When buying a dog, you must first understand the purpose

The purposes of raising a dog at home are mainly divided into guarding, playing, companionship, participating in competitions, breeding puppies for sale, hunting, and herding (pet dogs raised in cities generally do not hunt) and shepherding function), choosing a dog based on its purpose can directly help you choose a breed that is more suitable for you.

Dogs suitable for housekeeping
Common breeds of dogs suitable for housekeeping: Doberman Pinscher, Rottweiler, Pitbull, Boxer, French Bulldog, English Bulldog Dogs Great Dane St. Bernard Great Pyrenees Shetland Sheepdog German Shepherd Schnauzer Yorkshire Terrier Australian Silk

Dogs suitable for play
Common breeds of dogs suitable for playing: Pekingese, Toy Poodle, Chihuahua, Fawn, Pomeranian

Dogs suitable for companionship
Dogs suitable for companionship Common breeds: Golden Retriever, Cabrador, Scottish Shepherd, Old English Sheepdog, Husky, Great Dane, Samoyed

When buying a dog, choose a purebred or a mixed breed

Pure Breeding Dogs
Advantages: You can predict what the dog will look like when it grows up, including its body shape, hair color and length, and even its general personality.
Disadvantages: Purebred dogs are prone to many diseases, which require special understanding and early prevention.

Mixed-breed dogs
Advantages: Although some diseases unique to purebred dogs can also occur in mixed-breed dogs, the incidence is relatively low.
Disadvantages: It is impossible to predict what your dog will look like when he grows up. It is very likely that he will look completely different when he grows up than when he was a child. His personality is also difficult to predict, and the owner will easily regret it.

When buying a dog, choose a male dog or a female dog

Male dog
Male dogs are stronger and more dominant when they reach adulthood. Will seek female dogs to mate, like to occupy territory, and may be more protective of the home.

Female Dogs
Female dogs are more docile, more suitable to be with children, and have less territorial awareness, but female dogs are pregnant and give birth to puppies. Dogs require more time and energy from you to take care of them. Of course, you can also choose to spay or neuter your dog.More docile.

When buying a dog, should you choose a large dog or a small dog?

Large dog
Advantages
Large dogs are less likely to be stepped on or tripped over;
People who exercise a lot and like sports can consider raising a large dog to accompany you to exercise;
There are dogs that are very suitable for companionship and are large dogs, such as golden retrievers and Labradors.

Disadvantages
Large dogs require a lot of living space. It is generally recommended to keep them in families with courtyards. In actual urban life, it is recommended that a house of about 100 square meters can be kept. If the family is small It is not recommended for apartments with an area of ​​50 or 60 square meters.
Not suitable for frequent changes in environment, natural behavior is relatively ingrained (except for family dog ​​groups).
The food expenses required are larger.
You need to have time and energy to walk your dog to meet its exercise needs, and the amount of activity indoors at home cannot meet its needs

Small dogs
Advantages< br />Small dogs require less space,
are more adaptable to environmental changes,
are often easier to control their natural behaviors,
and spend less money on food.

Disadvantages
Most small dogs are not docile enough and are not suitable for accompanying children.
Many small dogs are very beautiful and require time and money for grooming.

When buying a dog, should you choose long-haired or short-haired dogs?

Long-haired dogs are beautiful first, but beauty also comes at a price. You have to have time to comb the dog's hair frequently and go to a beauty salon for grooming. The most important thing when it comes to styling is that it sheds hair, which is very important. If you have mysophobia, I suggest you keep a short-haired dog.
Although short-haired dogs shed less hair, they are more susceptible to various skin diseases.

