What IS that????????????????
But as you all know, we own a breed that is not easily identified..Here are some of the comments, aside from an almost constant... ""WHAT KIND OF DOG IS THAT???????"" others remarks.... ""Is is a Tibetan Terrier?"" ""A Labradoodle? "" ""Does it shed???"" ""Gosh how often do you have to brush THAT????""and many more...BUT...................... This is the best.... I was walking along when this girl in her twenties, stepped in front of me...and asked...."""WHAT IS THAT?????"" ((and she was serious.)) ME::: """Uhhhhh...a dog....""" HER:: OH...(with a confused look on her face) sooooooooooooo..I just HAD to ask....""WHAT did you think it was????"" Her response????.................. ""A BEAR"""" (((dear daughter thought I should have went with her and said..."Gosh, you caught me..I own a bear!!!))"" 
NOTE...We did have alot of fun!!! Laughed at the crowds that waited to pet and talk and Heart seemed to enjoy being the center of attention, once again!!!!  |
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I love it  Are they really so rare people don't know an OES when they see one . When I've been asked if my boys are poodles I just say yes, but one woman was really ignorant and asked if Zach was a standard or toy.....of course I said toy  |
| We've gotten that also. That they are like "aaaa.....those Chinese bears" guess they couldn't remember the word panda either.
And my favourite was the lady that asked me what breed and after I told her Old English Sheepdog she said " oh right, the dogs from Bulgaria"...huh? |
A BEAR???? I wouldn't have been able to control my laughter!!  |
That's so funny a BEAR  You have to wonder about people, did you get too OOooooh do they have eyes 
Love your bear/labradoodle heck what ever it is
Best I have had is Do they have eyes, crikeys some people are so so you know what without a swear word. I feel like saying Sh.t what do you think how in the hell can they see without two peepers. Instead I say NO they go on smell and other senses to get around 
I am always amazed at peoples questions with this breed especially here as they are not common and people come up with the most amazing questions.
I must be getting older and more cranky |
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My fav is always... (cuz ya know our dogs are typically shaved) What kind of dog is that??? I say an Old English Sheepdog.... usually a quizical look comes and then... "Oh, Do you shave them?" We have tried to figure out a smart remark but, have come up with nothing that just isn't kinda rude! 
So we smile and say "Yes" |
Carl's wife wrote: And my favourite was the lady that asked me what breed and after I told her Old English Sheepdog she said " oh right, the dogs from Bulgaria"...huh?
I have a friend whose partner IS from Bulgaria, she is going to crack up when I tell her this story on Wednesday. Her poor partner gets lots of dumb questions about Bulgaria, maybe because there arent many Bulgarians living in Australia. But he's NEVER been asked about Old Bulgarian Sheepdogs |
| Remember Bratislavian sheepdog from "The Shaggy Dog?" You could tell you inherited the Borgia ring and have transformed your husband into a dog. |
| Poor Heart
I got lots that are (pre haircut days!) concerned about the apparent lack of eyes and tail.  |
Donner's Mom wrote: :lol:
My fav is always... (cuz ya know our dogs are typically shaved) What kind of dog is that??? I say an Old English Sheepdog.... usually a quizical look comes and then... "Oh, Do you shave them?" No they are hair sheepdogs - they shed (only funny to the 6 of us who do any herding I guess ) |
kerry wrote: Donner's Mom wrote: :lol: My fav is always... (cuz ya know our dogs are typically shaved) What kind of dog is that??? I say an Old English Sheepdog.... usually a quizical look comes and then... "Oh, Do you shave them?" No they are hair sheepdogs - they shed (only funny to the 6 of us who do any herding I guess )
Yeah, but good one
Kristine |
My favourite so far has been a little girl who said "What kind of dog is that?" so I told her "Old English Sheepdog". The girl took a step back. "Is it a sheep?" I was so stunned by this comment I couldn't think of anything funny to say 
We were walking through the park today when, through all the usual comments I heard the one that REALLY annoys me, "Ugh, I bet he's hot!"  Honestly, it's not that warm here & there is a strong cool breeze, Ru's hair is blowing all over the place and I'm even wearing a light scarf. I wonder how she would feel if I went up to her kiddie & said "Ugh I bet she's hot- you should shave her head in the summer or leave her indoors" SOOOO tempting |
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another one I heard this weekend.... OHHHH!!! I have never seen one of these up close!!!!! It must be a very rare breed!!! |
| Today a rather old lady who I can only assume had failing eyesight twice asked me if my two were 'real' I really didn't know how to respond! Maybe I should have said "No I like taking huge 35kg stuffed toys out with me!"
