Should I get Dog

     Something that I have never had in my short lifetime is a dog. I have owned every species of animal that you have legally like finches, parakeets, snakes, geckos, anoles, cats, fish, and crabs but never a dog. There is a fat chihuahua who always comes to my house to visit me, but I do not own this dog as my neighbor does. If I were to get a dog, I do not want just a lap dog, I want one that does work because I live on a farm. I want one that can protect my livestock. One of the first breeds I was looking at was the great Pyrenees. This breed is very hardy, protective, and well known to be great around poultry. But they are expensive, and the hair constantly needs to be groomed. The second breed I was looking at is the German shepherd, a highly intelligent, protective, and defensive of people not just other animals. But it is a lot harder to train them to be around small animals. The final breed is just a shelter mutt. If I were to get a shelter dog it would be a lot cheaper than a purebred breeder and I would give a shelter dog a home, but they are very unpredictable because you do not know what breed this dog is made up of. 




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