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Want new dogs - need advice
Posted on 2/27/25 at 10:56 pm
Posted on 2/27/25 at 10:56 pm
I scratched my head trying to figure out best board to ask… I figured I would get better answers here than OT board.
We’re a lab family. We lost our chocolate lab male 3 years back and our lab/dob mix female more recently year ago.
They weren’t “hunting dogs”, and new ones won’t be either. They’ll just be typical family dogs. I’m ready to replace them. Kids miss them. And I miss them.
Do you guys have any advice or experience or recommendation about how best way to go about this for getting two dogs (from a dog standpoint)? Should I get one first and then get another months or even a year or couple years later? Should we get two puppies that start out together? Should they even be from same litter? I’d love to hear anyone’s experience or advice.
Our male chocolate lab was about 5 years old when we adopted the female mix from a kill shelter (she was about 1-2 years old at the time - what a sweet girl , we took a chance and she was perfect addition to the family). Our older lab was a great gentleman dog and accepted her day on 1 and they were best friends until he died.
Thanks for recs. I’m not sure how I want to go about this. But I definitely want 2 dogs again eventually … sooner than later.
We’re a lab family. We lost our chocolate lab male 3 years back and our lab/dob mix female more recently year ago.
They weren’t “hunting dogs”, and new ones won’t be either. They’ll just be typical family dogs. I’m ready to replace them. Kids miss them. And I miss them.
Do you guys have any advice or experience or recommendation about how best way to go about this for getting two dogs (from a dog standpoint)? Should I get one first and then get another months or even a year or couple years later? Should we get two puppies that start out together? Should they even be from same litter? I’d love to hear anyone’s experience or advice.
Our male chocolate lab was about 5 years old when we adopted the female mix from a kill shelter (she was about 1-2 years old at the time - what a sweet girl , we took a chance and she was perfect addition to the family). Our older lab was a great gentleman dog and accepted her day on 1 and they were best friends until he died.
Thanks for recs. I’m not sure how I want to go about this. But I definitely want 2 dogs again eventually … sooner than later.
This post was edited on 2/28/25 at 12:41 am
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Posted on 2/27/25 at 11:27 pm to habz007
Everyone's situation is different, of course. I'll say, though, don't wait. Kinda like planning for kids, IMO, you'll never be ready, if you know what I mean.
We had a once in a lifetime golden that we had to put down 4 months short of 15-yo. That was in late 2020.
Wanted a dog ever since. My kids more so than wife (no pics) and I. Bit the bullet this past Christmas and got a golden doodle. What a blessing. Can't believe we waiting so long. I'm trying to talk boss lady into another.
TLDR: get a dog now, #noRagrets
We had a once in a lifetime golden that we had to put down 4 months short of 15-yo. That was in late 2020.
Wanted a dog ever since. My kids more so than wife (no pics) and I. Bit the bullet this past Christmas and got a golden doodle. What a blessing. Can't believe we waiting so long. I'm trying to talk boss lady into another.
TLDR: get a dog now, #noRagrets
Posted on 2/28/25 at 12:13 am to habz007
Man, I think you are overthinking this! I believe having to\so puppies at the same time in the hows would be a hell of a mess. However, they would provide company for one another and as a result they may not be as destructive.
Posted on 2/28/25 at 1:08 am to Spankum
Id stagger it a bit. 6 months to a year.
Your “older” dog will help train your younger dog. Very much monkey see, monkey do. Will also provide a similar aged play companion
Your “older” dog will help train your younger dog. Very much monkey see, monkey do. Will also provide a similar aged play companion
This post was edited on 2/28/25 at 1:10 am
Posted on 2/28/25 at 2:20 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
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Id stagger it a bit. 6 months to a year. Your “older” dog will help train your younger dog
This is exactly the logic I had in mind. It certainly makes sense in theory. I’m curious if others agree or have different experience
I do definitely like the idea of getting dog who attaches to us and we become its world and family. Then add on another dog later and he helps to “train” it for us. It worked out beautifully before, but I don’t want to wait another 5 years like first go round
Posted on 2/28/25 at 8:59 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
I stagger dogs, but i also stagger cats. I live in the sticks so I always need a pair of part I side-pary outside cats. The older dogs help train the cats.
My cats or dogs have never made a mess in the house and I'll never have a litter box.
My cats or dogs have never made a mess in the house and I'll never have a litter box.
