Good companion for Wheaten Terrier?

[StunnedMonkey]

I've been away from this board for awhile. Our Wheaten, Darby, is a year and a half old now, and we're seriously contemplating a 2nd dog. Any suggestions on breeds that would get along well with a Wheaten?

Darby is female, friendly to a fault with friends and strangers alike (think Wheaten Greetin'), friendly with other dogs but a little on the submissive side, not food or toy agressive at all (you could snatch her favorite treat right from her mouth and she'd not object) and just generally a normal Wheaten.

How is it best to pair dogs? Is having dogs with similar personalities better? Or would it be better to get a calmer dog to complement the crazy Wheaten? Should the 2nd be a male, a female, or won't it matter if both are spayed/neutered?

We're thinking of a smaller breed, not tiny, but smaller than a Wheaten. In the 10-20 pound range. We'd prefer to stick with one of the breeds that is supposed to be better for allergy sufferers. That was one thing that originall led us to a Wheaten, and we've had no allergy issues.

One that keeps coming up is a Westie. Any feel for how a typical Westie would get along with a typical Wheaten? Is having two different Terriers just asking for trouble?

Any other suggestions for a Wheaten playmate?

 

[Sweet72947]

With a terrier, I would get a dog with the opposite sex, and probably something nonterrier. It also depends on the dog's temerament though. The groomer I take my dog to owns a Wheaten Terrier and a pit bull terrier, they are opposite sex (the Wheaten's a girl, the pit is a boy).

 

[corgipower]

We had several wheatens that came to day camp and they had no problems getting along with all the dogs in there - big, small, male, female, terrier, non-terrier. For living together, I would recommend the opposite sex, unless your dog is an exception to that. You should get something similar in energy levels and if she's a bit submissive you don't want anything overbearing.

You should bring her with you when you go looking at other dogs or arrange for the prospective new dog to meet her before committing.