My daughter also has a small dog - a Yorkshire terrier. We have 'normal' sized dogs - not great big ones. We see a retriever most days and, occasionally, a couple of Rhodesian Ridgebacks. I think that man's wife kept them as guards because her husband used to work abroad. He has finished that now. We used to see a Rottweiler but I haven't seen that for several months now. That is a very nice dog, but very big. We also have a goat (Golden Gurnsey), a duck (ordinary - can't remember what kind). A hen (who, like a cat and a dog we have, should be dead by now); a Chinchilla (who also ought to be dead) a Zebra Finch (also very old); several cats, etc etc etc