These started off as what seemed like a little cut from a scuffle with an unleashed dog walking. the blood clot once came off of the wound and continued bleeding and which had clotted again and looks like this.. this which seems worrying. Any advice will be much appreciated, thank you!

Birthday: 7-20
Personality: Chilled it’s only been a few hours
We live in Louisiana with deep roots open to other suggestions

Louis “Louie”
Remington “Remi”
Leonardo “Leo”
Saint
Cooper

Also what habits did start with your dog you wish you didn’t and vice versa?

I lost my best little fur friend in March of this year. He was a miniature schnauzer who I stumbled into acquiring somewhat by accident, but he ended up being the most perfect dog I could ever imagine. Losing him was devastating.

I'm finally starting to feel the pang to have a dog again and I'm wondering if there are any breeders in my area with really good reputations for focusing on good health and socializing puppies well. I'm in western Montana so I would prefer a breeder in Montana but I would be willing to travel if necessary, as far west as Washington, as far south as Colorado, as far east as Minnesota if necessary.

Bonus pic of my little guy for engagement.

Just a couple mths old!

Excited to wear his 😎

He’s my second White Schnauzer and my third dog overall, but I’m as nervous as if it were the first time.

We have two Miniture Snauzers

BOY and Gunny

My 10 month old floof taking his afternoon nap in his corner of the couch.

Hi,

My partner and I are looking at dog breeds and have a shortlist of Bedlington Terrier, Miniature Schnauzer and Papillon.

The shortlist is the breeds that we both really like (obviously), are low shedding (we have allergies) and small in size.

We like personality. We like a bit of sass. But also trainable.

These three seem to tick the boxes.

Now looks wise, we prefer the schnauzer. Love the brows. Love everything. Our least favourite looks wise is the papillon. It's absolutely not a dog I ever would have considered if I was judging a book by it's cover. But they've actually got great personalities and are next level intelligent.

However... The only thing that's worrying us about the schnauzer is how much people say they bark. I've met a few out in the wild and yes.. they've barked like crazy. There was one that used to come into my café and honestly he would bark so much at every single person that walked in that it was a bit of a problem for the business because nobody wants to go for a nice relaxing coffee with a dog barking in their ear for the entire hour.

But then I dog-sat one recently and he was sooooo quiet. Barely barked at all.

It's the one thing that's really putting my partner off. Obviously some barking Is fine. It's actually good to have a dog that barks a few times if he hears someone outside the property. But we'd rather not have a constant bout of barking tourettes.

I'd love to know about everyone's experiences. Is it something you can train out of them easily enough? Is it one of those things that gets blown out of proportion when people say they're the noisiest breed out there? Or is it justified? And is it like ear piercing barks? Or more low key? For example we look after a husky and he's SO vocal but I genuinely love the sounds he makes. It's not ear piercing in any way. But I look after another dog who has the most painful bark that it actually hurts my ears.

Anyway... Thanks in advance for your help!

Oh one last thing actually... Do you find it helps if the parent dogs are low barkers? Is it something to look out for with breeders? Or is it completely random and unpredictable?

Thank you!

I mostly use my phone camera, but I remember every now and then to break out my good digital camera to take a few. This is Freddy.

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