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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend's mom had a miniature poodle and it was wonderful.  Died and she got a bichon-everyone I know with a bichon had housetraining issues.  You want small get a poodle.  Next size up-a sheltie.  Both are incredibly easy to train.  Despite the hair shelties don't shed much and you brush out the undercoat.  Skip the mixes /doodles which are usually more $ than a real poodle or lab or golden.

Most terriers are more work behaviorally than poodles or labs or shelties.  A nice small dog that actually does well in obedience is the papillon.

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I agree with everyone else saying this is not a good idea. A sheltie is a particularly horrendous idea in this situation - I honestly don't know what the PP was thinking to suggest one.[/quote]

I'm PP and own a sheltie.  The sheltie was great with elderly family [in their late 70 s and 80 s] from young puppyhood.  Very gentle and easy to housetrain.  Even took the sheltie to visit prior to hospice entrance- sat next to his loveseat when dying of cancer.   My dad used to walk her, feed her, stuck to him.   But this dog was very active and barky only in certain environments and this was true even when young.  She could visit them for weeks without major activity.

But we carefully selected this dog and passed on several others. [/quote]

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