Bigger is better for me, though Rosie The Wonder Dog is only 45 lbs or so. She looks twice as big before her annual spring shave. Have also had a Lab, a Dalmation cross, and a Doberman/Shephard cross, but none of those dogs were half the dog Rosie is. She's part Collie, Springer, and likely a bit of Coyote.

Dogs as small as a house cat are kinda useless in the woods and deep snow.

Peace, Mooh.