>>I haven't read all of the responses, so someone else might have suggested this...
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>>My brother has owned a few Shelties, and they are great dogs. We prefer dogs over cats, but if we were to own one, it would probably be a Sheltie.
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>>KG
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>I've never owned a dog, but when I was in my teens, a friend had a samoyed. Now that was a great dog.
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>Lady down the street had a Saint Barnyard when I was about 7, and she used to bring it out to the schoolyard where we would play football with it. She had a little rubber football, and it was us against the dog. We would tackle it if we could, and it would run over us when it felt like it. What a trip. I loved that dog. We all did.

NEVER get a Pyranean! They fill your world with stink. And, to paraphrase Marlon Brando:

"The slobber! ... The slobber!"