looking to get a small house dog

[James Boston]

These rule

[BaldElephant]

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The one major problem I had before went shopping around was that we are gone probably 4 months out of the year and would have to put the dog in some pet hotel

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This should be a deal breaker for anyone. Don't get a dog unless you can take care of it nearly all the time. To do otherwise is just mean.

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Ok, we went to petland

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I am skeptical of these pet stores... I've heard lots of stories about them getting the dogs from puppy mills etc... Although, admittedly, I don't know if these kind of shenanigans still go on today, but I know that they used to just a few years back.

[gobbomom]

I was researching one of these for myself last weekend:



non-shedding, non-barking, affectionate, $500

and their breed name is hilarious, imo: Shih-z-poo

[BEP]

Under the conditions described in the OP there is absolutely no way that you should get a dog.

[NT!]

of course gobbomom wants a rat dog, makes perfect sense

[gobbomom]

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of course gobbomom wants a rat dog, makes perfect sense

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actually, I'd prefer to replace the German Shephard I had that died last year, NT! but I've moved since then and don't have much of a yard now.

[dtemp]

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never buy a dog that can't win a fight against most rodents.

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[NT!]

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of course gobbomom wants a rat dog, makes perfect sense

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actually, I'd prefer to replace the German Shephard I had that died last year, NT! but I've moved since then and don't have much of a yard now.

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get a cat, or a medium sized mutt.

[gobbomom]

meh, Jimmy's going to get a corgi I think [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
and probably saddle me with it when he moves.

[FieryJustice]

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of course gobbomom wants a rat dog, makes perfect sense

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actually, I'd prefer to replace the German Shephard I had that died last year, NT! but I've moved since then and don't have much of a yard now.

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get a cat, or a medium sized mutt.

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are there good small sized cats that act like dogs?