A small child also once asked me if Poppy was a polar bear! |
Daisymog wrote: Today a rather old lady who I can only assume had failing eyesight twice asked me if my two were 'real' I really didn't know how to respond! Maybe I should have said "No I like taking huge 35kg stuffed toys out with me!
Don't you just hate it that the best come-backs usually come to you when it's too late?
KB |
Daisymog wrote: Today a rather old lady who I can only assume had failing eyesight twice asked me if my two were 'real' I really didn't know how to respond! Maybe I should have said "No I like taking huge 35kg stuffed toys out with me!"
Or "no they're a figment of your imagination" Its such a weird response to me. I've had personal experience in not being real. Years ago at a friend's wedding the guest sitting next to me asked what I did for a living. When I told them I was a chiropractor they recoiled a bit, sort of like I was the devil's spawn and said "oh I dont believe in chiropractors!"
I had had just enough champagne to not care about being rude to someone who had just insulted me. So I poked myself on the arm and answered "I'm pretty sure I exist, so you better start believing in me".
I felt a bit bad at the shocked look on her face but it grows tedious defending onself at social functions. |
There have been SO many threads about his subject lately...and Ive encountered some incredibly bizarre responses to, and questions about, my own dogs...that I have to ask....are people suddenly getting dumber ????  |
| Normally I hear 'is that a labradoodle?' But the funniest bit, is that if that comment is made within earshot of someone else, that person usually will correct them and say 'no, it's a sheepdog, we used to have one as a kid.' All before I can open my mouth.
There was this guy who asked while I was walking my OES if they were bouviers. I told him that no, they were Old English Sheepdogs. He looked very confused and then finally said "but they're like bouviers, right?" He looked so hopeful, that I didn't correct him, and said instead 'yeah, something like that.' |
ravenmoonart wrote: There have been SO many threads about his subject lately...and Ive encountered some incredibly bizarre responses to, and questions about, my own dogs...that I have to ask....are people suddenly getting dumber ????
I think we may run into more of the dumb ones
No my real answer is that we may encounter more people with our dogs than we used to and more of these people are growing up without dogs of their own due to changing lifestyles. |
kerry wrote: ravenmoonart wrote: There have been SO many threads about his subject lately...and Ive encountered some incredibly bizarre responses to, and questions about, my own dogs...that I have to ask....are people suddenly getting dumber ???? I think we may run into more of the dumb ones No my real answer is that we may encounter more people with our dogs than we used to and more of these people are growing up without dogs of their own due to changing lifestyles. I dunno...maybe...but I have to say, it also seems like the dumb art comments/questions I get (at fairs, etc) lately are worse that usual! My booth partner at the fair Im doing right now is a wildlife photographer, and you seriously wouldn't believe the stupid animal related questions he gets. I realize most tourists are unfamiliar with Alaskan animals (or wild animals in general), but...come on!
Part of the problem, I guess, is repetition...a comment that sounds silly one time, somehow sounds monumentally stupid the 10th time! My photographer friend and I find ourselves getting less and less tactful in our "comebacks" as the (12 day long) show progresses. As an example...after repeated questions about a charging bear photo ("So... did the photographer live??!!") Dedier started saying: "I dunno...I just found the camera in the woods, and have been selling the photos ever since!" |
ravenmoonart wrote: Part of the problem, I guess, is repetition...a comment that sounds silly one time, somehow sounds monumentally stupid the 10th time! My photographer friend and I find ourselves getting less and less tactful in our "comebacks" as the (12 day long) show progresses. As an example...after repeated questions about a charging bear photo ("So... did the photographer live??!!") Dedier started saying: "I dunno...I just found the camera in the woods, and have been selling the photos ever since!" Oh this person I can relate too |
| "how do they see?" DUH with THEIR EYES!!
