How do you pick a dog that best matches your lifestyle? The task can be more difficult that realized.
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Choosing a dog to adopt can be a lot of fun, yet a lot of people seem to be so bad at it. How else can you explain the millions of dogs relinquished to animal shelters every year? What should be a joyous celebration of work and research all too often tends to be an expedition of first impressions and poor impulse control.
Love at first sight may seem to be a romantic way to hook up with a companion, but it rarely works well for spouse selection, and it certainly doesn’t seem to work any better for selecting pets. Strange as it may sound, many people spend more time selecting a new car than they do choosing a canine companion. The critical differences between the two are the dogs live in your house, interact with you, and often live long enough to outlast two or three new vehicle purchases.
To narrow down your choices, a good place to start is by breed and their personality traits. Of course, there is really no such thing as a “typical” pit bull, a “usual” Chihuahua, or an “average” boxer. Each dog is an individual and deserves to be regarded as such.
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Remember: Good Research is the key.
