Should I get a dog?

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IowaRam

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Shedding , yeah , they shed....................lol

if shedding is going to be an issue , might wanna stick with that cockapoo as they don't usually tend to shed

when I was a kid , my aunt and uncle had a cockapoo ...................................not my favorite dog in the world
 

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If you don't want shedding, Goldendoodles are pretty cool dogs (half Golden Retriver, half Poodle)
 

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My wife and stepdaughter want a cockapoo. No idea what their personalities are like.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife decided to get one of those 6 years ago. We still have her, obviously, but man is this dog a needy bitch with a seemingly never ending supply of energy. Pants all the time, yaps and barks at everything, and won't stay the fuck off my bed. Yeah she doesn't shed, but so what. My dog (black lab) sheds all the time, but is the most chill dog in the world. She also likes to lay at my feet and really digs hugs - whereas the Cockapoo thinks any display of affection means you wanna throw a squeaky toy across the room for her 197 times in a row.

Just ............ no.
 

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I have 2 dachshunds

A standard and a mini, boy and girl, both fixed.

The female mini, Candi (stripper name) loves me.
Oscar, the red standard, adores my wife, stands guard for her when she's in the bathroom or in the bedroom changing....sits in the doorway challenging in a polite but honest way.

They are smooth haired, so shedding is zero problem.

They are crate trained and love to get in them.

Can be a bit aggressive in play with small children and they will bark. Loudly.

Intensely smart.

We had Toby, a red dachshund, that lived to be 16.

I let him out one night to pee....about 30 minutes later I heard noise in the carport. Toby had stolen and dragged home an entire chicken from someone's BBQ grill. The steam was still rising from the chicken!

Still don't know how he did it nor do I know which neighbor he stole it from.

He was a ferocious hunter of squirrels and rabbits, hiked his leg to pee in defiance of a Rottweiler on the other side of the fence and displayed incredible courage in his comical, sausage dog body.

Fearless!

I would have no other dog than the Dachshund.

I agree that the German Shepherd is a great dog and great with kids. Had one as a youth.

Good luck and get a dog!
 

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I'm not a dog guy at all, not even an iota of dog guy in me. I'm a cat guy.

If you get a dog save one from a shelter.

My girlfriend has a dog and I hate it, the creature is named Oliver but her and the kids usually call it Mr. Puffers or Puffers. If you could see the faces I make when that happens LOL. And..........the dog KNOWS that I don't like him. He can tell.
 

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German Shepherds

smartest dogs on the planet

My sister breeds a Champion Shep name Zeke out in California. At one time she had both her females give birth, the 2nd one gave birth before the first litter was sold....so she was exhausted and said "NEVER AGAIN WILL i LET THAT HAPPEN."

Then I bitched her out for not coming to Georgia on vacation because "she was broke". WTF////??? You just sold $25000 worth of dogs!
 

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I'm a cat and a dog person. Why not both?
 

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I let him out one night to pee....about 30 minutes later I heard noise in the carport. Toby had stolen and dragged home an entire chicken from someone's BBQ grill. The steam was still rising from the chicken!
Funny. Yeah I had a dog named Toby too. He stole 5 raw steaks off of a neighbors kitchen counter. Must be the name! Lol.
 

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Funny. Yeah I had a dog named Toby too. He stole 5 raw steaks off of a neighbors kitchen counter. Must be the name! Lol.


had a foster sharpei a while back..he got out of the yard and came back with a whole spiral cut ham still all wrapped up Easter morning.