Try being in another country where you have to learn what they are asking and then learn to repeat to them what breed they are! |
| Funny stories...
I like it when your dog has one blue eye and one brown eye. Someone asks you wow is that a glass eye and you want to say why? why would I get a glass eye for my dog.
If I was to get a glass eye why would I not get one to match the other eye??:oops: I told someone once it was a blue marble that I had found and shoved in her socket.
They glared at me and walked away. |
Rick and I were walking Jazzy Wed. night and a lady stoped me and said,"That is a Chow isn't it ?" I said no, and told her what he was. Other times when we have been walking Eliott,( who has 2 blue eyes) we are asked if he is blind, I ALWAYS tell them yes and I am his seeing eye person, and they usually respond like oh that is good, you could never tell  Then I walk about 3 or 4 feet and burst out laughing |
| This just reminded me of another "bear" experience I had. A long time ago when I was much younger I had a big male named Monty and a deaf female, Lulu. I kept them in full coat in those days. I used to take them on long day hikes on Forest Service trails in the High Sierra. They loved going, with Lulu hiking along beside my male, just keeping in physical contact with him.
One time, a mile or two into the woods, the dogs got ahead of me around a bend in the trail where I couldn't see them. Suddenly I heard shrieking, "BEARS!". My first thought was fear that my dogs could really get hurt if they tangled with a bear. I rounded the corner and found a family of four coming the opposite way on the trail: dad, mom and two kids maybe 8 or 10. Dad had huddled the family behind him and was holding out his arms protectively from the two "bears". My two were standing stock still, startled, trying to figure out what all of the commotion was about. Trying to reassure his family, the father told them, "They probably just want our food." He was right about that part, anyway. |
rfloch wrote: Trying to reassure his family, the father told them, "They probably just want our food."
He was right about that part, anyway.
Good one! Kristine |
Mad Dog wrote: rfloch wrote: Trying to reassure his family, the father told them, "They probably just want our food." He was right about that part, anyway. Good one! Kristine Those darn hungry bears! |
| Bears! Reminds me when we were brought home our first OES the assistant ranger said, "Better keep her at home during bear season."
Well, it wasn't long before our little bear and our St. Bernard started visiting the district office, greeting guests.....only 50 yards or so from our house. DH remembers hearing, "Isn't that cute, the St. Bernard is playing with a bear cub." Wonder if they thought our Siberian Husky was a wolf? probably |
| Cathy had a pup once that moved to Alaska, many years ago. It got out of it's fenced yard one day & whomever found it had no idea it was even a dog. They took it to the local zoo & turned it in there thinking it was a small panda! The zoo people had no idea what to do about it so they just put it in one of the empty exhibit pens! Luckily someone stumbled upon the lost dog posters & put 2 & 2 together & the owner got their boy back. The owner called to tell Cathy what had happened & we just about died laughing. |
ravenmoonart wrote: There have been SO many threads about his subject lately...and Ive encountered some incredibly bizarre responses to, and questions about, my own dogs...that I have to ask....are people suddenly getting dumber ????
