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notbob > wrote:

> I may be getting a dog. Hopefully from a shelter, there being way too
> many spares out there. I'd like to get a smaller dog, we already
> having a min poodle. She's a bitch (literally! -mom's dog) and I want
> a male to ...er... humble her just a bit. Plus, the smaller the dog,
> the smaller the doodie/duty.
>
> Anyway, I'm actually now partial to poodles, they being so dang smart.
> Plus, they are potential hunters and such. (Mom's poodle abhors
> water!) Another thought is a chihuahua, if for no other reason than
> just a goof. Or maybe a whippet. We've got the room, plus I hear
> (Dogs 101) they make great house dogs, being natural born couch
> potatoes after their daily vent.
>
> Anyway, what say ye? I'm open to suggestions.
>
>
> nb

Forget whippets. They are smart, yes, but I used to have a pair and they
are destructive pains in the asses. I would never own another one.

My personal favorite breeds in the small varieties are Corgies and
Shnauzers. Small, VERY intelligent and easy to train and long lived with
few structural problems that the lovely AKC tends to breed in to dogs
for breed "conformation".

I currently have one corgie, one border collie and a lab/chow cross that
is an adopted foster dog.

I don't recommend border collies unless you have as much energy as the
dog does. <g> I love mine but she sometimes drives me nuts with her
hyperactivity. ;-) The Corgie is more mellow and even easier to train.
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