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Actually, one of the biggest over-breeders of Labs and Goldens is Guide Dogs for the blind; get long-time puppy raisers together and in an unbuttoned frame of mind and all of them can tell horror stories about pups which are untrainable for some reason, including rage- not to mention congenital skeletal problems that make it impossible for some of them (and not a small "some") to wear a guide harness.
And the most agressive and bite-prone dogs I've been around have been Chesepeake Bay Retrievers (two of them, unrelated, from different breeders), a breed which is neither overbred nor one with any artificial popularity. Well, except for a nighmarish seven-pound rat terrier that Dad took in trade for a half-cord of wood once, who killed every cat in the neighborhood and a six month old Suffolk lamb before Dad could catch him and send him to his logical consequences.
Interesting... I've only known one Chesepeake Bay Retriever and he was never aggressive nor did he ever bite.
I like my granddaughters new little pug puppy. He's a cutey pie.
The other Chessies that the Chesepeake-loving cousin kept were all great dogs, although short-lived compared to other hunting dogs; it's just when you have a human-agressive Chesepeake you have a whole lot of bad dog on your hands.
Actually, one of the biggest over-breeders of Labs and Goldens is Guide Dogs for the blind; get long-time puppy raisers together and in an unbuttoned frame of mind and all of them can tell horror stories about pups which are untrainable for some reason, including rage- not to mention congenital skeletal problems that make it impossible for some of them (and not a small "some") to wear a guide harness.
And the most agressive and bite-prone dogs I've been around have been Chesepeake Bay Retrievers (two of them, unrelated, from different breeders), a breed which is neither overbred nor one with any artificial popularity. Well, except for a nighmarish seven-pound rat terrier that Dad took in trade for a half-cord of wood once, who killed every cat in the neighborhood and a six month old Suffolk lamb before Dad could catch him and send him to his logical consequences.
Interesting... I've only known one Chesepeake Bay Retriever and he was never aggressive nor did he ever bite.
I like my granddaughters new little pug puppy. He's a cutey pie.
The other Chessies that the Chesepeake-loving cousin kept were all great dogs, although short-lived compared to other hunting dogs; it's just when you have a human-agressive Chesepeake you have a whole lot of bad dog on your hands.