Sometimes I wonder too! When I used to be able to walk 2 of mine at a time, I had people stop & say "How cute! I know which one is the girl! It's the one with the ponytails in her head!" My girl was shaved at the time & my boy was in a special's coat. Not to mention that my girl weighed in at 85 lbs & my boy was 95 pounds. |
| you made my morning too funny |
ChSheepdogs wrote: ravenmoonart wrote: There have been SO many threads about his subject lately...and Ive encountered some incredibly bizarre responses to, and questions about, my own dogs...that I have to ask....are people suddenly getting dumber ???? Sometimes I wonder too! When I used to be able to walk 2 of mine at a time, I had people stop & say "How cute! I know which one is the girl! It's the one with the ponytails in her head!" My girl was shaved at the time & my boy was in a special's coat. Not to mention that my girl weighed in at 85 lbs & my boy was 95 pounds. People confuse my dogs genders, too. Since Asterisk is taller, they have always called her "wow, look at that big boy!" Then we got Wendel, and even though he is a stocky dog, once people see those blue eyes "aawww, look at you girl, with your pretty blue eyes." But people never stop to notice that Asterisk is wearing a bright pink collar, harness, and leash, and that Wendel has the same gear, but in a dark blue. One of my favorite stories is when I was walking the two in the botanical park and this little boy, whose probably only 4, tugs at his mom's hand and says "mommy... are those real?" and points at my dogs. |
| I do a program with guinness in a shady part of town When asked what he is .I reply a" rare coated hungarian pit bull"............no one ask anymore questions This is right at the subway entrance in Baltimore city. Once a drunk asked where his tail was I replies "OMG he must have lost it I gotta go look" and briskly walked away. |
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4dognight wrote: I do a program with guinness in a shady part of town When asked what he is .I reply a" rare coated hungarian pit bull"............no one ask anymore questions This is right at the subway entrance in Baltimore city. Once a drunk asked where his tail was I replies "OMG he must have lost it I gotta go look" and briskly walked away.that is the funniest thing i have heard in ages. i am a new owner and am amazed that ppl dont recognise oes, maybe its an age thing, digby and dulux were huge when i was growing up. he got alot of attention at class last week, especially from all the designer dog owners, wanting to know what hybrid he is  |
| wow, i'm astounded!!! i was under the impression everyone in the world knew what "shaggy dogs" were!!! i'm sittin here and not able to recall being asked what he was in all 14yrs. think it might be age related as i grew up on the TV show "My Three Sons" and there were more of them around. anyway, sometime after ours passed on, i got our youngest daughter a stuffed oes from fao schwarz. when the box arrived, i thought sheesh, thats not very big. her and i opened it and it had been vacuum sealed. when i cut the bag, it grew larger than our real boy!!!! i noticed when we moved and i put him in the front seat of my truck, seated w/head on dash and windshield, that he got an amzing amount of attention, but thought they were all just admiring the sheepie. i'm thinking i'll have to do this more this year so i can introduce people to "The Haired Hungarian PitBull" or my very own "Panda Bear" |
rstevovich wrote: Funny stories... I like it when your dog has one blue eye and one brown eye. Someone asks you wow is that a glass eye and you want to say why? why would I get a glass eye for my dog.If I was to get a glass eye why would I not get one to match the other eye??:oops: I told someone once it was a blue marble that I had found and shoved in her socket. They glared at me and walked away. Oh God..this is hilarious!!!!!! |
rfloch wrote: This just reminded me of another "bear" experience I had. A long time ago when I was much younger I had a big male named Monty and a deaf female, Lulu. I kept them in full coat in those days. I used to take them on long day hikes on Forest Service trails in the High Sierra. They loved going, with Lulu hiking along beside my male, just keeping in physical contact with him. One time, a mile or two into the woods, the dogs got ahead of me around a bend in the trail where I couldn't see them. Suddenly I heard shrieking, "BEARS!". My first thought was fear that my dogs could really get hurt if they tangled with a bear. I rounded the corner and found a family of four coming the opposite way on the trail: dad, mom and two kids maybe 8 or 10. Dad had huddled the family behind him and was holding out his arms protectively from the two "bears". My two were standing stock still, startled, trying to figure out what all of the commotion was about. Trying to reassure his family, the father told them, "They probably just want our food." He was right about that part, anyway. Oh Lord, I'm in stitches here. |
ChSheepdogs wrote: Cathy had a pup once that moved to Alaska, many years ago. It got out of it's fenced yard one day & whomever found it had no idea it was even a dog. They took it to the local zoo & turned it in there thinking it was a small panda! The zoo people had no idea what to do about it so they just put it in one of the empty exhibit pens! Luckily someone stumbled upon the lost dog posters & put 2 & 2 together & the owner got their boy back. The owner called to tell Cathy what had happened & we just about died laughing. I'm dying with laughter here. How did I miss this thread??!! |
