5 dog breeds that are going out of style - oldies but goodies.

I would have guessed wire-haired Fox terriers, once popular in The Thin Man movies - now that is a LONG time ago - but no, they were not on the list.

Collies are. Lassie is not a popular part of popular culture any more, and so the presence of these dogs is less.

Have a Shiba Inu, it's like raising a child lol.

Interesting and true, I haven't seen an Irish Setter in years. Personally I prefer rescued mutts, and I think it's kind of funny they now make certain mutts (labradoodles, puggles) fashionable and sell them for a high price. I could maybe make a fancy name for my dog and have $3,000 puppies but don't like the idea of overbreeding. Boxgle? Beaxer? (boxer/beagle)

Never heard of them! Like raising a child in a good way, or in a hair-pulling-out way?

Hair-pulling. Everything is an argument. General commands are not an issue, but the dog has a huge ego, haha. Very smart too, can open drawers and get into everything.

what is your dog?
Yes, I think of the kinds of dogs you named as the crossover vehicles of the dog world.

A Boxgle sounds like a box-shaped bangle, maybe a good bracelet idea!

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had to check them out! beautiful.

here's my breed

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We have a Rotty that thinks he is a lap dog.

A 110 lbs lap dog

We still love him to bits, true

Scotties are cool dogs
we had a scottie/poodle mix as a kid and that dog even rode on the motorcycle with us

The Shiba Inu, you see, is very challenging to raise and train. A bold, high-spirited "big dog in a small body," he must always be kept on-leash, for he has a high prey drive and quick reflexes and will pursue anything that moves. He can outrun and outdodge any human....and frequently does, for he has an independent spirit. Shibas are true runners.

Shiba Inu owners need secure fences. Indeed, if you plan of leaving your Shiba outdoors unsupervised, he really should have a covered run (as in chainlink all across the top) if you want to be sure of finding him in the yard where you left him. Otherwise, his ingenuity and agile jumping/climbing/digging skills may send him over or under an ordinary fence. And once he's loose, he's gone.

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from the link in my last post above - wow, sounds like you DO have your hands full!

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He's a beagle/boxer, looks like a beagle on steroids and uses his front paws like hands.

My husband loved his Scottie. Falada was a White House Scottie, FDR's dog.

They do have a way of looking at you.

We recently brought in two lab/mastiff puppies for $50 eachand then.found out that's a 'designer' breed..."Mastadors"....some people are willing to buy them for upward of $700 each. Ours are a couple of OOPS! puppies. Thankfully they're more mastiff than lab, otherwise I would be pulling my eyebrows out.

I notice not as many chihuahuas (I have one), not as many spaniels either.

Dobermann?

I think mastiffs must be dignified dogs. Did you see that thread recently about dogs pooping in line with the magnetic field?
there is more to them than we realize.

a good dog for a marathoner.

I just read that, pretty amazing. Another interesting study would be why they circle round and round before laying down to sleep.

We have a rescue full bred black and tan coon hound, among others. You hardly see them anymore. The treeing walkers are the popular ones now.

haven't seen an Airdale in quite a while.

I've got a French Bulldog and he kicks ass!

Boston Terriers! Got two of them and they are like little people that can't talk.

I have a mountain cur that drives me nuts. She needs constant exercise or she goes insane.

My husband lived in Eastern Kentucky for a while and he says those dogs are worth their weight in gold to many people.

black and tan dogs are great. Had a part Dachshund with that coloration once.

What is a treeing walker?

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They are a little smaller and something about the way they hunt makes them more desirable. They look more like a red bone coon hound than a black and tan (smaller ears). We love our black and tan, he's a dude!

Aw number 4 is the Brittany. Well my brittany is the first dog I have ever had as an inside dog and I fell inlove hard ! He is so smart and sweet. He does get depressed when we can't spend a lot of time outside. He lives to catch the frisbee,jump and run like the wind.

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Wow, such dog ! good, much work, Amaze.

Labs are nightmares my neighbour's one has pica he eats weird stuff uncontrollably he just had a sock removed from his intestine in a £500 op!

I'm a GSD man myself but at the moment a chewie, shih tsu and a heinz 57 cross she's the only one without health problems.

I keep seeing Malinois, Huskies and Staffies round my way but I agree with the OP I'm seeing less of those 5 breeds.