Getting a dog

[~J~]

^^

Ugly dog, but I'm sure she's got a lot of love to give

How old is she? Do bull terriers have a good temperment?

She's 3 years old, and yes, despite the idiots that's gonna say otherwise, extremely good temperment (but would seriously advise you to do a quick google to confirm this).

Don't need much exercise, very lazy and laid back dogs, you just need to make sure you're not house proud as they have "Bullie Runs" which results in them bouncing off the nearest object for 20 seconds before they collapse.

And they fart

a lot (they gulp their food so lots of air intake which has gotta come out somewhere!)

 

[Tom0]

I also recommend getting one from your local dogs home, they get the dogs jabs and everything sorted all you have to pay for is the medical costs and you go home with a healthy dog

We did so through our local home;

http://www.fourpawsanimalrescue.org.uk/

Now have 2 incredible parson terriers.

 

[_dogma_]

Wipes for their paws? That's something I've not heard of before, who recommended them to you? Just because the idea of getting any of my families various dogs to sit or stand around while you fiddle with their paws would have been a complete no go and not because they weren't well trained either.

You can get them in PAH. They're multi-purpose wipes. They normally get a fair about of dirt off in a short time and get between the pads in the paws too.

As for the pet plan thing, Burnsey, check any insurance plans as some don't include booster etc. You can always ring up the vet and ask if they have any plans or similar. If you get a puppy vets normally have puppy parties/packs and they do the jabs and stuff for a discounted price too.

 

[~J~]

And as a final bit, may I also recommend the place where my wife works and is one of the trainers, assessors and homing investigator:

www.manytears.co.uk

 

[Gothic Draconia]

Greyhound for the win, as they say. You can get a small greyhound bitch if you're concerned about the size. If you're serious about rescue dogs, Greyhounds should be top of your list as they suffer more than most. They like a couple of short walks a day but are happy to sleep all day if you let them. They are almost incapable of barking and cover a football pitch in a couple of seconds at full pelt (assuming you've taught the dog not to eat other small rat like dogs that resemble rabbits

 

[Flying Gribble]

To you who own one or two - do you tend to be home over lunchtimes, or work from home, or something? The idea of a bored animal stuck alone at home for hours every day makes me feel very sad indeed!

Indeed. Our breeder only agreed to us taking the puppy if they wouldn't be left for longer than a 3-4 hours at a time. In reality, my wife is at home for about 60% of the time, on on those days when she's out I nip home at lunchtime since I only work round the corner.

A friend of ours has a cocker spaniel that is put in a crate for 7-8 hours a day and is seldom walked. He absolutely loves it when they go on holiday since he goes to the kennels and at least has a modicum of human and canine interaction during daylight.

 

[Flying Gribble]

I'm shocked that none of you have said anything about the training courses that you need to take them on to learn the basic things, i dont have a dog and im sure they all need to goto these courses to learn the basics of training....

And i heard they are very costly..

With most clubs, not costly at all. £20 for a few months of puppy class and the same for the KC Good Citizen will see you through. That'll give you all the basics you could need.