Contributed by:
Karen Groves/YourHub.com
Article Contributed on: 1/16/2007 11:35:31 AM
I get the impression that the popularity of particular dog breeds at a particular time is more like fashion trends that come and go and then come back again.
My stepmother always kept clothes because she said, "The fashion will come back someday."
Hmmm
Maybe. I am not qualified to dive into that arena.
The
American Kennel Club says although the Labrador Retriever gets top billing, the Yorkshire Terrier has now made its way to No. 2 on the list followed by German Shepherds and Golden Retrievers.
The smaller dogs seem to beinching up the ladder.
When I was a kid I had a variety of dogs.
We had a Toy Doberman, of all things. Didn't last long.
We think the fortune teller who lived downstairs (this was in Dallas, Texas where I grew up) poisoned our little "
Toy."
A wire-haired Terrier named
Fritzi went on vacation with us to Colorado one summer and when we came back home, it turned out he had rabies.
I didn't mean for this to sound bad, but it looks that way.
Then, don't laugh, please, because I loved this dog.
Lassie. And this name was given to her before we moved to Los Angeles.
A pure-bred collie. We let her have as many pups as she wanted, and I guess like everything else in my life, I will have to blame my mother. She was the adult. Lassie lived a good long life, and learned how to charm the neighbors down the street into believing she was their dog. It was around this time she began to gain weight.
These were my childhood dogs. My Dad and stepmother had hordes of West Highland Terriers. I never understood that.
Do you have a favorite breed?
Tales of dog misbehavior?
Training misadventures?
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