The dogs I'm interested in are all extremely different from one another. Which one I go with depends a lot on timing. If I lose Bear before Pig is trialing, I'll probably end up adding a mastiff. If he's still around after Pig's at a comfortable level with her training, I'll get another performance prospect. It would most likely be a dobe, but koolies are on the table as well. Than there's always the possibility that I'll end up bringing another random shelter dog home. So really, I have no idea.
What will your next dog be?
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I'm not sure. With the dogs I've got at the minute another dog is a looooooong way off and it really depends on where Im at in my life then. I'm thinking it will be 6 or 7 years away at least. Then after that it depends on what job I have. I have 2 jobs that I really want to do now but they're complete opposites. The two breeds I'm thinking of are either a Kelpie or a Flat Coat. If (god forbid!) something happened to any of my dogs before then I would maybe get a retired greyhound from rescue.
"Next" dog will be Jack if/when my boyfriend decides he can live with us. He is pretty anti-large dog because he's only ever had outside hunting dogs growi g up and is convinced dogs should not be indoors. He will agree to a small dog that lives in the house, but I'd feel guilty betraying/abandoning Jack and don't really have a desire to have a small dog. So until we agree on something we will remain dogless, which is okay right now. I won't give up on the Jack situation, just treading lightly.
I'm really not 100% positive what my next dog will be or even when. I'm still on a waiting list for an Ibizan litter planned for 2013. I'm hoping by then I will be more in a position to add another dog, but as of right now I'm not really positive if I will be.
I've checked out so many different breeds in the past few months and there are quite a few I could see myself owning such as Xolos, shelties and of course border collies.
I think I have at least come to a decision on what I want when the time comes but the when is still debatable.
My number one choice is an Ibizan Hound still. My other half discouraged it because the purchasing price from the breeder I really want one from isn't all that cheap... But I don't think the price is too steep either. Honestly... It's about what I would expect to pay for an Ibizan Hound pup.
However, I'm also in contact with a couple greyhound rescues and if the perfect greyhound popped up I might sway away from purchasing an Ibizan pup from a breeder. It would really have to be a greyhound that's a really good fit for us and it would have to be a female because of Bamm.
While there are definitely other breeds I would love to have as I mentioned above I really want to compete in lure coursing which is a big reason I feel more inclined to go the sighthound route.
I would honestly love to have a Xolo one day though.
I've checked out so many different breeds in the past few months and there are quite a few I could see myself owning such as Xolos, shelties and of course border collies.
I think I have at least come to a decision on what I want when the time comes but the when is still debatable.
My number one choice is an Ibizan Hound still. My other half discouraged it because the purchasing price from the breeder I really want one from isn't all that cheap... But I don't think the price is too steep either. Honestly... It's about what I would expect to pay for an Ibizan Hound pup.
However, I'm also in contact with a couple greyhound rescues and if the perfect greyhound popped up I might sway away from purchasing an Ibizan pup from a breeder. It would really have to be a greyhound that's a really good fit for us and it would have to be a female because of Bamm.
While there are definitely other breeds I would love to have as I mentioned above I really want to compete in lure coursing which is a big reason I feel more inclined to go the sighthound route.
I would honestly love to have a Xolo one day though.
Long long long way off for me. I'm not sure I even want another after the current dogs. But hopefully it will be a working type Cocker or Springer. At this point, if either came along, I'd be happy. I love them both equally. No more dogs until either Katy or Lucy are gone though. They have enough energy for like 4 dogs, so its too many!
do you have better pics? the little one at the bottom of your posts looks sighthoundy & a lot of competition foxhounds have some grey added for speed. Ben Hardaway is the only serious houndsmen I know of that really tried to split the difference by running sightXscent hounds on the outside. most coyote hunters just keep some of each.
Certainly.
I think she's always going to be anyone's best guess, but she's from Florida and some sort of hunting mix isn't so far fetched.
I think she's always going to be anyone's best guess, but she's from Florida and some sort of hunting mix isn't so far fetched.
Nope, she was tied up outside the vet office I worked at when we came in in the morning. Old leather collar enscribed "Shy". She seemed to be just under a year old, was spayed already, and housebroken. I don't think she came direct from a hunting operation as I wouldn't peg them to spay and housebreak them.