The top dog breeds for landing a date are

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  1. KilljoyKlown

    KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Can anybody on this forum confirm or deny what this article is saying? Many of us reading this article really want to know what dogs are best for getting a date.:shrug:

     
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    KK, while I can't address that article in particular, I can tell you what works very well - from direct personal experience.

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    And I discovered it totally by accident.

    I've had three Jack Russell Terriers and they certainly are "chick magnets." I always take them on trips and, like any other dog, they need walking a few times a day. They are cute, cuddly, very friendly and love attention from people - especially the female half of the population.

    I've been happily married for over 40 years and really don't go looking for attention anymore - but thanks to the dog I get *plenty* of it anyway.

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    KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    I hear Jack Russell Terriers are more intelligent than most other breeds. You wouldn't by chance have pictures of those chick magnets would you?
     
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    scheherazade Northern Horse Whisperer Valued Senior Member

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    Here is a piece of an article by Weekend Science.

    The reason that dogs are used as an indicator rather than cats is because dogs are emotionally and physically more requiring of interaction on a daily basis and thereby demonstrate that the owner has the capacity to commit to a daily schedule of needs other than their own.

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    As for which breeds are most useful to attract interest, I would think that any of the breeds noted for an outgoing and friendly nature would suffice. An outdoor working breed speaks to the owner being fairly athletic through all seasons, while some smaller and short haired breeds would be housebound by cold and inclement weather.

    Breeds that bark excessively are annoying and some very large or aggressive breeds can be intimidating. Some of the more exotic breeds are prone to various conditions and disorders as well as having an exotic may be some kind of an indicator of the owner having needs of their own, lol. Border collies and Australian Shepherds are a couple of my favorite breeds.

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    http://www.science20.com/science_20/blog/weekend_science_5_best_dogs_attracting_women-90408
     
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  8. KilljoyKlown

    KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Ah! A couple other very intelligent breeds. Funny no one has yet mentioned owning a pound mutt yet? I would think the story that you rescued your dog from certain death would get sympathy dates for the good guy you really are?

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    scheherazade Northern Horse Whisperer Valued Senior Member

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    You did not ask where one would GET their dog from and sadly, many animals at the pound are not only mixed breeds or 'mutts'. Plenty of registered dogs end up there also.

    The term 'mutt' did not always refer to dogs.....

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/606745/Mutt-origin-covers-many-centuries-2-species.html?pg=all

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mutt
     
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  10. KilljoyKlown

    KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Very sad, that any animal pets we may have ever have to be rescued and then euthanized because no one wants them. So it good that some people are willing to adopt a mutt. I once saw a cross between a Great Dane and a Doberman. It was a trained guard dog for a lumber yard. It looked like the biggest Doberman you ever saw, and it was very intimidating. probably not the best dog to take on a walk hopping for a date.

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    Interesting that you should mention that. Both of my last two Jack Russells came from the pound. The proper term to use, though, is "rescued dog" because that's exactly what they are. (Some 'sloppy speakers' call them "rescue dogs" which is pretty poor English but I guess it still gets the thought across.)

    You asked for pictures, here you go:

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    http://www.google.com/search?q=jack...-QZhpD1BKzDlOcG&ved=0CGwQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=588

    Note that they are considerably larger than they might appear here. My smallest weighs 15 pounds and the heaviest was 27.
     
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  12. KilljoyKlown

    KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Ask and you shall receive, and I guess a 27 pound dog is considered a medium sized dog. I was reading some of the Q & A's on that site and it seems JRT's need a lot more attention than your average dog. But they do have a very high cute factor and that can't hurt in the pursuit of hooking up with the opposite sex.

