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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHoly crap! They made living, breathing Koosh balls!
Breeders have created a few low-maintenance, non-shedding dogs that even people with allergies can own. But is that really the right kind of dog for you? What if you're looking for a challenge? What if you believe that the only way to defeat allergies is to cram dog hair down their stupid histamic throats until they choke on it? And what if your dog looked constantly, hilariously high while you're at it? Well, reader with strangely specific pet-owning priorities, perhaps the puli is your ideal companion.
It is an ancient breed, created by Hungarians over 1,000 years ago for use as bear alarms, back when animals had the most ridiculously specific jobs this side of a Flintstones episode. The dreadlocks pattern was mostly bred in for weather resistance, but the American Kennel Club points out that "thorough drying after bath time is especially important to prevent mildewed cords." So if you've got a weird place in your heart for unemployed Jamaican caricatures and the stink of old mops, you might find a friend in the puli. But it's not all negative! Pulis are a surprisingly agile and acrobatic breed, which is great because it looks like an epic dog explosion every time it jumps.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19950_the-6-most-terrifying-pets-humanity-has-bred-into-existence.html
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Holy crap! They made living, breathing Koosh balls! (Original Post)
charlie and algernon
Aug 2012
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hifiguy
(33,688 posts)1. "it looks like an epic dog explosion every time it jumps"
OMG!
True, too.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)2. Komondor!
I love that breed.
For some reason first time I found out about that breed they were calling it Komondorok.
The smaller one called Puli can be different colors.
sinkingfeeling
(51,436 posts)3. I had a Komondor for 10 years. We called her Dee-o-gee. Biggest nose
I've ever seen on a dog.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)5. Nice...
I want a dog badly.
I just can't at the moment.
sinkingfeeling
(51,436 posts)4. Interesting article. I think the short-legged cats were worse.
charlie and algernon
(13,447 posts)6. Best line from the cat section:
"But it's not all about watching your cat hilariously fail to make the jumps that hundreds of thousands of years of evolution have promised him he could make"