On Apr 30, 6:41*am, notbob > wrote:
> I may be getting a dog. *Hopefully from a shelter, there being way too
> many spares out there. *I'd like to get a smaller dog, we already
> having a min poodle. *She's a bitch (literally! -mom's dog) and I want
> a male to ...er... humble her just a bit. *Plus, the smaller the dog,
> the smaller the doodie/duty. *
>
> Anyway, I'm actually now partial to poodles, they being so dang smart.
> Plus, they are potential hunters and such. *(Mom's poodle abhors
> water!) *Another thought is a chihuahua, if for no other reason than
> just a goof. *Or maybe a whippet. *We've got the room, plus I hear
> (Dogs 101) they make great house dogs, being natural born couch
> potatoes after their daily vent. *
>
> Anyway, what say ye? *I'm open to suggestions.
>
> nb

Since you said you'd go to a shelter, why not just go and see who
wants to come home with you?

Rescues make the best pets because they know you've saved their
lives.
Especially if they choose you. I know someone who lost her black lab
a little more than a year ago. She decided a few months ago she had
grieved long enough, so she called the breeder and told him she wanted
a male white lab this time. It's being bred to order and will be born
in June. She'll be able to take him home in August.
Kind of creepy if you ask me. When we lost our dog after 15 years, it
took DH and me several months to feel "ready". We walked into the
shelter and there was one mutt who started barking the moment we got
there. We looked at a few, some were awfully cute, but this one
practically pried the bars off his cage to get to us. It was like he
recognized us; tail wagging, tongue out--maybe he did. All I know is,
he picked us. And it's been a perfect match.