11-10-2015, 01:19 PM
(11-10-2015, 01:02 PM)Walter Sobchak Wrote: Looking at getting a dog soon. Mrs Sobchak is from a family that never had dogs, and her mum is quite afraid of them, and that fear seems to be inherited. So I'm working on her just now, problem is anything too big/excitable/energetic/hairy/yappy/small is ruled out.Leaves fuck all choice, as even the most docile and lovable of dogs, the beagle, has been deemed "too doggy" and has "evil eyes" apparently.
Thinking about an Italian Greyhound, though they are really fragile, might be able to swing a whippet or a smooth haired whippet cross/lurcher.
I'm from a family that isn't keen on dogs. Mum is from tillicoultry and there was (is?) a gympsy camp nearby and they let their dogs run free, so she was petrified of them and passed it along. Took me a few months to get used to the wee guy to the point that I was totally comfortable with him and any other dog we'd encounter. If your wife is maternal, there's no way she won't learn really quickly.