see daph is quite laid back anyway, i know a boxer isnt laid back at all lol, and i think i want a bigger dog next but a laid back one. i think maybe having three pups that were all very hyper it could be a problem.

actually now it's written down I've realised I AM bonkers. Especially as I'm looking into getting another dog in 2010/2011 depending on waiting lists and a litter from Rio hopefully from which we will keep 1 or 2. Yep it's official..

My name is Gill and I'm a dogaholic.

haha well then i am chloe and i am a dogaholic. maybe we should start a dogaholic anonymous!

yeah having a few laid back dogs is pretty easy. The disadvantage is that the lazier dogs are often more resistant to training. But if you want to show, not do obedience and you have safe areas to exercise the dogs in it's no problem. I exercise mine offlead, but I'm lucky that I have a beach that's seldom used by anyone. If I lived in a city or near farmland they would be on lead dogs mostly. The big advantage is that they are really chilled in the house all the time.

lol!!!!

I thought you had decided on a Boxer?

But if its not till next yr , then you have got a good time to decide on the right breed

Thats what pedigree /show dogs cost,, you take your pick and pay the price!!!

it will be the year after, 2011 so i have plenty of time i do really want a boxer but i was talking to some different people that have owned or own them and have heard some horror stories i dont know if i would be prepared for some of the things i have heard lol, and maybe a laid back dog would be better

well i have just done the quiz on the kennel club website to see what breed of dog i could own and it has come up with 33 results! on my list are:

• australian cattledog
• basenji
• beagle
• border terrier
• boston terrier
• bull terrier
• bull terrier (miniature)
• bulldog
• chihuahua (smooth coat)
• chinese crested YeY!!!
• daschund (mini smooth haired)
• daschund (smooth haired)
• english toy terrier
• fox terrier
• french bulldog
• german pinscher
• italian greyhound
• japanese shiba inu
• lancashire heeler
• manchester terrier
• all 3 mexican hairless
• miniature pinscher
• norwegian buhund
• parson russel terrier
• pug
• shar pei
• staffordshire bull terrier
• swedish vallhund
• both corgis
• whippet

haha now where to start with that?

after just posting that though i realised it doesnt really make much sense.... none of the gundogs are on there even though i said it could be walked for more than two hours a day and i also said i could groom it every day, yet got no long haired dogs? ok maybe the quiz wasnt a very good idea lol...