Help me decide on a dog breed...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All dogs need to be let out for a pee break. OP, do you plan to have someone let the dog out sometime during the day? You know, just like you need to pee during the day too.

NP. Honest question - Is this true? Do you need to hire someone to come and take your dog out during the day if you work outside the home and no one but the dog is home during the day? Does everyone do this?

No everyone does not do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has to be ok with being home alone during the day (for when things go back to normal)
Not too big (kids are 13 and 10)
Not too energetic
Doesn’t shed a lot
Easily trained
Doesn’t need to be fierce
Only barks when necessary

You want a hairless cat.

+1. Get a cat.

[Anonymous]

Chinese crested. If you aren’t into the hairless, consider a powder puff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a zuchon (shih tzu + bichon). 25 pounds, very little shedding, can basically lounge all day, happy with 2-3 ambles/day, barks only when someone comes to the house or occasionally outside in response to another dog, not super smart but easily house trained and very cute.

Is this a real thing? The "designer breed" (aka fancy/expensive mutts) are getting absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a zuchon (shih tzu + bichon). 25 pounds, very little shedding, can basically lounge all day, happy with 2-3 ambles/day, barks only when someone comes to the house or occasionally outside in response to another dog, not super smart but easily house trained and very cute.

Is this a real thing? The "designer breed" (aka fancy/expensive mutts) are getting absurd.

bichon fries are the dogs of little old ladies and they bark A LOT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a zuchon (shih tzu + bichon). 25 pounds, very little shedding, can basically lounge all day, happy with 2-3 ambles/day, barks only when someone comes to the house or occasionally outside in response to another dog, not super smart but easily house trained and very cute.

Is this a real thing? The "designer breed" (aka fancy/expensive mutts) are getting absurd.

No more—in fact, a lot less absurd—than say the English bulldog, which can barely reproduce on its own or the pug.

[Anonymous]

All dogs need to be let out for a pee break. OP, do you plan to have someone let the dog out sometime during the day? You know, just like you need to pee during the day too.

NP. Honest question - Is this true? Do you need to hire someone to come and take your dog out during the day if you work outside the home and no one but the dog is home during the day? Does everyone do this?
No everyone does not do this.

You're right. People who are abusive to their animals don't do this.

Anyone who cares about their dog hires a dogwalker to let the dog out for a pee & exercise break midday if no one will be home for 8-9 hours daily.

If you cannot afford this, do not get a dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

All dogs need to be let out for a pee break. OP, do you plan to have someone let the dog out sometime during the day? You know, just like you need to pee during the day too.

NP. Honest question - Is this true? Do you need to hire someone to come and take your dog out during the day if you work outside the home and no one but the dog is home during the day? Does everyone do this?
No everyone does not do this.

You're right. People who are abusive to their animals don't do this.

Anyone who cares about their dog hires a dogwalker to let the dog out for a pee & exercise break midday if no one will be home for 8-9 hours daily.

If you cannot afford this, do not get a dog.

And I would add the even if you have a fenced yard and a doggy door, you may not want to leave a puppy or young dog to its own devices when you are gone for 8 hours so a crate may be in order, which requires someone to come by and let the dog our o pee and for some exercise. We are new puppy owners (puppy is now 6 months old) and plan to use doggy daycare or a dog walker once we no longer have someone home every day. I have the ability to work from home 2-3 days per week in normal times and plan to do so. We are using doggy daycare now on occasion to make sure he continues to get along well with other dogs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

All dogs need to be let out for a pee break. OP, do you plan to have someone let the dog out sometime during the day? You know, just like you need to pee during the day too.

NP. Honest question - Is this true? Do you need to hire someone to come and take your dog out during the day if you work outside the home and no one but the dog is home during the day? Does everyone do this?
No everyone does not do this.

You're right. People who are abusive to their animals don't do this.

Anyone who cares about their dog hires a dogwalker to let the dog out for a pee & exercise break midday if no one will be home for 8-9 hours daily.

If you cannot afford this, do not get a dog.

And I would add the even if you have a fenced yard and a doggy door, you may not want to leave a puppy or young dog to its own devices when you are gone for 8 hours so a crate may be in order, which requires someone to come by and let the dog our o pee and for some exercise. We are new puppy owners (puppy is now 6 months old) and plan to use doggy daycare or a dog walker once we no longer have someone home every day. I have the ability to work from home 2-3 days per week in normal times and plan to do so. We are using doggy daycare now on occasion to make sure he continues to get along well with other dogs.

