Having spent $750 on the first dog, then $820 on the next dog, I would say no. Our first one did get hit by a car, we were so careful with him, but he was so fast and the bloke who hit him was speeding.

We went with an Aussie Terrier due to the traits they have and we wanted to be so careful with personality due to the kids. The first one, for a pure breed, whilst physically was fine (just a bit big), but he was a complete nutter and did not contain any of the calm traits of the breed. The 2nd dog, is much better trait wise, but still a bit big, I think the breed standard needs updating as they are just not as little as they once were.

They really are two different dogs, pure breed is no guarantee of nature. After talking to a breeder of a different breed, he confirmed this. Many are bred for look in the judging ring, not for personalty, so you can get some nutter dogs amongst the pure breeds.