What breeds are the most obedient?

5/3/2008 10:21:38 AM

the ones that are ugly enough to beat into submission and not feel guilty about it.

5/3/2008 10:22:12 AM

Your mom's a pretty obedient bitch

/dnl word choice

5/3/2008 10:22:18 AM

i'm pretty biased, but i would say akitas

5/3/2008 10:22:51 AM

^^ hahahahah, nice! (that reminds me i need to call you back

my pups got some good manners

5/3/2008 10:26:21 AM

mutts

5/3/2008 10:26:26 AM

^fuck yes

5/3/2008 10:26:38 AM

chihuahuas

5/3/2008 10:27:56 AM

...are good for kicking

5/3/2008 10:29:34 AM

middle managment

5/3/2008 10:30:31 AM

retrievers and labs

5/3/2008 10:55:05 AM

Akitas are also on every apartment no-no list.

5/3/2008 10:56:00 AM

any, if you know how to train it

5/3/2008 11:11:24 AM

retired greyhounds. seriously, a friend of mine got one from a shelter here. the dog was really relaxed. he wasn't too old either. it's only 3 yrs old.

5/3/2008 11:15:21 AM

it sucks that the most obedient and chilled tempered dogs are also the biggest.

5/3/2008 11:57:41 AM

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"it sucks that the most obedient and chilled tempered dogs are also the biggest."

5/3/2008 11:58:43 AM

I am prob bias, but Boxers and Heinz!

5/3/2008 1:23:06 PM

the most obedient/behaved dog I've known is a whippet

others include a golden retriever, cocker spaniel, and a mutt

I've loved my blueticks, and while they're generally obedient, I wouldn't call them well behaved

5/3/2008 1:25:45 PM

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"any, if you know how to train it"

5/3/2008 2:19:57 PM

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"it sucks that the most obedient and chilled tempered dogs are also the biggest."

They have to be. There really is not a huge market for enormous canine killing machines.

5/3/2008 2:29:42 PM

A better question is, what breeds tend to bark the least?

5/3/2008 2:34:01 PM

any, if you know how to train it

although, there is a breed that can't bark, i think it starts with a b

[Edited on May 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM. Reason : b]

5/3/2008 2:34:47 PM

Basenjis

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"Why don't they bark? There are two theories. One details a physiological difference between Basenjis and other dogs. Another explanation is that Basenjis were domesticated prior to humans thinking that barking was a desirable trait in dogs. Basenjis (and wolves) are capable of barking, but they do not. The real answer to this question, though, is that we simply do not know why they don't bark. As to the sounds a Basenji makes (similar to the Nordic breeds) the larynx of a Basenji (on dissection) is not located in the same place as it is for other breeds, which causes the sounds made to be different. Yes, they do growl--but it doesn't sound like another dog's growl, yes they can bark-- but they usually bark once rather than repeatedly. Also, the bark doesn't sound like another dog's bark--the scream is god-awful; rather like a child/lion cross screaming. And yes, some Basenjis are so noisy as to have been de-barked!" "

5/3/2008 2:38:58 PM

Is the one you hit a lot.

5/3/2008 2:50:30 PM

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com

they give psych analysis too

5/3/2008 2:52:19 PM

Coton de Tulear...but then again, I'm biased.
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/cotondetulear.htm

5/3/2008 5:02:42 PM

I'd agree with mutts.

In particular, a mutt with Catahoula Leopard ...

I've have had a Catahoula/Pit/Lab mix and a Catahoula/boxer mix ... both have been brilliant, well-mannered dogs.

5/3/2008 5:05:28 PM

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"Catahoula Leopard"

i LOVE these dogs. i've never actually been around one but i think they are so pretty. and they always have them (or mixes of them) in the shelters. i definitely want one when i adopt a dog (prob this summer or next fall-ish). but i'm scared since they are "herders" or whatever that it might not be a good dog to get since i have a cat? but i feel like as long as i get a puppy of any kind it will be fine because it will grow up around the cat and not know the difference

5/3/2008 5:12:02 PM

both of mine were raised around multiple cats and did fine. Buddy (the "puppy") likes to chase them sometimes, but it's all for play. Dawg never gave a shit about the cats; he would let them crawl all over him and he'd remain complaisant.

