So sorry for your loss. In my opinion, the only really difficulty of having pets is that they don't live long enough - never long enough.
You'll get lots of different ideas about 2 puppies but reality is that the drawbacks or advantages depend a lot on the individual puppies. Some will be more of a challenge for sure - just like with human kids.
My two are twins - now 4 and 1/2 years old. We couldn't choose so we got them both and still think it was the absolute best decision we ever made. I don't think it was that much harder to potty train two at the same time but mine were fairly easy - no real drama. Nothing special I did. They just seemed to catch on or it is possible they may have copied each other. They do often copy some of each other's little quirks so having two may have helped - impossible to know.
With all their other training, they seemed to catch onto various behaviors at different rates and there are still some tricks one does better than the other.
However, the joy of two at once far outweigh any drawbacks. They are super attached to us and to each other but there is no confusion about who is in charge. And they can enjoy activities with each other that I'm not that interested in doing. Just don't find rolling on a dead worm all that appealing. |