Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
I reread her inital requirements, and each items on the list knocked any potential breed off as a good choice. Get her a stuffed animal in the shape of a dog. That's the only thing that will meet her "requirements," frankly! Any medium to large size dog will need training, and exercise. She's planning on kids in a few years, and whatever dog she gets now is going get less attention and exercise then, and end up in a shelter.
I agree with you, but sadly, I can't change her mind, she doesn't listen to me. Something I may not have expressed clearly in my initial post though, is that by "training", I mean more like good manners, not jumping up, loose leash walking, all that stuff. She is fine with potty training, teething and that. The thing is, she is materialistic, but she still cares about her animals. She has two siamese cats, she's had them since they were kittens and she dotes on them, they're probably the most spoiled cats in the world. The only thing is she doesn't really understand that dogs are different to cats, so she would need a dog that is quite cat-like and dependent, not a dog that is prone to separation anxiety and who needs tons of attention all the time. She wants to get her puppy in about a month (again, sadly she doesn't want an adult dog), so I don't have much time to change her mind As I said, her sister, who's my friend, has a Tervueren shepherd, and 'Jane' really likes her and is very good at looking after her when her sister isn't around, she's just not the sort of person who will spend hours walking and training her dog.