Just so you all know

Vice Lord wrote:

major bean wrote: If you want a useless dog, something to suck air and eat food, then get a mutt, by all means. But if you do not need some form of mammal to fill an emotional need within yourself, and want something useful for hunting then get a dog from proven field trial stock registered with the United Kennel Club. And get the best that your pocketbook can afford.

I recently had a bitch whose sire was Flatwood Hank (National Field Trial Champ). I sold her pups, over her lifetime, for approx. $50,000 total. And she was the most wonderful quail dog that you could ever wish to hunt behind.

Good point- They can be quite lucrative. Our daughter paid for a 6 week cruise of the South Pacific from just one litter from our Rhodesian Ridgeback bitch. And she met who i think will be her first husband on that voyage as he was the first officer on the cruise ship....So actually we got infinately more back from our initial investment.. Our first dog we got here in Colorado was a chocolate Lab from the famous Hershey line in Nebraska, we never bred her, but I did show off her papers when friends came over.

I don't like hunting of any kind so I don't need a dog that hunts.

Her first husband? Is she (or you) planning on their being more? I went on a cruise once by myself and I was seated at the Captain's table one night. The first officer kept hitting on me throughout the cruise and he was married although he didn't wear a ring. I found him really annoying. I'm sure they 'get around' on the cruises. Glad I steered clear of that pig.

Vice Lord wrote: Saying you prefer mutts to pure breds is kind of like saying you prefer a dirty old used american car over a sleek brand new porsche. Believe me, like all things in life, you get what you pay for.

Guess I prefer a 'dirty old used american car' then.

I would be more inclined to ask for a vet check on some of the crack pots on here than I would a "mutt" I wanted to get.

My purebred Pyr rolls around in the mud just like my mutts do.

Purebreeding reinforces genetic weaknesses (just look at the British royals) mutts are stronger, less likely to get cancer or hip dysplsia or be purely stupid or crazed. I'll take a mutt anyday.

All of our dogs came from shelters or from others who could not or would not take care of them . No pure breds there. I feel good that I saved them from being put down or possibly worse. We love them and they DO love us. They can be trained just as easily to do what I need them to do (be good is all) as a pure bred. Quite a few have had health problems when we got them but they still have value to me even if they were free. :dog:

I've been owned by both pure breds and mutts, cats and dogs, and loved them all!

What was the subject of this thread again?

My dog has ADHD?