Must admit, I have a soft spot for those Jackbox. I admit to liking Irish Water Spaniel too.

I would love to be able to add Bernese Mountain dog to my short list, but the poor health puts me off

there is no saying that all have health problems. there is a woman near me who breeds them, and hers have lived till old age, majority reached at least 10, some until 13

I know. I researched the breed intensively before I got Kerrie (5 years ago) I spoke to many breeders/vets/owners, but at least everyone I spoke to warned me of the risk of a short life span. I did the same with Rotts.

I know what you mean, for me I don't think I could ever be without an Affen (or two!) now but there are a few other breeds that I would really love as well! Papillion, Pom and Finnish Spitz currently top the list.

In the meantime get your Schnauzer to agility! Mine was brill, tackled all the kit, smart and fast! Unfortunately she's also a bolter so it didn't work out quite to plan But I'm sure yours is much better behaved! Give it a go!

J.

My problem is there are various disciplines that i'd seriously like to get into, namely Working Trials, agility and gundog work so the first thing I would need to do is decide on a discipline! Then i'd need to decide on a breed which would, potentially, be good enough to compete with.

I think for both WT and agility i'd have an Aussie and then a GWP for a gundog, possibly a Brittany but I hear good things about Large Munsterlanders...!

Me too, but took them off my list after speaking to some breeders who say they can be iffy with other dogs.

Love the PWD , love everything about them

My list of breeds is somewhat curtailed/limited as I'm asthmatic so has to be a non-moulting breed. I also would say I'm a terrier lover rather than a dog lover per se so that decreases my options even more!

Ooooooh I've been eyeing them up too!!

Won't be for a while yet as I've got three young dogs at mo but . . . .

I've definatley decided I want a puppy next time as all mine are rescues and I'd like to be able to make sure it has the proper start in life rather than dealing with a rescue and the issues they inevitably have

Its gonna be at least 3yrs but after years h of having collies i'm going to have another GSD a sable bitch from working lines well thats the plan!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd just left "Pets at Home" with Parker (after him having to visit the vets there as he'd been attacked by another dog) when an Irish Water Spaniel puppy got off its collar and went for him. Fortunately my husband was there and it met his foot first (body-block to move away-not kick!). The owner didn't even apologise-he just said "it's only a puppy" as if that made it ok! That put me off the breed too.