stripedsocks

I feel terrible for that boy and that dog. Talk about setting up a dog to fail.

I was by Pets Paradise once and they were selling as a Bichon.. that was well on its way to Golden Retriever size. I don't have anything against mongrels, often very pleasant dogs... but c'mon. It'd be the world's biggest Bichon, that's for certain.

One of the sizes of AE overlaps with Japanese Spitzes. The only difference I've heard is some AE's are biscuit rather than snowy white. I'd be interested to know too.

Not a cavvy person (will be if hubby gets his way!) but how often are their ears cleaned? Spaniel ears can get absolutely grotty, no offense. And that holds reek, especially if they get infected. It's quite humid there, isn't it? Are their teeth good? How is their coat is it like "ew you've been rolling" smell or "ew you have a skin infection" smell?

Is it terrible I secretly pray that the next article will involve "dog was fined and told to go to rehab and classes, tearfully agreed both owners must be put to sleep"?

I have never had a yard. Of course, I've never had a puppy, either. They also got walks EVERY day, LOTS of walks, and this was in a climate where winter is two feet of snow. And not pretty, Colorado snow that is all fluffy and white, angry East Coast USA grey sloggy snow. The staffy was eight years old when we got her. The Akitas were about five years old each but never met each other or lived at the same time. The Bouvier was the most difficult by far, but he had been thoroughly abused as a puppy and was more energetic than the other three dogs put together, he was also only two years old when my parents got him. These were houses w/ stairs, but no fenced yards. At this point I am in a unit (no stairs) and have no dog. I'm still researching/figuring out what would be best and happiest. Looking at toy breeds mostly. I still like walking a lot and like the enforced gym membership aspect. And there's no snow! All-weather walking here is really painless for me in that sense. And I'm leaning towards an adult dog.