Any Weimaraner owners here?

[Pigleychez]

DH and I have been toying with the idea of getting a dog for quite a while now. After spending a week with friends with dogs, it has bought it to forfront of our minds again.

I adore the look of Weimaraners and after meeting some many years ago have always wanted one. My question is that as pretty strong, big dogs how much walking etc do they need? Im guessing quite abit but would be nice to hear from owners.

Anyone also have one with young children? DD's are 5 and 7.

[VetNurse]

Have you had a dog before? A Weimaraner is not a breed for a first time dog owner.
They are big, bouncy, clingy, noisy and take a lot of work. Not a breed I would ever consider.

[confusedalways]

Weimaraner's are prone to a fair few health issues too. Ours is about 8 now and always seems to be at the vets or having digestive issues! But she is the most beautiful thing and I wouldn't change her for the world.

[Floralnomad]

We have friends with two , they are extremely needy and clingy , my terrier follows me around the house but at least he can sleep on his own !

[Madbengalmum]

nice looking dogs, but dont go there, we have two next door they bark incessently and pne has attacked twice! Plus they are just soo bouncy and quite irritating.

[SeaRabbit]

They are beautiful dogs but can be very strong-willed. We had a real softy one when I was a teenager, so I wanted another. I breezily assured the breeder that yes I was used to Weimars but we ended up with a more typical type. He was our first dog and we should not have been as soft as we were - we allowed him on our bed etc so he thought he was top dog. Even when we stopped that, and tried to be assertive, he still pulled on the lead - even with a halter that normally stops dogs pulling. He needed so much walking. You would need to be prepared to be very strict, in case you get a typical one too.

Good luck - ours was lovely but when we had DS we had to have him adopted via Weimaraner rescue, as we simply couldn't walk him enough.

[basildonbond]

They are beautiful but big and strong and the ones we know need a lot of input and training - they are working dogs

[YeOldeTrout]

British ones are huge yappy guard dogs ime.
We had a mixed W-Doberman when I was growing up who didn't seem as aggressive as the Weimeraners I meet now. She used to regularly bite people, mind!

[Debinaround]

Agree with what everyone has said. Mine was ok with my son but not with anyone else's kids. Really wouldn't recommend them to anyone with young children.

[Pigleychez]

Thanks for the replies.

Sadly the answers were what I had feared. It def sounds like sadly they would be too much for us.

It will be our first dog as a family. DH grew up with dogs.

[YeOldeTrout]

Mutt, Beagle, lurcher, greyhound, labradoodle, spaniel, lots of other good choices.

[Dowser]

Cousin got a Weimaraner . Didn't go often with my grandkids but when idid I wished they would put it in the garden. It dwarfed them twice over.

Despite assurances that it wouldn't hurt them. I could never relax when it was around them.

Strange when they had their baby the dog was the first to go.

It looked an awful lot of hard work in my opinion. My cousin used to have a dulux type dog that I really loved.

My choice would be a shi tzu but I'm not prepared for the hard work to be tied down and them dying, so I will just admire everyone else's.