I've been researching a number of dog breeds and going round in circles so I'd love some advice from dog-owners please.
Background: I've always wanted a dog and for various reasons it's never happened. Now seriously thinking about it but have various factors to consider.
I have three cats. I've always been interested in whippets/greyhounds but from everything I've read there just seems to be too much of a risk that a sight hound could kill the cats.
We live in the city, in a terraced house, small garden (parks nearby). I work full time, DP 4 days per week. I could work from home one day per week and DP frequently pops in and out of the house each day as part of his work and often works part of each day at home for a few hours. Adult DD currently at home but not sure what her longer term plans are so can't really rely on her to do much for any dog (if she moves away or goes to uni).
We can afford dog daycare/dog walker - the latter would be preferable rather than having to drop any dog off elsewhere each day.
Given we don't have huge house or garden I'd like a small-ish breed.
So what we'd want is:
Dog that's good with cats
Dog that can be left alone for up to 4 hours maybe two to three day per week
Dog that's relatively easy to train
Dog that doesn't require more than 1.5 to
2 hours of exercise per day
Dog that's good for a novice dog owner (DP has had dogs before but I haven't)
Dog that isn't yappy
Any advice would be very welcome (including as to whether I'm deluded and whether any such dog breed exists). I would consider a rescue but had assumed a puppy would be better in respect of cats getting used to it when small, rather than a fully grown dog rocking up one day.
Please tell me about your dog breeds!
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What dog breed would be best?
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FreckledLeopard · 28/07/2019 22:57
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