Best dog breed for the 'outdoors'? (For new dog owner too)

[anicatgirl]

I would love to have a wolf hybrid. They are not cheap though.

Dude, I had a wolf/husky hybrid growing up. He was amazing. I want another one, but the restrictions where I live now don't allow them. I would recommend a hybrid to the OP, but we had to shave our boy in the summer to keep him from being too hot/shedding allll over the place.

I like Australian Shepherds, they're very pretty and reasonably smart, but IDK if they could keep up with you on those kind of treks.

The Morris Animal Foundation has said that adding veggies to the dogs' diets may actually help reduce the incidence or significantly delay the onset of these cancers, as well as delayed neuter/spay, or keeping the animal intact. I've always been a spay/neuter advocate, but the more I learned about the health BENEFITS of delayed neuter, the more my thinking on that has changed. It also allows healthier joint growth - golden retrievers neutered by 6 months are taller than breed standard and double their chances of devoloping hip and/or elboy dysplasia than those that are delayed until 18 months to 2 years old. Also, the shorter goldens (delayed neuter) are living on average 2 years loinger than their early neutered counterparts. My vet gave me a high 5 when I told him that we were choosing delayed neuter, and may not neuter at all when Noah gets to 2 years old. He said it was so refreshing to have a client that didn't drink the spay/neuter kool-aid, and was concerned for the long term health implications for their animal instead.

I will have to look into the research about the spay/neuter. That is most curious, I read something else brief on this subject before, but I need to do research now, and look in relation to cats too.
Also, there is much worse Kool-Aid, like the PETA drink...

I don't believe any of the dog owners here are part of the problem when it comes to stray animals. I would hope that all the dog owners here are being responsible pet owners and not allowing their dogs and cats to get knocked up and have 15 baby daddies like has become so common in both pets and people. Its not just an animal issue. Let me stop before I get on a rant.

Agreed.