The Hunt for the Canine

My wife and I have been keeping our eyes open for a dog. A few weeks ago, we put to sleep Ruffles, her 14 year old Maltese that she had had since it was a puppy. We are now looking for another dog, but one that is more a compromise dog, and one that will do fine in an apartment. The apartment technically has a 20 pound limit on dogs, but we've certainly seen may others that are over that limit, and think we could probably stretch it to 30 or 35 pounds.

We have found a few that we thought might work, but a couple of them (Pia the cattle dog and Speckles the blue heeler) are probably too energetic to be in an apartment. We've also considered Sasha the chow chow / keeshond mix.

But we're unlikely to get one of those. One of the breeds of dogs we've found that we think would work is a Shiba Inu (pictured). They've had a few at the humane societies, so we're hoping they get another one at some point.

On a future note, I am looking forward to getting a house and (hopefully) a big outside dog. My two favorite types of dogs are the St. Bernard and Siberian Husky. The humane societies also currently have a very cool Alaskan Malamute.

I am, of course, still a cat person, but my wife is allergic. I have hopes of either a future hypoallergenic cat (when they're not $4000) and/or an outside cat, when we get a house.