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Another Dog Question

  • 26-07-2019 3:09pm
    #1
    CeNedra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭


    Hello,

    My dog died 18 months ago (age 15) and I am only now thinking about getting another one. I have 3 kids, who all love animals. I also have a cat, he moved in with us 3 years ago and never moved out.
    We live in country and can walk the dog regularly.
    We had a setter, he was mad. Zero attention span and would kill you with kindness. He was as beautiful the day he died as when he was young. Lovely friendly dog. But he was hard to walk and he would be gone out the fields, chasing passing birds etc. I wouldn’t go for a setter again.
    Interested in suggestions on other breeds to look at. Emphasis on kid friendly. Would love a dog to keep them company when they are in teens. A dog that would be suitable for living rurally and wouldn’t chase local livestock.

    My husband is nervous of rescue dog after his cousin had very bad experience with their rescue, so while I love this idea I am not sure it will work.


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  • #2
    em_cat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭em_cat


    CeNedra wrote: »
    Hello,

    My dog died 18 months ago (age 15) and I am only now thinking about getting another one. I have 3 kids, who all love animals. I also have a cat, he moved in with us 3 years ago and never moved out.
    We live in country and can walk the dog regularly.
    We had a setter, he was mad. Zero attention span and would kill you with kindness. He was as beautiful the day he died as when he was young. Lovely friendly dog. But he was hard to walk and he would be gone out the fields, chasing passing birds etc. I wouldn’t go for a setter again.
    Interested in suggestions on other breeds to look at. Emphasis on kid friendly. Would love a dog to keep them company when they are in teens. A dog that would be suitable for living rurally and wouldn’t chase local livestock.

    My husband is nervous of rescue dog after his cousin had very bad experience with their rescue, so while I love this idea I am not sure it will work.

    Maybe visit a few of the bigger rescues first, be honest with your concerns & ask your OH not to judge all rescues by that one. In terms of having high prey drive, pretty much all dogs, any breed or cross will need to be trained not to chase livestock or worry it.


  • #3
    borderlinemeath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭borderlinemeath


    Setters are brilliant with kids, I know you said you wouldn't get one again, but it's all about training - whatever breed of dog you choose, you have to teach an effective recall. Same with lead walking, unless you put the work in and use the correct harness type, then all dogs will pull. Certain breeds will be harder than others, eg huskies and beagles should never be off lead, they have too high a prey drive and will not come back if they get on a scent of something.



    As for rescues, I have 4 red setters and 3 of them are rescues, and they all adore our 3yr old daughter, but a lot of rescues won't rehome to a family with young children so it depends on how old your kids are. Not all rescue dogs have issues, good decent rescues will use foster homes to assess dogs properly, so any behavioural problems will be identified, and this will determine what kind of home the dog will be rehomed to. Your husbands cousin may have gotten a dog from a pound, or possibly from one of of the less reputable "shelters" - the type that don't homecheck, or foster their dogs out, or turn the dogs around so quickly after they get them in that they have zero idea of the dogs personality. There's plenty up and down the country masquerading as "rescues" but really are nothing of the sort.


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