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      09-20-2013, 03:45 PM   #19
ophale
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Originally Posted by miiipilot View Post
Great looking Vizslas...the Vizsla is one of the dogs I am seriously considering, along with the Rhodesian Ridgeback

Been a lab guy, but looking for something different. What's their personalities like?

Water?
fetch?
Noise?
Intelligence?
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Great video on the breed:
http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows...eos/vizsla.htm

Blog about our Vizsla:
http://www.ophale.com/bodhi_tales/

Vizsla Forum:
http://www.vizslaforums.com


Vizsla's are not for everyone... They are a very energetic dogs that will run a marathon with you and then go back and fetch the keys...

Water: Both of our Vizlas swim, one of our dogs can out swim me.

Fetch: You better invest in a chuckit, because you will be throwing that ball all day long

Noise: Watch dog, like a Labrador Retriever, I've adopted two labs before the vizslas. Very similar except the Vizsla have exuberant greetings and they must have soft toy in their mouth when they say hello

Intelligence: One of our Vizsla is the smartest dog I've ever known... Stubborn at times... The other is similar intelligence as our previous labs. Scent trained him in hours while all the other dogs weeks later are still trying to "get it". He can find anything I hide in the field by scent and he does not give up if can't find it right away. I had him days later go back out in a spot to find something he couldn't find initially. He finds tennis balls anywhere I bring him because he loves to fetch...

If you have the time for a Vizsla, and like to do outdoor activities with your dog, then you found your next best friend. In comparison to labs, vizslas are an order of magnitude more energetic. Think greyhound fast with the stamina to last at top speeds for hours. But they are nut cases in comparison to a stable lab. Vizslas are bored with obedience training... However, when at home they are couch potatoes and "Demonstrably Affectionate". They need to be with their family and don't do well in kennels.

Vizslas are pointer and retriever. So they can be silent and still to explosive fast.

I would get another Vizsla over a lab in hart beat! However, I can see when I get old, the Vizsla would be too much dog...

Hope this helps!
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