wantsapuppy Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) Edited December 6, 2011 by wantsapuppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonElite Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Best not to buy two dogs of the same age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancinbcs Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Best not to buy two dogs of the same age. And definitely not from the same litter. Most responsible breeder would not consider selling two siblings together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 reconsider!! ;) it depends on the dogs, your experience..all sorts of things. You might enjoy having a read of two threads from last year ... LINK LINK and also this one LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozzie Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Is there some reason you want three times the work of a single puppy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretel Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 What breed are you looking at? I think that makes a big difference. I have sold siblings in Cavalier litters that have worked out well. And why do you want two and how much work do you want to put in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 There are many reasons why people will recommend not getting two together. What are your reasons for wanting two together? Two puppies together is equivalent to more than double the work as you need to spend a lot of time training them individually, you need to teach them to be okay alone and two together tend to find 5 times as much trouble as one on its own. It doesn't mean that it can't be done but IMO unless you have two adults with the time to train and some relatively strong dog experience I wouldn't recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Is there some reason you want three times the work of a single puppy? Three times? When you take into account it's a Labrador(s) she wants, with several young children under 4, three times doesn't even come close. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Is there some reason you want three times the work of a single puppy? Three times? When you take into account it's a Labrador(s) she wants, with several young children under 4, three times doesn't even come close. :rolleyes: I love my almost 5 month old pup but I could never imagine having 2 of him the same age. I had 2 pups together before and never again!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantsapuppy Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) Edited December 6, 2011 by wantsapuppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantsapuppy Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) Edited December 6, 2011 by wantsapuppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozzie Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Well considering you said brother/sister, sister/sister, brother/brother, one would assume you were getting them together. RubyStar, no need to roll your eyes at me ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretel Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 It makes no difference to the dogs if they are related or not when they are bought months or years apart. With Labradors I would be thinking years apart would be preferable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantsapuppy Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) Well considering you said brother/sister, sister/sister, brother/brother, one would assume you were getting them together. RubyStar, no need to roll your eyes at me ;) Edited December 6, 2011 by wantsapuppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 When I ran Albury Dog Rescue and I would get enquiries like yours I would firstly say that I wouldn't sell littermates and explain all the reasons why (listed above). I would explain how, before I knew better, I had done it and every single time, bar one, the dogs were returned or one was returned. Every single time the dogs were poorly behaved, untrained and very tightly bonded. I told people that if they wanted to adopt one pup from me now and come back in 6 plus months time I was happy to do it that way. Every single person who listened to what I had to say told me afterwards that they were very, very pleased I had said no and that they would now be waiting a couple of years before they got a second pup, had decided on an adult dog OR on having just one dog. The only time it worked was when I sold litter sisters and one was deaf - the other was her ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 RubyStar, no need to roll your eyes at me ;) Rozzie, I wasn't ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantsapuppy Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) Edited December 6, 2011 by wantsapuppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 If you were doing it with a gap of 12 plus months between I would recommend boy/girl. Two boys can always get on as can two girls but in my experience you have the last chance of trouble when it is boy/girl BUT you really want to make sure you have one pup well-trained and manageable before you add another or else your older dog will simply teach your younger dog bad behaviours - better to go the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavik Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I agree with Trisven, general consensus is male/female combination get on best. I would have at least a 2 yr gap. I have 12yr female, 8yr male, 5 1/2 yr male. My female gets on with males better, my males don't mind either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Crazy Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) Best to buy about 2 years apart, different sex IMO. Get the first one going well first, doing whatever you need them to then introduce the newbie on neutral ground the first meeting. I did this and it worked very well for me & my 2 are the very best of friends. I think having that time difference in between the 2 dogs gives the first one time to bond with you before getting the new littley. Otherwise they usually bond with each other & you find yourself being left totally out of the equation. Also I was really amazed at how much the pup will learn, watch & follow pretty much everything the older dog does The older dog shows the newbie the ropes,so if the older one is not doing what you are want it to & misbehaving, the new one will only mirror what they see. Edited December 5, 2011 by BC Crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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