What breed of dog?

Fire_Fox

OneYorkshireLass wrote: »

Re getting a cat - the house is on a relatively busy road, no cat rescue centre will entertain giving us one and even if I did get a cat if anything happened to it I would never forgive myself. Plus, the reason for getting a dog was to get me out of the house a lot more than I do now.

I've had a look at the poodle site suggested - awww, how cute are the miniature ones

Thanks for all replies. I will look at all the links.

Some would if you opted for an indoor only cat, used door and window protection or you agreed to catproof or install a large run in your garden. Try a smaller independent rescue, check out CatChat and Purrsinourhearts. I have a cat in my city centre flat, I asked to rescue an adult with a health complaint such as deaf, partially sighted, three legged or FIV any of which mean they should not go out for safety. In the end I got Noah with a history of a terrible paw condition. On the flip side you can even walk some cats on a leash! :rotfl:

But by all means go for a dog that cannot walk any further than you can, there are plenty in need of loving homes.

lostinrates

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Very Big for a girl, mt 2 lads are 40kg and 39 kg

My girl weighs up to 42k and is very lean. She is as about 30 inches tall I think, cannot remember. Just gauging by other dog.:)

lostinrates

Person_one wrote: »

I regularly walk my (very small) two off lead with an ex racer and they're fine.

Deed not breed and all that.

I have had sight hounds ALL my life, cannot even remember how many but an awful lot of them, (plus breed rescues and fosters and long term lodgers of a couple of years) but no ex racers. Ime afghans (i have never owned one of them but would love to in a world where i had more time to brush and less mud) have the worst of them for recall, but my two walk in an unfenced area every single time we go out off lead. Not one of our sight hounds has been unable to develope re call. Not a single one of them, even ones we have taken as adults with no recall.

However, ex racers have different challenges, and it's certainly a sight hound issue that recall is harder. While its 'deed not breed' there are breed, and group, tendancies for some traights. Not many sighthounds do obedience or agility!

Welshwoofs

Beautiful greyhound pics. I love the look that longdogs get on them when they sit down...a very aloof sort of "Behold insignificant human!"

adouglasmhor

One of the few times my two shared and they wouldn't face each other!

adouglasmhor

The black one with white flecks is Hendrix and he is only 2 naturally a grey-face.
Theo the pale faun chap is 5.

As you can see perfectly evolved for couch hogging and counter surfing.

lostinrates

Op,

I have been giving your situation some thought and rather than look to get a dog in the first instance, have you thought of volunteering to walk the dog of someone unable to walk theirs via the Cinnamon Trust? Or perhaps walking for a nearby rescue?

Getting to walk a variety of dogs would possibly be especially useful to you, to help you guage what traights you like and dislike in dogs and if indeed ipthat do prove that motivating for you, and, if your health really can cope.

I have health problems and had a very bad summer. If it were not for patient dogs, an able parent and a husband exhausting them three days a week my dogs would have been in a very ba situation.

krlyr

Person_one wrote: »

I regularly walk my (very small) two off lead with an ex racer and they're fine.

Deed not breed and all that.

The "deed" being that they've been trained to chase - likely from a young age, and not done much else other than chase. It's not being judgemental or stereotyping but going on the facts that ex-racers have had the experience, over and over again.
It may be perfectly possibly to train a good level of recall in a Greyhound but it's something OP should bear in mind - it doesn't sound like they could do much strenous activity with the dog, i.e. Cani-X to burn off energy while she's keeping it on a longline, running around playing hide and seek, etc. to give it an alternative activity to do when off-lead. And if the recall did fail at any time, would OP physically be able to chase down the dog if it was heading for a road or another dog?
I don't have anything against dogs that can't be let off-lead, neither of mine can unless we choose the area carefully, but it has made me more aware of the alternative methods you have to use to entertain them and burn off their energy. I took up running with mine to let them get faster than a brisk walk, I use longlines (which can be hard work with 40kg of dog at the end), we go on long rambling walks through long grass and hilly areas to give them variety in their environment, I play silly games in the garden, etc. so I'm aware of the extra challenges than an on-lead-only dog can present and would be concerned that OP may struggle to find a way to let a greyhound or similar get those bursts of exercise that they tend to need, in a safe manner.

OneYorkshireLass

Person_one wrote: »

Are you aware of dogpages.co.uk? They have a 'Homes Offered' section on their forum where you can post the details of your situation and the very helpful members will suggest rescue dogs they know and think might be suitable.

I'll check out that site, thanks

lostinrates wrote: »

Op,

I have been giving your situation some thought and rather than look to get a dog in the first instance, have you thought of volunteering to walk the dog of someone unable to walk theirs via the Cinnamon Trust? Or perhaps walking for a nearby rescue?

Getting to walk a variety of dogs would possibly be especially useful to you, to help you guage what traights you like and dislike in dogs and if indeed ipthat do prove that motivating for you, and, if your health really can cope.

I have health problems and had a very bad summer. If it were not for patient dogs, an able parent and a husband exhausting them three days a week my dogs would have been in a very ba situation.

I've walked a neighbour's dog a few times, it's a small mongrel and that was fine but it has elderly owners so I think it was used to walking at a relatively slow pace.

I can't get myself to a rescue centre unfortunately - can't drive and I'd have to rely on dad driving me and he already does enough. I will see if there's anyone else in the area who wants a voluntary dog walker.

If I do have a bad day I have people in the house who could walk the dog (and I think my mum secretly wants a dog!)


I'm waiting for a centre to contact me regarding a dachshund so I'll see how that goes.

moomin5

Good luck with the dachshund.

If you didn't want a small dog a greyhounds could be ideal for your situation, when i first looked into the breed i had mobility issues so couldn't manage long walks but prefered larger dogs. My male's so lazy and content with either a short potter or longer walk then sleeps most of the day and he walks lovely on lead. Not going offlead isn't so much of an issue given most are tired out just by an hour walking and can look for an enclosed space to give them a run every so often if don't have the space at home. Lurchers can be a smaller but depending on mix can be more energetic.

Wow some big greyhounds, Lostinrates is your girl show bred? My male is 29kg/26"tts and female 26kg/25"