zwischen Vizsla, Ridgeback und Basenji

Zitat von mshilo

Es sind auch einigen Kindern im Gebäude, alle warten und begeistert über der zukunften Hunden.
Zwei minutes bei Fuß gibt es ein großen Park, wo sind immer viele Hunden.

Dafür wären meine RRs definitiv nicht geeignet. Weder für Hundewiesen noch für kleine Kinder noch für Fremde im und am Gebäude.

RRs sind sehr ernsthaft territorial veranlagt, haben jede Menge Schutz- und Wachtrieb, oft einen exorbitanten Jagdtrieb und neigen dazu, eigenständig Entscheidungen zu treffen - die nicht immer im Sinne des Menschen ausfallen.
Sie spielen (wenn sie spielen) sehr körperbetont und oft zu grob für andere Hunde.
Sie sind groß und sehr kräftig, kräftiger als ihr Gewicht es erwarten lässt, dazu wahnsinnig schnell.
An der Zusammenarbeit mit dem Menschen haben sie mal mehr, mal weniger Interesse.
Bekannt für ihren Will-to-please sind sie nicht.

Was erwartest du denn von deinem Hund?
Welche Eigenschaften sind dir wichtig?
Was hast du mit dem Hund vor?
Nach welchen Kriterien hast du diese drei Rassen in die nähere Auswahl gezogen?

(Rasseportrait Ridgeback)

Wenn du dich für den RR interessierst (gilt natürlich auch für andere Rassen), versuche so viele wie möglich kennen zu lernen.
Gerne auch die Rassevertreter, die nicht unter "problemlos" laufen - dann weißt du wenigstens, was dich erwarten kann.
Melde dich doch im Ridgebackforum an und schau, ob nicht mal ein Treffen in deiner Nähe stattfindet!

Puh, so I have to answer in my best school-English...

My Ridgebacks are brother and sister. They were from the same breeder, they had the same way of education, the same ancestors, ...

My male dog is a nice, clumsy bear. He hunts everything that moves, so he has to stay on the leash.
He defends our house and garden, but not as aggressive as my female dog.

And my female dog, his sister...
She doesn't like people at all - except our family. She barks and growls and shows her impressive teeth. She has never bitten anyone - but maybe that's because I control her every second.
I don't know if she would bite - but I also don't want to find it out.
I would never want to come closer to children with her.
In our familiy she is cute and tender. But living in a big city or a house with more flats would be terrible for her, for me - and for other people who lived there.

And I know many Ridgebacks that aren't friendly to other people or other dogs.
Perhaps you'll be lucky and your Ridgeback will be a clumsy bear, too.
Or maybe you'll have bad luck... The chances are unfortunately rather high.

RRs are wonderfull, intelligent, beautiful dogs.
And some of them are quite easy to handle.
But a lot of them have problems with having people on their territory, with other dogs or even with children.

I would advise you to look for an adult Ridgeback that is used to living in a flat and having closer contact to children.
But most adult Ridgebacks that are given away have problems with children or with visitors.

If it is important for you, that your dog gets along with your neighbours and their children, I probably would not buy a Ridgeback.
Or I would develop one or two or three... plans what to do if it doesn't work.

By the way...
A lot of Ridgebacks don't like water...
Jogging along the beach - yeah!
But if there would be a possibility to get wet paws... NEVER!!!

Hello mshilo,

in my experience, Vizsla are very soft and sensitive dogs. Sometimes a bit anxious, can be difficult to leave alone and can be scared of loud noises. But mostly very sweet with people, not territorial at all and without guarding instincts, so very unlikely to make problems with the neighbors or children. Also mostly very social with other dogs, have very little potential for dog/dog agression.

They are very energetic, need lots of exercise both mentally and physically, have a strong hunting instinct/prey drive. But so have RR and Basenji, they Vizsla might be the one out of the three breeds that is the easiest to train because RR and Basenji are both very independent dogs, whereas the Vizsla as a gundog is pretty well trainable if you generally know what you are doing.

Basenjis are rather quiet and clean dogs, so great for a smaller apartment (also easier to find a new apartment with a smaller dog if you need to move, landlords are always happier with smaller dogs), provided they have enough exercise. They are also very agile and energetic. They can be quarrelsome with other dogs, especially the males can be hot-headed.
They are usually reserved with strangers, not very territorial and guardy, but don't neccessarily like to be touched.

RR, in my experience, tend to be same-sex-agressive towards other dogs. The best of them are rock solid, stable characters, but many today are overly sensitive and fearful of new situations and strangers. I know many RR's who are 45 kg scaredy cats and that's not fun, especially as they mostly also have a low threshold for defensive agression.
I'd look for a breeder with a few generations of their own breeding behind their belt (as it is kind of a fashion breed at them moment, there are many breeders who have bred only a few litters by now... their dogs are not neccessarily bad, but it's way more difficult to say something valid about your breeding line when You only had a hand full of litters), who has a house full of dogs of a stable, reliable character and values a self-assured, anxiety free temperament in their breeding stock.

Zitat von mshilo

But, my concern with Basenjis is that they are runners, and i am not sure the neighbours will like them, if they run away from my Terrasa.

In my opinion none of these three dogbreeds would stay at your terrace without you - maybe they even wouldn't stay (without a leash or a fence) if you're with them. They all have a very strong hunting drive.