What is a medium-large size active dog?

1.Labrador Retriever

Labrador Retrievers are the most popular dog in the US (#1) and one of the best family dogs in the world. The Lab is gentle, loyal, intelligent and extremely reliable with children. These large-sized Retrievers are not apartment dogs but can adapt well to city living if they are given sufficient exercise. The Labrador is good natured and eager to learn and can be easily trained to do everything from competitive obedience and field trials to becoming a "seeing-eye" dog for the blind.

2.Golden Retriever

This Retriever is a good hunting dog, seeing-eye dog, obedience and agility competitor, and outstanding family dog. The extremely popular (#2) Golden is a gentle, confident and loyal dog that is cheerful, trustworthy and responsive to training. This breed makes a wonderful family dog that is friendly with everyone – both human and other animals. This large-sized Retriever does very well with children but toddlers should always be supervised as young untrained dogs can be over exuberant.

3.Cocker Spaniel

The American Cocker Spaniel is smaller than its English cousin – the English Cocker Spaniel. This beautiful spaniel has a luxurious thick and silky coat with trousered legs. This small- to medium- sized gun dog can be used for hunting and retrieving but is extremely popular (#15) as a companion and show dog. Cockers get along extremely well with children and strangers and can adapt to apartment living if exercised twice daily.

4.German Shorthaired Pointer

The German Shorthaired is a very athletic gun-dog that doesn’t belong in the city. This large-sized dog is loyal, intelligent and eager to learn and can be trained for field, agility and obedience competitions. This breed is extremely popular (#20) but needs to be challenged both mentally and physically. The breed makes a good family dog but may be too exuberant for toddlers and small children

5.English Springer Spaniel

The cheerful medium-sized English Springer Spaniel is the progenitor of the English hunting spaniels and the largest of the spaniel dog breeds. These popular (#28) Spaniels make both excellent hunting retrievers and good family dogs that get along well with children. Some Springer bloodlines have shown some aggression and dominance so early socialization and obedience training for males should be a priority.

6.Weimaraner

The popular (#30) Weimaraner is a large-sized hunting dog breed. This high-energy dog needs an athletic family that can satisfy his demanding exercise requirements. The Weimaraner needs an experienced owner who can manage and control this headstrong breed and provide early socialization and on-going obedience training. This dog doesn’t do well with children unless it is raised with them. Weims need to live indoors and spend a lot of time with their families. Well trained Weimaraners are a delight but poorly trained dogs can be destructive, rambunctious, have a high prey drive and try to dominate other dogs.

7.Brittany

The Brittany Spaniel is an active medium-sized dog that is intelligent, loyal and easy to train. It makes a terrific hunting dog or family pet and requires very little grooming and does very well with all children. This popular breed (#30) needs lots of exercise and makes a fairly good watchdog.

8.Vizsla

The Short-haired Vizsla is a popular (#44) medium- to large-sized hunting dog breed with an elegant bearing and strong and muscular appearance. The Vizsla is lively, sweet, affectionate and somewhat sensitive. This athletic, sporty and agile breed needs lots of exercise and lots of human companionship. Vizlas must be socialized and trained early to build confidence and prevent neurotic behaviour. This is not a city dog and it needs to live with a very active family.

9.Chesapeake Bay Retriever

The Chessie is the strongest and most powerful of the sporting dogs. This large dog loves hunting but also is a great family dog and gets along well with all children. This intelligent breed is quite popular (#49) and somewhat distrustful of strangers and makes a good watchdog. Chesapeakes are not city dogs and need a lot of regular exercise and love to go swimming.

10.Irish Setter

The popular (#67) Irish is an exuberant, happy-go-lucky, goofy, kind, charming and intelligent dog. This breed has no aggression and welcomes everybody. These Setters can be somewhat independent and easily distracted but are intelligent and eager to learn and therefore can be trained fairly easily. The Irish is a superb hunting dog and must have lots of exercise with challenging field and retrieval exercises. If these dogs are given early obedience training, they adapt very well to older children. However this breed is so lively and impulsive when it is young that it could knock toddlers over.

If you ain't bothered whether or not it's a "pedigree" dog or not, why not take a trip to your local animal/dog shelter etc., and have a look. That way, not only will you maybe find the dog that is just the right size for you, but, you will be giving a home and good life to an animal that has been abandoned for whatever reason. I'm sure there will be many dogs that would love the opportunity to be with a guy that likes to run - must be much better fun having a dog along with you whilst running/jogging than having an ipod/walkman etc., and having those annoying plugs in your ears. Apart from that, nice doggie with nice fit guy....... use your imagination - what better way to meet the ladies, and when they hear that your doggie is a "rescue" dog - say no more! Good luck and hope you find what you're looking for. Christine. Essex.

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A Belgian Malinois. It's like a (somewhat smaller) German Shepherd on crack! They are very intelligent and have gained in popularity over the years, being used in police work (suspect apprehension and bomb detection). They are square-built like working line German Shepherds, and have the energy of a Jack Russell Terrier. They need to be on a high-protein diet as they burn a TON of calories in their day to day activities, even more so if they're exercised and worked throughout the day. They are a very hardy breed and are not prone to any known genetic disorders. Just be sure to buy from a reputable breeder whose dogs have good solid temperaments.

A Vizsla, or a German Shepherd would be good. austrailian Shepherd, Coonhound, bearded collie, Gelgian Malinois, Collie, Dalmantian, Springer spaniels, Nova scotia duck tolling retriever, and Siberian Huskey, just to name a few. good luck finding a dog!!!

Doberman Pincher

German Shepherd or Australian Shepherd. They are the nicest dogs ever. They are quite active to. I play with my dogs all day. They run around my yard all day. There not so active that you have to have them out all day or anything but they are very fun.

How about the mountain view cur?( more info about it below ) or maybe even the Danish Broholmer? ( also more info below ) Good luck