A puppy won't be able to to go 8-9 hours without a poop or a pee, but a fully grown dog can. I'm not saying it's right to leave a dog alone all day, but it is done. If people are thinking that everyone in the U.S.A. that has a dog can afford a dog walker to come to their homes midday to walk their dogs then they are mistaken. As for "if they can't afford a dog walker then they shouldn't have a dog' people, fair enough. It just means that more dogs will be euthanized at the rescues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All dogs need to be let out for a pee break. OP, do you plan to have someone let the dog out sometime during the day? You know, just like you need to pee during the day too.

+1

Anyone who tells you otherwise is more interested in their own financial and other interests than they are in a dependent animal's well-being.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

All dogs need to be let out for a pee break. OP, do you plan to have someone let the dog out sometime during the day? You know, just like you need to pee during the day too.

NP. Honest question - Is this true? Do you need to hire someone to come and take your dog out during the day if you work outside the home and no one but the dog is home during the day? Does everyone do this?
No everyone does not do this.

You're right. People who are abusive to their animals don't do this.

Anyone who cares about their dog hires a dogwalker to let the dog out for a pee & exercise break midday if no one will be home for 8-9 hours daily.

If you cannot afford this, do not get a dog.

And I would add the even if you have a fenced yard and a doggy door, you may not want to leave a puppy or young dog to its own devices when you are gone for 8 hours so a crate may be in order, which requires someone to come by and let the dog our o pee and for some exercise. We are new puppy owners (puppy is now 6 months old) and plan to use doggy daycare or a dog walker once we no longer have someone home every day. I have the ability to work from home 2-3 days per week in normal times and plan to do so. We are using doggy daycare now on occasion to make sure he continues to get along well with other dogs.

A puppy won't be able to to go 8-9 hours without a poop or a pee, but a fully grown dog can. I'm not saying it's right to leave a dog alone all day, but it is done. If people are thinking that everyone in the U.S.A. that has a dog can afford a dog walker to come to their homes midday to walk their dogs then they are mistaken. As for "if they can't afford a dog walker then they shouldn't have a dog' people, fair enough. It just means that more dogs will be euthanized at the rescues.

Or it means that people who are responsible and budget for appropriate dog care will rescue dogs, rather than people who won't do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

All dogs need to be let out for a pee break. OP, do you plan to have someone let the dog out sometime during the day? You know, just like you need to pee during the day too.

NP. Honest question - Is this true? Do you need to hire someone to come and take your dog out during the day if you work outside the home and no one but the dog is home during the day? Does everyone do this?
No everyone does not do this.

You're right. People who are abusive to their animals don't do this.

Anyone who cares about their dog hires a dogwalker to let the dog out for a pee & exercise break midday if no one will be home for 8-9 hours daily.

If you cannot afford this, do not get a dog.

And I would add the even if you have a fenced yard and a doggy door, you may not want to leave a puppy or young dog to its own devices when you are gone for 8 hours so a crate may be in order, which requires someone to come by and let the dog our o pee and for some exercise. We are new puppy owners (puppy is now 6 months old) and plan to use doggy daycare or a dog walker once we no longer have someone home every day. I have the ability to work from home 2-3 days per week in normal times and plan to do so. We are using doggy daycare now on occasion to make sure he continues to get along well with other dogs.

A puppy won't be able to to go 8-9 hours without a poop or a pee, but a fully grown dog can. I'm not saying it's right to leave a dog alone all day, but it is done. If people are thinking that everyone in the U.S.A. that has a dog can afford a dog walker to come to their homes midday to walk their dogs then they are mistaken. As for "if they can't afford a dog walker then they shouldn't have a dog' people, fair enough. It just means that more dogs will be euthanized at the rescues.

Or it means that people who are responsible and budget for appropriate dog care will rescue dogs, rather than people who won't do that.

Could still mean that less people will adopt dogs.

[Anonymous]

I don't know of a such dog. Not a young one at least. How about an older rescue?

[Anonymous]

Dogs are a wonderful addition to the family. You’ll love having one around. Growing up, we always had 2-3 dogs at a time (we lived in the country).

As others have said, an older rescue dog would be perfect. You can find one steady house- and leash- trainee, which will eliminate a lot of your stress.

On the adoption sites you can select good with kids, house-trained, short hair, and adult or senior.

Then browse the sweet faces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for all the utterly useless answers!

French Bulldog sounds like what I’m after.

I was bitten by our friend's French Bulldog puppy last month--we were sitting on the grass watching our kids play soccer and the little f*cker went nuts and charged and bit me through my favorite pants for no reason.

Bulldogs are terrible--bred to have health problems.