Your No1 on the list defines a VizslaIANative wrote:Thinking ahead to my next dog. I've got a couple decades of experience owning/training/hunting retrievers and flushers, but as I close in on 50, I'm thinking more strategically about what skills/traits I want in my next pup...
1. close-working pointing dog
2. short, no-maintenance coat
3. as low-shedding as possible
4. 50-60 lbs
The pup will be an indoor member of the family, likely the only dog. I'm thinking either a Vizsla or a Pointing Lab. Probably a smaller female. Since I've no background/experience training pointing dogs, she will receive professional training, rather than me just reading a book. I've read that both breeds are close-working dogs, with the Labs being a little more laid-back and methodical, while the Viz's are more driving and energetic. Both are said to be very attached family members. Of course, those could just be gross generalizations.
Those of you who've had experience with both breeds, what would be your recommendation(s), and why?
No2 - There is no coat that requires No -maintenance .
No 3 - A lab has a double coat so that rules it out and since the dog is intended to be in the house it will probably shed all the time ,so will the Vizsla,just not as much.
No 4 - The weight will depend on the breed lines and how much food and work balance you put in the dog . In the house of course it has no way of expending that fat/weight to body heat.
Unless you have found a Professional trainer that takes all the dogs in their house ,I'm sure it will acclimatize-- I doubt it. Unless the professional training is house tasks.
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Yes ,the last comment on your post ,I agree.
