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10 | 17.24% |
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32 | 55.17% |
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38 | 65.52% |
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11-12-2011, 08:46 AM
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Showing/Working/Breeding/Pets
Just for curiosity sake... wondering how many of each we have here on the forums.
 I hate using the words "just a pet" though, although I don't know how else to word it. If you have a show/work/breeder, please don't include it as a pet also.
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- Berleen -  Knuckles - born 8/21/11 - my big knuckleheadand can't forget Saki; the Golden Retriever, Born 11/07/07 The felines that rule the house - Oliver, Serena, Sakura & Bastian. https://www.facebook.com/berleen |
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11-12-2011, 08:53 AM
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My guys are "just pets". If you don't like how that sounds, we can refer to them as "companion dogs"
. I do dog sports with them to keep their brains working.
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11-12-2011, 08:59 AM
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Yeah, companion would have worked. I like that better!
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- Berleen - Knuckles - born 8/21/11 - my big knuckleheadand can't forget Saki; the Golden Retriever, Born 11/07/07 The felines that rule the house - Oliver, Serena, Sakura & Bastian. https://www.facebook.com/berleen |
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11-12-2011, 09:02 AM
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Circe is my working dog but also "pet" at home.
Otto started off working and we plan getting back into working this fall. For now he is a great "pet". I hate saying pet bc by all means he doesn't just lay around the house. Both dogs are with us 24/7 and hold important rolls in our home "pack" aka "family". 
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Otto Blk GSD 02/23/10 Circe Blk Sable GSD 06/22/08 My fur babies!! 
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11-12-2011, 09:22 AM
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I also hate the phrase "just a pet" - like it is a low quality animal! so many buyers use it and I ask "why do you want a poorly bred dog for a companion??? (ie - $300 sunday paper ad puppy!)"
My dogs are all companions - that I work/ed and title/d them and they were bred is beside the point - they are not inventory - they are family! Lee
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11-12-2011, 09:35 AM
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Alexis is my only dog that is just a pet. The rest have either worked in some capacity or are in training. Nike and Vala were also breeding dogs. All of them, though, are pets too.
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11-12-2011, 11:10 AM
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Jag and Belle are show dogs, Jag is a working dog, Natty is a retired show dog and breeding dog, and they are all pets n my house. And I like it that way.
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11-12-2011, 11:33 AM
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"Pet" here, although he is already my hiking companion, my extra "alarm" system, and hopefully will be my visual deterrent when I run (when he's old enough).
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11-12-2011, 11:33 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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All dogs that we share our lives with are *companion dogs*.....whether they have *jobs* or not.
This is how I see our dogs.....show, breeding, working or anything in between. They are not inanimate objects....they are loving, feeling *companions*. JMO
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