Nonpuppies are no promise that they won't try to play with the cats. My dog, who was 2ish when adopted and is now 4ish, has yet to give up the dream that the cats may someday wrastle with him.
Every time they look at him he starts to play bow and do the boxer wiggle. he wants to play SO BAD. At this point I don't think he's ever going to really get it.
Unless you want to spend your life training a very intelligent/high needs dog don't get a hunting variety. Yes this is our life. And the bark alone makes you never want to own a hunting dog. It is awesome to be awoken by that thing at 3 am. And they need a ton of stimulation and exercise.
our dog is a beagle/sheppard mix and is the laziest dog i have ever met. she must be special
She is a mut. Muts make great pets. I don't know why everyone wants a pure breed. If you're not going to show them what does it matter. A mut is a great family dog.
errr...sbp, generally I agree with you in that purebreds are overrated as family dogs. But you are kinda overstating the case for mixed breeds here.
Muts can have health issues and behavior issues just like purebreds. Muts can be high energy and innappropriate for apartment life. Muts can have high prey drives and be incompatiable with cats. Muts can be poorly socialized by their previous owners and have aggression and/or fear issues. Everything that can be wrong with a purebred can be wrong with a mut.
ETA: My point - mixed breeds are dandy. But you'll still want a low prey drive, low energy mixed breed.
One doesn't have to have a pure bred but there are tons of purebreds in shelters. Plus, even if you get a mutt, you do have to take the contributing breeds into consideration.
Like a jack russell/beagle mix would be bad juju for her living situation. lol
So what breeds are most likely to be chill and cool with living in an apartment where the cat is the boss?
Probably not a terrier or any sort of hound breed. They were bred to chase and hunt small furry creatures and tend to at least be annoying to cats if not actually violent.
BUT don't write off all hounds and terriers. Some of them are really lazy and chill. Dogs all have their own personalities, and while yes, MOST dogs of certain breeds tend to act a certain way there are always outliers. Like my friend's chocolate lab that hates kids.
That's the nice thing about adopting a grownup dog - you can meet them and see what they're like. Double extra bonus if you hook up with a rescue that does fostering - you might be able to find a dog that has already lived with cats and is totally ok with them.
eta: this is how we knew that as big and spazzy and high energy as my dog is, he had no intererest in actually hurting my cats. He'd just bow and wiggle and hope all the live long day. He did the same thing with his foster dad's cat.
This morning before I left I told H "When I get home remind me to put in a load of laundry because my swimsuit is still dirty and I need it for class tomorrow. Oh, and my period is late and I think I might be pregnant."
H: "I think you buried the lead, there."
Hopefully, I'm wrong.
/dead
I apologize but that's like something out of a movie.
So what breeds are most likely to be chill and cool with living in an apartment where the cat is the boss?
I'll plug the greyhound here, our rescue has ton of cat friendly greys. And they're great apartment dogs. P sleeps for 18+ hours a day. Just give them a bed and a couple 20 min walks and they're happy as a clam.
But harpy is probably tired of me saying how great greyhounds are.
I have a Boston and while she does have bouts of high energy, they are easily tamed in about ten - twenty minutes of play.
For instance, she's been asleep all fucking day. In about 30 minutes or so, she will climb on the back of the couch and whine at everyone who passes by until the kids walk in the door. She'll chase them for about ten minutes, go pee, eat her dinner and then go back to sleep until bedtime. She might be up for playing "punch in the face" for about twenty minutes around 7ish.
And punch in the face involves H holding up his fist and saying, Imma punch you in the face, you wanna punch in the face repeatedly while she jumps up and down.
Having sat through two closing ceremonies today, I don't get the huge deal some parents make about the end of Kindergarten, with balloons and gifts and flowers and signs.
This is flameful? It doesn't seem like it's super hard to "graduate" from kindergarten, so I'm in agreement with you. For that matter, it shouldn't be that hard to graduate from high school for the average person. Especially with the general state of eduction in the US.
Oh, and I also grew up with beagles. They can be lazy, but then they get fat. It's like going to the gym for most people. Your beagle won't want to exercise, but you need to make them. And limit their food intake. ;-)
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
Most of the girls are close to your weight limit, but greys are so skinny that you'd have no trouble convincing someone that the boys weight 20lbs less than they actually do.
LOL, mesh, Fatty would probably just hide under the bed and eventually learn to peacefully coexist/ignore the dog. The real concern is Velociraptor. Dude is so alpha. We need to get a lazy or low-energy dog that a) won't try to engage Velociraptor in play (so a puppy is out) and b) can be bossed around by Velociraptor.
Weight limit for our building is 50 pounds. If you find anything on www.wihumane.org, www.ozaukeehumane.org, or petfinder that you think would work for us, feel free to try to talk me into getting a dog.
I am watching a colleague go through a divorce on Facebook and Twitter, and it is a fucking disaster. This is a late 30's man acting like a 13 year old girl.
My flameful - I put a charge on my credit card because I am almost 100% certain the thing is going to get fucked up, and this way I know I can dispute it and not pay for it.
Chichimi - I am so sorry. Your ex is totally douchey for telling you that.
Both of our dogs would do just fine in an apartment, they never run around the yard or anything, they're always right at our feet. You wouldn't want Ronny unless you're on heart medication, but Pearl is generally chill and she's half basset/beagle, half GSP. She's extremely lazy 95% of the time and goes bonkers for about 20 minutes a day.
ITA with wawa's advice on older dogs, even though one of ours is neurotic and the other is a psychopath. I will never ever do a puppy.
Chi, your STBX is a douche. You deserve way better.
My flameful? I almost cried like 1000x today b/c it was Jackson's last day at preschool. I'm not ready for him to be in K. I loved his preschool. I am going to miss Miss Jennifer so much. AND SO WILL HE. Also, I gave him balloons for preschool graduation. He thought it was awesome, b/c he loves balloons. I tend to go over the top on these things.
Oh and I think I stole some shit from Target today. It was caught under my diaper bag and not on my receipt. I'd go back and pay for it, but it is SUCH A PITA, I might just keep it.
Oh and re: dogs. We have a bichon frise. She's old, and lazy as fuck. Some days she can't even be bothered to get out of bed before noon. She likes to play a little bit each day, but that's about it. She's kind of catlike, too, according to my cat loving BIL.
I love that RBP only picked out "green people" dogs. The local humane society has a whole typing system for adult dogs. Green people dogs are the most active and need the most attention. Orange people dogs are in the middle, and purple people dogs are the most low-key. We'd be looking for an orange people or purple people dog. I love both of the ones that RBP posted, but we are not at a place in life to be green people!
Smo, checking my PMs. Can I say how much I love that you don't even need to tell people here you've sent a PM. It actually shows up at the top!!! So awesome.