This blog is dedicated to Tobey Karron Heitner, a foxhound who passed away very recently. Tobey was way too young to pass away, but he gave his human companions Andrew Heitner and Jodi Karron Heitner and his roommate Bob Karron Heitner, who is also a hound dog, an immeasurable amount of joy during the years he lived with them in New Jersey. Tobey is pictured above left.
Please Get Your Kids A Dog
I have spent a lot of time this past week thinking about which of the dog lists I should post on Storeboard.com. I've saved lists of the most popular dogs, the best small dogs, the best large dogs, the best-behaved dogs, etc.
Ultimately, I decided that "Top 10 Dogs for Kids" was the most appropriate blog to post during the holiday season. The desire of parents to buy their children presents during the holiday season turns me off, but I sincerely believe that if you're going to get a child a gift it should be meaningful -- and nothing is more meaningful than teaching a child to bond with and take care of a dog.
Of course, the family has to make a commitment to helping the child take care of the dog -- and the family should do that. There are lots of dogs yearning for company and many of them are in shelters and could be euthanized if no one takes them into their home.
Please help our nation's dogs.
I linked a list of 10 child-friendly dogs as recommended by petMD.com. The list details why these 10 dogs are the best. I don't have the room in this blog to copy-paste all the details, but I will list the top 10.
It should be pointed out that I was very tempted to run a photo of the beagle instead of Tobey. That beagle is MINE. I swear that the beagle in the photo looks exactly like my Susie, or at least what she looked like a few years ago before she got old. She's now 13 and sleeping beside me.
Without further ado, here are the top 10 dogs for kids, according to petMD.com.
1. Golden retriever 2. Labrador retriever 3. Poodle 4. Irish setter 5. Vizsla (never heard of this breed either) 6. Newfoundland 7. Collie 8. Bull terrier 9. Beagle 10. Bulldog
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