Just curious. I am pretty sure I'm getting a BC next but sometimes I just wish I had a 'scarier' looking dog.
I had this thought the other day when I was walking the girls at night. These three guys started following me and harassing me and my dogs. Now, Mia is a GREAT little watch dog. She is very alert, suspicious of people, and vocal. She will alert me faster than any dog I've ever known and will put on a great show. But let's face it, she's 6 lbs and not very scary.
Since I'm a 24 year old girl who lives alone, 400 miles away from any family, a guardian type dog is sometimes very enticing. IF I ever wanted a more serious type dog, what would you guys think would fit me? (Ignore the fact that I currently rent because by the time I got a dog like this I probably wouldn't be renting anymore) This is mostly just hypothetical
- Has to be able to be trained to live with the papillons. Don't need a dog park dog though so same sex aggression would be something I could deal with (only have girls right now so I could get a male).
- I don't want a serious personal protection dog. I more of want a dog that will be a visual deterrent and likely to put on a show.
- would be looking to do obedience, weight pull (depending on breed), agility (maybe), maybe schutzhund with it. Definitely some sort of sports work of some kind.
- preferably not terribly drooly
- I do about 2ish hours of exercise with the dogs a day not counting at home training and training classes (I do 3 hours of obed/agility a week right now)
- grooming is not a big deal but I would prefer no professionally groomed breeds
I like rotties but I'm just not 'sold' on them. Same with dobes and shepherds even though I've grown up with a GSD. Some of my favorite dogs I've met have been GSDs but by and large I don't like the ones I meet around town. Then again most are badly bred.
I had this thought the other day when I was walking the girls at night. These three guys started following me and harassing me and my dogs. Now, Mia is a GREAT little watch dog. She is very alert, suspicious of people, and vocal. She will alert me faster than any dog I've ever known and will put on a great show. But let's face it, she's 6 lbs and not very scary.
Since I'm a 24 year old girl who lives alone, 400 miles away from any family, a guardian type dog is sometimes very enticing. IF I ever wanted a more serious type dog, what would you guys think would fit me? (Ignore the fact that I currently rent because by the time I got a dog like this I probably wouldn't be renting anymore) This is mostly just hypothetical
- Has to be able to be trained to live with the papillons. Don't need a dog park dog though so same sex aggression would be something I could deal with (only have girls right now so I could get a male).
- I don't want a serious personal protection dog. I more of want a dog that will be a visual deterrent and likely to put on a show.
- would be looking to do obedience, weight pull (depending on breed), agility (maybe), maybe schutzhund with it. Definitely some sort of sports work of some kind.
- preferably not terribly drooly
- I do about 2ish hours of exercise with the dogs a day not counting at home training and training classes (I do 3 hours of obed/agility a week right now)
- grooming is not a big deal but I would prefer no professionally groomed breeds
I like rotties but I'm just not 'sold' on them. Same with dobes and shepherds even though I've grown up with a GSD. Some of my favorite dogs I've met have been GSDs but by and large I don't like the ones I meet around town. Then again most are badly bred.