peggy
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Any plans what you want? She's my first, although we had dogs as a kid. I really just wanted a 'dog', no breed as such, but impossible to find nowadays. Or rather you'll find a mongrel crossed with a mongrel for a grand but they're all the toy breeds with health issues
It’s very tricky. The dog is for all the family but especially for our one child who is the driving force behind wanting a dog but he has very rigid ideas of what he wants and is non negotiable. He’s drawn to something with a German shepherd look.. although I’m not sure it’s the right breed for us. It looks like he wants something of a protector and he needs a soul mate. Particular looks are important to him, he likes ‘ears that stick up’ a strong looking dog. I want a dog to run and swim with, one that will put up with two cats, one of which I think will be dog savvy but one that is a bit nutty. We’ve been looking for a couple of years. We also have a fence issue. We’d need it replacing with something higher and I imagine that will be a bit of a cost! We did look at a rescue but after filling out some info on a form and talking to a lady she felt that as my son is autistic they wouldn’t be the right rescue for him. So angry as his autism does not impact him in any way where this would affect dog ownership. He receives no additional support in mainstream school, is articulate, calm, kind and would be an incredible dog owner. The stereotypical opinion she had doesn’t fit my son at all. Such an outdated view and the reason my son feels shame around his diagnosis.