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can someone make recommendations on "starter" dog breeds? I've had dogs in a family setting, but this will be a first time alone thing.
What kind of living space do you have? And how much time do you have for the dog? Any possible allergies? Asian relatives that visit for extended periods of time? @TyGuy
It'll be a single family home 1100-1300 sqft with a smaller back yard. I work 8 hour days but am off on weekends and am a homebody. No allergies. Also not worried about people eating dog.
I want to get a French Bulldog more than anything. It's just tough because I'm currently living in a small apartment with my parents (it's a really long story, basically they moved to the location I am at for my stepdad's job and hijacked my apartment), but when they move into a house I totally could see getting one. Do you like her so far? I've heard they are incredibly stubborn, smart, and fun dogs.We just got a new puppy yesterday - a French Bulldog. We named her Paisley (after Prince). My wife wants to train her to be a therapy dog.
We thought our other dog (a bichon/yorkie mix) would be happy to have a new friend to play with. Instead she's sulking and won't have anything to do with the new dog.
FWIW I have two dogs, both pound pups.
Jack Russell/Fox Terrier/Rat terrier and maybe Chihuahua or something mix and she's a fucking nightmare. She is a genius and extremely frustrating. Learned every trick I taught her in 10 reps or less but she is just terrified of strangers and any kind of close quarters. She's an escape artist. She has jumped, climbed or dug under every fence she's ever been inside. It's impressive initially, but then it gets exhausting and you really start to get frustrated with the dog and yourself.
She's also 9 and in spite of all efforts, she's refused to be fully house trained. She knows not to go in the house, but does it anyways from time to time. Also exhausting.
We got a second dog four years ago, which is some kind of hound mix. She's amazing. She actually calmed down our first dog significantly and helped her with her territorial issues with dogs and people. She runs up to 10 miles at a time with me. Aside from an EXTREME lack of intelligence, and I mean she is REALLY dumb, she is really a cool dog.
But yeah...she can't figure out how to nudge halfway open gates fully open, step over leashes that are in front of her feet, jump over extremely low gates. The list goes on. Strangely, when I run her in the woods, she will jump rocks in the creek, logs, etc so who the hell knows. But she's got big dumb hound eyes. I can just see in her eyes that she's not processing information.
We just got a new puppy yesterday - a French Bulldog. We named her Paisley (after Prince). My wife wants to train her to be a therapy dog.
We thought our other dog (a bichon/yorkie mix) would be happy to have a new friend to play with. Instead she's sulking and won't have anything to do with the new dog.
I want to get a French Bulldog more than anything. It's just tough because I'm currently living in a small apartment with my parents (it's a really long story, basically they moved to the location I am at for my stepdad's job and hijacked my apartment), but when they move into a house I totally could see getting one. Do you like her so far? I've heard they are incredibly stubborn, smart, and fun dogs.
Was the dog friendly with other dogs before this?
can someone make recommendations on "starter" dog breeds? I've had dogs in a family setting, but this will be a first time alone thing.
If you're going to the pound and adopting a dog, you never know EXACTLY what you're getting, but if you have a general idea of the type of dog you're getting...