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Getting big Sam ! The good news is it probably hasn’t got too many Chihuahua genes. 😜

Smartest dog I ever had was half red heeler and half coyote. If that sob barked at night, you’d best go outside with a gun in hand.

Go to a breeder or a shelter and let the dog pick you. You sound so picky that any dog would probably just piss up your leg anyway.

I'll second this vote!
Lapdog and watchdog Supreme!
He used to catch squirrels when he was younger.
I've owned labs, labradoodles, goldens, etc.
This breed tops them all.
Easy to house-train and entirely too smart for his own good.

We had a Feist when I was young. He was hell on a squirrel! About the right size and didn't shed much but they might be more barky than you want.

My first wife had a female Dachshund that was a great house dog, she wouldn't let me take her to woods, always thought she would hunt.

If I were looking for another mutt, the first trait would have to be little or no shedding. Kept a Springer for 13 years. He's been gone 10 years now and I still find his hair once in a while!

Good luck!

My dogs have generally found me to be easy....

Short-haired Doxies... you won't notice the shedding. Mine have been hunting fools. Squirrels, grouse, hares, caribou. Trained them out of going after moose. They don't like bears much...

Well, maybe between the sheets get a bit itchy, if one is sensitive to that.

Just stop. Your insults add nothing of substance to this thread and only bring out the worst in the rest of us long-time members who understand how to have an intelligent conversation without the drama.

Yup...the Mini Aussie. Our female goes 35 lbs, about 17/18" tall. Easily the smartest dog I've ever had. Works hard when it's time, but mellows out when it's time for that too.

Yep, tons of drama

At the time I lived out in the middle of an orchard in a house my buddy and I rented from a farmer we knew. That blue heeler would sit at the door and barl when coyotes were out and about. We would just let him out. It sounded like WW3 out in the orchard. Lol. He would always come back in one piece. All sobered up and maybe a cut or two. Always happy as hell to mix it up. And yes, don't approach the truck if he's in the back. It could be hazardous to your health.

I had already forgot the question. Sounds like you're seriously taking advise from half drunk cranky guys in the internet. So, get yourself a cocker and call it a day.

Never seen one of the mini Aussie’s. I bet they are cool.

Great photo! Labs are some funny knuckleheads.

OK- I'm an unabashed Lab/Doxie guy - but the mini -Aussie or Cocker dogs seem to be what you want.. Maybe some others too.

And Critter- that is the most disgusting/funniest Lab pic I've ever seen - and mine were pretty damned good at it!

Knew I shouldn’t have opened this thread… had to put down my buddy “tuffy” a few months ago…when asked if he was a Jack Russell I’d answer no… he was a Bob Barker… really miss the little bastard, but he loved to bark. Tuffys brother Skeeter is just the opposite…he doesn’t make a sound till he’s ripping the ass out of something…

45 # lab? mix, and borrow the neighbor's 9 month old mongrel for a day or two? Hardly any trouble at all.



Up stairs or down. Elmo took a beating tho.

When I read your title...I immediately thought Boykin or Cocker. And, I read all the input and people gave some good advice all the way around.

We've had daschunds in the past...one lived almost 17 years. Did the border collie thing...she lived 14 years, very smart but not cuddly.

Then we got SM's and my wife loves them so we are stuck with that breed...they are good dogs but maybe a little bigger than you want we have four females (43lbs, 46lbs, 46lbs, 44lbs).

Great Christmas photo there Leaky Waders !!!

Both young female adults 1+ (the red) 2+ (the blue) years and are just brilliant. I am not a rancher but they do run acreage yet are fine in the house. They are in their kennels sleeping with Momma as I type. They do like their kennels. The blue sheds like hell (semi-annual blow time at the moment), the red not at all. The red midget was the sole survivor of a litter of two. Likely our last dogs.