So you build an Ark and have to.......

[Amstaffer]

In honor of this weekends #1 movie...

Say you had to build an Ark for all of Dogdom (Someone else is put in charge of an Ark to save all the other animals )

You are instructed to pick one breed (one breeding pair) from each of these categories.

Sporting
Herding
Terrier
Toy
Non-Sporting
Working
Hound (edit)
and
One rare breed that is not recognized by AKC or UKC.

 

[bubbatd]

Hey !!! That's not a fair thread !!! There are too many Sporting Dogs I admire besides Goldens !!

 

[jess2416]

You forgot Hound

and the FSS

 

[Amstaffer]

and the FSS

FSS??

 

[jess2416]

Foundation Stock Service hehehe

A few of my favs are in there

 

[milos_mommy]

ok. i'm going to go by my favorite breeds, and not by my logical choice to save the world:


Sporting - Weimerianer
Herding - Australian Sheperd. Border Collies would be a close second though. i love herding dogs.
Terrier - JRT.
Toy - hmm. i think papillon.
Non-Sporting - Dalmation
Working - Rottie. bullmastiffs are VERY close behind.
and
One rare breed that is not recognized by AKC or UKC. - Aidi.

oh. and black and tan coonhound.

 

[elegy]

i'm just picking favorites, too.

Sporting- brittany spaniel
Herding - ACD
Terrier - american pit bull terrier
Toy - chinese crested
Non-Sporting - standard poodle
Working - doberman
Hound - ibizan hound
and
One rare breed that is not recognized by AKC or UKC. - thai ridgeback

 

[Sunnierhawk0]

Oh I've been asked this question all the time. (cept minus the ark thing )

Working- Rottweilers of course and I would sneak Pearl my bullmastiff aboard.
Herding- ACD
Toy- Pug
Non Sporting- French Bulldog
Terrier- Border Terrier
Hound- Basset
Sporting- hard one since I dont spend alot of time around sporting breeds, but would go with the classic golden I suppose

Rare Breed- Hands down a fila... *sigh* how i miss life w/o my 2.

 

[jess2416]

Sporting - Boykin Spaniel
Hound - Basenji
Working - Akitas
Terrier - Jack Russell
Toy - Poodle
Non- Sporting - Shiba Inu
Herding - Malinios

Rare Breed
Cao De Fila De Sao Miguel -"Azores Cattle Dog"

 

[Amstaffer]

Sporting-- Weimerianer (Lab close second)
Working -- Central Asian Shepherd (Heart said Rotties but CAS are healthier)
Terriers -- American Staffordshire Terrier...Duh!
Toy -- Toy Fox Terrier
Herding -- Tough call but...Malinois (ACD close second)
Hound -- Rhodesian Ridgeback
Non-Sporting -- Schipperke mostly for health reason
Rare Breed -- Boerboel, never met one but I have read a lot of great things about them.

 

[Sada]

Sporting-- English Setter
Working -- Doberman
Terriers -- Border Terrier
Toy -- Shih Tzu
Herding -- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Hound -- Whippet
Non-Sporting -- Standard Poodle
Rare Breed -- Irish Red and White Setter

Now here are Sizzledog's answers, as she is here for dinner!

Sporting-- German Shorthaired Pointer
Working -- Doberman
Terriers -- Irish Terrier
Toy -- Toy Manchester Terrier
Herding -- Pembroke Welsh Corgi (or Beauceron... are they in AKC yet?)
Hound -- Redbone Coonhound
Non-Sporting -- Dalmatian
Rare Breed -- Leonberger

 

[BostonBanker]

Sporting-- Viszla
Working -- Malamute
Terriers -- Bedlington
Toy -- Italian Greyhound
Herding -- Kelpie
Hound -- Mountain Cur
Non-Sporting -- French Bulldog
Rare Breed -- Lundehund

 

[oc_spirit]

Sporting-- Flat Coated Retriever
Working -- Tough call as I adore so many of these...I have a tie between the Sibe and the Canadian Eskimo Dog
Terriers -- another tie...American Pit Bull Terrier and Jag Terrier
Toy -- Italian Greyhound
Herding -- Border Collie with Pyrenean Sheepdog as a close second
Hound -- Saluki
Non-Sporting -- Chow Chow
Rare Breed -- Zmaj

 

[RD]

Also going by my favorites.

Sporting: Weim
Working: Doberman or Malamute
Terrier: Jack Russell or Airedale
Toy: Papillon
Herding: Border Collie or GSD
Hound: Whippet
Non-sporting: Chow Chow
Rare breed: Fila

 

[Zoom]

Sporting: English setter
Herding: Australian Shepherds
Terrier: APBT
Toy: Cavalier or Papillon
Non-Sporting: Shiba Inu
Working: Boxer
Hound: Irish Wolfhound
Rare: Fila
FSS: Beauceron

 

[Whisper]

Going by my favorites as well.
Sporting: Golden Retriver or Labrador Retriever
Working: Rottweiler. . .or a Doberman.
Terrier: JRT
Toy: Chihuahua or Papillon
Herding: Border Collie
Hound: Redbone Coonhound or Greyhound or Whippet
Non-sporting: Hmmm. . .I think Shiba Inu or Dalmatian
Rare breed: Fila Brasileiro or Lundehund (I don't have much experience with the Lundehund breed but I like what I know about them.)

 

[noludoru]

Sporting: Weimaraner
Hound: Bloodhound
Working: Doberman Pinscher (What else?)
Terrier: American Pit Bull Terrier
Toy: Papilion
Non-Sporting: Chinese Shar Pei
Herding: Too hard. Call me later.

Other: Fila Brasileiro.

 

[mrose_s]

Sporting - english setter
Herding - ACD
Terrier - fox terrier
Toy - chi
NonSporting - sharpei
Working - huskies
Hound - Petit BassetGriffon Vendéen
not recognized by AKC or UKC - german koolie.

 

[Psyfalcon]

Well, if we loose genes here, they're gone forever! So not my favorites, but to preserve a decent section of "dogdom"

Sporting- Pointer (the premier pointing type dog)
Herding- ACD since it needs to herd anything duck to cow.
Terrier- JRT, wirehaired preferably.
Toy- Italian Greyhound (by default)
Non-Sporting- Poodle exept they will be required to retrieve and flush game!
Working- Great Pyr.
Hound- Saluki
Other- Alaskan Husky

 

[~Tucker&Me~]

My favorites:

Sporting - Flat Coated Retriever (awesome dogs!)
Herding - BC (ACD second)
Terrier - American Pit Bull Terrier
Toy - Papillon
Non Sporting - Poodle
Working - Dobie or Rott. Can't decide.
Hound - Italian Greyhound
Other - Fila!

~Tucker