What breed of dog should we get?

[moodymare1987]

Well basically need you help guys. We will be looking for a dog soon.
We want smallish dog and are after having two. We dont want anything that is around the border collie height. It is more convenient to have two small dogs.
But no idea what to get as I am not clued up on smaller dog typs, we have always had bigger dogs.
So any help much appreciated. They are just pets not to do anything like agility etc. But would like something cute

Going to have a look at the kennels anyway but would be fab if we had an idea of what dog we are looking for.

 

[silverbullet]

Cocker Spaniel

They're not too big - very energetic though. Mine's absolutely nutty!

 

[moodymare1987]

Oh its ok we are used to nutty dogs, we are used to border collies

Oh will have a look see what they are like. Thanks.

 

[Patches]

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Cocker Spaniel

They're not too big - very energetic though. Mine's absolutely nutty!

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Very cute choice.

 

[silverbullet]

There's pics of mine on my introducing my dogs thread. He's only 8mths at the mo but won't grow much more!!

 

[icemaiden113]

What about a staffie? They think they are big dogs! I have 3 and all fine with other dogs! Oh and 10 5weeks old puppies!!! So much Fun!

 

[moodymare1987]

Aww patches how gorgeous

How old is yours?

 

[FrodoBeutlin]

Italian greyhounds!! You won't find cuter dogs

 

[Annette4]

I vote Corgi.....but then I would

 

[Patches]

Harvey was 9 weeks old on Saturday. There's lots of recent posts laden with pictures of him. We think he's cute too, but we're biased.

 

[Cliqmo]

It depends how busy (read nutty!!) you want them to be, and what you want to do with them

Quiet little dogs like lhasa apsos are becoming increasingly common, or cavalier king charles spaniels are also a popular. If you want something a bit nuttier jack russell terriers or cocker spaniels will keep you busy- however they really would be a handful as a pair as they need a lot of disciplined obedience training

If you want a medium sized dog who will absolutely LOVE you, who are fairly easy to train and who have a wonderful combination of calm temperament and real 'bounce' I would highly recommend Hungarian Vizslas- although they are definitely medium sized dogs and not small

...if you aren't worried what they look like and don't have any specific aspirations to compete/show your pets, why not have a look at your local rescue centre? They normally have a lot of small/medium sized doglets desperate for homes

 

[moodymare1987]

Oh thanks so much for the reply, We dont mind nutty dogs at all. I do like the look of the cocker spaniels they are gorgeous

My friend has a cavalier king charles spaniel and they are lovely.
No we are not bothered about showing or anything like that, just want two dogs

I do think a rescue home will be the way forward, I just know I will want them all though

 

[Starbucks]

HV are large I would say!! Our pointer seems large now she's laid out on the sofa.

 

[moodymare1987]

Haha aww I love pointers. But yes we do want a smaller dog. Looking at the cocker spaniels quite like them they are cute. I wish some breeds were smaller I would have loads of them lol.

 

[Cliqmo]

This is a pic of our 2yr old HV crashed on the sofa with our 8wk old WCS- Nala is 22" at the shoulder, Bomber is about 6" at the minute

 

[moodymare1987]

Oh gosh how gorgeous I think Im going to have to get a cocker spaniel

 

[Spudlet]

Lovely dogs

I am of course not biased at all towards spaniels of the Cocker variety...

Better get some new walking boots broken in though

You'll notice that I rarely post pictures of Henry indoors and sitting still!