Mrs Slim is starting to hint at the idea of owning a dog, and short of a rescue dog (have rescued in the past) she's not keen on my preferred breeds if we go for a puppy.
Im a short haired stocky kinda dog man (yes, in looks too) and would go for a staffie, french bulldog, boston terrier.
Ideally she'd have a boxer but its too big for our current situation and ive witnessed many boxer's suffer serious ill health after 6 or 7 years of age.
We were looking at other breeds and she pointed out some rather nice looking Border Terrier puppies and I must admit to being quite taken by them. Their coat isnt too long for me, and the Benji looks are cute enough, that and the fact they cost a fraction of my other preferred choices..
Does anyone have any advice on ownership of BT's, any pro's & cons?
I understand they are good with kids, we have a 2 year old so this is important.
Are they good off road bike chasing type dogs? Id be happy to take one round my local trails if able to keep up and happy to follow me.
Also, some seem to have longer more wiry coats than others, I would want shorter hair given the choice. However ive seen reference to them having '2 coats', up upper and lower? and that the upper can be 'rolled' off?? Is that perhaps what ive seen with the shorter haired version, or are they similar to say Jack Russells in that you can find short haired and wiry haired versions?
What were you saying about them getting lazy if you let them surfer? 
I think that Blue and Tans are generally smoother than Grizzles (but I could be talking out of my arse there...I often do).
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