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What is your choice of a great dog breed for a 60-something?
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 288364" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Most Bostons tend to be very high energy and hyper, especially when they're young. And incidentally, that flying around in circles (usually with a goofy expression on their faces!) is referred to as a "BT500". My two do it in the house! When they're asleep, they're dead to the world, but then when they wake up, they're raring to go again. My oldest one, Ragan, just turned seven last week and she's still just like she's on springs, bouncing off the walls. They can be extremely high-energy, playful little clowns who would chase a ball 24/7 if you'd let them. If you want a couch-potato, forget about a Boston! They're tough little dogs but they do have their requirements - they are very temperature sensitive. They are strictly INDOOR dogs. They don't have very thick hair so they don't like the cold at all, and you have to be very, very careful about allowing them to get too hot. They get overheated easily - they pant like other dogs when they're hot but it doesn't do the smooshy faced button-nosed dogs much good, and they can have a heat stroke and die on you before you know what happened if you're not careful! They also tend to <em>velcro</em> themselves to their owners - they want to be with you and do what you do and go where you go. Sit down, they're on you or next to you. Get up, they follow you. Go to bed, they will want to go with you, preferably under the covers. It's a very <em>intense</em> owner/dog relationship you'll have with a Boston. And they snore. And snort. And fart. And burp! I think it's adorable, but it's not for everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 288364, member: 1883"] Most Bostons tend to be very high energy and hyper, especially when they're young. And incidentally, that flying around in circles (usually with a goofy expression on their faces!) is referred to as a "BT500". My two do it in the house! When they're asleep, they're dead to the world, but then when they wake up, they're raring to go again. My oldest one, Ragan, just turned seven last week and she's still just like she's on springs, bouncing off the walls. They can be extremely high-energy, playful little clowns who would chase a ball 24/7 if you'd let them. If you want a couch-potato, forget about a Boston! They're tough little dogs but they do have their requirements - they are very temperature sensitive. They are strictly INDOOR dogs. They don't have very thick hair so they don't like the cold at all, and you have to be very, very careful about allowing them to get too hot. They get overheated easily - they pant like other dogs when they're hot but it doesn't do the smooshy faced button-nosed dogs much good, and they can have a heat stroke and die on you before you know what happened if you're not careful! They also tend to [I]velcro[/I] themselves to their owners - they want to be with you and do what you do and go where you go. Sit down, they're on you or next to you. Get up, they follow you. Go to bed, they will want to go with you, preferably under the covers. It's a very [I]intense[/I] owner/dog relationship you'll have with a Boston. And they snore. And snort. And fart. And burp! I think it's adorable, but it's not for everyone. [/QUOTE]
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