easiest doggo breed to manage

Adopt a middle aged dog from an owner surrender shelter. behaviorally speaking, breed doesn't matter with adult dogs because what you see is largely what you get. If you're trying to gamble on how a puppy will act when they're older aside from the influence of your training, breed is all you can go by.

>>2281788
Pound dogs are good dogs generally. They get socialised and a lot get trained or are already trained in basic commands. If you go the pound route take the dog for a walk and see how he responds to you. Pound dogs are some of the most grateful loyal animals Ive owned. I swear they know where they were at and how close to death they got before you rescued them. For easy dogs find a lower energy breed or mix. Sighthounds are fairly docile and love to nap all day long. The smaller toy breeds can be a pain in the ass if you coddle and spoil them. I find schnauzers and poodles to be very smart, easy to handle and train dogs. Schnauzers tend to be a bit yappy but I've found them to be a great combo with a large guarding type breed. As a kid my grandfather had a miniature schnauzer and a German Shepherd on his property. Anytime something came into the yard the schnauzer would go check it out while the gsd chilled. He had a special bark that would bring the German Shepherd pissed off running. If granddad saw that he knew to go check it out. My friend trained miniature poodles. They were very well behaved animals. Seemed to pick up on commands incredibly quick.
I always end up with a big small combo of dogs.

an adult, stupid "companion breed" from a shelter should do you good

something foofy with bishon or shih tzu or even pug sort of heritage have being nice, calm happy house dogs in their genes

might have some issues with housebreaking (expect this from any shelter do) but shouldn't take much to train

i agree with this anon about sighthounds
>>2281835

but disagree about getting anything smart

smart dogs are not good for first time owners looking for something easy to train

stay away from terriers, shepherds, retrievers and pointers

>>2281840
Golden retrievers are a bad first time dog? I thought they were super easy to train.

>>2281840
I agree on smart dogs, thats why I recommended schnauzers and poodles. Easy to train but not crazy full of energy.

>>2281849
High energy dogs. They need to be exercised quite a bit.

>>2281849
They are easy to train because they're so eager to please. That, plus the fact that they're so good-natured and friendly and pretty hard to screw up, even with bad training, makes them good first time dogs Like >>2281855 said, they're high energy but it's nothing excessive.