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need some serious advise Hi guys.. well my friend has a yorkie she is same age and size as pnut. She wants to give me her yorkie. My friend has a 1 year old and another on the way, she tells me Dahliah (yorkie) has been peeing and pooping everywhere, waking up the baby cuz she barks so much. She thinks she is jealous for not getting enough attetion. I feel bad, she said she feels dahaliah should be with me. Well pnut likes dahliah but i feel he likes being the only dog, i am just starting on really potty training him and he is doing so good, i dont want to make him upset. I know having her will be way more work, i dont know what the right thing to do is. If pnut gets upset about dahaliah i wont be able to keep her.. dahaliah is such a sweet dog, she is alot like pnut. I dont know what to do guys, i feel my friend is counting on me and i am stuck in the middle. |
Boy, that's a tough one. I think I would want to be 110% committed so it isn't necessary to re-homed a second time. I'm not sure if her presence would have an effect on Peanut's potty training. I took on a second girl for a time and she wasn't potty trained. Sophie was and she didn't slide at all on her training. I guess I'm not much help:rolleyes:. Good Luck in your decision. |
Why not take her on a trial basis? That way you could give them a few weeks respit and you would get a chance to see if Delilah and Pnut would get along...and you would work on the house training with both of them. Just because one isn't trained doesn't mean it will be bad on the other one...sometimes the good rubs off too :) I know others might not agree but I have not found it any more difficult to house train 2 at a time than it is to train 1. If it were me I would at least give it a try for a few weeks and see how things worked out. |
Zoe was very hard to housebreak She's a Shorkie. She finally got housbroken and we got Zach and had to start all over again with him. Not only was Zoe not affected in her housebreaking by Zach but now Zach is following Zoe's lead and he's almost housebroken. It's just a though you never know. If Pnut likes Dahiah maybe he'll teach her the ropes |
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I'm betting that you will find peanut will Love having a friend to share his life with.;) |
I see that you are torn. I would be, too. Think about it. If you think you might want to try it, why not do the trial basis, as suggested. You could even try it one day at a time, if your friend was willing. That way, if Peanut became too upset, you wouldn't feel like you pulled the rug out from under him and you could also see how you would handle it, too.:) |
Only you know if the timing is right for another dog. I will let you know though I really enjoy having too and my two would be lost without one another. Merry Christmas to you and yours |
Have Delilah over for a play-date (ALL day long, if possible), and see how it goes. I find it easier to have two one-year olds. They wear each other out. |
I have dog sat her before, for a whole weekend, and Pnut did good, but when she went home I can tell that he was happy lol. I think it will be something for me to get use to as well, I am so use to having only Pnut!! |
You're still a youngster! You can do it!:D On a more serious note, you say you've kept her for a weekend? Try four days and see how Peanut does. That is, if you even want to try it. Peanut might surprise you or you might find that Peanut doesn't like to share mommy at all.;) |
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You're right, don't let anyone guilt you into it. I can't imagine just having one, but I've never had just the one. But....if you do decide to give it a trial run, do commit to giving it a good long trial run. It could take them awhile to really bond. You don't want to give up just as they are settling in. Good luck on whatever you decide.. |
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