We got Rowdy in the spring of 05 and Rex in the spring of 06 - they are 1 year apart in age. They have the same father, different mothers.
Rowdy was/is a joy - BUT he was a little jealous of Rexy at first. He was never mean to Rexy, but everytime we would hold Rexy when he came home, Rowdy would come and get between Rexy and our face. Rowdy will still occasionally do that, but only occasionally. Rowdy still shows a little jealously - which I think is perfectly normal.
He and Rexy are best buds though, and I think they would be lost without each other now. They have a ball playing together!!! They sleep together. Rowdy starts begging us to go to bed about 9:00PM and we never go that early. Now, he and Rexy will go to bed together and he doesn't beg us to go with him anymore. I wish we had gotten two of them from the start!
I say "go for it" - I don't think you will regret it. I know you will get lots of stories and sometimes I think the jealousy is more acute that it was with Rowdy, but I don't recall anyone saying that the dogs didn't eventually adjust and become good friends.
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