Posted on 2/28/25 at 9:11 am to habz007
DO NOT get two puppies from the same litter at the same time. Litter Mate Syndrome is not a joke.
I agree with the posts above--I would start with one dog until age 1-2 and then introduce new pup. The ease of having an older dog to help train the younger pup is a value that is often overlooked. You hear people constantly say, "oh this new dog is so much easier to train the Fido (the first dog)." When in reality it was Fido who was teaching the new pup as much if not more than you.
Sorry for the loss of your priors--labs somehow always seem more like children/siblings than just dogs IMO.
I agree with the posts above--I would start with one dog until age 1-2 and then introduce new pup. The ease of having an older dog to help train the younger pup is a value that is often overlooked. You hear people constantly say, "oh this new dog is so much easier to train the Fido (the first dog)." When in reality it was Fido who was teaching the new pup as much if not more than you.
Sorry for the loss of your priors--labs somehow always seem more like children/siblings than just dogs IMO.
Posted on 2/28/25 at 11:36 am to habz007
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We’re a lab family.
Nothing i can offer, sorry. But if you aren't set on a lab, I'd look at the Olde English Bulldog. No the ENGLISH, but an Olde.
Posted on 2/28/25 at 11:44 am to habz007
Stagger for sure!! As previous posted, Littermate Syndrome is for real.
I got a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy. Was kinda talked into getting a second one from the same litter. It took me less than 3 weeks to realize that they were not playing. They were fighting for real. I couldn't imagine them being 60-70 pounds heavier and fighting like that.
If I separated them, they would act like normal puppies. Together, hell demons.
So, stagger them.
I got a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy. Was kinda talked into getting a second one from the same litter. It took me less than 3 weeks to realize that they were not playing. They were fighting for real. I couldn't imagine them being 60-70 pounds heavier and fighting like that.
If I separated them, they would act like normal puppies. Together, hell demons.
So, stagger them.
Posted on 2/28/25 at 12:12 pm to WAR TIGER
Great comments above.
Older dogs definitely train the younger puppies making the second puppy period easier. Second benefit is you get two separate puppy phases instead of one. More cuteness.
Down side is two puppy phases to live through
Older dogs definitely train the younger puppies making the second puppy period easier. Second benefit is you get two separate puppy phases instead of one. More cuteness.
Down side is two puppy phases to live through
Posted on 2/28/25 at 12:43 pm to habz007
Lab
And stagger
And stagger
Posted on 2/28/25 at 12:48 pm to Pepperidge
Puppies are nuts. I think if you have the opportunity to get a sweet dog that's 2 is the way to go. I can't recommend the F1 labradoodle enough. They are incredible dogs.
Posted on 2/28/25 at 12:52 pm to SouthernInsanity
Downvoted for going against the lab breed LOLOLOLOL.
Posted on 2/28/25 at 7:44 pm to SouthernInsanity
All I can say is don’t be like me and have a kid born late August, get a male blue lacy pup mid September and then a female blue lacy pup around thanksgiving. It made for a hectic few months around our house.
Posted on 2/28/25 at 9:09 pm to killinme_smalls
Any pics of your Blue Macy's?
My vet thought my female was a Blue Lacy. I don't think I'll tell her any different LOLOLOLOL.
My vet thought my female was a Blue Lacy. I don't think I'll tell her any different LOLOLOLOL.
Posted on 2/28/25 at 10:00 pm to habz007
I have a Australian shepherd pit mix which is by far the smartest dog I have ever had so Australian shepherds must be elite
Posted on 2/28/25 at 10:36 pm to SouthernInsanity
Posted on 3/1/25 at 9:31 am to habz007
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Want new dogs - need advice
Get a breed that doesn't shed.
Posted on 3/1/25 at 9:43 am to dpier16
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DO NOT get two puppies from the same litter at the same time. Litter Mate Syndrome is not a joke.
I did it once. Good dogs. I don't regret my time with them at all.
Posted on 3/1/25 at 1:12 pm to habz007
Ours have always been staggered more like 3-5 years. A puppy/younger dogs helps keep an older dog young. They still play but the older dog doesn’t have the same energy as the younger so it’s not an all out war.
And the inevitable, with a larger stagger you shouldn’t have 2 dogs passing so close together. Kinda keep rotating a new one in as needed.
And the inevitable, with a larger stagger you shouldn’t have 2 dogs passing so close together. Kinda keep rotating a new one in as needed.
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