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Get an adult rescued dog from the SPCA. You can find out the personality ahead of time, and return the dog if things don't work out.
I have a Boxer/Ridgeback(?) mut. She is very patient, kind and obedient. She possesses enough intelligence that she doesn't do anything asinine, but she really isn't terribly bright. "Fetch" is completely beyond her, let alone "roll over." She's very good with kids and our cat, but chases the neighbor cats. She loves to go for walks and runs.
She is protective and has a ferocious bark, but has never bitten anyone. She hates the mailman with the white-hot intensity of one thousand suns, and thinks the doorbell is a sign of the apocolypse.
While she loves to run and play, she is equally happy snoozing in the sun, or curling up in a corner. She is not one of those dogs who feels it is her life's mission to lick your hands and nuzzle your crotch. Tell her to go away, and she does.
Good dog
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