New to group
Hypnorm
I am Selena, (30) married with one child aged 2, we are thinking of
getting a dog as a companion for my son as it looks like we are unable
to have any further kids, I have previously worked for 10yrs as a
veterinary nurse before having my son, we have looked at various
breeds of dog and both have come to look at vizsla's i like the wires
and hubby likes the smooth coat, so i thought i would look in to the
breed a bit more and have have found this local group.
we are not sure whether we want a puppy or a rescue, so i look forward
to reading about your dogs.
I'm also interested in gundog training too.
Out of interest how much would i be looking at for a vizsla? pedigree
or non pedigree.
Many thanks Selena
Karen
Speaking from a totally wire biased view......
As a rule wires are generally found to be calmer than smooths (mine
may well be an exception to that!) this also translates to their
working ability in a lot of cases as well. We have found ours very
receptive to training and eager to please. They are lovely family
pets. We got our first wire when our daughter was one and strangely
enough one of our last puppys went to a home where they had a 2 year
old (only) son (they are now firm friends). Maybe if it is the look
of smooth vizsla that your husband likes you could think about a
shorter coated wire (although the coat is unpredictable you can
usually pick out a pup that will have less coat).
I cannot speak for smooths but I think you may well have your work cut
out finding or a long wait for a rescue wire. They are few and far
between. I personally would prefer a dog that had grown up with and
learnt what to expect from young children if I were getting an older
one since most younger children take a bit of putting up with! If you
decide you would like to find a rescue wire a good point of contact
would be the hwva rehoming coordinator Rachel Walker
(reho...@hwva.org.uk).
Price wise you are looking at around £750 upwards for a wire (I
wouldn't say you get a better dog the more you pay above this). I
have seen an occasional litter advertised for less but unfortunately I
personally wouldn't have bought one from those litters. Good breeders
should be able to tell you why they are breeding from the dogs that
they are breeding from. There are a couple of health considerations
within the breed which although are not prevelent should be considered
by the breeder. As with rescue dogs I expect you would have
difficulty finding non pedigree. Now off my soapbox!!......
I would say try to get out to meet some wires and smooths and make
your mind up which breed you think would suit - most wire owners are
more than happy to show them off!!!
Good luck with your research.
Karen
Hypnorm
I would prefer a puppy then at least i will know the genuine history
of the dog, having worked with dogs and rescues i know some owners
when rehoming can be a little thin with the truth and honestly about
the dog and temperament.
Rescues said they dont like to rehome dogs with young kids which i can
totally understand unless they have a specific knowledge of the dog.
I've looked at alot of the breeder sites and can see that puppies are
few and far between and on a waiting list. We are also loooking at
labs and rhodsian ridgebacks, but i'm not convinced that a rhody would
work for us, as they are very big dogs, So we are just looking in to
all the options and breeds.
On 3 Sep, 22:09, Karen <amir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Selena,
>
> Speaking from a totally wire biased view......
>
> As a rule wires are generally found to be calmer than smooths (mine
> may well be an exception to that!) this also translates to their
> working ability in a lot of cases as well. We have found ours very
> receptive to training and eager to please. They are lovely family
> pets. We got our first wire when our daughter was one and strangely
> enough one of our last puppys went to a home where they had a 2 year
> old (only) son (they are now firm friends). Maybe if it is the look
> of smooth vizsla that your husband likes you could think about a
> shorter coated wire (although the coat is unpredictable you can
> usually pick out a pup that will have less coat).
>
> I cannot speak for smooths but I think you may well have your work cut
> out finding or a long wait for a rescue wire. They are few and far
> between. I personally would prefer a dog that had grown up with and
> learnt what to expect from young children if I were getting an older
> one since most younger children take a bit of putting up with! If you
> decide you would like to find a rescue wire a good point of contact
> would be the hwva rehoming coordinator Rachel Walker
> (rehom...@hwva.org.uk).
> > Many thanks Selena- Hide quoted text -
>
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