Quote Originally Posted by jgcunningham View Post
I will tell you that griffons are easy to house-train and are great with kids and other dogs, BUT they get bored easily and can wreck havoc if they so choose. [snip] If you get one, share a picture. I'd really like to see it. We miss Spike terribly. You'll get a good faithful friendly dog in a griffon.
I can take early retirement sometime next year, so I'm looking around for a dog for then. I know enough about sporting breeds to know they can't be left indoors for too long without major havoc resulting, and anyway don't want to leave any young puppy on its own all day as would be necessary now. Having said that, I guess I am counting on getting a puppy and not a proven dog- don't want to miss all the fun- but of course a rescue might come along any time after I'm in a position to adopt. That would almost certainly be a Brittany of course, due to the relative numbers. But I'm pretty fixed on a Griffon, haven't heard one bad thing about them. And when I do retire, I'll be able to post photos.