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by Jenni78 on 20 December 2011 - 00:12
Hans, in your opinion, do you think that orientation (dog or person) is at all genetic? I would have thought it was almost all environmental, but my one bitch produces pups who are super friendly with other dogs, but still will drop everything, when their person appears, even the pups who have been raised with littermates. Have you had dogs like this?
I warn people all the time about raising pups in the right way, but I have to admit, the pups who were raised all "wrong" are extremely bonded and would never choose the dogs over their person.
I warn people all the time about raising pups in the right way, but I have to admit, the pups who were raised all "wrong" are extremely bonded and would never choose the dogs over their person.
by Jenni78 on 20 December 2011 - 00:12
by aaykay on 21 December 2011 - 02:12
Two puppies ? MORE than double the work, in my opinion. Do not for a second think that the first pup needs a companion and thus get another puppy......since if you intend the second pup to be a companion of the first pup, THEY will bond, and BLOW the humans away. Bad behavior in one will be swiftly replicated in the other, unless you are willing to keep them strictly separate and spend individual quality time with both (bonding, socializing, training et al). You will have to budget adequate time to train each of the pups individually. You will have to budget time to take them on walks (for bonding purposes), individually. MORE than DOUBLE the work.
If you keep them together, then as Hans mentioned above, you will have 2 Dog oriented dogs at home, as opposed to dogs that are people oriented.
I currently have a 26 week old WL GSD female and a 22 week old Field Chocolate Lab.....both high energy pups......got the Lab when he was barely 8-weeks old, and got the GSD when she was 20 weeks old. Raising both of them, spending adequate time with each, spending the time to bond with each, socialize with each etc is a LOT of work, and in hindsight, I would have gone with the second puppy, only after the first one was a couple of years old. If the second puppy were added after the first one was a couple of years old, then the first one would be a trained adult and thus you can spend adequate time in training/socializing the new puppy, without having to repeat everything twice and DOUBLE your daily dog related work......things would be more fun than a chore.
Just a friendly bit of advice for someone who is moving headlong into a path that I personally/foolishly took just a couple of months back. If I were you, I would wait a year or so (at least) before adding the new one.
If you keep them together, then as Hans mentioned above, you will have 2 Dog oriented dogs at home, as opposed to dogs that are people oriented.
I currently have a 26 week old WL GSD female and a 22 week old Field Chocolate Lab.....both high energy pups......got the Lab when he was barely 8-weeks old, and got the GSD when she was 20 weeks old. Raising both of them, spending adequate time with each, spending the time to bond with each, socialize with each etc is a LOT of work, and in hindsight, I would have gone with the second puppy, only after the first one was a couple of years old. If the second puppy were added after the first one was a couple of years old, then the first one would be a trained adult and thus you can spend adequate time in training/socializing the new puppy, without having to repeat everything twice and DOUBLE your daily dog related work......things would be more fun than a chore.
Just a friendly bit of advice for someone who is moving headlong into a path that I personally/foolishly took just a couple of months back. If I were you, I would wait a year or so (at least) before adding the new one.
by Prager on 22 December 2011 - 00:12
Jenni78
yes it is to a degree genetic.
It depends on which line the dog is from or which line is genetically dominant in the dog.
3rd and 5th is friendly 2nd and 4th often not so friendly. Thus yes there is genetic influence.
Prager Hans
yes it is to a degree genetic.
It depends on which line the dog is from or which line is genetically dominant in the dog.
3rd and 5th is friendly 2nd and 4th often not so friendly. Thus yes there is genetic influence.
Prager Hans
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