Before you do think about a lot of things, most importantly, how is your dog around other dogs. Some dogs will take to other dogs and some will not. I learned the hard way. I had a two year old male yorkie and he hated other dogs, was always on full attack mode when he would see other dogs. Thought I could change that, well I couldn't. He bit me, bit the other dog and spent most of his time under the bed and out of site of the puppy and me, I gave it almost a year. A few times they played tug of war with a sock but I had to watch. The puppy was happy go lucky and loved everyone, I finally rehomed him, and things went back to normal. I later had two and they loved each other, cuddled and slept in the same bed and crate, but the dynamics of the household did change, Murphy the older one slept quietly in our bed all night, the new one Duffy would never settle down and as he got older would jump off and then cry to get back on, we finally started crating them together at night, we felt it was not fair to separate them. Food became an issue one was fat but the other one needed to keep weight on, so I went from letting the bowl sit on the floor at all times, to having to set up a feeding ritual, separate food, separate bowls, separate sides of the room and I had to monitor them while they ate. Duffy was prone to yeast infections in his ears, and this was made worse because Murphy loved to lick and clean his ears and eyes, sometimes I would come home and Duffy's face and ears would be drenched. At times when it got bad I had two side by side crates, so they could be close but not close enough for Murphy to slobber in his ears. Then there were double baths, double grooming, double vet bills, and often different potty schedules. That being said many people have multiple yorkies and love it, in our meetup group one gal has five and as soon as a bed gets put on the floor they all curl up together and always want to be touching. However I am pointing out things that one does not always think of, in the last few weeks I have spoken with two people that both added a second dog to their family and were not happy with how the dynamics in their household changed, one was planning on rehoming the one dog and one was just dealing with it, but they both said they wish they would have known how things would change. |