Dog Health Questions: Would a Old English Sheepdog be the right dog for us?

Here's what we can do (exercise etc.)
-2 miles walk a day, along with at least half an hour play session a night, probably more.
-He/she would never be left alone during the day or night, he would go to my dad's work which has a total of three people and plenty of space and fields
-We do have cats, and will raise correctly
-Socialise well with everyone and everything!!
-Do nice long walks at the weekend too
-We have three members of family alltogether
-we will do puppy/dog training classes, we've found some really good one's.
-we would like to rescue, but if we went to a breeder we know some very reputable ones.

I really like flyball and agility etc.

thanks everyone xx

Ages of us: two adults in 50's and a 15 year old, all my cousin's and family are all grown up to, so no young children xx

Thanks! Xxx

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Seems like a great dog to have in the house for you guys. Biggest thing is exercise and they do shed quite a bit so grooming is definitelyyyyyyy required. I used to show a couple of them and I told myself I would never groom one again. Don't listen to the poodle person. Shaving a dog down is the worst thing you can do. Their coat helps insulate them in the summer and aids them to stay cool! If you shave a dog, you expose their skin to the sun and there are multiple problems that can occur there. You HAVE to make sure that this dog is disciplined as they sense very easily who is the leader and who is weak. They can be a very dominant breed but good luck!

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• That sounds like a great plan, but you must remember that the Old English breed is a very high maintenance breed of dog. And unless you plan on shaving to skin the must be brushed thoroughly every day to prevent matting.
  Also you would want to send him/her to a groomer for proper grooming at least every 8-10 weeks to maintain coat condition.


• a golden retrever would be best. verry loving and loyal and also they are verry energetic they can be calm also