Where to get a puppy?

[mimico_polak]

I would like a cat as it’s just simpler overall....but I don’t feel like living on AERIUS for the next 10 years.

my buddy had 4...and didn’t clean the place properly so I’d take 2-3 pills before I got in the car to his place. Otherwise couldn’t be in the house for more than 10min.

And I don’t like the hairless ones....they freak me out.

 

[Evoex]

And I don’t like the hairless ones....they freak me out.

Agreed!

 

[jc100]

X-a-doodles and the like are just mutts. I know the owners of them don’t want to hear that as they paid a bajillion $$$ for them but that’s what they are. My rescues are bouvier/lab mutts…they look like Portuguese Water Dogs and when people ask I tell them that they are rescues. I’m proud of that.

Problem is the golden doodle craze thing spawned the Kijiji cocka-chihuahua-lab x cross whatever where people advertise their mutts as designer dogs.

 

[GreyGhost]

X-a-doodles and the like are just mutts. I know the owners of them don’t want to hear that as they paid a bajillion $$$ for them but that’s what they are. My rescues are bouvier/lab mutts…they look like Portuguese Water Dogs and when people ask I tell them that they are rescues. I’m proud of that.

Problem is the golden doodle craze thing spawned the Kijiji cocka-chihuahua-lab x cross whatever where people advertise their mutts as designer dogs.

Neighbour was going to get an australian labradoodle (<$1000) but her life got complicated and she decided not to proceed. A lady down the road got a portugese water dog/labradoodle cross. Cute dog and very well behaved so far. How many breeds can be combined before you drop pretentious names and just call it a mutt?

 

[Evoex]

Neighbour was going to get an australian labradoodle (<$1000) but her life got complicated and she decided not to proceed. A lady down the road got a portugese water dog/labradoodle cross. Cute dog and very well behaved so far. How many breeds can be combined before you drop pretentious names and just call it a mutt?

Will never happen. Can’t tell your pretentious friends about your new ‘mutt’ during the weekly bridge get togethers.

 

[jc100]

Maybe make up some dumb names and see if they get the hint…

Harrier x Bouvier = Hoover

Bulldog x pug = Bug

Chihuaua x Great Dane = impressive

 

[Priller]

Maybe make up some dumb names and see if they get the hint…

Harrier x Bouvier = Hoover

Bulldog x pug = Bug

Chihuaua x Great Dane = impressive

One of ours is supposedly a 'Doxiebull', Dachshund and Pit Bull mix, apparently:



She's less than a foot at the shoulder and weighs 40-odd lbs. Can't swim because she sinks like a stone, like a sausage of muscle on half length legs. Gravity is not her friend.

(To be clear, we didn't pay anything except the nominal fee at the shelter, no designer dogs here...)

 

[油井緋色]

Kijiji breeders or Google?

Will be getting a roti myself once probation is over cause I want a lazy condo dog that sticks to my fiancee lol

 

[GreyGhost]

Kijiji breeders or Google?

Will be getting a roti myself once probation is over cause I want a lazy condo dog that sticks to my fiancee lol

Make sure you check condo rules before you pick a dog. That may be too big and then you are hosed.

 

[mimico_polak]

Chihuaua x Great Dane = impressive

Dont matter which is pitching or receiving....impressive either way!

 

[mimico_polak]

Kijiji breeders or Google?

Will be getting a roti myself once probation is over cause I want a lazy condo dog that sticks to my fiancee lol

That’s what I refused to do when we had a small apartment. Had a chance to get a beautiful pointer for free. I refused because I had a 600sqft apartment and neighbours had a Viszla in a cage, with no AC, on the top floor. Units would reach 40C.

That’s no life for a dog. Smaller ones, purse dogs I think, may be cool with condo living....but not the larger breeds.

 

[jc100]

I’ve seen badly behaved Rottweilers that were almost always the owners fault as they wanted a powerful statement rather than a dog. I’ve also seen huge teddy bears too. Takes a lot of training for some powerful breeds.

A few years back a friend of ours that breeds bouviers let us meet a bouvier that had been trained as a police dog. We went to pet him and the guy said, no don’t do that, he'll let you know if he wants petting. Scarily trained dog. Like the canine equivalent of Mike Tyson.

 

[油井緋色]

Make sure you check condo rules before you pick a dog. That may be too big and then you are hosed.

Yeah I asked first. They let dogs of any size!

That’s what I refused to do when we had a small apartment. Had a chance to get a beautiful pointer for free. I refused because I had a 600sqft apartment and neighbours had a Viszla in a cage, with no AC, on the top floor. Units would reach 40C.

That’s no life for a dog. Smaller ones, purse dogs I think, may be cool with condo living....but not the larger breeds.

