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by Wise Guy on 23 March 2009 - 19:03

Here's a question to all you armchair psychologists: do you think it is a macho thing? I also noticed the huge focus in the states on high-drive working type dogs. (Maybe Barack left something out - should be "God, guns, and protection dogs.")

I am painting a bull'e eye on my back even as I type. Let it rip! 

Alyssa Myracle

by Alyssa Myracle on 23 March 2009 - 19:03

There's a lot of it out there, for sure.

It's not the only draw, but for a lot of people, that's their motive.

ShelleyR

by ShelleyR on 23 March 2009 - 19:03

Where does that put T Floyd, steve Miller and Dean Calderon? Ha ha ha ha
SS

by Wise Guy on 23 March 2009 - 19:03

Now that you mention it, it certainly is true that for a lot of people the motivation is the SPORTand NOT the proverbial penile extension.

My hypothetical equations for the others might look something like this: 

receding hairline X ego = masculine insecurity complex  

Resolution?     Insecurity X (shaved head + mean-looking protection dog) = unstable masculine superiority complex

Mystere

by Mystere on 23 March 2009 - 19:03

You might be one to something, except you equation leaves out a critical factor:  it is not a mean"looking" protection dog.  It is a dog that actually will eat the handler up.  Misplaced "daredevil gene" perhaps?


Plus, a LOT of the people who favor high drive working line dogs are....FEMALE!  Freud was wrong, btw.

4pack

by 4pack on 23 March 2009 - 20:03

I'm with you Mystere. I'm female, far from bald and just like dogs that do what they are bred to do. I just started getting into the trial aspect of it. I was fine with 17 years of just hanging out wth my dogs and training them myself, nobody to show off to, or trophies to tell me how great my past dogs were. I like the dogs, not the dog people or the oohs and ahhhs at shows or trials.

I know far too many who do use their dog as a penile extention. At least that's what it looks like from here.


by Bob McKown on 23 March 2009 - 20:03


 I would probably find more disturbing findings on people who post on web sites and won,t state there names  with the correlation of there testicle size in comparision you would find that the more they post under false mames and arent brave enough to ask a out right question and stand behind it the smaller there testicles are... that would be really intresting.
No offense to those lovley ladies whom god choose to create you just the way you are...

by Bob McKown on 23 March 2009 - 20:03

Some people like dogs with good drive, and good control...It,s called working dogs...possibly you have never heard of it? possibly your to busy troting around a ring blowing horns and hollering your dogs names.   

by Horse30189 on 23 March 2009 - 20:03

"Macho Things"

1. Big trucks
2. Loud cars
3. Fast cars
4. "Big" dogs: Mastiffs, German Shepherds, Rottweilers, Dobermans, Pit Bull Terriers
5. Tattoos
6. Sports

The above is also known as stereotyping.

by Wise Guy on 23 March 2009 - 20:03

Now I see things are heating up...

I said "mean looking" because some of the working type shepherds (e.g. sables) tend to look more wolfish; or they may otherwise not look as pretty as the showtypes and therefore look more scary to some people...

I have a great deal of admiration for the sport and people who are good, balanced "sport people." Their dogs add to and support the working temperament of the breed.
 
What I was looking at is the certain COMBINATION of elements and to see what people think. We have all run into certain "characters" that don't define the actual topic or issue... but don't you ever wonder deep down inside "Why is that?" when you see some things that seem to pair up together more often.

I know a guy who screamed at and verbally abused the wife of a breeder I know, and she is such a lovely, soft-spoken lady that it was certainly stupid and insecure on this guy's part - but he has a really thick head of hair.

You are right. It is a kind of stereotype. But even stereotypes are based on some kind of shared experience even if they are not completely valid. 





 


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