I prefer larger dogs. They’re more athletic and tend to have fewer of the traits that I find annoying (like barking, jumping, house training issues, etc). Whenever we adopt, we look for a certain personality rather than a certain breed but I do always specify that we are not interested in any small dogs, especially tiny ones like chihuahuas.
We currently have a dog that I consider small, but probably really falls into the medium category. She was a puppy at the time and appeared to be a shepherd mix. Vet estimated that she would get to be about 50lb, but she’s nowhere near that (only 28lb). We had a dna test done and found out her highest percentage is ironically chihuahua (second was Rottweiler, no shepherd in the mix)
I do love our greyhound. He is extra large (stands at my hip) but, of course, super skinny. He is ideal for the therapy dog work we do.
But, whenever we adopt again, I’m fairly certain it will be some type of bully breed. Our previous dog was a pit bull and we volunteer some with a pit bull rescue. For both DH and I there are really just no other dogs like them.
If your serious about pit bulls. Check out State Farm for insurance. That’s what I had to do for when my insurance drop me when I had a rotewerrier mix. Don’t know if it’s the same for pit bulls but if your serious check them out and see if they will cover you.
State Farm is about the only one (at least in my area) that has no breed restrictions. There was one other company that said they didn’t, so I proceeded with a quote over the phone and she prepared it with $100k liability. I told her that was certainly not enough and she said that was their limit because of the pit bull. To me, that’s still a breed restriction.