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Originally Posted by jencarv  I am getting new puppies in a few weeks, a brother and sister... cant wait! I am new to this site also.
Are you crating the two puppies together at night? Or do they sleep seperatly?
Thanks!
Jen |
Mine were crated together before I brought them home at night. When I brought them home the girl puppy (my daughter's) started sleeping in her bed that very night. My puppy (boy) slept in a crate for the first few weeks on the floor in my bedroom. My puppies have always been crated together during the day.
I would definitely allow them to be crated together at night as long as they get along fine. I would have 2 crates (I have 5 crates at my house) so that you can put them in separate crates if they fight. You do need to watch and make sure they are fighting and not playing as mine can get very aggressive sounding when playing. I think they will settle in better if they have each other, although this will create a dependency with each other. Mine are bonded but they also do okay being apart as they are in separate rooms at night only because the girl puppy belongs to my almost 18 year old daughter and the boy puppy is mine and my husband's. My puppy is bonded to his sister but also is bonded to my 10 year old Yorkie some because the two of them sleep with me.
If they will always be together then let them bond and sleep together as they will sleep better. If they start fighting at night then put them in separate crates next to each other, or get a crate divider and put each puppy in each side of it so they can be close but are still unable to fight. My puppies are 10 months old and they really never fight with each other at all.