WakeOfAshesPosts: 21,665destroyer of motherfuckers
edited June 2012
Couple of things - First a joke- Owning a dog in the city is like saying “My need for companionship outweighs my distaste for picking up shit. I don't like shit, but I am lonely.”
Secondly since you have owned dogs before- consider the positives and negatives of the breeds. Take huskies for example- Great dogs, tons of fur hair which is going to shed around your place and require more washing if you dont want a stinky dog. Labs - Good but hyper as fuck and will eat everything.
My opinion is that if you want a large dog there are really only two-ish breeds to consider. Boxer and Rottweiler. Neither have lots of hair so wont have a lot of shedding or washing. Both have great and loyal personalities. Both can be trained by those that know how. Really you cant go wrong with either. If I were you, I'd go with a Rottweiler.
Ya know I've considered it. My friend's dogs have all been these extremely unique mixes and were one of the coolest dogs I've ever known, and they were all adopted. I gotta think though.
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Secondly since you have owned dogs before- consider the positives and negatives of the breeds. Take huskies for example- Great dogs, tons of fur hair which is going to shed around your place and require more washing if you dont want a stinky dog. Labs - Good but hyper as fuck and will eat everything.
My opinion is that if you want a large dog there are really only two-ish breeds to consider. Boxer and Rottweiler. Neither have lots of hair so wont have a lot of shedding or washing. Both have great and loyal personalities. Both can be trained by those that know how. Really you cant go wrong with either. If I were you, I'd go with a Rottweiler.
This would be my dream dog, a Saarloos Wolfhound. Part German Shepard, part Timber wolf. It's fucking beautiful. But they're only sold in Europe. :-<