You can try online tools like this one- http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/search.htm
Figure out how much grooming you are willing to do, training, tempermant, etc. Most terriers I know like to chase cats, so you may want to avoid those since they are natural vermin hunters and like to chase things. Check out www.petfinder.com once you find breeds you like. It lists dogs for adoption all over. A small mixed breed pup may be just what you are looking for, and it's so much better to adopt a homeless one in my opinion.
One of mine is a chihuahua mix, and he loves cats. Yorkies are cute but can be a bit yippy.
Dachsunds are great and get along with almost anything. I have 2 of them. They love to be on your lap but you can train them to keep off if necessary.
But just be careful about breeding and bone structure, as you can run into problems with them down the line with their backs. You can't let them jump up and down on furniture. But overall they are GREAT dogs!
existentially_dressed wrote:i used to have a fawn pug . . .he passed because of his breathing problems but he was incredibly sweet and got along with my menagerie .. .. i have read that the black pugs, i guess because of breeding, have less breathing problems . . . .
Pugs have such a great personality. They are so fun!
I like Corgi's...they are cute.
so are Jack Russell's but they tend to be a bit aggressive sometimes.
Check the humane society to see if they have any little puppies that need to be adopted! If they are a mix, steer clear though! Unless you know for a fact it's like a yorkie chihuahua mix! I adopted my dog and he was tiny when we got him... well now he is full grown and is 40 pounds!!!!
You might want to check out a basenji, a cavalier king charles or a shiba inu (like mini akitas... sooooo absolutely adorable!!!) Those are my favorites!
if you just don't want a big dog, thats cool, but my sister has a golden in her apt - she has always been an apt dog and she is pushing 10. their first apt together was one in NYC - tiny tiny tiny, but the dog is so good that with regular training and walking, she has had - i think - only two accidents inside in the last 6 years, both which stemmed from relatively serious health problems from eating random crap at dog parks and table food.
anyway, my point is that while some big dogs (great danes, mastiffs) don't thrive in apt, some can with lots of love. and goldens are just SO good natured...
Glamourella wrote:I actually got a yorkie, and we are thinking about getting another one, and now that we have a bigger house, we adopted a 2 year old chocolate lab, I had to convice him about this, because he's not really a big dog person, but not he really loves her. The labs name is Coco, the Yorkie is India. If we get another Yorkie, her name will India. Our kitten is a white persian, her name is Gucci, he thought of that name, not me, lol.
india 1 and india 2?
do you have a little teacup yorkie? i asked a breeder about that once and she yelled at me for asking. supposedly there is no such thing as teacup - only standard.
does anyone know?