Old English Sheep dog as a pet?
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parakitaMol. said:
Dogs smell.
Well, that's no surprise really is it?If you have any animal that gets wet and dirty and you don't clean and dry it afterwards it will smell. If you keep it in your house or car they will smell too. And the same goes for people.
It's not specific to the breed.
To be honest, i'm quite glad they're not as popular as other dogs as i don't think many people deserve them as pets, a point proven by many of the posts above.
We had an OESD, and he was an excelent animal until we needed to go out then he would suffer from accute seperation anxiety which our vet said is quite common for the breed. He did however suffer with quite a few health problems which included hips clicking from a very yound age and skin tumors sadly he died at the age of 4. One thing to bear in mind you cant walk down the street without people stopping you to stroke it. This is fine for the first few months but gets a bit boring after a bit. We now have a doberman and to be honest he is the better animal, although i do miss thr old lad.
Thanks very much for the replies I never thought that many people would respond. We are still seriously considering one. We have a large'ish house/garden my girlfriend works shifts so is around alot when i'm not meaning it shouldnt be on its own a great deal. Dont mind taking time to groom it although i like the idea of clipping.
We have an Old English and would highly recommend them as a pet.
Daisy is just a big wooly lump, she is totally honest and would not harm a fly.
But when a stranger comes to the front door her bark is good enough to make them jump back 6 foot!
Her hair grows very fast so you need to cut it, especially around the eyes and mouth about once every couple of weeks. And in the summer you will need to trim all the body, it's not hard just time consuming. Daisy just lies and lets my wife do it with out any moaning.
The only bad thing I can say is that Daisy didn't get pregnant when we tried - average litter is 8/10 and we were told to sell at £1k a puppy, so I'm thinking thats a new Lotus!
The sheep dog title is a bit misleading, last year we lost our Border Collie, she was a proper sheep dog, OESD are no where near as smart!
If you want any more info/help please feel free to contact me/the wife via my profile.
Daisy is just a big wooly lump, she is totally honest and would not harm a fly.
But when a stranger comes to the front door her bark is good enough to make them jump back 6 foot!
Her hair grows very fast so you need to cut it, especially around the eyes and mouth about once every couple of weeks. And in the summer you will need to trim all the body, it's not hard just time consuming. Daisy just lies and lets my wife do it with out any moaning.
The only bad thing I can say is that Daisy didn't get pregnant when we tried - average litter is 8/10 and we were told to sell at £1k a puppy, so I'm thinking thats a new Lotus!
The sheep dog title is a bit misleading, last year we lost our Border Collie, she was a proper sheep dog, OESD are no where near as smart!
If you want any more info/help please feel free to contact me/the wife via my profile.
skeggysteve said:
We have an Old English and would highly recommend them as a pet.
Daisy is just a big wooly lump, she is totally honest and would not harm a fly.
But when a stranger comes to the front door her bark is good enough to make them jump back 6 foot!
Her hair grows very fast so you need to cut it, especially around the eyes and mouth about once every couple of weeks. And in the summer you will need to trim all the body, it's not hard just time consuming. Daisy just lies and lets my wife do it with out any moaning.
The only bad thing I can say is that Daisy didn't get pregnant when we tried - average litter is 8/10 and we were told to sell at £1k a puppy, so I'm thinking thats a new Lotus!
The sheep dog title is a bit misleading, last year we lost our Border Collie, she was a proper sheep dog, OESD are no where near as smart!
If you want any more info/help please feel free to contact me/the wife via my profile.
Many thanks Steve.Daisy is just a big wooly lump, she is totally honest and would not harm a fly.
But when a stranger comes to the front door her bark is good enough to make them jump back 6 foot!
Her hair grows very fast so you need to cut it, especially around the eyes and mouth about once every couple of weeks. And in the summer you will need to trim all the body, it's not hard just time consuming. Daisy just lies and lets my wife do it with out any moaning.
The only bad thing I can say is that Daisy didn't get pregnant when we tried - average litter is 8/10 and we were told to sell at £1k a puppy, so I'm thinking thats a new Lotus!
The sheep dog title is a bit misleading, last year we lost our Border Collie, she was a proper sheep dog, OESD are no where near as smart!
If you want any more info/help please feel free to contact me/the wife via my profile.
Daveymoo said:
Border Collies are where it's at. Daft question but how do I post a picture of my rescue collie?
Look here:http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
If you take your oesd to be cut make sure the groomer does it properly, Just shaving/ clipping the coat does it no favours long term. Learn how to groom its coat properly then find out the best technique for it's partcular coat type when it comes to either thinning, stripping, trimming. I'm not a groomer so I don't know the best one for the breed, what I do know is that too many breeds just have the clippers put on them resulting in hair growing black fluffy rather than silky.
Breed needs good handling a good socialising, Most I've seen seem to be hard work and not totally trusting when in the vets (did know one female oesd that was as soppy as you could hope for) They don't seem to a long lived breed, Lucky to get to 10years healthy. Nothing against the breed though, don't see so many these days.
P.S. Should no longer have docked tails esp as they cannot be classed as working dogs anymore.
Breed needs good handling a good socialising, Most I've seen seem to be hard work and not totally trusting when in the vets (did know one female oesd that was as soppy as you could hope for) They don't seem to a long lived breed, Lucky to get to 10years healthy. Nothing against the breed though, don't see so many these days.
P.S. Should no longer have docked tails esp as they cannot be classed as working dogs anymore.
Morningside said:
Daveymoo said:
Border Collies are where it's at. Daft question but how do I post a picture of my rescue collie?
Look here:http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Ph'er Get Carter has a very nice Bearded Collie.....
http://www.stevecarter.com/charliethedog/index.htm
http://www.stevecarter.com/charliethedog/index.htm
Skywalker said:
C8PPO said:
parakitaMol. said:
I own cats.
No, you don't. You feed cats, who, for the time being, consider coming back to your house each day to be their best option. As & when they find a better alternative, you will no longer have cats to feed.
People who don't have cats believe this to be true, though.
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