| How weird I was just thinking about this thread yesterday, as I took Tiggy to a street festival run by the local council. Wayne says I have to charge them an entertainers fee next year as we got as much attention as the street performers. He says she is just a big happy pill as everyone who saw her smiled. Tiggy did great she wasnt fazed by being crammed up against me when the crowd was thick and she dealt with all the people yelling OMG look at that dog. I lost count of how many times we stopped to let people take a photo with her. She really loved being petted by the kids, probably because she could see more than just a pair of legs. We got two responses either "oh look its a paint dog or what kind of dog is that?" No bears here in Aus and she has a tail so no one thought she was a bear. 3 guys told me that "the pony tail looks silly" and looked gobsmacked when I asked them how they thought she would be able to see without it. Most everyone else said "its a girl isnt it? yep I could tell from the pony tail! |
| When I walk China (Aussie) and Violet (OES) together I get a lot of people who think they are the same breed. They think that China is Violet's "puppy". sigh |
| I had someone ask if Cuatro was a BERNERDODDLE! |
| The best one I have had up until now was during a holiday in Majorca with my two boys at that time an English woman walked up and asked me if they were Old English Sheepdos, whn I replied yes she actually asked me if they could paint. I couldn't answer that one for laughing.  |
| Stewart...NOT such a farfetched question...... Harry can paint...  and Heart is working on her first self portrait!!!!! One of my peeves....I take GREAT pains to spruce up my two girls...you know with bandana, piggytails, AND BLING?????? And I almost ALWAYS get the dumb question.........IS IT A BOY OR A GIRL????????.............DUHHHHHHHHHH....... |
| Just a reminder, My Three Sons' dog was an Otterhound. I guess Shaggy Dog 2 wasn't such a big hit........plus it was a Beardie. I will remember Hairy Hungarian Pitbull......since that seems to be the major dog in my part of town. |
| I've seen that picture of Harry's a couple of times before and I've always wondered how did he hold that paint brush-like thing. |
rfloch wrote: This just reminded me of another "bear" experience I had. A long time ago when I was much younger I had a big male named Monty and a deaf female, Lulu. I kept them in full coat in those days. I used to take them on long day hikes on Forest Service trails in the High Sierra. They loved going, with Lulu hiking along beside my male, just keeping in physical contact with him. One time, a mile or two into the woods, the dogs got ahead of me around a bend in the trail where I couldn't see them. Suddenly I heard shrieking, "BEARS!". My first thought was fear that my dogs could really get hurt if they tangled with a bear. I rounded the corner and found a family of four coming the opposite way on the trail: dad, mom and two kids maybe 8 or 10. Dad had huddled the family behind him and was holding out his arms protectively from the two "bears". My two were standing stock still, startled, trying to figure out what all of the commotion was about. Trying to reassure his family, the father told them, "They probably just want our food." He was right about that part, anyway. Oh that was a good laugh!! woooo |
| I was walking my two and Langley is in his puppy coat and is black and Laika of course is gray. I had a bunch of kids come up to pet them and a little boy asked if Laika was going to die. I asked why does he think that and he said.... because she is gray! har!!! oh my. I feel like a traveling circus Langley sits up front with me (seat belt of course) and the pointing and head turns I fear for people going off the road. Oh and if Laika has her head out the window I can hear the screams there are two!!!! |
| I have a small car and Willoughby fills up the back seat. We always get smiles and pointing. He wears a seat belt but he can also turn around. He likes to stare at the cars behind us when we travel. When I walk him, I'm always asked "What kind of dog is that?" My answer is usually "Old Englsih Sheepdog with a haircut!" Men almost always say: "Who's walking who?" Women almost always say: "Isn't he cute!" |
| Maggie still looks JUST like a Panda Bear. So I tell people I have a 'Pandog'. Lol, you know, a cross between a panda and a dog... |
spacegirl21 wrote: I was walking my two and Langley is in his puppy coat and is black and Laika of course is gray. I had a bunch of kids come up to pet them and a little boy asked if Laika was going to die. I asked why does he think that and he said.... because she is gray! har!!! oh my. I feel like a traveling circus Langley sits up front with me (seat belt of course) and the pointing and head turns I fear for people going off the road. Oh and if Laika has her head out the window I can hear the screams there are two!!!! One boy asked me how old Tiggy was. He didnt say he thought she was old or anything but he made sure he told everyone else that came up that "she is only two". |
| A while back I was in the local library using the computers, a past time I hate because people look over your shoulder and read your emails, watch what your doing, etc, there is no privacy at all! I was reading various items about oes and when the guy behind me got up to leave, he leaned over and said, "Oh that's so cute, my girlfriend is obsessed with teddy bears too!!" HUH! I don't know if I was more ticked off that he was reading my business or that he was so ignorant! |
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