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Hiyas I need breed suggestions for a family with 2 children, aged 3yrs and 10yrs. They have a 5 yr old whippet who is quiet and gentle and they only have 4ft fences. IGs are not an option due to the low fences and the 3 yr old child, so would like to be able to suggest more suitable breeds. Anyone got any ideas?

I currently have 3 larger dogs (boxer, golden, bullmastiff cross), 1 medium dog (Bassett fauve) and 6 Italian greyhounds. I only have this many IGs because I show/breed and I néed to keep my own stud dogs due to where I live. My goal is to keep my iggy numbers at around 6. Im thinking just 2 bigger dogs would probably be my ideal, plus the Iggies. When I eventually stop breeding my IGs the number I have will reduce over time to around 2 or 3. So I will always have at least 4 dogs total I imagine. ETA IGs are a very easy pack to manage, they are a breed that does well in groups. I can run entire males together with entire females with no problems.

Thank you so much to everyone who has commented, I even hesitated posting this thread for fear I would be flamed. Your understanding and compassion for my situation made me cry. I bought Chill home today amd buried her in my yard. Will plant something over her later in the spring. Chilli was just a little mutt, nothing special to look at, but she was a loyal and devoted companion who travelled many miles with me. Wish saying goodbye wasn't so hard.

Ong! Can't quite work out why you'd want your dog to do tjat, but it's very clever :)

I don't know what happened, I don't know what was going on inside your head but sonething wasn't right. I cant describe the fear and despair I felt today as I stood by unable to save you from yourself, terrified you were going to be killed in front of me. I know you wre hurting baby, even carrying you to the car afterwards hurt you. You were so trusting, so calm as I held you while you received your wings. I'm so so sorry I had to betray your trust in me, but I had to let you go for both our sakes. You had just become too unpredictable, you were too much of a risk to my other dogs and to yourself. Rest easy girl, my sweet little ball crazy Chilli dog. For 8 yrs you were my loyal shadow, I can't believe you're gone Wait for me at the bridge Chill xxx

If mum is clueless leaving her unsupervised with newborn pups is asking for trouble.

I run iggy rescue and we take Italian greyhounds regardless of whether they are purebred, byb etc. We also take iggy crosses as long as they have the iggy temperament. We also take ther similar natured breeds when we have the capacity. We have a Chinese crested powder puff at present and we have also taken whippets.

Thanks :) he is a stunning pup in real life. Beautiful soft coat and soft nature and a really unusual colour.

I have owned a "red zone" dog as you like to call them, in the past. Spud weighed around 50kgs and was VERY strong. Had I taken him to a dog park the result would have been carnage. Suggesting highly aggressive dogs be walked on a lead and muzzled in a dog park shows your complete lack of understanding of highly DA dogs. At a dog park Spud would have thrown all his weight into charging the nearest dog, he would have slipped or chewed through his muzzle and it would have been a bloodbath. If you have a 50 kg dog in a rage, bent on destroying anther dog do you really think a paltry leash and muzzle is going to stop him? It would be like trying to hold back a train. Should someone else ave gotten in the way of him and his intended target, I shudder to think what the result would have been. Spud did not need socialisation, he had other dogs he lived with who he was fine with. He was simply very dog aggressive. He was also human aggressive unless I introduced ppl in a certain way. The problem with Spud was not lack of socialisation it was the combination of his breed mix (ridgeback/rotti/bullmastiff) and his particular temperament. With my other dogs his interactions were appropriate and he played with them with no issues. He was also extremely protective of my other dogs. Spuds human aggression wasn't as extreme as his DA. With humans his goal was to bite not kill. With me he was affectionate, loyal, gentle and protective and he was the same with all my friends. He was well behaved around the house and always took food so gently from my hand. Once he knew you, you could do anything with him. He was not under socialized at all, all my friends loved him as he had so much personality. I employed a dog walker for most of Spuds life. He was walked every second day for 45 mins. He was NEVER taken to a dog park. He was exercised around the lake I lived near, away from ppl houses and other dogs. Aggression is not simply a result of poor socialisation. Some dogs are just wired that way and no amount of socialisation will change it. Perhaps you have encountered many highly reactive dogs, but not truly aggressive "red zone" dogs. To suggest a highly DA dog is taken to a dog park for any reason at all, let alone for "socialisation" just does my head in. A "red zone" dog at a dog park is a fatality waiting to happen.

YAy good for you Ams! I so wanna see pics :)

Lol yeah I as jaut concerned cos wanted him on transport tomorrow. I'm leaving at 8am to take dogs to Mildura so not much time between now and then to get a save on him. Thankfully the lovely Nina has him sorted :)

Just had it confirmed he has rescue

This beautiful puppy is around 4-5 months old. Super soft temperament, surrendered as he was being bullied by resident dog. Lovely soft coat, just stunning in real life. There's transport leaving tomorrow morning that can get this boy to Wagga Sydney etc. He may have rescue but it's not yet confirmed. Anyone interested in taking on a big beautiful soft natured boy?

Take the dog and enjoy him. Rescue will always be there.

The little grey dog is an iggy x, Jane saw her yesterday and put her name on her, but another lady has a name on her already.

Omg that's awful, how terrifying for the poor woman

Get all my tags from boomerang tags :)

That's really scary

Sounds like she is settling in :) poor little thing would have been completely overwhelmed in the pound.

I fostered andthen rehomed a dog who was a fence jumper a little while back. Lovely dog, great recall, very dog social, ok with cats amd loved everyone. His one vice was that if he heard you out the front he would jump my 7ft fences to get to me. Also if a storm was approaching he would jump the fence and come to the front door. He was rehomed to a young couple with full disclosure about his fence ju,ping. They had a bed room out the back that he could access if there was a storm and they weren't home, and they lived on a quiet street. To date he has jumped their fence a number if times and gone to their front door. They manage his fence jumping much the same as I did. He doesn't attempt to go anywhere and doesn't threaten or chase anyone who happens to walk by when he's in the front yard. So in this case the dog was rehomable. However several years ago I PTS a kelpie who was a fence jumper as I felt she was not rehomable. I think foster carers need to be able to assess the dogs potential to be rehomed from a rational and non emotional perspective. I think carers need to be willing to PTS any dogs they foster should they have behavioral problems which cannot be overcome or managed well.

Horrible situation for everyone, wonder why his own dogs attacked him

Ahh that's where that pattern on his face comes from lol He def hasa kelpie bark, very sweet dog. I thik he's been ignored in a backyard his entire life he has NO manners and he's not used to being around other dogs either.

Wow what a beautiful dog! I love scruffy looking dogs :)

Ahh that's the Lil,dog I saw on fb :)

Thanks heaps, think I'll just say he's a kelpie x :)