That's A Dog?

[dynasaw]

[HopeHoops]

1. I think it's a sheep with a big wanger.

Weird breed for sure.

[Denninmi]

4. Yeah, could have done without the surgical trim down there.

Give the poor thing its dignity.

[HopeHoops]

6. Ever see a miniature horse? I remember my mom freaking out.

The males are REALLY well gifted for their body size!!!

[elleng]

17. Hey Hope, its OUR breed,

this is our Toni. (Passed 4 years ago; handler in background NOT me.)

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~btca/BTCA-Liberty's%20Devonshire%20Temptress.htm

[HopeHoops]

18. Sorry for your loss (and meant no disrespect to the breed), but it does look like a sheep.

And the one in the original picture did have a sizable wanger.

It's never easy to lose a pet, but that's part of the bargain. I had to spend two years without a dog in my life and it was a horrible thing to me. I'd had two dogs in my life (both lived to 16) and suddenly found myself in a rental unit that only allowed cats (shortly after putting the second down). Dogs of any breed are wonderful.

But it still looks like a sheep. That said, my second dog looked like a mop with legs. Her mom was a cockapoo and her dad was probably a beagle (she got out one night). I called her a "cockapeagle". My wife was the first female human she accepted. She'd chew shoes and panties of the other ones, but she liked my wife. She still looked like a mop.

[elleng]

19. I understand, and many think they look funny. Definitely 'sheepish.'

'Unusual' would be a better term, imo.
NO SHED, NO ALLERGIES!
Haven't lived with a dog since before Toni passed, as I'd left the house before that occurred. Now one of my daughters has 3, different breeds, plus a cat and a 'gold'fish, and adopted a box-turtle from roadside recently, but she put him back into the wild, after feeding him well. My other daughter's waiting to buy a house, looking forward to adopting a dog and having a baby!

[UTUSN]

2. That just makes this cocker spaniel very, very angry:

*********NOTE: For the ‘12 Mittens duration, I am submitting this angry cocker spaniel for use as the representative of all dogs. This pic was in the local paper's Sunday available-for-adoption a few years ago. He was taken by the time I called. He is thoroughly pissed, not, I hope, the reason he ended up in the shelter, but rather for being subjected to the indignity of doggie jail.

[Chan790]

5. The angry cocker is awesome. n/t

[baldguy]

3. It was. Once.

[intaglio]

7. It is a Bedlington Terrier

Fast, good tempered, intelligent and brave.

[elleng]

16. RIGHT!

Our Toni!

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~btca/BTCA-Liberty's%20Devonshire%20Temptress.htm

(Handler in background is NOT me.)

[nolabear]

8. Bedlington Terrier. Don't be fooled by that show cut!

They are tough little mofos.

[elleng]

15. Tough, smart, and very loving,

and can run REALLY fast! Note the greyhound/whippet shape.

[nolabear]

21. Toni looks like a beautiful example of the breed.

I love a terrier but am totally out of my league with them these days, i.e. a middle aged, out of shape city dweller. I've owned an Airedale and a Jack Russell (deaf to boot, which was quite the experience and, sadly, ended badly when a dogsitter lost him) and love the spirit and spunk and perpetual toddlerhood. Nowadays I stick to Cavaliers, only somewhat against my better judgment.

[elleng]

23. Can't imagine a deaf Jack Russell!

Love the look of Airedales, tho never known one personally.
Toni was lovely. Thanks.

[GoCubsGo]

9. It loooks way more like a dog than the one that won Best in Show at Westminster this week.

That thing looked like the wads of cat hair and dust balls that collect in my vacuum cannister.

[RebelOne]

10. I gotta agree with that. Love dogs, but no a Pekinese fan. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

11. I don't mind them, but...

That dog at Westminster doesn't remotely resemble anything I know as a Pekingese. The ones I have know were FAR less hairy, and their faces were not pushed in anywhere near that much.

[grasswire]

13. That wasn't a dog, it was a wig with feet. n/t

[dynasaw]

12. O.K. So I figured What they do to this poor dog

Sort of like what plastic surgery and enhancements for people?

[elleng]

14. That's 'my' Bedlington Terrier,

Heart of a Lion, looks like a lamb! Had them in the family for years, our most recent, Toni, passed 4 years ago.
Where'd you get this picture???

[dynasaw]

20. Hi elleng

If you Google,click on images, then type Bedington terrier you'll see a ton of these amazing looking dogs. They've apparently been around since 1782. After I saw a picture of them for the firs time in my life I really got interested and did some research. They are quite long lived apparently. Oldest on record lived to be 18 years old!! They look very different without their cosmetic cuts.

[elleng]

22. Have spent a lot of time looking at Bedlington images!

Unfortunately, ours was not very long-lived.
Cousin-in-law bred them, at least one litter, my folks got one. About 10 years ago, we found a breeder in DC area; wanted one cause daughters wanted one, they're so fine and they don't shed, and are non-allergenic!