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@black_cat I see you're getting a puppy--is it the one you posted a picture of recently, or a different one? When are you getting it? I'm looking forward to seeing pictures and hearing about it!

I just put my thoughts over in the other thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dlhocnts-dog-q-a.1448168/page-244#post-24217872 This is getting confusing, having the discussion in two places :)

Cute! Is this from the same source you mentioned before, that bred your previous Golden Retriever?

I may just have a nasty, suspicious mind, but that description made me nervous. Here's what I thought as I read it: "has a lot of energy and will need an experienced owner committed to giving him enough exercise" (might mean "never settles down, constantly gets into mischief." How destructive...

#4 in black_cat's post was the "labradorxcorgi."

Since there is one specific dog available, you could try talking to the owners (maybe by telephone first), then maybe go visit the dog. The individual dog may or may not match what is normal for the breed. Here's a wikipedia article about the breed...

But they are so popular, there tend to be many breeders. And labs tend to have large litters. So if you get on a breeder's list, you might not have to wait as long for a lab as you would for some other breeds of dog. Example: if the wait list has 10 people who each want a puppy, but one breed...

Why does it say "borkiness" and "very borky"? I assuming you are talking about barking, but you're got a letter different in the spelling.

Schipperke? Spitz-type, starts with an S, I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned in this thread. Icelandic Sheepdog? (Got an S in the second word.) Samoyed? (I see in a later post that you already got reminded of that one again.)

At 39 pages in 2 days, I'm not surprised!

A friend of mine got an English Shepherd puppy. As it grew up over the next few months, they began to have issues with it growling at their small children, especially around food but also in other areas. He also became defensive toward visitors, and that was not due to lack of exposure--the...

I live in a county that has rules about fences. I don't think they specifically ban front yard fences, but they sure do limit the height and some other details. So it's not only HOAs that can be an issue. And even if a front yard fence is permitted, the house and yard just look a lot different...

You might mean "split rail fencing." That's a term I've heard more often. Some areas do not allow fences in front yards. You can probably figure it out just by looking at the other houses on the street--if many of them have fences, then fences are allowed. But if NONE of them have fences, then...

The ones actually used for pulling dogsleds would not be a good choice. I don't know much about ones that have been selected as pets.

Invisible fence only keeps the dog home if the dog is properly trained and the collar is properly fitted on the dog and the collar is working properly.

Agreed, except I could see it happening on a larger scale than that, depending on what breeder and what dogs had the crappy temperament first. One popular sire can have an outsize effect on an entire breed or color variety, across an entire country. So even though color does not cause the...

In that case, I think you can probably stop worrying about the fence situation. From what you've said, your parents have had golden retrievers before, and have raised & trained them well enough to work well in your family. So if your parents decide the yard is suitable for a new golden...

BC= Border Collie

Did you think I was also suggesting something impossible? Maybe I didn't explain my idea right. You've already got a chicken run that completely encloses the chickens, is somewhere on the property, but does not enclose the whole yard. I was trying to suggest something similar for a "doggy...

If the whole family loves Golden Retrievers, and has experience with them, then I think you should probably stick with that breed. If fencing the whole yard is not an option, think about WHY you would need a fence, and how to accomplish that differently. Maybe you can fence a small portion for...