Both dogs learned very quickly. Get the newspaper, get slippers, sit, roll-over, the standard dog stuff. Dawg also used to put his food bowl in the dishwasher. And when you'd throw both a Frisbee and a ball, he'd carry the ball over to the Frisbee, set it on top and carry the Frisbee back to you.

Dawg was also much more inclined to go swimming than Buddy. But I think that was the lab in him. When I would bodyboard, he used to swim out and grab the board's leash to drag me back in -- he was afraid I was drowning. So I started taking two bodyboards out, and I'd put him on one and I'd ride the other.

Dawg:


Budrow Q (Buddy) -- he's much bigger now:


[Edited on May 3, 2008 at 5:26 PM. Reason : ]

5/3/2008 5:24:55 PM

i just found this puppy online from Second Chance Pet Adoptions

adorable...
http://www.secondchancenc.org/RP_AdoptMe.asp?aid=1610

5/3/2008 5:26:47 PM

how have border collies not been mentioned?

5/3/2008 5:31:06 PM

Beagles are stubborn little things.

5/3/2008 5:32:26 PM

german shepherds ftw

5/3/2008 6:37:54 PM

5/3/2008 6:43:52 PM

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"Beagles are stubborn little things."

Hell yeah they are....Buster won't do shit we want him to do unless he wants to.
I just drives me insane that he won't come when he's called. He has his nose down to the ground and it's next to impossible to get his attention.

5/3/2008 7:00:36 PM

in my experience a rott weiler(sp?) is a freaking obedient dog

5/3/2008 7:01:18 PM

Well I can tell you that dachsunds generally are not obedient (ridiculously stubborn). My parents had two mid-size dachsunds when I was younger, have two miniature ones now, and my brother has a largish mid-size dachsund (he's like 15 pounds so maybe he's full size, he's an odd dachsund with longer legs, but it's pretty apparent that he's not a mutt). They're all bad and ignore the hell out of you, and they've done obedience courses with them and such. They're good when they want to be good...

I know that Border Collies are obedient and learn well, but you have to give them a lot of exercise or else they'll start acting out and going stir crazy (especially if you keep them in an apartment). Same goes with most other smart dogs that have any level of energy...

Honestly, from what I've seen, the smarter breeds of dog are more obedient to commands and pick up on what you want them to do without you saying anything sometimes (depends on the dog and how much they like to observe you I guess). The smaller breeds I've seen tend to be stubborn and more vicious, and dogs that are stupid individually (like a relative's rottweiler that just kind of stands in your way all the time, he's a bit dumb, though not aggressive) tend not to be that obedient...

I hope that helps, really you're gonna have to pick a fairly broad range of dogs then make sure the dog of that breed you want to get acts how you'd expect. If you're buying a purebred from a litter of puppies, make sure you don't get the dog that's the craziest, most hyper dog of the litter if you want them to be fairly calm and more responsive. My parent's tiny psychotic little dachsunds are usually freaked out and hyper half the time and they don't pay a damn lick of attention to you until they calm down (then they're a little more obedient).

5/3/2008 8:52:24 PM

boxer ftw. Chases a ball through firey moats too.

5/3/2008 8:55:26 PM

7/11/2008 4:22:12 PM

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"german shepherds ftw"

I love german shepherds but they require a great deal of grooming.

7/11/2008 4:28:31 PM

not english bulldogs

7/11/2008 4:29:35 PM

Some dogs that are super duper obedient are also way too fucking hyper.

AKA

BOXXERS AND BORDER COLLIES

7/11/2008 4:32:10 PM

generally anything from the herding or working group because of their focus.
of course they can have too MUCH focus and herd your other pets or socks like mine and can be nutty if they don't have an outlet for all that energy or some sort of "job"
I have a border collie/german shep mix and he hardly ever barks at all. He will bark one time if someone he does not know comes into the house and walks towards him.

[Edited on July 11, 2008 at 6:02 PM. Reason : and are? me no talk good]

7/11/2008 6:01:30 PM