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I’ll add one thing - our current dog is mid size at about 85lbs. He’s pretty well behaved except when unknown people walk in the house. He wants attention and we can’t break him of the habit of jumping up at them. So we leash him for a few minutes to introduce him, or crate him if the person doesn’t like dogs.
The only other thing he has is he’s protective of the kids. He stands between them and strangers. I’m ok with that foible. He’s also asleep in my lap as I’m typing this, so I’ll admit to some bias.
So what?
We have a family member with two little 7lb rat dogs. Zero training ‘because they are cute’. They aren’t housebroken and they think the worlds their toilet. And like all small dogs they have a napoleon complex and will bite anyone and anything. She lets them roam freely. Scale that up to even a 30lb dog and consider what could happen…
Different dogs need different owners.
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