We're not going to get another puppy til after spring break. The next 2 weeks will be the longest I've not had at least 1 dog for over 30 years (we've typically had doggy overlap).
Not a shar pei. They tend to be "one person dogs" according to many people we've talked to. They are closely related to chow chows, and are also "snappy." Again, we'd might not have picked her with kids—but we rescued her before we had kids. OTOH, our previous shar pei was a saint so we might have anyway (and remarkably smart for a shar pei—but she was co-dog with border collies). Little kids could drag her by the face and she'd just look at us with a "please make this stop" look, so we were spoiled.
My border collies simply did what they were told, and you'd not need to tell them too many times before it was their new way of life (could leave them loose in an open top off jeep in the grocery store parking lot, and they'd no so much as bark or leave the vehicle).
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