Hi all,
I’m sooo excited because my boyfriend has finally agreed that we need a second dog . We adopted Ollie (aka PJ, a shih-tzu X) from DID last summer and he’s such a sociable little thing I think he needs a friend. After minding a friend’s dog recently Rossa now agrees with me that Ollie loved having another dog around, and because they were both about the same size walking them with one person wasn’t a problem (we’ve also looked after an Airedale and you can’t walk them together on your own .)

Ollie doesn’t have an aggressive bone in his body, but despite being neutered at 7 months, still likes to hump other dogs. I know this is a behavioural thing, and is a sign of dominance (and very funny when he tries it with a Husky or boxer in the dog park ). He does it much more with other male dogs.

So to my ultimate question. Should we get a male or female dog , do you think, or does it really matter, is it more dependant on the particular dog and how dominant he/she is likely to be?

Thanks, Jenny…