Rare dogs you have met?
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pyr shepherds, boykin spaniel, grand gascon saintongeois, a newfXmaremma, carolina dog... all 7 coonhound breeds, a variety of curs & feists... i guess it depends what you consider rare? out of my neighbors growing up, one had Pulis, one had Porties, and one had a Bouv (hence my love of them)... when I was a kid none of those were very common 
pyr shepherds, boykin spaniel, grand gascon saintongeois, a newfXmaremma, carolina dog... all 7 coonhound breeds, a variety of curs & feists... i guess it depends what you consider rare? out of my neighbors growing up, one had Pulis, one had Porties, and one had a Bouv (hence my love of them)... when I was a kid none of those were very common
I see Mareemas nearly daily lol.
The most exotic was the Thai ridgbacks. But I also have met mexican hairless, cresties, cane corsos, dogge de bordeaux (sp?), russian terriers, (lol LHWs) saluki's, basenjis, cotton de tulier (sp), mudis, tollers (not really rare here but might seem rare to people not in ontario) kelpies, berger de picard, shiba inu, likely more but that is all I can think of.
The most exotic was the Thai ridgbacks. But I also have met mexican hairless, cresties, cane corsos, dogge de bordeaux (sp?), russian terriers, (lol LHWs) saluki's, basenjis, cotton de tulier (sp), mudis, tollers (not really rare here but might seem rare to people not in ontario) kelpies, berger de picard, shiba inu, likely more but that is all I can think of.
My list (depending on what you consider rare): Dogue De Bordeaux, Black Russian Terrier, Spinone Italiano, Mudi, Xoloitzcuintli, Leonberger, Tibetan Mastiff, Coton de Tulear, Karelian Bear Dog, and of course Longhaired Whippets (if they count! LOL)
I'm sure I left some off... in my line of work I've met a LOT of dogs in the last 5 years.
Edit to add Tollers, Shiba Inu and Chinese Crested, since Kerri pointed out that they can be considered rare.
I'm sure I left some off... in my line of work I've met a LOT of dogs in the last 5 years.
Edit to add Tollers, Shiba Inu and Chinese Crested, since Kerri pointed out that they can be considered rare.
Hmm . . . well, Filas, of course, and several wolf hybrids (unfortunately they aren't nearly as rare as they should be ), when I was a kid one of our neighbors had a Basenji, I met a Puli at a local car show, there are a couple of Cane Corsos and a Dogo I've met at weight pull, and a Hairless Terrier.
), when I was a kid one of our neighbors had a Basenji, I met a Puli at a local car show, there are a couple of Cane Corsos and a Dogo I've met at weight pull, and a Hairless Terrier.