| Choosing the right dog breed for you, your family | | | | months, especially in house training. So you have |
| and lifestyle is the most important decision you | | | | to be certain that you really want a dog before |
| can make before bringing the dog home. Get this | | | | taking on the commitment.With over 200 breeds |
| choice wrong and you end up with one of two | | | | of dog in the world how do you decide which is |
| results. Either you end up saddled with a dog that | | | | the right breed for you?There are a few basic |
| is wrong for you and your family, a dog that is | | | | questions you have to ask yourself to narrow the |
| basically unwanted and unloved. A dog that is a | | | | choice down.How much space do you have in |
| chore to look after. Or you end up taking the dog | | | | your home? Obviously a large dog in a small |
| to a shelter for re-adoption or worse yet | | | | apartment is a mismatch, a recipe for disaster. |
| abandoning it. Neither option is good for the | | | | Toy dogs, such as terriers are a better choice for |
| dog.You also need to be aware that the cute little | | | | this situation.Do you have children and how old are |
| puppy you bought home will not stay a puppy for | | | | they? A large dog puppy such as a Great Dane |
| long. Before too long he or she will be a part of | | | | or Saint Bernard could easily bowl a small child |
| the family that you will have to care for over the | | | | over. On the other hand, toy dogs can be very |
| next ten years or longer.To make this new | | | | fragile and easily injured by a small child playing |
| addition a valued and loved part of the family | | | | with it. |
| requires a lot of hard work over the first few | | | | |