My mom and i were looking for a dog that was calm and gentle, patient with kids, little health problems, and didn't shed a lot. Our current dog sheds a lot, sadly her former owners kept her outside the entire time they had her because of it, so my mom wants a dog that sheds as little as possible. There are two kids in the house, we have all been around dogs before we were a day old and have been taught from then to command the respect and obedience of dogs and respect the dogs in turn, however the youngest has yet to learn respect for the dogs boundaries. all the databases said they are energetic if they don't receive exercise, but what dog isn't? Anyways, we looked at what dogs had the characteristics we were looking for and found weimaraners, my mom really likes them and she'd spent time around them so she knew they were a good breed, that's why we want a weimaraner. However, if anyone has a good breed that fits what we want in a dog I'd love to know.