Their skills are utilized in the police, army, and as guide dogs, making them one of
the top working dog breeds.
Not exact matches
- 1880s:
Top five
breeds (English setters, Irish setters, pointers, Irish water spaniels and Gordon setters) were all
working gun
dogs, which helped hunters retrieve game.
Field Trials, Obedience trials, and other
working trials are generally more objective evaluations of the temperament (the behavioral genetics of the
dog), health (if the
dog's body can't take the stress of Trial
work, then it's not healthy enough to be
bred), and personality of the
dog (
top trainers won't campaign with a
dog that they don't like or can't handle).
Yet just because they have that reputation of
working for law and order does not mean that they are not good family
dogs as well, and as is evident from the
top breeds list, others agree with me on this too, it seems.
It is no accident that the
top obedience
dogs come from the herding and sporting groups, the conglomerations of
breeds developed to
work with man and obey his signals.
So that part of it is kind of cool for me, but like I said our
top priority has always just been like giving them a well - balanced life where they're getting socialization by going to
work with me and playing with other
dogs, they're tired and relaxed at home, they're like happy, and then also like during the winter time when it actually is cold, they're getting to do what they're originally
bred to do.
If everyone
bred only
dogs with excellent conformation, and stable, correct temperaments,
working titles and clean health with testing, we would have
top - quality
dogs in this country.
Almost
Top Dogs: There are other
breeds that might
work for you, such as: Brittany Spaniel, Flat Coated Retriever, Labrador Retriever, Vizla, Harrier, Otterhound, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Boxer, Doberman, Rottweiler, Irish Terrier, Papillon, Parson Russell Terrier, Dalmatian, Keeshond, Poodle, Belgian Tevuren, German Shepherd
Dog, and the Puli.
A German Shepherd took
top honors at this year's Westminster Kennel Club
Dog Show, and according to the AKC, the breed has long since been known as a superior working d
Dog Show, and according to the AKC, the
breed has long since been known as a superior
working dogdog.
They make
working ability of their
breed a
top priority in
breeding, and do not
breed any
dog that has not been proven to have good to excellent
working ability.