Picking a dog

[bigpaul]

i think any large dog will have more minus's than +'s, apart from the amount of food they need, their short life span compared to smaller breeds and health problems(hip displacea for example). maybe SEVERAL dogs is what is needed post SHTF for different jobs, a terrier for ratting, a lurcher for hunting, a spaniel or labrador or poodle for retreiving , in the event of a great "die off" there will be the opportunity in the early days to acquire deceased neighbours dogs ( I mean the neighbours are deceased NOT the dogs)