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I have enjoyed reading about all the different breeds on everyone lists there are some interesting choices. I have 3 rescues, a border collie X who is obedience trained, a poodle X and a Lhasa Apso X. I also have a pug who was my first choice of breed to own and show but even though he showed beautifully he was never going to go any where and as I found it extremely difficult to obtain another potential show quality pug I decided not to go down that road. I considered many different breeds when choosing my next show dog and stumbled accross a breeder of Petit Basset Griffon Vendeens who had litter on the ground and fate would have it I purchased Niles, he is such a pleasure to own that I am now the proud co-owner of a 6 month old Petit Bitch, Harlow and a week after getting Harlow I welcomed a Griffon Bruxellios(Dumbledore) into the fold. I love my little show team and will probably never own any other breeds. I love to watch the Gundog ring as my daughter owns and shows pointers and the working dog ring as my daughters friend shows Aussies. I admire the work and training other owners put into their dogs and I love to watch them being shown but I will probably never own any other breeds as I am extremly happy with my Peebs and my Griffon Bruxellios, but you no the old saying never say never..... I have attache a few pics of my fur kids....

I am also of the mind if it works don't fix it, I have two rare breeds and most of the time will only pick up 6 points but in saying that when we do compete in a class with more numbers he generally beats these dogs who are Grand Champions and how exciting is that knowing that a dog in puppy class can beat other dogs that have their Grand Championship. My boy is now titled and he achieved over 100 points well before he was 12 months old and a number of these points were 10 pointers which is huge for a rare breed, he then had to get another 25 points which he did in two weekends against some stiff competition, so he was titled just after his frist birthday and I am very proud of that. My other rare breed is only a baby puppy and he is beating older puppies with limited showing and won a best baby puppy in show. He has had lovely comments from every judge he has been under so again I am extremely happy with my boy. In summary I think the current system is fine and hopefully one day it will be our Grand Champions people will be talking about.....

I agree with all posts, I would definately reconsider a black especially a black with a white chest as it is really hard to do well in the show ring with a black. My daughters pug is a blue black, beautiful short shiney blue black coat, nice compact bitch, lovely expression, triple twist to her tail, great ears however she has always been small and when she went out in the ring with the fawns she always looked different, even though she was probably more to the standard, a lot of the pugs in the ring these day are rather big. Showing a pug can be difficult at the best of times so if I was you I would look around for an exceptionally nice fawn and if the breeder is happy for you to do so try and get pick of the litter, generally bitches can be hard to come by but if you are happy to take a boy you can usually get yourself a realy nice dog to show.

I think that it is easier if you have experience no matter what type of puppy you get, however, if your daughter takes the PBGV or any breed of puppy to puppy pre school she will learn how to teach the puppy basic obedience by using food, she can put this into practice and then when the puppy is fully vaccinated usually 16 weeks she can join her local obedience club. I think that the PBGV would be a great dog for a child to start obedience training as they are eager to please and very intelligent, however as stated before they do need to be brushed and their coat striped on a regular basis so that their coat does not get matted.

Hey there I am the proud owner of a 16 week old Petite Basset Griffon Vendeen named Niles, he has been shown three times and in his third show won Baby Puppy in Group. The PBGV is a very laid back happy dog, eager to please, loves being with his humans as well as other dogs, copes well inside and outside and loves to play with toys. I have only had Niles for just over 3 weeks and so far has been very easy to train, he is a natural on his show lead as well as his normal lead, comes when called, goes to his bed when told, sits for his food, sleeps in his crate without any fuss of a night time and is toilet trained. He has'nt tried to escape the yard but generally there is always someone home and he is not a barker. The downside for someone wanting one as a pet would probably be the grooming but I am sure the breeder would only be to happy to assist the new owner. Obviously with a pet PBGV the grooming does not have to be as spot on as a show PBGV. A brush once a week with a pin brush and you can also use a Mars Coat King or something similar to strip the dead hair out of the coat, Niles coat is hand striped and I also use a grooming block, the upside is they really do not loose a lot of hair I would probably say that they are low shedding. In summary I would definately recomend a PBGV as a family pet so long as the prospective owners have the time to walk them daily, brush them regularly and I would also recomend obedience training.