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Originally Posted by SWHouston  .
If the Lab and or Golden are an "ok" size, what's the limit ?
A Dane, or another breed that big ?
Would gender be an issue ? |
Wow a Dane is the second largest tallest dog in doggiedome. They were originally bred to hunt boar. You would need to research this breed to see how they would do with a small dog(s). Bred to hunt, off the top means that they are probably more Prey driven type of dog. A male Dane can go up to 170 lbs of dog. Females smaller, but you are looking at an adult dog that can weigh in at 130+. That is a lot of dog! With a country estate you would have the necessary running room for the dog.
What is more important (usually) than gender is the breed of dog, and how gender might or might not play into things. And of course proper temperament testing, so the breeder and ultimately you know what temperament your puppy/dog might have, as an adult. For example in our large working breed, basically our females although smaller tend to be much more guardy and "touchy". This means their buttons are closer to On than Off. And again this depends on the lines they come from.
In terms of limit - well actually none. As Britster indicated generally speaking large dogs on a whole seem much more laid back them a typical Yorkie. Their size kind of speaks for them.
Personally I don't see Labs or Goldens as large dogs. Sort of for me on the larger end of Medium sized dogs.
Once again it is all about the temperament of the breed and particular dog in question.
And what as I posted earlier you are prepared to do.
Almost all large breed dogs that acclimaltize themselves to your pack, will defend it; and step back to either nuture or ignore bad behaviour on your Yorkies part.