Him Vs. Her

Now that we have studied so hard all the online materials and also pored over so many books in OnePage we have "shortlisted" a few breeds:

1. Black Mini Schnauzer - My fav breed, hardly shed any fur so its easy to keep the house fur free, looks absolutely adorable




2. Beagle - the man's choice. I have nothing against Beagles except that they shed and are know to be pretty stubborn.

3. Corgi - we both love the cute face and short body but again this breed sheds, end of arguement.

4. Husky - oh lovely lovely huskies. needs to consider high exercise needs AND they blow their coats twice a year....hmmph

5. Cocker Spaniel - the black CS is so nice, we saw one at Pets Movers and selling only at 400. However CS sheds too.

6. AKK - our very initial choice due to the resemblance to Husky but the price makes it not very feasible really and they shed too =(

ok the above is kind of biased and by now you should have guessed that I have a major issue with shedding. the man does help to clean the house but many a times he has to travel and me satu orang will have to do the extra cleaning alone. ya some say if you love the dog you should not consider this a chore but i just want to be realistic and knowing myself well, i will be pretty stressed out if i walk into fur balls all the time. i rather spend more time playing with the dog then gappling with the mop.

we were willing to consider small or medium breeds since its not fair for big dogs such as Husky to have only a small area to roam.

I searched and sent many as many black schnauzer pics as i can to the man hoping to sway him into believing this is THE one. oh yes has to be black. He likes medium-big dogs basically and was not very open to the idea. Then he chanced upon standard schnauzers farms in aus and nz. he emailed them asking when the next litter will be, price etc etc. I had to jump up and pull him back onto the ground. $5000 approximately including air fare etc ! sorry darling the last time i checked, the tree outside our window does not have $$$ growing on it. so i started diverting his attention to mini schnauzers that are of the correct size as opposed to all the real "mini" toy versions that are so in the rage now as people go for smaller size pups. Slowly.......he agreed =D

we visited pet shops and listed ourselves on the waiting list for a full black mini schnauzer. Few places offer full blacks but we are adament. patiently we waited.....

Next we will cover where to get your dog and how to select from a litter....