In some locations certain dogs seem to predominate

I’ve been hearing from people from as far away as Norway and Venezuela. The blogger from Norway says that her dog is little in the land of large dogs. The Venezuelan person says that she has Rotties. My son recently got back from Dawson City in the far north of Canada - he fell in love with huskies - the dog of the north.

The island on which I live is full of Labradors and Golden Retrievers and not surprisingly, of young (human) families. One of the TV crew told me that a lot of his friends buy Rotties and Pit bulls (American Staffordshire Terriers) to protect their property because they don’t want to pay for insurance.

Do any of you find that certain dogs predominate in the places you live?

If so, do you have any idea why? For example, Pekingese dogs used to be the dogs of Chinese royalty, so do people in China favor them, or people of Chinese heritage? Was there a baby boom of Westies in your neighbourhood, and now everyone has them? What kind of dogs are favoured in Korea, or Russia, or Spain?? Are Newfoundland dogs really popular in Canada’s province of Newfoundland?? Are poodles favored in Paris (even if they originated in Germany) because they can look ‘oh so, shi, shi’? What about retirement communities? Rural areas? Do certain types of people have certain types of dogs? Do pianists have Shi Tzus and runners have whippets? Do models have Afghans and computer geeks have pugs??? What have you observed?

Always curious, Susan

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