Reply to Best Family Dog?

Forum Index » Pets

Reply to "Best Family Dog?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] And the pp is correct: bulldogs are very prone to respiratory, skin and joint disorders that can be quite costly.[/quote]

What about a Viszla?  I know two personally and they are the sweetest dogs with children.  Excellent temperaments.  But they do need their daily exercise.
[/quote]

We have had 2 Viszlas, and while I love my dog, I would NOT recommend this breed for a family with young children. They are extremely intelligent and need tons of both attention and exercise. Since having children, I find it reallly hard to balance the needs of our Viszla with the demands of a young family. So he ends up just sitting at my feet and whining at me while I try to nurse the baby, make dinner, entertain the toddler, etc.

It's also not a good breed for a first time dog owner.[/quote]

Very good advice Viszal owner!

My childless friend has 2 of them as well and he spends at least an hour and a half a day exercising the dogs and I mean intense exercise, often times 10 mile runs and much ball throwing.  Even after all that the dog still has lots of nervous energy.

They are really sweet dogs, but I think only the most committed dog owners should have one. I think people fall in love w/ their good looks and sweet disposition and don't realize that they are very high needs dogs.

I also notice that most Viszla's have some odd nervous habits.  One of my friend's dog just cannot control his excitement when anyone comes to the door and pees all over the place.  You have to ignore the dog for at lest 30min of coming to the house or else he will pee everywhere with excitement.  The dogs to other odd things, but I do see why someone would have one, but I would think if someone has one anywhere, but a rural area should be jogging with the dog 23-30 miles a week.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics