I owe you a public apology. I would have preferred a private one. Mea culpa.
I’m sorry. I had no idea of thyroid issues with these dogs.
You’re knowledge of the breed is vastly superior to mine. I
have owned exactly one dobby. Great dog, smart, easily trainable. Aggressive! Unclipped Male. He would not accept
my bride as a gf. Swapped him for a pair of cylinder heads
at a local junk yard. He served nine years there before
old age made him pass on a cold night.
Best dog I’ve ever owned was a half lab half husky. One blue
eye, looked like a yellow lab. Smart loyal, conducted my boy and girl about the hood with no fear on my part for them. He was as protective as a dobby and as gentle as a lab. They were 4 and 9 when he attacked a car running onto our dead end street at a high rate of speed. Car knocked him dead. Dead end rural street.
I’ll leave the outcome to your imagination.
Currenty the top dog is half pit and half german shepherd. Smart, loyal, aggressive. My kind of dog out here in the sticks. Got a whole crew of four dogs but he is on the job always.
I will always own a big aggressive dog. Not for everybody
but they are a trip wire to keep tourists and casual visitors in their car until I notice them.
No harm done...:)
40 years of dealing with these crazy mutts gives you a unique perspective.
Normal people don’t spend hours poring over the latest medical findings for their breed of choice or research hundreds of generations to isolate where a particular line first manifested a certain genetic glitch or “went weird”, somehow.
Your dog stories break my heart, especially the dead end road one.
How horrible.
I hope the driver deeply regretted his stupidity.
Same as you, I like sharp dogs...for some of the same reasons.