I have to say that I once had a poodle who was the only child for several years and then I got him a playmate who was half yorkie/half poodle and he wasn't the same after she came along. I got her so he'd have a playmate and I think he secretly hated her. I gave her to a new family eventually, long story, that I later regretted, but he was much happier being by himself and I would never had known that unless I tried!
I think puppies enjoy other puppies, but he was like 3 or so years old and wasn't a puppy anymore and she WAS and was still a puppy at 2 years old when I gave her to a family with kids to play with. She needed PLAY time outside, which I couldn't give her at the time. |