How To Find The Dog Breed For You

1. Which phrase best describes what you're looking for in a dog?

People tend to selection dogs who look like them - but only when selecting a purebred, according to a study from UC San Diego. Apparently people choose mutts for other reasons.

A cuddle friend who doesn't need tons of exercise

Sporty, loftier-energy dog

Family-friendly dog

A loyal companion

An agility wiz

None of these use/not sure however

2. What size canis familiaris are you considering?

I prefer modest dogs

I prefer small or medium

I adopt medium dogs

I adopt medium or big

I prefer big dogs

Whatever size is fine

iii. What comes closest to your platonic style to spend an hour with your canis familiaris?

Tossing a Frisbee or ball at the beach

Meeting upward with others in a dog park

Hanging with friends at a cafe

Taking a walk together

Snuggled up on the couch

four. How smart would you like your dog to be?

Smart dogs can be fun, or challenging — depending on how you lot look at it. The ability to option upward signals can lead to powerfully close relationships with their awed humans. Just actually smart dogs are also more than probable to become bored if not sufficiently challenged.

Smart plenty to keep me on my toes

Responsive, but no smarter than I am!

Doesn't matter

5. How much do you exercise?

People who like to be on the move and walk fast do best with high-energy dogs who tin proceed up with them.

Oft

Occasionally

For me, it's a walk to the fridge

6. Are you looking for your dog to exist a jogging companion?

Jogging is very hard on dogs with apartment faces, similar Pugs and Bulldogs, who are decumbent to respiratory problems.

Yeah

Now and then

I'm just looking for a companion

seven. How practise y'all tend to react when a good friend starts telling you a story you've already heard?

Interrupt and shell her to the punchline

Smiling and nod, smile and nod

viii. How practise you react when another driver cuts y'all off while you lot're on the highway?

Accelerate and effort to cut him off

Lean on the horn but stay out of his way

Tedious down to requite him some space

9. What kind of abode practise you lot take?

Niggling kids require supervision around most every canis familiaris — fifty-fifty ones considered kid-friendly.

Pocket-size apartment, no k

Medium-sized flat, business firm, or duplex — no yard

Standalone firm, with yard

10. What kind of amusement park ride all-time describes the energy in your home?

Carousel (not many surprises)

Ferris wheel (ups and downs but fairly predictable)

Log ride (bouncy and noisy but non out of control)

Roller coaster (sometimes a little too exciting and unpredictable)

xi. Are you planning to bring a new baby into your home within the next few years?

12. How old are the children in your home?

7 and under

eight and older

I have children in both of the above categories

I don't take children at home

13. Are you lot or is someone in your household allergic to dogs?

In that location'south no such thing equally a non-allergenic dog. What makes people allergic to dogs is not fur, but dander, or skin cells. In brusk, the connexion betwixt shedding and allergies is a loose i at best.

14. Plenty of mental and concrete exercise is essential for a happy domestic dog. What arrangements are you planning to make for your dog during a typical calendar week day?

Dogs similar company — and benefit from a mid-solar day bath break — then if yous can't be effectually during the twenty-four hours endeavor to find daycare or a domestic dog walker who can be.

I'll make sure he's walked when I can't be there.

I'll exercise my best to make sure he'south walked, schedule permitting.

I'thousand planning to leave him lone until dinnertime, when I get home.

xv. How would yous charge per unit your health?

Dogs born with a natural exuberance can be a nifty option for people who appreciate a vigorous companion. But for people who aren't that strong themselves, all that gusto can become a task to contain.