https://www.professorshouse.com/should-i-get-a-male-or-female-dog/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 22:11:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.professorshouse.com/should-i-get-a-male-or-female-dog/#comment-18550 Sun, 24 Jul 2016 20:41:37 +0000 http://professorshouse.com/?p=11431#comment-18550 I just read your post, which is over 1 yr old. Have you found yourself a dog yet? If not, I would suggest a lab, not a puppy but from 6-9 maths and up. They are such good buddies and an older dog will not go through teething and potty training, and also they should be easy to train with a bigger attention span. I adopted a 9 month old Doberman who grew to be 112 lbs, a great watchdog but big Lap dog. I was 56, but at 75, I think that dog could be a. Challenge if not trained correctly. Good-luck !

]]> https://www.professorshouse.com/should-i-get-a-male-or-female-dog/#comment-2361 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 14:05:36 +0000 http://professorshouse.com/?p=11431#comment-2361 You have given me more information in this one article than all the other websites I have wasted time on. My precious goldendoodle passed away six years ago. Roy Rogers was rescued from the Dallas SPCA. The dog trainer told me that I had chosen an Alpha dog and the relationship would be troubling. He turned out to be the “one in a million” wonder dog. He chose me. He laid in the cell and every time I walked by he would get up and poke his nose and paw out the chain link gate. I watched him from afar as other people walked by his cell…he continued to lay toward the back and made no contact. I was allowed to leash walk him in a yard at SPCA. He walked by me touching my leg with every step. I sat on a bench and he laid down and put both paws on my foot. He would look at me like he was an old soul and knew the deep sorrow in my life. He was six/seven months old.
I have tried four times to adopt another dog and all four times I made miserable choices. Thank goodness I chose “no-kill” organizations. It broke my heart to take them back and I felt like such a failure. I am not a wimpy type of person…as a matter of fact my outward persona would lead a person to call me an Alpha woman. Ha.
I am really an “old soul and body” now. I’m 75 years. Stress has taken it’s toll. Will I ever be able to find another soul mate? Time is running out. I NEED another big ole nose and velvet ears to touch. Big black eyes that tell me he understands what we both need and want. An unspoken kinship that only he and I share. No one else allowed.
If you can give me any advice please feel free to do so.
Roberta

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