Totally get your point of view. I work from home so the dog would rarely be crated outside of training. My condo is also decent size; we lived in a 600 sqft condo before too lol

I’ve seen badly behaved Rottweilers that were almost always the owners fault as they wanted a powerful statement rather than a dog. I’ve also seen huge teddy bears too. Takes a lot of training for some powerful breeds.

A few years back a friend of ours that breeds bouviers let us meet a bouvier that had been trained as a police dog. We went to pet him and the guy said, no don’t do that, he'll let you know if he wants petting. Scarily trained dog. Like the canine equivalent of Mike Tyson.

I've had two little Weiner dog ***** before (loved them but they're considered one of the hardest breeds to train) so am very aware of training dogs. The main reason for Rottweiler is because they're super cuddly and lazy af (played with one a lot for a few years.) I just need to walk the boy so he doesn't get fat. The area I live in has a lot of foot traffic and other dogs, so he'll be socialized as a puppy making him far less likely to go berserk.

My main concern is actually idiots (edit: no offense meant lol I just realized your post alluded to this) who pet dogs without asking. I'll have to make sure my annoyance isn't absorbed by the dog because they do react to our emotions.

..............and I need a reason to name a dog Cerberus <_<

 

[48Connor]

Back when I worked at a vet we had a Leonberger that would board fairly often, by far the biggest dog I've ever seen, somewhere around 160lbs, and its head was at like 42". Sweetest dog ever though. I would love to have one of those, but I feel like it would eat like $500 a month in food.

There was a beagle there also that was up for adoption at the time who loved to be carried around, whenever nothing was going on I'd pick her up and walk around the building. Super friendly and always excited to see you, but the constant barking that most beagles seem to do kind of gets to you after a while. Of all the small-medium sized dogs I dealt with at the vet, beagles were still my favorite.

My family has always had golden retrievers though. Now that I've moved out, I really want to get one but I work to much to give it a good home. I'd settle for a Lab also. One day though, I will get one.

 

[油井緋色]

Back when I worked at a vet we had a Leonberger that would board fairly often, by far the biggest dog I've ever seen, somewhere around 160lbs, and its head was at like 42". Sweetest dog ever though. I would love to have one of those, but I feel like it would eat like $500 a month in food.

There was a beagle there also that was up for adoption at the time who loved to be carried around, whenever nothing was going on I'd pick her up and walk around the building. Super friendly and always excited to see you, but the constant barking that most beagles seem to do kind of gets to you after a while. Of all the small-medium sized dogs I dealt with at the vet, beagles were still my favorite.

My family has always had golden retrievers though. Now that I've moved out, I really want to get one but I work to much to give it a good home. I'd settle for a Lab also. One day though, I will get one.

...holy ****, I'm so glad you made this post. I actually forgot about food costs somehow LOL

 

[48Connor]

...holy ****, I'm so glad you made this post. I actually forgot about food costs somehow LOL

It depends on what you feed them. My parents always fed our dogs just dry dog food, $40-80 for a bag that would last a golden two months + a bit of extra whatever we were eating if it was OK for dogs and he was happy and healthy. Especially with the bigger and more active dogs, some of them are on all (I think raw) meat, high protein diets which gets quite expensive. There probably is a happy medium, but it depends on the dog.

 

[Rick CH]

Dont matter which is pitching or receiving....impressive either way!

The mother will (should; I'm sure some unscrupulous types don't care) be the bigger breed to avoid the problems of pups larger than the mother could physically birth.

The mix with the name I like the best is a Jack Russell-Shih Tzu cross

 

[Deleted member 50930]

Kijiji breeders or Google?

Will be getting a roti myself once probation is over cause I want a lazy condo dog that sticks to my fiancee lol

A roti in a condo :|

good luck

I have a designer Pomeranian mix rescue dog and it eats Costco dog food :]

 

[mimico_polak]

A roti in a condo :|

good luck

I have a designer Pomeranian mix rescue dog and it eats Costco dog food :]

That’s a beautiful dog.

And ya it didn’t click....but a roti in a condo is going to be difficult. They can be big dogs. But to each their own.

My buddy had a roti....beautiful slobbering piece of meat...all 100lbs of him.

 

[油井緋色]

A roti in a condo :|

good luck

I have a Pomeranian mix rescue dog and it eats Costco dog food :]

Your pom looks like a a fox!

It's honestly not bad speaking to another roti owner in the same building. They're so lazy and prone to obesity and cling to their human(s).

I am a little concerned about dogism/racism because they'll see rotis the same way racists see humans of different color lol (e.g. I'm referring to a person who dislikes a dog due to the breed or physical characteristics, the same concept as human racism.)