[macfantn]

I am wanting a small dog 15 lbs or less. I like boston terriers, pugs and dachsunds. I am wanting an intelligent dog with minimal shedding any suggestions?

[davesimondotcom]

Originally Posted by macfantn

I am wanting a small dog 15 lbs or less.

That's called a cat...

[von Wrangell]

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Originally Posted by macfantn

I am wanting a small dog 15 lbs or less.

That's called a cat...

[olePigeon]

Miniature Dachsund, but only on the condition that you name him/her "Barge" and attach oars to the side of him on Holloween. That way he'd be a Viking Barge.

[RAILhead]

Don't?

[ort888]

My wife and I are thinking about getting a Pug... but we have learned that they come with all sorts of problems.

Not only do they suffer from a lot of various health problems, they also have a tendency to be very high maintenance and shed a lot.

I think we are going to end up with a mutt.

[Naplander]

Working Cocker Spaniel

Lovely, gentle, clever dogs.

[memento]

I second the cocker spaniel - but you have to deal with brushing and shedding, which you said you don't want. We had one and she was a very special dog. awesome.

We now have 2 dachshunds and they fit your requirements well. Keep on top of them with training. Don't let them jump on and off furniture and you shouldn't have the "common" problem of having to give them $2000 back surgery.

[angelmb]

Pugs are so cool…

[Cody Dawg]

Cockers are prone to rage syndrome.

Where do you live? I might be able to help you get one...I have one coming to my home tonight! A chihuahua and pomeranian mix. She will need a new home after she goes to a vet. The girl bought her and goes to college and the dog lives in a dog kennel 24/7 and needs a new home as a result.

[Naplander]

Cockers are prone to rage syndrome

Grrrr

[Dakar]

Hope you enjoy taking them out

[ThinkInsane]

Originally Posted by angelmb

Pugs are so cool…

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Oh no they aren't.

I don't know how hard and fast your 15 pound weight requirement is, but if you have some flexibility there, I know a guy that has to give up his english mastiff (to a good home, of course). Sure he weighs a little more than 15 pounds (about 205 pounds more), but he still thinks he's a lap dog.

[meelk]

high energy and small - jack russell
no shedding - beagle

[Y3a]

Wake up let dog out
feed dog, walk dog
get dog it's shots
wash dog
feed dog
walk dog
raining, walk dog, dry dog off.
train dog
walk dog
pick up poopies or have a back yard and good lawn mower
come home from work tired, wlk dog
eat dinner, feed dog
walk dog
fall asleep on couch
wake up at 10PM, walk dog
go to sleep in yer bed
dog is loudly snoring next to you in bed.
clean dog hair off everything.
notice how dog pee has ruined yer lawn
etc for 14 years

[forkies]

one word:

silter

[Dale Sorel]

Originally Posted by angelmb

Pugs are so cool…

What a cutie

[Cody Dawg]

meelk: Whatever in the WORLD makes you think that a beagle doesn't shed?



They shed fast and furiously!

[meelk]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

meelk: Whatever in the WORLD makes you think that a beagle doesn't shed?



They shed fast and furiously!

well, of course everything does shed, but a beagle will shed short hairs and less often. far less irritating than a lot of other dogs.

[khufuu]

Nevermind...

[ThinkInsane]

Originally Posted by meelk

well, of course everything does shed, but a beagle will shed short hairs and less often. far less irritating than a lot of other dogs.

Short hairs are way worse. I had a doberman, and his hairs used to stick in my clothing. It was a pain in the ass to get the hair off. Where as my husky shedded profusely, so much so that if I added water I could probably grow another dog, but at least you brush it off, or at worst take a lint roller to it.

If you want a dog that doesn't shed, a poodle is probably your only option. I just hope you don't live in a bad neighborhood, cuz you're gonna get beat up walking a poodle.

[greenamp]

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[Spliff]

Originally Posted by macfantn

I am wanting a small dog 15 lbs or less. I like boston terriers, pugs and dachsunds. I am wanting an intelligent dog with minimal shedding any suggestions?

Most dachshunds can't be fully toilet trained. Occasionally, they'll piss on your floor, usually when excited or pissed at you.

[King Bob On The Cob]

I have a Lhasa Apso/American Eskimo mix at home. She's small (20 lbs), smart, energetic, good with people, barely sheds.

For your requirements check out...
Yorkshire Terriers
Lhasa Apsos
Shih Tzu

[ism]

Just to add: DON'T get a Beagle. Loads of hair everywhere, plus they'll eat their way through your house and home literally. They are the goats of the dog world.

