New family member.

[Tupac]

Sorry, I couldn't resist the jab at the canine "home defense" because of recent events.  There have been several recent incidents locally and around the country of cops shooting dogs on their own properties when the cops showed up without warrants and forced their way onto a property or into a house, or were otherwise hassling "bystanders" and then ended up shooting their dogs when they tried to protect their humans.  I can't stand hearing about animals getting abused like that, and it's worse when its a cop exercising his authoritah unnecessarily.

The only cops I trust are the highway patrol - never met a one that was on a power trip. Straight to business, no BS, by the book.

I had a city bicycle cop hassling me the other day about where I parked my motorcycle. It wasn't illegal, he just didn't like the way I parked "on his street" I asked if I was being detained because it wasn't a consensual encounter. He said no, so I hopped on my bike and left.

[MiloMorai]

Alsatians used to nice looking dogs but for the last few years they look like someone put the boots to their back side.

[Plawranc]

Cops come in two types.

Good ones. And Bad ones.

Thankfully most of them are good, at least in Australia. Got some real good ones. Considering I serve them breakfast most days.

That said, I have never met a retriever I didn't like. Golden or Labrador. They are the bomb.

[morfiend]

Alsatians used to nice looking dogs but for the last few years they look like someone put the boots to their back side.

  I tend to agree Milo!   In the late 70's early 80's they changed the stance of the dog,instead of the squared of stance that you see most show dogs use to"pose" the shepards owners started to do this split rear legs and angled top line thing.

  This has led to a change in the top line of the dog to help promote the "look" thankfully there are still some breeds that are keeping the working lines alive and they don't suffer as badly trying to get a "look". Of course it's not just the Alsatians that got this treatment many other breeds have suffered because of a "look" or "type" Boxers are another,so are Dobermans and the list goes on,it was also to blame for human aggressive pits,this was a case of a type over look but much the same thing.


  All one has to do is look at dogs in film,go back to the 50's and earlier and you can planely see how much some breeds have changed and rarely for the better.


   

 PS: yup Dent still active and looking forward to seeing you again.

[MiloMorai]

morf, the English Bulldog has to be one of the worst for being modified for looks. The nose has been push back so far the dog has trouble breathing. Thankfully this is changing and the nose is going back to what it should be.

[morfiend]

morf, the English Bulldog has to be one of the worst for being modified for looks. The nose has been push back so far the dog has trouble breathing. Thankfully this is changing and the nose is going back to what it should be.

  Agreed,I've seen skeletal pictures of OEbulldogs from the 1900 and present and they don't even look to be the same breed.

  On the otherside it was how the different breeds were developed,bred to a type for generations,a standard for the breed is developed then hopefully 1 of the organization will recognize it.

  My fav the staffy was around for several hundered years in different shapes and sizes and wasn't until 1935 that a standard for the breed was made!