EVO8Gold Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 (edited) I am about to purchase two Gun Dog male puppies. Both will be de-sexed at an appropriate age. We intend to have them as family pets. We use to walk our Golden Retriever twice a day and normally walked to a large leash free park in our area. This was good for socialisation of both dog and walker. It is our intent to continue the same practice and we also intend to do some obedience and agility work with the dogs. My only concern is the compatibility of having two male dogs. Has anybody else gone down this part with this particular breed or with gun dogs in general? Edited May 25, 2011 by EVO8Gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macka Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Two males are fine... two puppies of the same age at the same time... madness! Just do a bit of a google and you will see loads of downsides. Any particular reason you want to get two at the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiesha09 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Please do some research on buying litter mates. It isn't always a good idea but I"m sure some others will provide you with some more info on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Nup, not unless your prepared to seperate and possibly deal with world war three, when they mature. Most litter mates of most breeds will get along fine as youngsters but as adults they can be deadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiekaye Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I am about to purchase two Curly Coated Retriever male puppies. Both will be de-sexed at an appropriate age. We intend to have them as family pets. We use to walk our Golden Retriever twice a day and normally walked to a large leash free park in our area. This was good for socialisation of both dog and walker. It is our intent to continue the same practice and we also intend to do some obedience and agility work with the dogs. My only concern is the compatibility of having two male dogs. Has anybody else gone down this part with this particular breed or with gun dogs in general? I think you will find the general opinion will be, not to have two pups at the same time and if you do go for opposite sexes. I guess it all depends on how you handle it. Most breeders would not sell you litter mates. It may all work out fine depending on how experienced you are. Could you not get one and when he's trained then get another of opposite sex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idigadog Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Nup, not unless your prepared to seperate and possibly deal with world war three, when they mature. Most litter mates of most breeds will get along fine as youngsters but as adults they can be deadly We have 11 entire male dogs here. Four generations in fact and three of them are littermates. We have no fights, no issues between brothers and they are three years old. And to those who say not to get two puppies at the same time, we had four at one point. Currently we have two pups who are three months apart. Guess that makes us extremely crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiekaye Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Nup, not unless your prepared to seperate and possibly deal with world war three, when they mature. Most litter mates of most breeds will get along fine as youngsters but as adults they can be deadly We have 11 entire male dogs here. Four generations in fact and three of them are littermates. We have no fights, no issues between brothers and they are three years old. And to those who say not to get two puppies at the same time, we had four at one point. Currently we have two pups who are three months apart. Guess that makes us extremely crazy I think it all depends on the owners and what they do in certain situations that are bound to arise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 We have 11 entire male dogs here. Four generations in fact and three of them are littermates. We have no fights, no issues between brothers and they are three years old.And to those who say not to get two puppies at the same time, we had four at one point. Currently we have two pups who are three months apart. Guess that makes us extremely crazy My guess is that you are reasonably experienced at handling a pack .. and your dogs are housed in kennels, managed according to compatabilty, and worked as a pack? That is a different scenario to living in a house/backyard as pets .... and, yes you are crazy :p :p but having FUN!!! For the average pet owner , I would not recommend getting brother littermates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Nup, not unless your prepared to seperate and possibly deal with world war three, when they mature. Most litter mates of most breeds will get along fine as youngsters but as adults they can be deadly I agree with this, I kept two males from my last litter (gundogs) and it certainly hasn't been easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra777 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 (edited) Nup, not unless your prepared to seperate and possibly deal with world war three, when they mature. Most litter mates of most breeds will get along fine as youngsters but as adults they can be deadly We have 11 entire male dogs here. Four generations in fact and three of them are littermates. We have no fights, no issues between brothers and they are three years old. And to those who say not to get two puppies at the same time, we had four at one point. Currently we have two pups who are three months apart. Guess that makes us extremely crazy I suspect your dog knowledge may be slightly more advanced than Evo8gold - no offence to them! - different sceanario completely to the average pet owner I would think. Evo8gold. WHY do you want two dogs. If you want two so they're company for each other then IMO you'd be better off getting one, training it, waiting for it to get through the nightmare stage and get another then. Personally I would go for a dog and a bitch, but gundog temperament is a bit different to what I'm used to so that's just me. In a pet situation with gundog breeds I think I'd go dog and bitch or two dogs (one or both neutered) before I would go two bitches - bitches