I think if you bring any dog into your family first before you have kids then you have to be careful of the dog getting jealous later. If the chickens are there first then the dog will just grow up with them and its behaviour towards them will have a lot to do with your training.
I think the 5/5 for excercise for the Labs is because they get fat very easily. V's run a lot and are very lean, hence hard to actually fatten up. Just read the forum. No ones writing about how to loose weight, more like trying to find something that they like to eat. Labs will eat anything.
If I don't let my V out of the yard (and we have a big yard), after a couple of days she will start to get a bit stir crazy. I normally walk her 20-30mins up the street each morning at 6am Mon -Fri and then take her out to the park once in the weekend. I have 3 young kids and no problems. Just the occasional knock over like Stevie-j says. Get a Vizsla, you won't regret it.
I think the 5/5 for excercise for the Labs is because they get fat very easily. V's run a lot and are very lean, hence hard to actually fatten up. Just read the forum. No ones writing about how to loose weight, more like trying to find something that they like to eat. Labs will eat anything.
If I don't let my V out of the yard (and we have a big yard), after a couple of days she will start to get a bit stir crazy. I normally walk her 20-30mins up the street each morning at 6am Mon -Fri and then take her out to the park once in the weekend. I have 3 young kids and no problems. Just the occasional knock over like Stevie-j says. Get a Vizsla, you won't regret it.
