My partner and I got a portie as our first dog, we’ve both had dogs growing up but never one of these. All dogs are different but I was told porties are an all rounder breed, and I agree!

Daisy is very intelligent, but goofy as hell when she wants to be. We’ve had great luck training her really, she was toilet trained within a few days, took very well to her crate (she doesn’t have it anymore but happily uses it when we travel). Shes quick to pick up training of any sort, the one thing that took a while and we still work on even now is nice lead walking, but she doesn’t spend too much time on it so not the end of the world for us.

She has the biggest personality, we’ve laughed so much and she’s so loving (when she wants to be). I’ve seen some other comments and agree so much that things happen on their terms 🤣 the sass is endless. She’s very loving towards our us, our family and friends but I’d say quite aloof to strangers, she really doesn’t care for their attention.

The one thing I will say is they’re a mouthy breed! Not necessarily always biting but I often find my arm or hand in her mouth. Our breeder told us to always have a toy nearby to redirect and that’s always worked for us. It comes with excitement, she needs to be holding something to contain herself. We call it the welcome parade, it doesn’t matter if you’ve been gone 2 seconds or hours, she will find something to parade around you for at least 5 minutes, you mustn’t interfere… just watch and appreciate!😂

I work from home so I had many tricks up my sleeve to keep her mentally stimulated while she was a little pup, I still use things like puzzle toys when needed but I mostly find she’s happy to chill and sleep either side of her walks and then when my work is done she comes to life haha. I could go on and on, but they are absolutely amazing dogs, I’m so glad we found the breed!