I detest small dogs. To be more specific and scientific - I'll use the AKC grouping to be "official" - I hate dogs that belong to the toy group. I'll let the terrier group slide.
Let's be real people, some of you will find my opinion objectionable and disagree. But I honestly feel that all dogs should not only behave, act, look like, but also bark like the natural beasts that they are. I quote from the main AKC website:
"The diminutive size and winsome expressions of Toy dogs illustrate the main function of this Group: to embody sheer delight."
Seriously? Get real. Do we, as human, try to manipulate our own DNA such that we have cute looking, baby-sized human beings walking among us? Of course not. So why is it okay and so widely acceptable to do that with these toy breeds... to dress them up, groom them like supermodels, and put pretty bows in their hair? It disgusts me. Not only that, but their barks - if you call it that - is at a pitch so high and shrill that it makes you just want to put it out of its miseries with one shift kick.
An old saying that I often think of goes something along the lines of, "As a man, you should speak and sound like one when you talk. Project your voice and speak from your chest." I think the same goes for dogs as it pertains to their bark. A dog's bark is his main method of informing the pack of different situations. It is also used to ward off enemies and intruders alike - natural self-defense and a warning of, "Don't mess with me." As a Dachshund, Apollo belongs to the hound group - with ancestral traits of being used for hunting. Along with the ranks of the Foxhounds, Wolfhounds, and the mighty Rhodesian Ridgebacks... Dachshunds may be smaller (lower) stature in size - but they own a strong and powerful bark that bellows from their chest.
My dog barks like a manly dog.
Let's be real people, some of you will find my opinion objectionable and disagree. But I honestly feel that all dogs should not only behave, act, look like, but also bark like the natural beasts that they are. I quote from the main AKC website:
"The diminutive size and winsome expressions of Toy dogs illustrate the main function of this Group: to embody sheer delight."
Seriously? Get real. Do we, as human, try to manipulate our own DNA such that we have cute looking, baby-sized human beings walking among us? Of course not. So why is it okay and so widely acceptable to do that with these toy breeds... to dress them up, groom them like supermodels, and put pretty bows in their hair? It disgusts me. Not only that, but their barks - if you call it that - is at a pitch so high and shrill that it makes you just want to put it out of its miseries with one shift kick.
An old saying that I often think of goes something along the lines of, "As a man, you should speak and sound like one when you talk. Project your voice and speak from your chest." I think the same goes for dogs as it pertains to their bark. A dog's bark is his main method of informing the pack of different situations. It is also used to ward off enemies and intruders alike - natural self-defense and a warning of, "Don't mess with me." As a Dachshund, Apollo belongs to the hound group - with ancestral traits of being used for hunting. Along with the ranks of the Foxhounds, Wolfhounds, and the mighty Rhodesian Ridgebacks... Dachshunds may be smaller (lower) stature in size - but they own a strong and powerful bark that bellows from their chest.
My dog barks like a manly dog.
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