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  13. Fraggle Rocker

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    Watching the relationship between a person (particularly a man) and his dog gives some very good information about his character. So just having a dog of any kind with you might attract a lady's attention from some guy without a dog, because she'll be able to read you better and make a more accurate decision about you.
    They can be distracting, as you both give too much time and attention to the dog and less to each other.
    Our Lhasa Apsos were developed in the Himalayas. They even have fur on the bottom of their feet. They'd stay out in the snow all day if we let them.
    Many breeds have their own rescue societies. In some cities the society members go through the shelters once or twice a week and rescue their own breed, because they have the network to find homes for them. But this is a horrible job because for every dog of their own breed they rescue, they leave behind fifty others. I don't think anybody could do it for more than a few months.
    I figure a small dog is one I can pick up with one hand in an emergency.
    Any high-energy dog requires a lot of attention unless, for example, you live on a farm and you can turn your border collies loose to herd your livestock around for fun. If you want the ultimate low-energy dog, get a Lhasa Apso. We advertise them as "dogs for cat people." They were bred to be monastery sentinels so they figure their job is to sit on the sofa all day listening for burglars.
    Some women might be put off by a man who has a cute dog instead of a butch dog like a Rotty. But you might not want to hook up with those women.

    Choosing the right dog can help you meet the right women. If you pick one that's right for you, one that you fall in love with and enjoy spending time with, you're telling the gals what kind of guy you are. Saves a lot of trouble on the dating scene.

    Back to Lhasa Apsos, they are rather popular among women precisely because of that sentinel trait. They have the ability to judge whether the people they meet are okay, and in our years of experience they have always been right. The times our dogs have tried to stop us from opening the door to let someone in they didn't like, and we opened it anyway, geeze were we sorry! Unfortunately one of them was my mother and we didn't have a choice.

    If you see an attractive lady walking a Lhasa, you had better hope that little guy takes a shine to you. That's his job and she knows it.

    For that matter, you could get one for yourself and let him do the screening for you.

    A passage from Dean Koontz about one of those rescue people visiting the shelter:
     
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    KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Fraggle Rocker

    Lhasa Apsos are very long haired. I bet they shed like crazy. Anyway, sense you didn't post pictures of your dogs, I took the liberty to look them up in the following link.

    http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Lhasa Apsos&qpvt=Lhasa Apsos&FORM=IGRE

    I was thinking if I ever got another dog, maybe a Toy Miniature Dachshund would fit my needs. Very short hair and legs and I know they are very affectionate dogs.

    http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...IR&pq=toy dachshund&sc=8-13&sp=4&qs=RQ&sk=IM3
     
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    Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I've always been more impressed with a guy who had a cat. For some reason I think he's an 'out of the box' thinker. I don't know why. It just seems average for a guy to have a dog, and not so average to have a cat. I have no idea why I think this way
     
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  16. KilljoyKlown

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    Cats have problems dogs don't have. My number one peeve with a cat is the cat box that comes with it. It gives the whole house a characteristic odor that I find distasteful to say the least. Also even with a flea collar, some fleas always manage to find there way into your house. I really hate those little blood suckers. No cat women need apply for the job of being my woman.

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    I don't know any animal that a flea collar works on. Litter boxes do suck, but so does picking up dog poop. And with a cat, I don't have to worry about stepping in it in the yard. Dogs have a smell as well. I also don't have to worry about boarding a cat when on vacation. I do NOT want to travel with a dog. I LOVED my dog as a child/teen (she was the only pet I had), but we lived on a farm and she slept in the barn. House dogs are not something I deal well with.

    My husband wants a dog badly but he has never had one. Only cats. He doesn't seem to understand that raising a dog is different than a cat. And I'm adamant about having a fenced yard before we get one. I feel chaining a dog is cruel. He wants a German Sherperd, I want some kind of Spaniel
     
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  18. KilljoyKlown

    KilljoyKlown Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    When you own small dogs a fenced yard is a must. Both my dogs of 14 years never had a flea problem. They wore collars and I treated my yard every couple of months. But you do need a doggy door, if you don't want any piles in the house from time to time or wet spots.
     
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    Then you should be doubly impressed with me - since I have two of them.

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    Actually, I have four since two strays decided to adopt my place as their own. They (the strays) have been here over a year now and I've had both of the other cats for well over 10 years.

    And none of the animals belong to my wife - they, including the dog - are all mine.

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  20. Fraggle Rocker

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    No, actually they don't. In any case most people keep them shaved, otherwise they need to be groomed constantly to avoid knotting. I shave mine down three times a year. This keeps the dander down so people with allergies often find them to be the one breed they can be happy with.
    I advise against any type of dog that is relatively new. It means they have been inbred from a very small gene pool and are likely to have the health problems that come with doubled-up recessive genes.

