Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Not only individual dog metabolisms and activity levels, but even more, the kind of food, are factors in amounts needed. Everyone who has switched from a crap-in-a-bag food with "corn" in first place on the ingredient list to a good one based on meat has seen this.
The dog has to be big to see over those North Dakota snow drifts :-p When I feed kibble, my four dogs go through a 42 pound bag every 4-5 weeks so each eats roughly 10 pounds per month. Connie is right - you don't need to feed as much when you feed a high quality food.
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I've seen a larger dog. I can't remember the breed. It was from Turkey I think, and a livestock guardian breed. But not the Anatolian. Could be getting confused on the coutry though.
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There's really something I love about a dog that's bigger than I am. That dog (and maybe some other Newfies) and an Akbash might be taller AND heavier! I knew there had to be something cool about being short
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I would love a Newfoundland or a Great Pyrenees. I love them! It may happen eventually but it will take a lot of convincing on my part too! I love Danes too. So many choices! But right now I've got my hands full with a 30 pounder
A dog that big would certainly help keep the dishes clean
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Quote: Keleah Stull
Could it have been an Akbash, Joy?
Yes I pretty sure it was. I knew I knew what breed it was, but it just wouldn't gel. I have brain lesions that sometimes interfer with my memory of words or names. The images are there, but the words or names are hidden. It's like bad ephasia.
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Of the three breeds you mentioned ,Newfs drool the most. And Great danes not at all. Some Pyrs are droolers, and some are in certain circumstances only.
I like Great Danes the best of the giant breeds. I've trained several as SDs (service dogs). Newfs and Pyrs don't usually make good SDs. And Danes are so dignified. And despite their large size, are very careful of their body and tail in places like small apartments or stores crowded with fragile breakables. A lab, though much smaller, is likely to knock things off tables, or bruise someone's leg with their tail.
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I really love Great Danes. I met one that lives nearby who is the sad result of a Merle to Merle breeding and is deaf and almost completely blind. He's a big snow white male, and they named him Pinky! Cutest thing ever.
I just really love how massive and bear-like Newfies and Great Pyrenees are. Saint Bernards too.. all those huge dogs. It's like having a giant, live stuffed animal, drool and all!
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