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Arielle said:
LOL

My boy was a barrel on stumps. Trim, not fat, but W-I-D-E. Not athletic at all.
I want an athletic dog.
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You should see these girls run or swim. Especially the younger one, that thing flies like the wind. I tried to find a video of them doing something hunting related, but all I found was this. They are multipurpose dogs
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This is my better half and the older one, Vaiva, a few years ago. She's gained a couple kilos since this, but the younger one (Kiusa) has about this build right now.

*Edit* This is shot on a cellphone, so the quality is what it is...

And for extra points you can look up a Finnish to English translation of their names
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ROFL-- TRouble!!!! Nuisance!!!!!! lol

THeyare definitely dogs!!

While the dial up wont let me see the footage, the silouette of the dog tells me that this is the medium build I am looking for. Just not available here.
 
Arielle, one of our DIL's works at a animal clinic and they always have lots of dogs for adoption and they can also arrange for transportation for dogs going to other states! They do it all the time.
 
Arielle said:
ROFL-- TRouble!!!! Nuisance!!!!!! lol

THeyare definitely dogs!!

While the dial up wont let me see the footage, the silouette of the dog tells me that this is the medium build I am looking for. Just not available here.
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Vaiva is a domestically produced specimen, but Kiusa is imported from Hungary. Both share ancestors though, the breeder we got Vaiva from has imported from Hungary earlier as well.

I have a rule about dogs my girlfriend drags home, I get to name them. I had the same rule about the chickens but the neighbors kids beat me to it. Otherwise we would have Nugget, Fry and Kungpao walking around our coop. Now they got more traditional names, except for Töyhtis ("Tufty").


Here's a still of Kiusa

chickadoodles said:
Arielle, one of our DIL's works at a animal clinic and they always have lots of dogs for adoption and they can also arrange for transportation for dogs going to other states! They do it all the time.
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I think Arielle is looking for a dog with certain heritage, a lineage with established hunting qualities. Clinic dogs are more pets than working dogs, even though you might get lucky.
 
THere are lots of wonderful dogs--- however . . .

when I talked to my trainer who knows I ave kids she said NO pound dogs. NONE.

THen I looked at what breeds I wanted and I compare everything to my beloved rotties. My second and third choice dogs are CHessies and curlie coated retreivers.

Oddly I get more heavily vetted by the breeders for suitability of the home , meaning can I handle the dog; and the adoption facilities only care about the facilites the dogs will be going to . Here I must have a fenced yard to adopt a dog. ANd then have regular visits by the adoption group. NO thank you.

I found I do better when I buy from a reputable breeder and spend some time creating a relationship with the breeder and keep in touch.

WHen I found out I couldnt get a pound dog, I call ed my brother to get the name of the breeder he and his wife we friends with. In one phone call I got the contact info for only 3 breeders she would recommend. Ironically years later a fellow that came to work for my DH had also worked for this breeder years before. SMALL world.

I really like to know the breed of the dog even if it is a mix-- it will tell me al lot about the behavior of the dog. NO hounds, not terriers; no toys . . . the list goes on.
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Arielle said:
THere are lots of wonderful dogs--- however . . .

when I talked to my trainer who knows I ave kids she said NO pound dogs. NONE.

THen I looked at what breeds I wanted and I compare everything to my beloved rotties. My second and third choice dogs are CHessies and curlie coated retreivers.

Oddly I get more heavily vetted by the breeders for suitability of the home , meaning can I handle the dog; and the adoption facilities only care about the facilites the dogs will be going to . Here I must have a fenced yard to adopt a dog. ANd then have regular visits by the adoption group. NO thank you.

I found I do better when I buy from a reputable breeder and spend some time creating a relationship with the breeder and keep in touch.

WHen I found out I couldnt get a pound dog, I call ed my brother to get the name of the breeder he and his wife we friends with. In one phone call I got the contact info for only 3 breeders she would recommend. Ironically years later a fellow that came to work for my DH had also worked for this breeder years before. SMALL world.

I really like to know the breed of the dog even if it is a mix-- it will tell me al lot about the behavior of the dog. NO hounds, not terriers; no toys . . . the list goes on.
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Pound dogs are definitely a gamble, you don't know what you're getting. Often there's a reason someone has abandoned a dog - might be there's something wrong with the dog, or more often, the original owners, which often leads to problems with the dog as well. A growing trend in Finland seems to be bringing rescue dogs from other countries, people with no experience pick up street dogs from various places and bring them in without any knowledge of quarantine laws etc. We don't have rabies, or really any other serious diseases in Finland, but this kind of activity is putting that fact to a test.
 

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