My landlord has given me permission to get another dog. His requirements are that it be small or medium size and "no vicious breeds like pitbulls or other ones I would have to research with a dog trainer" and "i must be able to come over to mow the lawn without getting bit"
He was half joking about the getting bitten thing, as he knows I wouldn't let my dog bite him, but he's unfortunately not joking about the "vicious breeds" things. he doesn't know anything about dogs, and it would be very hard to teach him. Plus, I can understand from an insurance point of view, even though it's not right. So that rules out pit bulls or boxers or anything that looks like that. Those are large dogs anyway, so they don't fit into his small or medium criteria anyway. Unfortunately MANY of the dogs in the shelters around here are "pit bulls"
We will wait at least a few months until I know I am healed from surgery and able to put time into training, walking, etc, and until Damien is a year old. Damien is great with dogs and loves them but I'd like him to be older. It'll be "his" dog but of course we'll take care of it.
There are so many dog breeds I want. I just have no idea what to get. We would love a Chihuahua or another toy dog but at the same time, I kind of want something larger. I want something that likes to walk and go to the dog park but isn't so high energy that we can't keep up with it while we're busy with the baby and everything. It has to get along with other animals. It has to be a breed that isn't known to be really difficult to housetrain, as I'm renting. we will crate train, though, and either my husband or I are almost always home, since we work and go to school on opposite days.
I'm thinking we'll likely adopt, and maybe end up with an older, already houstrained dog anyway, but I'm open to ideas, too.
I never thought my landlord would say yes, but we've been here 2 years and have never damaged anything and pay rent well ahead of time so I think he's happy with us.
Oh, we don't have a fenced in yard either
He was half joking about the getting bitten thing, as he knows I wouldn't let my dog bite him, but he's unfortunately not joking about the "vicious breeds" things. he doesn't know anything about dogs, and it would be very hard to teach him. Plus, I can understand from an insurance point of view, even though it's not right. So that rules out pit bulls or boxers or anything that looks like that. Those are large dogs anyway, so they don't fit into his small or medium criteria anyway. Unfortunately MANY of the dogs in the shelters around here are "pit bulls"
We will wait at least a few months until I know I am healed from surgery and able to put time into training, walking, etc, and until Damien is a year old. Damien is great with dogs and loves them but I'd like him to be older. It'll be "his" dog but of course we'll take care of it.
There are so many dog breeds I want. I just have no idea what to get. We would love a Chihuahua or another toy dog but at the same time, I kind of want something larger. I want something that likes to walk and go to the dog park but isn't so high energy that we can't keep up with it while we're busy with the baby and everything. It has to get along with other animals. It has to be a breed that isn't known to be really difficult to housetrain, as I'm renting. we will crate train, though, and either my husband or I are almost always home, since we work and go to school on opposite days.
I'm thinking we'll likely adopt, and maybe end up with an older, already houstrained dog anyway, but I'm open to ideas, too.
I never thought my landlord would say yes, but we've been here 2 years and have never damaged anything and pay rent well ahead of time so I think he's happy with us.
Oh, we don't have a fenced in yard either
