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I have seen two Jindo dogs in the past month at an apartment complex I
walk my weiner dog by every morning. This is in Atlanta. One owner (who had gotten it as a hand-me-down from a friend) thought hers was a Shiba Inu. The other one thought it was a mutt with possibly some Labrador! Are these getting common? I had never met one casually and I really liked both of them. They are the most graceful and agile dogs I have ever seen, and great runners. One jumped up on me, and she was as light as a feather. They were both friendly, well-socialized, and polite to my little dachshund. What a fantastic animal, and they look so nondescript, much like the generic Southern Yellow Dog (not an AKC breed, LOL). Does anybody have one, or have experiences with one? (I have a weird doxxie with a giant nose, and he can find a rabbit a block away. They'd make a good wilderness team, since he could hardly catch a rabbit who stays above ground.) Mason Barge "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee." -- Abraham Lincoln |
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On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 04:26:07 GMT Mason Barge whittled these words:
I have seen two Jindo dogs in the past month at an apartment complex I walk my weiner dog by every morning. This is in Atlanta. One owner (who had gotten it as a hand-me-down from a friend) thought hers was a Shiba Inu. The other one thought it was a mutt with possibly some Labrador! Are these getting common? Fairly common in some areas, largely those with significant Korean immigrants. I had never met one casually and I really liked both of them. They are the most graceful and agile dogs I have ever seen, and great runners. One jumped up on me, and she was as light as a feather. They were both friendly, well-socialized, and polite to my little dachshund. That is great. Dog aggression and stranger suspicion (or at least disinterst) is more common in the breed. With their high prey drive they are not a breed generally recommended for households with smaller pets. -- Diane Blackman There is no moral victory in proclaiming to abhor violence while preaching with violent words. http://dog-play.com/ http://dogplayshops.com/ |
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On 19 Dec 2005 08:03:26 -0800, "cimawr" wrote:
I only know one Jindo - a regular at our local park, Have you noticed an unusual grace or general athleticism in her? Both the ones I have met moved like ballet dances (or great open field running backs when the RPMs rise). I should add that my sweet little doxie,who is fine with cats, will kill small mammals if he can catch them. Mason Barge "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee." -- Abraham Lincoln |
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Mason Barge wrote: Have you noticed an unusual grace or general athleticism in her? Certainly not "unusual grace", and no more athleticism than you'd expect from any well-built dog who gets to run off-leash on a regular basis. Nothing that particularly distinguishes her from all the other dogs running and playing, IOW. OTOH, my dogs are competitive athletes (we do agility), and also do things like high aerial flips and climbing trees, so my standards are a bit different, I suspect. G I should add that my sweet little doxie,who is fine with cats, will kill small mammals if he can catch them. Not surprising, since Dachshunds are, IMO, a form of terrier. G And all three of mine hunt and kill, but, being more amenable to training than a Jindo, only hunt what I consider appropriate prey, and are able to live with cats. WRT "amenable to training" - mine are a Redbone Coonhound/Chow cross, a lurcher (half BC, half sighthound X) and a JRT, none of which are generally thought of as easily trainable. The fact that I don't think I'd want to take on a Jindo should tell you something. ;-D |
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they look so nondescript, much like the
generic Southern Yellow Dog I wouldn't say that Jindos are "nondescript", nor does the one I know look like a generic yellow dog to me. If anything, I'd describe her as looking like a lightly-built short-coated Chow with a normally shaped muzzle. |
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"cimawr" wrote in message
ups.com... I should add that my sweet little doxie,who is fine with cats, will kill small mammals if he can catch them. Not surprising, since Dachshunds are, IMO, a form of terrier. G Well, AKC does allow dachshunds in earthdog competitions. And they are the breed of choice for many of the earthdog judges I have talked with. Aren't they known as the "badger dog"? Any dog that can take on a badger will consider small mammals child's play. And don't I remember - did I hear it from Jo Wolf and/or from one of those earthdog judges with dachshunds - that they are used by farmers in New Jersey to send down woodchuck holes? I seem to recall the judge telling me about how they first send down a small dog - she was suggesting that Sassy at 12 inches was a good choice - and then, somehow, I assume, they switch to the larger, heavier versions to finish the job? Yeah, I am quite sure that sweet little doxie is at heart a real killer. ~~Judy |
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On 20 Dec 2005 06:35:53 -0800, "cimawr" wrote:
[...] Not surprising, since Dachshunds are, IMO, a form of terrier. G I understand what you mean, but after two Cairns and a (wonderful) Airedale, my little weiner dog seems downright tame. And of course he has a hound's nose. But (for example) if I try to play tug with him, he just gives me the rag after a bit. The Airedale was actually easier to house train though, LOL. BTW, the wirehaired doxie was developed by mixing in terrier, or so I have read. Mason Barge "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee." -- Abraham Lincoln |
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On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:09:47 -0500, "Judy"
wrote: "cimawr" wrote in message oups.com... I should add that my sweet little doxie,who is fine with cats, will kill small mammals if he can catch them. Not surprising, since Dachshunds are, IMO, a form of terrier. G Well, AKC does allow dachshunds in earthdog competitions. And they are the breed of choice for many of the earthdog judges I have talked with. Aren't they known as the "badger dog"? Any dog that can take on a badger will consider small mammals child's play. "Dachs" is German for badger, if that tells you anything. Hence the long body and short legs. Mason Barge "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee." -- Abraham Lincoln |
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"Mason Barge" wrote: "Dachs" is German for badger, if that tells you anything. Yup! And "hund" does NOT mean "hound"; it means "dog". I've never understood why the AKC put Dachshunds in the hound group, since by function - going to ground after badger- they are absolutely terriers. |
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