When buying a dog, choose a puppy or an adult dog

Puppies
Advantages
Puppies are cute and are more likely to win your love and give you It brings more happiness, and from the time the puppies are raised, the relationship with the dog’s father and mother is easier to cultivate and can be cultivated better.
Puppies can quickly adapt to new environments, are easy to train and adjust, and can quickly develop good living habits according to the requirements of their owners

Disadvantages
Puppies The immune system has not yet been established, and the resistance is relatively weak, making it easier to be infected with severe infectious diseases, such as common canine parvovirus and canine distemper. If you accidentally get sick, on the one hand, it will increase the financial cost, and on the other hand, you will need to have time and energy to take care of the sick baby. Part of the ending of a severe infectious disease is a happy ending, and part of it is sad.You have to be mentally prepared for Qi's ending.

Puppies have poor tolerance, excrete more frequently, and have not learned to excrete at specific points, so you have to follow their butt with a newspaper all day long, ready to pick it up at any time. poop. Training a dog to develop the habit of defecating at a fixed point is not something that can be achieved in a short time, so you must be fully prepared to be a poop scooper. Puppies normally urinate 10-20 times a day and defecate 4-5 times a day.

Adult Dogs
Advantages
First of all, adult dogs are cheaper than puppies, and secondly, they have stronger resistance and have survived many serious infections. During the dangerous period of illness, feeding is relatively easy.

Disadvantages
The affection of an adult dog is not easy to obtain. If the previous owner took good care of it and your care is not as good as the previous owner, then it will be difficult for you to obtain its affection. Emotions; if the previous owner did not take good care of you, the dog will like you more as the new owner after comparison. This can be done by learning about the adult dog's past life and its owner before adoption.

Adult dogs may have some bad habits that you can’t predict. Because the dog is already an adult, it may take longer to train to get rid of its bad habits than for puppies. Maybe the result is still unsatisfactory.

Recommendations

If you have enough time and patience, getting a puppy will be an excellent choice for you, but you will have to deal with its infancy and teenage years. Various questions.
If you don’t have the time and energy to raise a puppy, then choosing an adult dog may be more suitable for you. Those who choose adult dogs can give priority to retired racing dogs, service dogs, show dogs, and those who just want to have A family with a dog that just wants to be adopted.
Be sure to look at the rim of your eyes, at least you won’t want to keep it any longer.

Characteristics of common dog breeds

Husky: Very smart, but not trainable. Likes to howl like a wolf. It has average obedience to its owner and likes everyone, so it cannot look after the house and there is no danger in going out.

Samoyed: Similar to Husky.

Doberman Pinscher: more alert and easy to train. He is very obedient to his master and can look after the house.

Great Dane: Very smart and easy to train. It has a stable personality, is obedient to its owner, is safe when going out, likes to be in contact with people or dogs, and can look after the house.

Pekinese Dog: cannot be trained. Obedience is okay. It is basically safe to go out and you can look after your home.

Toy VIPDog: Very smart and can be basically trained. Good obedience, safe when going out, and will not look after the house. Very attached to the owner.

Chihuahua: cannot be trained, has poor obedience, and can look after the house.

Fawn Dog: Basically the same as Chihuahua.

Pomeranian: basically the same as Chihuahua.

Golden Retriever: Very smart, active and easy to train. Attached to the owner. Safe to be outside, loves people and dogs. But I don’t know how to look after the house.

Labrador Retriever: Same as Golden Retriever.

Scottish Shepherd Dog: Most of them have gentle personalities and can be trained. Very obedient to the owner. The disadvantage is that I don't know how to look after my house.

Shetland Sheepdog: timid, very smart, and can be trained. It doesn't like people other than the owner to look after the house. Likes to bark.

Old-fashioned English Sheepdog: gentle and generous personality, can be trained. It is very kind to everyone, does not cause trouble when going out, is adaptable to any place, and does not look after the house.

German Shepherd: stable personality and very easy to train. Very attached to the owner. He can do everything he can for his master, he doesn't cause trouble when he goes out, and he knows how to look after the house.

Schnauzer: Very smart and can be trained a little. It is safe to go out, highly dependent on the owner, and can look after the house. It likes to bark and dig around.

Yorkshire: Very smart and cannot be trained. It is safe to go out, but it is easy to attack other dogs. You can look after the house. Likes to bark.