Okay, I just saw @PacificBlue 's post on this and their post helped a lot.
I'm not too experienced of a dog owner, in my opinion. I've taught my two dogs to sit, lie down, shake, come, stay (at corners), look (at me) and look (at the road). The big one also can play dead, and I'm working on spin, jump, and speak. They both don't have very good house manners.
For size, to be more specific, 20 pounds to 100 pounds seems to be manageable. When my small dog was a baby, it was very difficult to keep track of her. My big dog is really hard to move when he doesn't want to, but I am much more concerned with a better fit personality wise. 100 pounds is the absolute limit though.
I honestly don't really care too much about life expectancy since I've never lived through a dog death before. I just want to find the right dog for us, but my husband does not want a Great Dane.
I don't really care about build all that much, as long as it will not pull and strain my entire body. I know looks can be deceiving, so it doesn't matter all that much.
Not having the funds or knowledge to groom a dog with continuously growing hair, those breeds wouldn't be a very good fit for me.
Health is not something that is on my mind about a dog, but similar to the hair thing, I don't have a lot of funds for excessive hospital fees, so a healthy breed would be best.
Low, low drive, as low as possible. There isn't a dog with true low drive that is absolutely low maintenance, so this isn't about being lazy here, it's about finding a dog that's manageable. That being said, I don't have really good endurance in jogging, so I would prefer a dog that does NOT need me to run with it.
Trainability is an absolute must. I consider myself a novice, and I get frustrated really easily. I have only trained my dogs to do a few things, and would like to learn how to teach them more things. A dog that refuses to do anything is the last thing I need.
I would really like a guard dog, and so does my husband. The idea is to eventually have them out in the yard and run at trespassers, because we have them a LOT. The trouble is, we have a wire fence, and our big dog has been able to squeeze him head through and break it to make a larger hole. Our yard is about 3/4 of an acre, though, so when we get a better fence, there will be some running room.
Thanks so much for looking, I hope this extra info helped!
I'm not too experienced of a dog owner, in my opinion. I've taught my two dogs to sit, lie down, shake, come, stay (at corners), look (at me) and look (at the road). The big one also can play dead, and I'm working on spin, jump, and speak. They both don't have very good house manners.
For size, to be more specific, 20 pounds to 100 pounds seems to be manageable. When my small dog was a baby, it was very difficult to keep track of her. My big dog is really hard to move when he doesn't want to, but I am much more concerned with a better fit personality wise. 100 pounds is the absolute limit though.
I honestly don't really care too much about life expectancy since I've never lived through a dog death before. I just want to find the right dog for us, but my husband does not want a Great Dane.
I don't really care about build all that much, as long as it will not pull and strain my entire body. I know looks can be deceiving, so it doesn't matter all that much.
Not having the funds or knowledge to groom a dog with continuously growing hair, those breeds wouldn't be a very good fit for me.
Health is not something that is on my mind about a dog, but similar to the hair thing, I don't have a lot of funds for excessive hospital fees, so a healthy breed would be best.
Low, low drive, as low as possible. There isn't a dog with true low drive that is absolutely low maintenance, so this isn't about being lazy here, it's about finding a dog that's manageable. That being said, I don't have really good endurance in jogging, so I would prefer a dog that does NOT need me to run with it.
Trainability is an absolute must. I consider myself a novice, and I get frustrated really easily. I have only trained my dogs to do a few things, and would like to learn how to teach them more things. A dog that refuses to do anything is the last thing I need.
I would really like a guard dog, and so does my husband. The idea is to eventually have them out in the yard and run at trespassers, because we have them a LOT. The trouble is, we have a wire fence, and our big dog has been able to squeeze him head through and break it to make a larger hole. Our yard is about 3/4 of an acre, though, so when we get a better fence, there will be some running room.
Thanks so much for looking, I hope this extra info helped!