[Nicko]

get a terrier cross with something else.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by Y3a

Wake up let dog out
feed dog, walk dog
get dog it's shots
wash dog
feed dog
walk dog
raining, walk dog, dry dog off.
train dog
walk dog
pick up poopies or have a back yard and good lawn mower
come home from work tired, wlk dog
eat dinner, feed dog
walk dog
fall asleep on couch
wake up at 10PM, walk dog
go to sleep in yer bed
dog is loudly snoring next to you in bed.
clean dog hair off everything.
notice how dog pee has ruined yer lawn
etc for 14 years

You could say the same thing about a spouse or kids.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by King Bob On The Cob

For your requirements check out...
Yorkshire Terriers
Lhasa Apsos
Shih Tzu

While long hairs don't shed, they require haircuts and more bathing. Having had both, I'm not sure which I'd choose next time.

[wallinbl]

Something to keep in mind is your future. A small dog can live 15 years or so. Do your next 15 years include kids? Some dogs are great with kids and some aren't. Toddlers will push, pull and harass pets.

[dav]

Originally Posted by wallinbl

Something to keep in mind is your future. A small dog can live 15 years or so.

our poodle is 17 years old.

[ism]

Originally Posted by wallinbl

Something to keep in mind is your future. A small dog can live 15 years or so.

When bored of it you could always stamp on it's tail so it bites you and then have it put down for aggression.

[Cody Dawg]

Short hairs are way worse. I had a doberman, and his hairs used to stick in my clothing. It was a pain in the ass to get the hair off. Where as my husky shedded profusely, so much so that if I added water I could probably grow another dog, but at least you brush it off, or at worst take a lint roller to it.

If you want a dog that doesn't shed, a poodle is probably your only option. I just hope you don't live in a bad neighborhood, cuz you're gonna get beat up walking a poodle.

SO true!

Beagles are notoriously difficult to housetrain. They are NOT for the average household, that's for sure.

Some small dogs are hard to housetrain.

I have a beautiful Australian shepherd that needs a home and today I'm supposed to pick up a Pekinese/Chihuahua mix. I was supposed to do that yesterday but wasn't feeling well so I skipped it.

Anyway, as far as small breeds go, consider a schipperke. A little black Spitz-type dog that looks like a tiny black fox.

And ThinkInsane is SO correct: The short haired dogs' hairs are THE WORST. In fact, the hair is SO much worse because it gets on the carpeting and the furniture, works it's way into the fabric, and you can NEVER get it out...EVER.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

In fact, the hair is SO much worse because it gets on the carpeting and the furniture, works it's way into the fabric, and you can NEVER get it out...EVER.

How does that happen? I've never understood how our lab's hair gets so embedded into things that you can barely pull them out one at a time. More amazing is the fact that while walking around on the floor, they will sometimes stick into your to 1/4 inch or so.

[Cody Dawg]

Because their hair has little barbs in it when you look at it under a microscope. It's designed to do that - it interweaves into itself with those barbs and it's designed to keep a dog dry and clean. It's most common in the working dogs whether they are hounds or hunting dogs.



Take a good look at one of those hairs sometime. Look at the very end and you'll see how it gets thin and curves inward and has a sharp spike on the very end. It's that spikey point that gets started into a piece of fabric and then you have a hard time getting it out.

Now longer haired dogs, such as Aussies, golden retrievers, spaniels, etc., they just have long hair, period. There is no "spike" or pointy end on each piece of hair. So it falls out and it has nothing to grab onto, see? It just lays there on the floor. It will lay on the floor or sometimes roll under things and gather into a ball and you'll find balls of hair underneath the sofa, etc.

Four kinds of coats:

1. Truly non-shedding (Yorkie, Poodle, etc.,) where the hair MUST be cut off wiith scissors or clippers because their hair never falls out, ever.
2. Wire-haired dogs dogs where the dog CAN be shaved or stripped (think of a Schnauzer or a wirehaired fox terrier) or pulled out...these dogs DO shed! And they sometimes shed as much as regular short-coated dogs. They just seem to shed a little less.
3. Short to medium coated dogs that shed. These are the dogs (labs, Weimeraners, German shepherds, huskies, etc.,) that have straight short to medium hair that has barbs on the end (sometimes they are called guard hairs) and it is these dogs that seem to shed the most and the hair is hard to get out of carpeting or fabric or furniture.
4. Long coated dogs such as spaniels, Australian shepherds, shetland sheepdogs, King Cavaliers, cocker spaniels, etc. These dogs just have long flat fur with no spikey ends on each piece of hair so when it falls out it just lays on the floor or wherever it fell. For a shedding dog these are the easiest dogs to clean up after.

So, number 1. and number 4. are the best, followed by number 2. and number 3. is the worst.

I know - I've lived with all kinds of them over the years.

[wdlove]

I think that you will be very wise to follow the advice of Cody. She knows her dogs very well.