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The Other Half and I are hoping to get another dog in the not too distant future, most likely sometime next year.

Our original intention was to rescue (we currently have two rescues, an 11 year old dog and a 3 year old bitch) but we're currently in a position where we require both a puppy and a good idea of what said puppy will turn out like. If we could adopt adult dogs we wouldn't have an issue but unfortunately our boy is very fearful of strange adult dogs and bringing one into the house is absolutely not an option for us :(

So, we've been considering the option of buying a puppy but we're having difficulty coming up with a short list of breeds to concentrate on. So, I'm coming out of lurkerdom to pick the brains of you lot!!!

Our requirements are:
  • Something small to medium, though we would probably be flexible on this if everything else was a perfect fit.
  • Preferably short haired though we'd consider wire haired as well. Definitely not long haired though!!
  • Something robust!!! Our two play like complete hooligans and I don't think something too fragile or with thin skin would fit in very well :rolleyes:
  • Something up for plenty of walks but won't go nuts without and is happy to snooze about the house. Most days we're out for a good couple of hours, almost all off lead, but we have the odd day a week where we may only manage a shorter walk.
  • Something reasonably trainable, as long as we can get enough basics down to have a dog that's well behaved out and about we're happy.
  • Nothing with too much of a tendency to be noisy, although a good bark when someone is at the door would be a bonus.

Sell me your breeds please!!! :D
 
Border Terrier. I leggy terrier so small/medium.
Wire haired, when regularly stripped my grandparents BT doesn't shed anything like the other dogs!
Robust, he is always tumbling about playing with the big dogs, kids and riding in tractors and falling off haystacks :o
He's keen to run about all day but then on rainy days just as happy to lay in front of the fire!
Baxter is nearly TOO smart! Very trainable IME.
He's very quiet as well, a gruff bark when a strange car appears at the yard, but ignores regulars/the post man unlike the other 3. :mad:
I love Border Terriers, I can't wait to have my own but atm I have to live through my grandparents. :D
 
Jack Russell!!! :p

*Small
*Short or wire
*VERY robust - mine have lived amongst several German Wirehaired Pointers and Hungarian Wirehaired Vizslas (also a good breed but wouldn't say they were medium, although also smooth coated, robust, extremely easy to train and will take as much or as little exercise as you give them)
*Love lots of walks, my JRs also come out with me when I go riding. Mine spend loads of time asleep too
*Very intelligent dogs, mine have been easy to train but as most Terriers, can be challenging.
*My 2 only bark if next door are overly noisy or someone knocks the door. They're left on their own whilst we're at work and my mum's popped around and they're quiet and the other neighbour hasn't heard them :D

They also make cracking hot water bottles but I suppose all small dogs do :p

I wouldn't be without my 3 - in fact I'm having another :D
 
I have a Fox terrier X JRT, but he is very much a fox terrier.
He is wire hair, so gets stripped when necessary.
LOVES a good play, but is happy to sleep all day in between walks.
Is really really friendly with people and other dogs, is quite trainable (but is still a terrier ;-) ...)
As for the barking...well Bob is never going to make a good guard dog...he is too busy sleeping!!!
 
I have

lab
lurchers
spaniel

have had

Retrievers
JRT
Lab x collie

Spaniel are great but also a wee bit bonkers lol so would advise against one unless your up for lots of walking!

Lurchers are great, really clever but again love lots of walking.

Retrievers - food orientated!!! and put on weight easily!

Best dog I have had out of all was my lab x collie (rip) best dog ever, so obedient and trainable. Great tempermeant and didnt moult much .

As mentioned rescues tend to have quite a few pups in and you`d be doing a good deed too.
 
echodomino said:
Jack Russell!!! :p

*Small
*Short or wire
*VERY robust - mine have lived amongst several German Wirehaired Pointers and Hungarian Wirehaired Vizslas (also a good breed but wouldn't say they were medium, although also smooth coated, robust, extremely easy to train and will take as much or as little exercise as you give them)
*Love lots of walks, my JRs also come out with me when I go riding. Mine spend loads of time asleep too
*Very intelligent dogs, mine have been easy to train but as most Terriers, can be challenging.
*My 2 only bark if next door are overly noisy or someone knocks the door. They're left on their own whilst we're at work and my mum's popped around and they're quiet and the other neighbour hasn't heard them :D

They also make cracking hot water bottles but I suppose all small dogs do :p

I wouldn't be without my 3 - in fact I'm having another :D
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DEFINITELY... another vote for the Jack Russell!
 
