Patient for Puppies

[zionchild]

Kate and I are very patient about it and we want to make sure we can handle it first, but we've always eventually wanted a dog. I haven't liked most of the small breeds that I've seen, so I always assumed that we'd end up getting a larger dog like a Lab or a Malamute once we had enough backyard to let it run around. After meeting a couple of

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[soundpicturebox]

oh fuck oh fuck I swear I'm not going all PI on you but.

You've got to be really careful with 'developing' breeds cause a lot of the breeders are going to be responsible and committed to healthy dogs, but a lot of other breeders are going to be 'hurr novelty breed!!" So watch out. The UKC means jack shit. Find a breeder who does a whole lot of health testing before breeding (eyes, hips, etc). It's a pretty big :smith: to find out your year-old puppy needs hip replacements.

Also from my experience huskies do not give a shit about what you have to say to them. They are the stubbornest most independent motherfuckers in the world. If these little dudes are anything like malamutes or huskies, you're going to have a hell of a time training them (especially not to howl, which they do A LOT).

But hey, they are pretty cute.

[zionchild]

Dammit, I thought they weren't one of those breeds. The last thing I want is a frickin Labradoodle. I'd read in a couple of different places that these breeds were pretty resistant to defect.

I'm not really interested in greyhounds, at least not the ones I've seen - someone in PI recommended "a smaller, less-athletic spitz breed like the Finnish Spitz, Keeshound, Norwegian Elkhound, or Schipperke".

[soundpicturebox]

Schipperkes are cute as all hell, my god. Little black puffs.

Are you set on a purebred? Why not just look around on petfinder and see if there's a smaller-sized mutt with the characteristics you're looking for? Save a bunch of money and give a dog a good home. Everybody wins!

[zionchild]

Most of the people that are putting information into Petfinder for shelters in our region appear to be profoundly retarded. They seem to think that as long as it's a puppy, it fits under "small-sized breed". Also, when I went looking for Klee Kais for the hell of it, I found one ad saying "the owners thought this little guy was a Husky, but she's only grown to about 24 inches tall - we're sure she's a Klee Kai". Just going on my ten minutes' Googling, that's either a damn huge Klee Kai, or a moderately runtish Husky. I would really, REALLY hate to bring home a puppy that was listed as a small breed, have it grow to waist-height and beyond our capacity for care, and just end up bringing it back to a shelter.

But no, I love mutts. :)

[luthersavage]

there is a difference between an alaskan klee kai and a miniature husky, although wiki doesn't seem to realize it

mini huskies were not developed in someone's back yard, they are just small huskies that have been around as long as the larger-sized

both dogs, however, have an extremely long waiting list