Hello, I have no intention...

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Hello, I have no intention of breeding and will probly still have my russle neutered within the year, I think I'll go with a female lab or border collie as they both are even tempered and fair sized I will of caorse get her spayed, do you think a female lab would be a better fit then a female border collie?


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Hello, as you already know I have a 1 1/2 year old lab and a 7 month old jack russle terrier, the lab is female and is spayed the jack russl is male and isnt neutered. I don't plan on having "luke" neutered and am planning on getting another dog. I have found a breeder of border collies that will have a litter born the end of june and ready mid august, I plan to get my pup from this person. Now I don't know weather to get a male or a female, I would perfer a male as I don't need to have him neutered and I don't want to go through a spay surgey experiance again. The pup will be 6/8 weeks old when I get him, my question is: If I bring him up with my two dogs will they get along? without having him or my russle neutered?
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I would encourage you to reconsider having them neutered.
there are other reasons besides calming some of their behavior. their healt is so mucg better.
Male dogs that are beutered have the risk of Prostrate cancer and some other cancers removed.
As fas as two un-neutered males, especaially one of them being a terrier, there is little chance all will be peaceful.
The little border Collie is a more even tempered breed  than a Jack Russell, but they do like to boss a bit. they sure don't like to BE bossed.
That Lab may decide they both need a mother, and teach them both how to cow ate the cabbage.
Unless you have bloodlines that are good enough they should be bred to improve the bloodline, not neutering them is just a risk to their health, and not the best way to go at all. They will live longer, healthier lives if they are neutered, and your home will be much more peaceful.
Charlotte

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Know what? I may be the wrong person to ask about which breeds or sexes are best.
When I take a dog, I assume it is going to get along with the ones I already have or will get, and so far, it has always worked out that way.
My son raises Rottqweilers, and they get along with all the dogs he has taken then around. My other son had a Lab/Chow mix that was a love, and came here, played with my dogs well.
The way you raise them has infinately more to do with the way they behave than their breed charactistics that most people attribute to that breed.
They all have their own personalities, just like people do.
The breed characteristisc has to do with whether or not they need more running room, or they are more hunters, herders, etc. their personality can run a complete range.
Animals are territorial, and protective of their own. When they come to live with you, and are made a member of the family, all the people and other animals in the house become their own.
When I take a dog, I don't consider the breed or the sex.
I have had German Shepherds, both of the ones I had were female, but my daughter had a male that was an adult when she rescued him, and he would come and play with my dogs when she came over. I have had Irish Setters, Beagles, mixed breeds of every breed under the sun. Right now I have an English Setter, a Sheltie, an Australian Shepherd mix, and a Lhasa mix. the little Lhasa bosses the Aussie around because when my son brought him to me, he was about 6 weeks old. The Aussie was 1 year old, and he pushed the Setter ( a female) aside and took over that puppy. He spoiled that little runt rotten.The setter let hi know she would not tollerate it, so he doesn't boss her.He knows I don't allow serious fightine, and won't allow him to boss new ones. I let him boss the Aussie, becasue Rowdy doesn't even want me correcting his little baby when he acts like a jerk with him.So if he wants to put up with it, fine. there has never been blood drawn. It's just all show.
That aussie is one of the sweetest dogs you ever want to meet. He loves everybody and everything.
I just don't tollerate fighting. Your personality has more to do with the way your dogs behave than anything. They know more about what you think and feel than even you do.
The rescue dogs I bring here fall into the same pattern as my dpgs do. My dogs accept them, and they get along with mine. They know I am not going to hit them, but they know I will put them in timeout, and I will chew them out, up one side and down the other.
I use "no" a lot, and when they are good, I am generous with the praise. I don't let them be where they others are if they are going to act ugly.
It's just like raising children. you set down the rules, You let it be known you are the alpha and they are to follow them, or it is off to time out, in a room, all by yourself, with no toys, nothing to do but here all the stuff going on that you are not a part of, because you acted up. they hate time out !
Max, the Lhasa, has been in time out so many times, and he hates it, that the threat of time out makes him straighten up.
My friend brings her little spoiled rotten yorkie when she comes down to visit, and he learned what time out is real fast. Aunt Charlotte doesn't tollerate fighting, and when he brought blood to my sheltie's foot in a mad fit, he got his little butt put in time out, and a good chewing out. Aunt charlotte's house, Aunt Charlotte's rules. He is a brat at home, but a little doll here.
They way I pic a puppy is by looking in it's eyes. I can tell if they are aggressive or too shy, and if they are going to be able to get along with mine. There is something we see in each other that bonds us right then, so that is the one I take. I don't know how to explain it, it has just always been that way, since i was a very little child.
Border Collies are much like shelties in personality. they have a natural instinct to protect and watch over, so do Labs. Besides the fact that Border Collies are herders, and Labs are retrievers, there is not much difference. That are both even tempered breeds.
I always thought females were more motherly than males, until I saw Rowdy take over Max. He slept with that puppy between his paws, and watched over him to make sure he ate, before Rowdy ate. He acted like he was it's mother.
When I brought my sister's cat here after she died, my dogs adored that cat, and loved on her, spoiled her. They would run through the house in one of their rowdy romps, and the cat was right in there with them. You can't keep a cat in, once they find the doggy door, so she would take off and go roaming. She would ignore me when i was calling her to come back. Once she just didn't come home. I looked too closely for her, and covered all the vets, shelters etc, and there was not a cat like her picked up by animal control (when one is run over, they are called to come pick it up). So, someone took her in and kept her. I guress she liked it there enough to stay.
Had she been running loose, someone would have seen her, we canvassed the area for about a mile in all directions. No one in that area had seen a run over cat, and none had even seen her walking around.
The dogs sat by the back fence and stared down the alley for a long time, looking for her.
So, I say, take the one you want, and raise it with the other kids. Let them know your rules, and be a happy family.
That Little brat yorkie has a wild opossum friend that comes out of their woods and plays with him, back where he lives.
The people who say, oh that breed is hard to get along, or that breed is too aggressive, are usually people who know very little about dogs.
I am told you have to be a special type of person, and very patient to raise a Jack Russel, because they are so active and get into so much. But I think that is mmore of the same. They are energetic, but if you know how to raise animals, and you teach them right, they are going to be good family dogs too. they may have more energy, can jump higher or run faster than some other breeds, but they have a mind and personality, and they have love in them like all the rest have.
I like a kooky animal. I don't like to see one just lie around and sleep. My aussie is a clown, my Setter is a bit of a kooky nut, and my Lhasa is a little nutty too.
Get the one you want, and enjoy your little two legged children. Some people think all children misbehave and you can't make them mind. That is because they don't know how to raise children, and let them grow up without rules.
Set down the rules, teach them,inforce them, and you will have well behaved children. You don't have to get a stick and beat them, just be firm and consistant. Same with animals.
Go with what your heart tells you to pick. If you want a cute little Border Collie, just get it, and make it your's. the other two will love it too.
Getting a young puppy, and letting the others help you raise it, like if you bring a new baby home from the hospital to older children in the family.
I think you will fine whichever you get, it will becoma a member of your litle family, just like the other two are.
If you go by breed traits, you can't get much different than a Lab and a Jack Russell. Those two get along well don't they?
Charlotte