What about Jack Russels or Beagles? I have a old gal who's a mix of the two and oh boy she's been fun
I have a soft spot for JRTs because my mom’s dog was one even though we absolutely hated one another. They’re full of shit and vinegar, but I find that endearing about them.
Grooming them is always a challenge because you’re a stranger and no you may not clip their nails or give them a bath. I’ve always had to muzzle them because they always want to bite.
Daycare they suck too, a few have been kicked out because they’ll just straight up attack another dog who’s excited or trying to play. Overall just... not good dogs for that kind of setting.
We don’t have that many come in, but those that do seem to have some sort of understanding that their JRT is a little spitfire.
Fun fact: the only ‘vegan’ dog I ever met was a JRT owned by some hoity-toity 20-something straight out of some booshy college. She would insert the fact her dog was vegan with every opportunity, then when we had to kick her dog out (which was a PUPPY I might add) for attacking another dog, she went everywhere online to drag our store’s name through the mud.
I very nearly flipped out on her in person when I did her dog’s evaluation and first learned she was willingly starving her puppy. It probably attacked the other dog because it was fucking hungry.