Dog advice

prosaver

~daisy~ wrote: »

So - if you were thinking of getting a dog - young ish house trained short haired non shedding small to medium size - for a family with 2 older teenagers and a tiny garden and small 3 bed terrace house but very near a wood ......

where would you go and what would you get ??

would love opinions from the doggie people on here - TiA

why?
why dont you adopt...im sure ?

Buttonmoons

Don't own a dog, but have been around a few different breeds, and for some reason, Jack Russells, ALWAYS stink? Why is that? Are they more prone to bad skin or something?

I walk my friends husky a lot, she smells lovely! No really, I will quite happily have her lie ontop of me because I never smell anything remotely "dog" but if she is wet, then that is different....

But huskys are quite high maintence (walking) and whilst my friends one is brilliant (doesn't bark, is happy enough to snooze during the day, doesnt chew up anything, great around kids, but pulls like a demon) she's probably an exception, as others I've met, the owners have told me they can't leave them alone as they howl, or chomp up the skirting boards etc.

Buttonmoons

This is me running (huff puff) through the North Sea with the dog (on lead) because she was a rescue and kept in a garden for the first year of her life, so when she sees another dog, she she assumes they all want to play, even though they are foaming at the mouth trying to eat her :rotfl:


PS - Yes it was cold!

UKTigerlily

Buttonmoons wrote: »

This is me running (huff puff) through the North Sea with the dog (on lead) because she was a rescue and kept in a garden for the first year of her life, so when she sees another dog, she she assumes they all want to play, even though they are foaming at the mouth trying to eat her :rotfl:


PS - Yes it was cold!

That's brilliant! I'd love to take Chaya to the beach but live miles from the sea & don't drive so she has to make do with once weekly swimming at the local Hydrotherapy pool :rotfl:

Buttonmoons

Bet she loves the swimming pool though!

Yeah the beach is 2mins from me, and she loves it, and it's quite handy her being a husky, as after she exhausts me (and not herself) I get a hand (via pulling) up the dunes back home :rotfl:

alleycat`

Slightly off topic, but about Huskies, my wifes family have always kept / had them and my FIL has never had one that was a barker.
They do tend to howl but only if you set them off, they don't seem to do it just for the sake of it.

Not convinced about the smell aspect!
Fur certainly wasn't a problem , but they tended to parp up a storm.
O they also like to roll about in the worst thing that can be found about the place. Dead animals to cow plop they like it all.
You haven't lived until you've sat next to a dog that has rolled about in a dead cow :eek:

Personally i've always liked / kept Lurchers & Greyhounds but i'm not sure they'd suit someone with limited space (or near anything small and furry).

I would think, assuming you have the time, a small poodle would be ideal.

alleycat`

Buttonmoons wrote: »

This is me running (huff puff) through the North Sea with the dog (on lead) because she was a rescue and kept in a garden for the first year of her life, so when she sees another dog, she she assumes they all want to play, even though they are foaming at the mouth trying to eat her :rotfl:


PS - Yes it was cold!

Done that run a few times up in Bridlington
Even in the middle of summer it is still beeperty cold!
I admire your bravery

krlyr

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Personally i've always liked / kept Lurchers & Greyhounds but i'm not sure they'd suit someone with limited space (or near anything small and furry).

Actually they tend to be recommended for people in small houses or flats as they can be couch potatoes the majority of the time. They do well with a good sprint, though can't necessarily be trusted off-lead in some places, so you ideally need access to a confined area (well-fenced park with limited entrances that you can cover/guard, tennis courts you can use, riding schools with paddocks or indoor arenas, etc) to let them race around but they're meant to be pretty easy-going, calm dogs. Might not fit in with casual walks around the local woodland though, given their probable chase drive.

alleycat`

krlyr wrote: »

Actually they tend to be recommended for people in small houses or flats as they can be couch potatoes the majority of the time. They do well with a good sprint, though can't necessarily be trusted off-lead in some places, so you ideally need access to a confined area (well-fenced park with limited entrances that you can cover/guard, tennis courts you can use, riding schools with paddocks or indoor arenas, etc) to let them race around but they're meant to be pretty easy-going, calm dogs. Might not fit in with casual walks around the local woodland though, given their probable chase drive.

The garden wasn't really the concern, the turning circle in a house isn't the best
The rest i agree with.

krlyr

Turning circle? I have large breed dogs in a small 2 bed terrace, they just learn to save their running around for the big garden (though they do lots of silly playfighting in the kitchen, which is purposely left empty in the middle to give them playing space). A greyhound or lurcher type dog would manage fine in a smaller house as long as they were given time to stretch their legs outside, I know of several that manage it fine OP did say they'd prefer a small-medium breed though so a smaller Lurcher might fare better in a smaller house.