We recently went through this same thought process. We welcomed Ozzy into our life in March. Now I am a huge dog lover and used to show Cardigan Welch Corgis in conformation - I still have 4 of my geriatric crew with me (8-11yrs old) They really do not find much need in interacting with Ozzy...he is quite annoying to them!! We also have a Bernese Mountain Dog which is my husbands baby...he is so lazy he just lays there while Ozzy jumped all over him. During the day if we are gone, Ozzy is gated in our kitchen so not alone but separated from everyone else. At night we found that Ozzy would not sleep through the night...about 3 am..and he was up and ready to go. This was not working out so well for us. As you can imagine!! Over the 4th of July we traveled to see family. Now try dealing with 6 dogs and 4 cats!! I take 2 of my corgis to a pet resort - as they are stinkers and will fight with the other dogs. Then I hired someone to stay at my house and take care of 3 dogs and 4 cats. I then enlisted a friend who has a yorkie and a yorkie mix to babysit Ozzy. It was his "extended play date!!" Well when I picked him up I asked her how he slept. She said she had to wake him up every morning that he was wore out playing with the other dogs. I told my husband this...and he was the one against getting another yorkie (for obvious reasons.... 6 dogs are alot of work) but he decided.... let's do it!! So I found Harley -- our sweet sweet girl!! Ozzy is having the time of his life He is so much happier now!!! They are so cute together! Of the two, Harley is more on the shy side..but boy can she let Ozzy know who is the strongest of the two!! ha ha (she is all of 3 lbs right now!!) And....yes they both sleep through the night. The alarm wakes them up and then they are ready to go!!
So hopefully you can get a playmate for your baby!! I glad we did!!
Karen
Ozzy and Harley and the entire crew!! |