aren't called bitches for nothing! What are you going to do if they turn out to hate each other when they're full grown? What are you going to do if they love each other dearly and hate to be parted and one dies when he is only six or seven, and the other one frets almost to death? What are you going to do if they love each other dearly and live to a ripe old age, both dying within a few weeks of each other - how is that one going to make YOU feel? Personally I would never recommend two pups at the same time to the average pet owner. I've kept multiple pups from a litter and I know how much hard work it is! ETA: You are not adopting these puppies, you are buying them. Sorry, pet peeve! Edited May 24, 2011 by Sandra777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trojka Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 (edited) We have 11 entire male dogs here. Four generations in fact and three of them are littermates. We have no fights, no issues between brothers and they are three years old.And to those who say not to get two puppies at the same time, we had four at one point. Currently we have two pups who are three months apart. Guess that makes us extremely crazy My guess is that you are reasonably experienced at handling a pack .. and your dogs are housed in kennels, managed according to compatabilty, and worked as a pack? That is a different scenario to living in a house/backyard as pets .... and, yes you are crazy :p :p but having FUN!!! For the average pet owner , I would not recommend getting brother littermates. This. Plus, your dogs get to work, doing what they were bred to do. For the average person, getting litter mates sounds like a bit of a recipe for disaster. Why risk it? Get one dog, bond with it, train it, watch it grow up into a teenager and then an adult and then think about getting another. Edited May 24, 2011 by trojka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakway Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I am not going to disagree with what other have said. But I have reared 4 siblings together with no problems. Possibly the breed and housing conditions would make a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idigadog Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 My guess is that you are reasonably experienced at handling a pack .. and your dogs are housed in kennels, managed according to compatabilty, and worked as a pack? That is a different scenario to living in a house/backyard as pets .... and, yes you are crazy :p :p but having FUN!!! For the average pet owner , I would not recommend getting brother littermates. They are only housed in kennels at night. During the day they are all out together in our running yards. Sometimes I'm not sure if it's good luck or good management that they get along so well And yes persephone, it's alot of fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Sometimes I'm not sure if it's good luck or good management that they get along so well a bit of the first ..and a lot of the second ,is my guess ;) and throw in some good genes .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusky Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 you will decide what you want to do please read some info first http://www.caninedevelopment.com/Sibling.htm It is fairly common for littermates to have problems, many are rehomed and that is devastating. Do a bit more research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaz Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I am not a dog expert but I have had two female Staffy littermates for 3.5 years now with no major issues in regards to aggression so far. I am hoping they are different enough to get along, one likes her food, and the other doesn’t care so much. If Tippi takes her bone she will let her them come to me and let me know. However, after my experiences I don’t recommend two pups at the same time, for one it is so much hard work. Some things are made easier, such as I had no issues when leaving them for work, or leaving them to go to bed, because they had each other. Staffy's are known to like escaping, but mine don’t even think about it. You will need to work hard separating them for long periods of time, I didn’t do this enough when they were young. Having been through it, I would never do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadz Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I don't recommend having two puppies of the same age, at the same time. We have two puppies and they are 4 months apart and it was a handful for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I had littermates before and while i loved them to bits i would not do it again. They only bonded with one another no matter how much i seperated them to train etc. At age 5 they then started fighting and after a few less serious fights one ended up with a nicked jugular vein. She was saved but i then had to resort to drastic measures to stop them from fighting. If u want a dog to bond with dont get 2 at the same time - wait awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kia Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I am about to purchase two Curly Coated Retriever male puppies. Both will be de-sexed at an appropriate age. We intend to have them as family pets. We use to walk our Golden Retriever twice a day and normally walked to a large leash free park in our area. This was good for socialisation of both dog and walker. It is our intent to continue the same practice and we also intend to do some obedience and agility work with the dogs. My only concern is the compatibility of having two male dogs. Has anybody else gone down this part with this particular breed or with gun dogs in general? I wouldn't recommend getting litter brothers or even a sister as they usually become extremly dependant on each other. If you really want to compete in the dog sports you would be better off getting 1 puppy and do the training and intoduce another pup in 12-18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I have to question any breeder that is willing to sell two pups to a novice owner. I've run on litter mates without issues but it is a lot of hard work, to give each pup your best and get the best out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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