I was wondering if there was a way to search for sits with particular breeds of dog? We will get our own dog again in the future - and sitting a dog is a really good way of seeing if that breed is suitable for you. I would love a Giant Airedale - but as someone who has always had hounds - wolfhounds, salukis, lurchers, whippets and borzois - I am not sure about a terrier of giant size!! So I would love to sit one or more to get an insight of them. Ditto with Irish Terrier, or any other of the ‘square head’ breeds! So is there a way of searching - or do we just have to hope we come across one? If not - it would be a good idea…
That functionality doesn’t exist, unfortunately.
No such filter and personally I would like to filter for number of pets.
hi @RicnJo I was wondering what Wolfhounds were like as pets?
Well brought up ones are calm, gentle and quite wise. Like most lurcher types they love a good run or a long walk - but are then happy to laze about the rest of the day. They have the hound stubbornness - but are fairly easy to train. Their prey drive can be high - but if well trained is kept in check. They can be scarily wise and really gentle. As a baby my Mum left me outside shops in my pram (it was the norm then!) Her wolfhound x Finn would guard me. When a lady tried to reach in to tough me - he firmly held her arm until my Mum returned - but so gently she has not a mark on her… !
I had a wolfhound x labrador (a rescue) and he would carry eggs without breaking them, also grasshoppers… not sure why! Extremely good guard dogs for a family. Able to discern peoples intentions.
But , like all dogs, they can be messed up by bad experiences with humans. Then they are a very large wolf without manners…!
In my experience one of the more trustworthy breeds…
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I can’t even think of the Legend of Gelert, ‘an Irish hound’ gifted to Llewellyn, the prince of Wales, by King John of England in 1210, without my eyes getting a bit watery…
A short walk south of Beddgelert, following the footpath along the banks of the Glaslyn leads to the village’s most famous historical feature; ‘Gelert’s Grave’.
According to legend, the stone monument in the field marks the resting place of ‘Gelert’, the faithful hound of the medieval Welsh Prince Llewelyn the Great.
The story, as written on the tombstone reads:
"In the 13th century Llewelyn, prince of North Wales, had a palace at Beddgelert. One day he went hunting without Gelert, ‘The Faithful Hound’, who was unaccountably absent.
On Llewelyn’s return the truant, stained and smeared with blood, joyfully sprang to meet his master. The prince alarmed hastened to find his son, and saw the infant’s cot empty, the bedclothes and floor covered with blood.
The frantic father plunged his sword into the hound’s side, thinking it had killed his heir. The dog’s dying yell was answered by a child’s cry.
Llewelyn searched and discovered his boy unharmed, but nearby lay the body of a mighty wolf which Gelert had slain. The prince filled with remorse is said never to have smiled again. He buried Gelert here".
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Thank you, that was really informative. 
