We've been dogless for ages but I've finally got DH to admit that it's time we started thinking about getting another dog :)
Our history is that we lost our collie x lab in Jan 2011, we fostered a jr x lurcher for 4 months and are currently looking after a friend's german shepherd for a few days.
We'll be looking for a rescue dog, most likely 1-2 years old but are unsure as to which breeds / mixes would be most suitable for our requirements...
- dog will need to be left for up to 4 hours a day weekdays, term time only (although I can pop back in the middle of that time if needed, only work locally)
- dog must be ok with kids, ours are 4-14 and we have younger relatives who visit
- dog must be ok with cats (who are used to dogs and stand their ground rather than running)
- can do an hour walk a day plus shorter morning walk, but longer at weekends
- is trainable! don't want anything that won't come back when asked
- isn't too huge, collie sized would be absolute max
don't want much do we?!
any recommendations? DH not keen on lurcher/whippet types (not sure why) I don't want anything small and yappy, prefer proper dog not a toy thing
very excited, even though it's probably going to be months! :)