# The word Dog. First Breed to come to mind. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855 "2010-02-21T06:13:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/21 "2010-02-21T15:25:56Z")
Mutt – midsize, shorthaired, brown, muscular, friendly. Exactly like my friend Ed’s dog, Lily, come to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/22 "2010-02-21T15:37:56Z")
German Shepard - And I have never had a dog in my life. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/23 "2010-02-21T16:17:22Z")
blue-tick hound dog. That’s a “dog”. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/24 "2010-02-21T16:19:45Z")
English Mastiff, that’s a “real” dog. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/25 "2010-02-21T16:21:13Z")
black lab ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/26 "2010-02-21T16:36:41Z")
Rottweiler, but that’s just because I was just reading that stupid GD thread about whether people can properly identify Rotties and there were lots of pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/27 "2010-02-21T16:45:07Z")
Terrier, the image on the whisky bottle ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/28 "2010-02-21T16:45:22Z")
I have Porties, but I tend to think of a Lab as a “dog dog”. Labs strike me as the default or modal dog. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/29 "2010-02-21T17:52:23Z")
Beagles, followed by pits. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/30 "2010-02-21T18:34:56Z")
Golden Retriever, because that is what’s barking in the other room while I type this. Excuse me while I go tell her to be quiet. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/31 "2010-02-21T19:45:08Z")
First thing that popped into my head was a German Shepherd. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/32 "2010-02-21T19:48:13Z")
Mutt. That generic mutt tricolored fur, where you get black, white, and everything in between. Probably somewhere in the 30-40 pound range. Pretty much like [this lady](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b118/EcoSquid/Tamar2005_0831-1.jpg), who is the dog I grew up with. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/33 "2010-02-21T19:51:33Z")
My own dogs come to mind when I hear or see the word ‘dog’, of course. My life revolves around their walk schedule and meals. I have a Shepherd x Lab, Cocker x Poodle, and a Tibetan Terrier. The first is large and brown, the other two smallish, light-colored and fluffy. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/34 "2010-02-21T19:51:46Z")
Alsation/German Shepherd. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/35 "2010-02-21T23:52:55Z")
German Shepard. I’m not especially fond of them, and don’t often see them, but that’s what popped up. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/36 "2010-02-22T02:14:59Z")
A lab or a retriever. Seems to be a pretty standard answer. Huskies sometimes come to mind too. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/37 "2010-02-22T02:22:36Z")
The first thing that comes to mind is my standard poodle, who’s lying curled up in a ball four feet away from me. Excluding poodles, the first thing that comes to mind is a golden retreiver. But wait, I had a golden when I was a teenager. After that, the first thing that comes to mind is Lassie. So I vote for collie. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/38 "2010-02-22T03:18:29Z")
German Shephard Had one as a kid. Smartest dog I’ve ever met. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/39 "2010-02-22T03:28:33Z")
Labrador Retriever or Golden Retriever I’ve had several Greyhounds over the years, but I consider them a special class that is somehow exalted over ordinary doghood. ---
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855/40 "2010-02-22T03:28:48Z")
perhaps I shoulda worded the main question something like I’m getting a dog. What breed do you think it is? That woulda given a more general view of dog. Unless you studied my posts or know me in real life, I doubt anyone would come up with minpin is my favoured breed. I was the type that thought small dogs are “gay”, but small dogs are pretty awesome. That said, i like it how German Shepard is up there. I think it’s the general exposure to police dogs being that breed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-dog-first-breed-to-come-to-mind/529855.md?page=3)