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Originally Posted by navillusc  We got ours 3 months apart...Brody was 14 months old and Mia was 17 months old. Mia is older than Brody by 5 days. They are extremely close...we've only seen 'cross words' between them twice and not for months. I think the issue then was over toys ..."which are all belong to Brody"...even/especially Mia's.  But, she stands up to him and snatches them away now, and plays 'keep away' and 'guards' him off the loveseat protecting 'his' (their) toys from him...all in good fun, mind you! She's quite the little imp and instigator!  |
My Tink 'owns' all the toys here, but Finnie will get one and tease her relentlessly! Love watching them play 'keep away'....lol.
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Originally Posted by salazark I think it depends. I teach dog training and we don't usually reccomend getting two young pups close to the same time. Generally we believe that it is best to get the first one trained before adding another - if neither is housebroken, it can be impossible to figure out who did what. I got Beemer when Sadie was 1 1/2 years old. It did take a few days for her to adjust to him but they couldn't be any closer now if they were littermates. Having one trained (I'm not just talking housebroken) dog will really greatly asist you in training the other one. Beemer is now two and the itch has started for another one. I'm really trying to resist even thinking about it. A very wise gentleman that I work with said that he will always have three dogs. That way if something happens to one of them, the other one won't be left completely alone. Mine are so dependent on each other that it is something I think about.
By the way - I realize I'm like the person with their Christmas lights still up in March. I haven't been able to locate my favorite non holiday avatar. I can't remember which computer I downloaded it to. |
Haha! I'm going blind! I thought you decorated for Easter! Now I see the tiny script, lol. I'm still on Valentine's Day!
Peek a Boo was 10 years old when we brought 2.5 year old Tinkerbell home. One month later we added 3 year old Sapphire, then after 6 months we added 2 Year Old Infinity. They do get along well for the most part. Lately though, they've started 'correcting' each other???? Too funny!
I also have a rule: Each one is my 'favorite'. Peek's my fav mandog, Tink's my fav 'big girl', Finnie's my fav Biewer, and Sapphire is my fav princess! This way nobody ever feels left out, and very rarely do we have any jealousy issues.