| Tara,
WHOA......GOOD LUCK..... I can't imagine having 2 at one time.
When I got Lil Bit I already had a 9 month old chihuahua...but she was 100% paper trained and had learned to lay around and be a bum from my aging greyhound......
The advantages have been
1) Apple (the chi) has 'taught ' Lil Bit about the paper easier if I had tried to teach her myself...
2) They run and play and wear each other out several times a day...actually I rarely get to play with just one or the other without the other joining in.....
3) Lil Bit has learned (from Apple) that if everyone is lazy and sleeping she will just crawl under the heating pad on the couch and sleep also....
The disadvantages....
1) TRAINING!!!!!!! I CANNOT get the attention of one without the other being there causing a total stir!!! My solution was to have my hubby take one outside for a while....or leave one inside and take the other outside by myself.
if this is not an option maybe you can find some toy/chewie they LOVE and get one interested in it (in another room) and spend a few minutes training the first one alone.
I don't think you can train one with the another causing trouble....
OH HECK.....I just sat here and re-read what I had typed so far..... I have no idea how old your pups are or if you are trying to paper train or outside train.
I would suggest you have them confined to a safe room with little that can be damaged........Let them fight it out...they are just trying to figure out who is the #1 dog...........Get some help when trying to train....doing it with 2 pups would be nearly impossible.
If possible get them on a leash (& harness) and start walking as often as possible.....don't let them "pupp" you....you walk them!
Take a breath and try to wait them out...likely when they are older they will settle a bit.
P.S. My favorite advice to ANYONE with a puppy....WEAR THEIR BUTTS OUT!!!!!
"a tired puppy is a good puppy" |