    American breeders are terrible about that anyway. We belong to a "virtual kennel" of hundreds of Lhasas all over the Southwest, so we are able to keep our gene pool pretty well chlorinated. But many breeders are trying for show-quality appearance so they breed dogs back to their own grandparents.

    It's gotten so bad that even mixed-breed dogs have hereditary health problems. For example, almost all of the large breeds have been bred so poorly that they are all susceptible to hip dysplasia. So if you get a dog from the shelter whose grandparents were a boxer, a St. Bernard, a dobie and a Lab, he might have inherited dysplasia from all four of them.
    In my experience, men who like cats appreciate the fact that they demand less personal attention and are not disruptive. Dogs demand quantity time. They are members of your family. And like children, they reap disorder.

    I was a cat person until about 25 years ago. This correlates with the facts that I'm uncomfortable around children, fussy about things being organized and put away, and not very expressive emotionally. Mrs. Fraggle always marveled about how much our first dog changed me, but she's also a little dismayed that I'm unable to relate to humans with quite the same warmth, affection and tolerance that I can (now) easily give to a dog.
    I'm a tight-ass. I go out in the yard every day or two with two newspaper sleeves and clean it up. Besides, unless you make your own dog food from meat and vegetables you've grown yourself, it's full of preservatives and antibiotics that sterilize the soil so nothing will grow in your yard but weeds.
    If your dog smells, he's overdue for a bath.
    What do you do, leave him six litter boxes and an entire sack of food? I always had to board mine, or pay someone to come over and take care of them.
    It's a lot easier to find a motel that takes them nowadays. Of course if you're going somewhere hot you won't be able to leave them in the car while you go out and play. Lhasa Apsos in particular are very sedentary so they make great traveling dogs.
    But you can stand living with children???
    For sure. You must live in an area where you can make that choice; in most cities you'll be fined every time they catch your dog outside of his own yard.
    I thought you didn't want one at all.

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    You need to really understand the temperament of a dog and make sure it's what you want. Spaniels are hunters and will chase things and people. Shepherds are generally compulsive herders and if you're not looking they'll simply start rounding up the children and corraling them in the corner of the fence. But German shepherds have been bred for other jobs; the point is that they are working dogs and won't be happy lazing around all day. Bassett hounds are pretty lazy, although they don't like being left alone. Maltese are smart and lovable but they were circus dogs and they live to do tricks. Lhasa Apsos are sentinels so they'll sit quietly and listen for burglars, but they have the best hearing of any breed so they'll warn you when they hear a bicycle coming half an mile away--and they also insist on making up their own mind about people and if they don't like somebody they won't want you to let him in. (And you'll discover to your chagrin that they were right!)

    You have to decide why you want a dog, what you expect of him, and what kind of a relationship you intend to form. I like affectionate, attentive, lazy dogs who are always nearby, ready to be petted or to console me if I'm feeling down. But that drives some people crazy.

    It sounds to me like neither one of you has really done your homework!
     
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    Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I don't want a dog. I don't have the time for all the effort required for one. I grew up with retrievers and spaniels (my dad was a big hunter) but they slept outside in the barn. We also lived clear out in the country so they ran as they wanted.
    My cousins (on a ranch) had blue heelers and border collies. I hate that herding instinct. LOL
     
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  22. quadraphonics

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    Cat ownership is strongly associated with older, unmarried women, is why.
     
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    If you can walk your dog in places where people don't walk around a whole lot, you don't need to pick up any poop. Obviously if you let your dog shit in your yard you'll need to pick up afterwards (or allow your yard to get shitty), but generally if your dog is pooping in your yard much you're doing it wrong.

    Anyway I'd still take a dog that poops in the yard over a cat that poops inside my house. That shit is a deal-breaker for me, and I have frankly never understood how anyone would even consider keeping a box of animal shit inside their house. It's outright revolting.

    I dunno, depends on the travel. I wouldn't want to fly to Manhattan with a dog, but driving up to the mountains to do some camping is dog heaven. They love the car ride, they love the outdoors, they love sleeping in the tent next to you, and there's pretty much no downside.

    Yep. Also cruel is getting a dog - even, a small dog - without having any yard at all. These people who keep chihuahuas and the like in upper-floor apartments in cities, as if they were freaking cats, are terrible.
     
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