“I believe when you discover your heart breed, you seldom stray from it.”
That’s what a buddy stated on that Mutt’s Facebook wall last week.
I’ve been believing about that, as well as I believe she’s right.
I’m ecstatic to get a second pet dog this fall, as well as I’m looking ahead to the process of discovering that dog.
I’m trying to be available to all possibilities, a large range of dogs as well as the different methods to acquire a dog. buddies have already expressed their disapproval in the possibility of me even thinking about a breeder. That is going to have to be their problem, not mine.
When I come across purebred dogs I admire, I make a point to ask the owners where they got their dogs. In the next few months, I hope to get in touch with a few of these breeders as well as satisfy a few of their dogs as well as puppies.
I’m normally thinking about sporting breeds such as black labs as well as pointers. Josh is thinking about Rottweilers as well as shepherds, breeds that excel at shutzhund as well as security training. We’ve both always liked German shepherds, however do we have the energy for one? I’m not so sure we do. I’m not so sure I can manage a pointer, either.
When I truly believe about the attributes in dogs that are a lot of crucial to me, I recognize I am explaining the “black lab mix” at my feet.
What I want a lot of in a pet dog is a pet dog I can take anywhere. A pet dog I can depend on around children. A pet dog I might take into nursing houses as well as hospitals. A pet dog that will tolerate disrespectful habits from other dogs such as head-on greetings.
I want a pet dog that likes the water, a pet dog that will retrieve, a pet dog I can depend on off leash. A pet dog that will choose an 8-mile run or nap for 8 hours while I compose at my desk.
I’m not precisely explaining a shepherd or a pointer.
I’ve never truly believed of myself as a lab person. Black Labs are just so … ordinary. Yet when I look for a pet dog on rescue sites Labs are the kinds of dogs that get me to pause.
And as much as I would like to acquire a puppy from a breeder of working Labradors, what I truly want is one more companion. as well as there are just so lots of black-lab types offered in rescues that might be just that – a great pet as well as a great friend.
And so, while I want to be available to the possibility of different breeds as well as acquiring a pet dog from a breeder, I always discover myself thinking about black-lab type rescue dogs a lot of of all.
If I have a “heart breed” I assumption it’s the “big, black lab mix.”
I can’t wait to see who we find.
Do you have a “heart breed”?