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Originally Posted by Verbena  I would suggest a medium sized dog like a border collie or Aussie. They are very sweet but protective. Their barks tend to keep coyotes away. They are both extremely smart dogs. They are both on the top 5. Very trainable. |
We had a Border Collie, and he didn't grow up around small dogs .... but we introduced a mutt (8 pounds), a purebred Yorkshire terrier (6 pounds), a 15 pound Scottish terrier, and one 12.5 Yorkshire terrier that lived with us (not all at the same time) and our Border Collie did wonderful. Especially for growing up in a life as a only dog. Boomer did well with strangers as well.
These dogs are perfect country living dogs. They are so smart and loyal. Boomer had some great instincts. He was very protective. They also are very agile and graceful, and they are larger dogs without the feeling of being TO large.
If I was going to get another bigger dog AND had little dogs it would be the Border Collie. If I didn't have little dogs it would be the German Shepherd.