Best dog for running and kids

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Originally Posted by Fairyfeet

That's good to hear Debbie. I have a 5 month Springer that I hope to run with one day. She's from working stock, is smashing and great fun, although my boys (7 & 11) are still learning how not to take their play too far. She needs clear signals.

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Ben was the best dog ever, he was as strong as an ox, he had the heart of a lion yet was as soft as a teddy. He lived to please. He died a couple of years ago at the age of 14 from cancer. Fairy feet you will not be disappointed with your springer, I miss Ben everyday (wipes a tear way!).

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Just spoken to someone who is going through a divorce and looking for a home for their long haired black lab (I assume a lab cross). Maybe fate ? Worried we'll see her and rush in!

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Originally Posted by Longdogs

Stagger is right, lurchers tick every box

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gotta disagree with that statement, some strain of lurcher would just walk the other way if you started running, they would chase a rabbit/hare down till its last breath, but go for a 2 mile run, nee chance

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Originally Posted by TheReverand

gotta disagree with that statement, some strain of lurcher would just walk the other way if you started running, they would chase a rabbit/hare down till its last breath, but go for a 2 mile run, nee chance

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Yes its a fair point, they're not all big on endurance.. you need one with a good helping of terrier or collie.

Decided on a cocker spaniel. Would have liked a rescue dog but fate seems to have poited us to this puppy. We get her in 2 weeks...sleepless nights here we come.

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Originally Posted by Markollyh

Decided on a cocker spaniel. Would have liked a rescue dog but fate seems to have poited us to this puppy. We get her in 2 weeks...sleepless nights here we come.

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Good choice although mine has got a bit lazy at 5 1/2 years old. We now have an "agreement" that he only comes for a run if he looks excited about it!

A couple of pics of ours on a run up Moel Hebog earlier this year :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/89042851@N04/8729816456/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89042851@N04/8729812572/

What a lovely looking dog. Ours is black with a white bib...can't wait to get her

Thanks, they're great fun and brilliant family dogs - enjoy

Congratulations. Someone, right now, is giving a lethal injection to a healthy dog because of the space you didn't vacate by rehoming one. And the puppy breeder is already planning another litter because of the profit made on this one. So that's another 6 or 8 unnecessarily killed, and 6 or 8 new dogs with a propensity for heart disease, eye problems, skin and ear problems, epilepsy, other neurological problems and gastrointestinal/liver disease. The drugs used, avoidably, to treat all these things, have to be tested on less fortunate dogs to recieve a product license. Isn't getting a new puppy a lovely feelgood thing!

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Originally Posted by Longdogs

Congratulations. Someone, right now, is giving a lethal injection to a healthy dog because of the space you didn't vacate by rehoming one. And the puppy breeder is already planning another litter because of the profit made on this one. So that's another 6 or 8 unnecessarily killed, and 6 or 8 new dogs with a propensity for heart disease, eye problems, skin and ear problems, epilepsy, other neurological problems and gastrointestinal/liver disease. The drugs used, avoidably, to treat all these things, have to be tested on less fortunate dogs to recieve a product license. Isn't getting a new puppy a lovely feelgood thing!

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You are blaming the wrong person.

Why not start a tirade against those people who abandon unwanted dogs, rather than a responsible person who buys a dog from a reputable breeder?