Friday June 25, 2004 Dog days will soon be upon us.
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As I mentioned in an earlier blog entry our son would like a puppy, so my wife and I have been doing a bit of research. There is a great site to make this a lot easier. You answer questions on such topics as Size, Commitment, Compatibility Health and Protection and it returns a list of breeds that match your criteria. |
We're looking for a small dog, that requires average exercise and grooming. A dog that isn't prone to illness and will get on with children and other pets and is fairly easy to train. We're not looking for a watchdog.
We feed in our answers and it gave us 20 choices. Top of the list were:
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Dachshund
- French Bulldog
- Pug
- Scottish Terrier
After reading their summaries of all the dogs, we actually liked four dogs further down the list:
- Tibetan Spaniel
- Norwich Terrier
- Border Terrier
- Skye Terrier
I don't think they ask enough questions. I'd like them to ask:
- How important is excessive barking to you?
- Do you care if it digs up your garden?
Now we don't really want a pure breed. A mutt is just fine with us, and we now know what kind of muttyness to look for.
Tonight we are going to the humane society in Santa Clara to see if we can adopt just the right kind of puppy. They are having a Midnight Madness sale.
More to come in another blog...
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