iwannagoapeea: Dog Hunting.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Dog Hunting.

It will be a year+ before we ever consider adding another 'member' to our family - we need a home that is ours and we have to know how much property we have for the to-be-family-pooch to roam... here are my top favorites thus far:

Let me preface this with 'all are supposed to be GREAT family dogs'...

Wheaten Terrier
+ can run with him; does not shed
- has to be groomed regularly

Leonberger
+ wonderful family dog; incredible temperament
- has to be groomed regularly; sheds

Labradoodle
+ doesn't shed
- have to admit my dog is part poodle

Great Dane
+/- ... I've always wanted one

Boxer
+ good running dog
- not HUGE; I LOVE huge dogs

... I really think it'll be a Wheaten Terrier. I just have this feeling. We'll see.

5 comments:

LewyWednesday, February 10, 2010
I dogsitted for a couple Wheaton Terriers once - they are definitely adorable and full of personality, though these particular canines were pretty rambunctious/needy! I'm not sure if they're all like that...could've just been their training. yay for doggies!
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Joleen DenmanWednesday, February 10, 2010
They have some Airedale Terrier/English Mastiff(?) puppies that will be available in April: http://www.nwairedalerescue.org/animals/detail?AnimalID=2165548
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AnonymousWednesday, February 10, 2010
Boxers are wonderful dogs. We had one for 11 1/2 years. He was a great family dog and a great watch dog too. If you want one similar, only larger you could get a Matiff, they are huge dogs. When we get our farm we will probably get a Mastiff.
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kscheiWednesday, February 10, 2010
I LOVE Mastiffs... although, I wouldn't be able to run with him unless I dragged a raw steak in front of him (or so I've heard! HA!) And yep, we would need some acreage... they were in the 'running' for this post.
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kscheiSunday, February 14, 2010
JoJo -- we can't get a dog until we move! We won't do so until the winter of this/next year! Ugh... they look cute, none the less.
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Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates the sound it represents.

WHAM! SPLASH! KERPLUNK!
Why not cut straight to the chase? Man I need less 'rabbit trails' and 'silver-linings'... I need more reality checks and the ability to adapt to that reality. I need to be able to look at myself, smile and think 'it could be worse.' Don't waste my time on telling me how beautiful it was to nurse my children when you're trying to talk about saggy boobs... don't talk to me about how my tiny body held an entire baby when you're talking about my now raisinesque belly... lets just tell it how it is.

Onomatopoeia always sounded to me like iwannagoapeea... and it made me laugh that the actual definition was 'a word that imitates the sound it represents'... my title is a little crass and unclassy - an accurate first impression, I think.