My wife and I have narrowed our search down to two breeds - Goldens and Vizslas. These are the criteria we set out with:
- Size (medium-large)
- Shedding (low)
- Intelligence (high)
- Trainability (high)
- Good with kids (assuming proper socialization and management)
- Good with other dogs (assuming proper socialization)
- Affectionate
- Athletic and active
- Versatile
Goldens meet each of these criteria except for the low shedding. I'm not sure how important that is to us. I have to give it some more thought.
Two other considerations: we're planning to have a baby in the next year, and we have backyard chickens. I've seen some threads on this forum with pics of GRDs and chickens - so cute!
I realize the responses I'll get here are fairly biased, but that's okay. I posted a similar message on the Vizsla forum!
- Size (medium-large)
- Shedding (low)
- Intelligence (high)
- Trainability (high)
- Good with kids (assuming proper socialization and management)
- Good with other dogs (assuming proper socialization)
- Affectionate
- Athletic and active
- Versatile
Goldens meet each of these criteria except for the low shedding. I'm not sure how important that is to us. I have to give it some more thought.
Two other considerations: we're planning to have a baby in the next year, and we have backyard chickens. I've seen some threads on this forum with pics of GRDs and chickens - so cute!
I realize the responses I'll get here are fairly biased, but that's okay. I posted a similar message on the Vizsla forum!