Names for an NI General Chat

Hero is really nice,

I like echo spelt Eko and zero too...

Welcome to Dogsey, and I like the name Hero too

LOL, I like Hiro better, though...syler is one scary dude....

Because no one actually wants any breed of terrier, or huskies, malamutes, hounds, pit bulls, or many of the other hunting breeds.

Way to go on your new pup Can't wait to see pictures!!

Eh???

Can you explain that to me?

I think she was saying that all of these types of dogs hve a very high prey drive, so i guess no one wants them like you said

Thanks for spelling it out!

I always say I won;t name a dog till I meet it and get to know its personality.....that being said - Tassle was named 3 months before she was a twinkle and Siren was 6 months

I am also a great beliver in names reflecting on the dogs personality......so naturally ....with Siren I have a very noisy pretty dog

Enjoy your pup

Yeah..she obviously missed what type of dogs I have

Or I was just pointing out what a stupid comment that was...especially since you, myself, and many others on this forum have a "high prey drive dog" and many of those people wouldn't trade their pet for the world, and would gladly get another of the same breed, regardless of high prey drive....why would that stop a new person from getting the breed of their choice?

You were pointing out a stupid comment

My point was to this comment..

Now I am sure that as much as we love our prey drive dogs we would'nt say that we love the fact they have it..

I would also go so far as to say there are breeds with better temprement than the NI

Better in what way though?? Thats the point isn't it Louise... Obviously for Poser the NI suited their lifestyle and home more than, say, a peke It doesnt mean either has a "better" temperment, that is a very sweeping statement. You choose a breed for the temperment that suits your personal circumstances and lifestyle and, believe it or not, people dont always have the same opinions about breeds as you

and that is your opinion, which some may not agree with...

Some people are so rude, and should keep their petty, irrelevant to this thread comments to themselves (as if their opinion means much anyhow )but unfortunately their lack of manners seem to stop them behaving with even basic common courtesy.

Congratulations on your new boyxxxx

I appreciate the point about temperaments being suited to lifestyle etc... but in all honesty Jessica, the only thing you can say for the majority of NI's is that that have high prey drive. Dont forget the founder of these animals said they are none aggressive, submissive when challenged and ideal pets, how misleading is that!

I dont know Dawn, i've spoken to lots of people who own these dogs and tell me that they are the most wonderful pets. Yes, they have a high prey drive, but so do a lot of hounds and terriers and their owners deal with that. Im sure there are some breeders and owners who make their NIs temperments a bit suspect but i think its wrong, at this point when the breed is still being established, to say that they cannot make ideal pets

But, as i dont own the breed i dont claim to be an expert in these things, im merely giving an opinion based on information by those who do. And i just think it was incredibly rude of Louise to attack Poser for absolutely no reason as, quite frankly, no one on this forum should EXPECT to be priviledged to personal information about other members dogs and shouldnt try to bully the information out of them.

That is the thing that really annoyed me. I dont know enough about the breed to discuss their suitability as a pet in depth. OP seems to have researched that enough so i shall let them explain that if they feel they want to

The problem with them Jessica is NOT the dogs, its the breeders who have "promoted" these dogs as pets. I have seen websites stating, "easily trained" and "can be let off leads" even "will live happily with other animals" its ridiculous. This is why these animals are in rescues all over the country.

Im not saying those things cant be said of some, but really, if I claimed that Borders wouldnt chase things, or you said that Labradors were good guard dogs, would we be misleading people? I think we would.

The fact remains that 2 guarding 3 high prey drive breeds have been used and breeders claim they make good pets, that IS misleading and its a downright lie in many cases, ultimately of course the dogs will suffer as sadly they already are.

as you never had an NI as a pet, nor will you ever have one as a pet, how can you judge how they are as pets? and by responding "look at all the dogs in the rescues" well, that is a statement that can be used for ALL breeds....we don't have NI, but the main dogs in our shelters are Labs and Lab mixes...does that mean that Labs on this side of the pond are bad pets? No. It means that they are a common dog in this area, and more people want the dog, but don't want to train, thus the dogs end up in shelters. My "high prey" dog is a wonderful pet, but not everyone would agree that huskies make good pets, now would they?

The fact is though Dawn that the experience I have of my own dogs is that they are easy to train, can be let of lead and do live with other animals and so of course I am going to stick up for my dogs when you say otherwise.

My dogs are wonderful pets to me so it is not necessarily a downright lie to say that.

I will admit that we do put an awful lot of time into our dogs and will agree that they would not be the breed for everyone, but for me I will stick to my opinion that they are a wonderful pet.

Also just to be awkward we did used to have a labrador that was an excellent guard dog