just ask in a village about puppies and If avialable take one which you like. One of my relative's oil tankers use to go to Ladhakh and other parts of Himachal, you just need to ask truck driver for a pup and they use to get one on the way back, now these pups are going for as high as 25k

Just because of Internet and puppy brokers.

[prashantsingh]

Joining in rather late in the day.
I agree with you Kanwar. Infact there was a time you really didn't have to purchase a pup. You just "picked" one up. Similarly if you had a litter at home you gave them away . The only criteria was that they went to a "dog lovers" house.....where they would be well looked after.
Times have changed ...ever since.

hvj1 .
Are these South African " Boerboel " somehow related to the Rhodesian Ridgebacks?

[kanwar76]

Joining in rather late in the day.
I agree with you Kanwar. Infact there was a time you really didn't have to purchase a pup. You just "picked" one up. Similarly if you had a litter at home you gave them away . The only criteria was that they were going to a "dog lovers" house.....where they would be well looked after.
Times have changed ...ever since.

Absolutely Prashant,

Leave alone desi breeds. I got both my GSDs free. You just need to ask owner of the Bi#$h to keep one in the next litter and people use to give happily and for some strange reason, I don't know anybody in my circle who's got a b**ch (Any breed). Everybody got a dog. SO no bitches being born nowdays

Now since both of my dogs expired thre years ago, I am asking my dad to get one for home but none are avialable