Why Corgis are perfect

Our requirements are:
  • Something small to medium, though we would probably be flexible on this if everything else was a perfect fit. They're smaller, medium sized dogs
  • Preferably short haired though we'd consider wire haired as well. Definitely not long haired though!! They're short haired
  • Something robust!!! Our two play like complete hooligans and I don't think something too fragile or with thin skin would fit in very well Mine play with labs, play rough with each other etc. Certainly not fragile
  • Something up for plenty of walks but won't go nuts without and is happy to snooze about the house. Most days we're out for a good couple of hours, almost all off lead, but we have the odd day a week where we may only manage a shorter walk. We can go for HOURS running round or 10 mins round the roads and they sleep happily the rest of the day
  • Something reasonably trainable, as long as we can get enough basics down to have a dog that's well behaved out and about we're happy. If you have cheese....they're trainable! ;)
  • Nothing with too much of a tendency to be noisy, although a good bark when someone is at the door would be a bonus. Jack only barks at the front door (in typical boy fashion) and Quila doesn't bark much at all


See.....perfect....how can you resist?

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small short haired lurcher depending on the cross(look at link in my sig they are very helpful and have non sighthounds aswell)
bedlington or cross
border terrier
cairn terrier or cross
parsons jrt
 
Thanks very much for the suggestions everyone, there's a couple of breeds there that would never have occurred to us :D

In an ideal world we would be rescuing but our priority is finding a pup that will fit in with our current two. We got our girl from a local independent rescue and have been very lucky with how she has turned out. I know going for a specific breed is still no guarantee of temperament but it is less of a wild stab in the dark than going for a crossbreed pup and it's not often we see non-crossbreed or at least known crossbreed pups in rescues round here :( When we first started considering buying we decided that if we went ahead and bought a pup we'd donate an amount equal to the purchase price of the puppy to a local rescue.

We're currently just sounding out options, the perfect situation would be a pup of an appropriate breed or known cross turning up in local rescues at a good time but sadly I think the likelihood of that is quite slim.
 
Staffie!! they tick all the boxes, short haired , tough, up for exercise and like crashing out in between walks, bark at people at the door but not yelling all the time. If you get a puppy then you can properly socialise it - all the staffies we ever had, entire dogs or spayed were properly socialised as puppies and expected to get on with it. I choose to have dogs with "issues" now as there are so many in rescue and I know how to deal with it but we always had pups before and never had problems. As for getting a pup.. try staffie rescue for a local branch, Battersea might not help as you have 2 dogs already but also try Rescue Remedies (south - near Gatwick and Farnham) all these rescues have had or have staffie pups in. All of our staffies, both from breeders and from rescue have been good yard dogs as well and quickly learnt to be respectful of the horses.
 
I would always go for a border terrier every time, we have 2 of them and they are sooo hardy , happy to go for very long walks but do love short walks so they can get back to lay in front of the fire!!!. They are great fun Love them!!.
 
Thanks again for the replies everyone :D

Border terriers are a breed we've been considering. We'd thought of staffies too as there are just so many in rescues we'd be able to adopt rather than buy which would be our preference really.

Although not quite fitting in with the size we were thinking of we had been wondering about lurchers and sighthounds in general. Personality wise they seem very compatible with our two but we were a bit put off by how fragile they look :confused: Ours aren't that big but they play like complete hooligans and I'd be worried something so spindly wouldn't stand up to it for long. I'd heard they can have very thin skin too which would worry me as on occasion ours have grazed each other during especially silly games of bitey face :rolleyes:
 
WeedySeaDragon said:
Thanks again for the replies everyone :D


about lurchers and sighthounds in general. Personality wise they seem very compatible with our two but we were a bit put off by how fragile they look :confused: Ours aren't that big but they play like complete hooligans and I'd be worried something so spindly wouldn't stand up to it for long. I'd heard they can have very thin skin too which would worry me as on occasion ours have grazed each other during especially silly games of bitey face :rolleyes:
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depending on the cross..you can get lurchers as small as jrt..sighthounds are alot more robust than alot of peole think,they are a working breed at the end of the day..whippets etc do ferreting/lamping..im sure theres a risk with every breed
get in touch with my link,they will help as much as possible

yes some are thinned skinned but alot of lurchers arent ie whippy x bedlington
whippy x collie,theres so much to choose..try lurcherlink,k9 community,whippet forum there are lot on these forums for rehoming and litters including lurchers
good luck whatever you decide
 
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