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Any advice on adding a 2nd dog to the family?
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:32 pm
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:32 pm
I currently have a 1.5 yr old boxer dog and I want to get another boxer puppy. My current dog is very sweet and loving but she is very high energy.. For those of you have have done this please give me any advice you might have???
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:37 pm to Mercy Percy
Disappointed it isn't a Polygamy thread
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:40 pm to Mercy Percy
I'm contemplating the same thing with my Aussie. He just turned two and looking to add a brother for him around christmas.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:41 pm to Mercy Percy
No matter how awesome the dog is, she will feel jealous at first. Most likely even bark or snap at the puppy. Unless she shows a motherly instinct right away. I just introduced a puppy to my nine year old Catahoula mix. After three days they were best friends. Though my dog will go up stairs to escape the puppy from time to time.
I am glad I got a second dog because my dog is more energetic now and seems happier.
I am glad I got a second dog because my dog is more energetic now and seems happier.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:41 pm to Mercy Percy
They will sort out the pecking order themselves. Just watch them closely for a few days and don't let it get too rough. Some believe that two dogs of the opposite sex will get along better than two males or two females. There may be a little truth to that, but I think individual personalities have much more to do with it.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:42 pm to Mercy Percy
If you have a yard and can comfortably handle the 2 dogs and all the costs that entails then go for it. Being able to throw my two mutts in the yard when they're rambunctious is one of the many perks of having 2 of em
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:48 pm to baseballmind1212
If you get one that is a different size, then get the opposite sex. From experience. But study up on personalities also.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:48 pm to Mercy Percy
Having two dogs at once can be great. To make sure they get along well, you can do a couple of things...
1.) Make sure their genders are different
2.) Introduce them to each other somewhere else besides where you live so your current dog doesnt get the impression that your new dog is intruding.
Once they get used to each other, they'll forcus most of their playful energy on the other one and it will work out well.
1.) Make sure their genders are different
2.) Introduce them to each other somewhere else besides where you live so your current dog doesnt get the impression that your new dog is intruding.
Once they get used to each other, they'll forcus most of their playful energy on the other one and it will work out well.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:52 pm to Mercy Percy
Introduce them slowly and never leave them alone in your house until the original one adjusts to the new one. Don't feed them close to each other. They will learn whose bowl is whose.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:54 pm to NeverRains
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Make sure their genders are different
My male coonhounds hate each other when they're in the house and I'm around. They're fine when it's just my wife with them, and when they're outside or at a neutral area. May be because one is a rescue and the other I've had since he was 7 weeks old. But I've always assumed it's a male/male thing.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:55 pm to Muice
The genders will be the same two females. How do you handle feeding time so there aren't any fights??
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:56 pm to Mercy Percy
I think if you get a male they will get along fine. Our males and female get along but the two males get into a tiff every now and then
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:58 pm to Isabelle81
Introduce them to each other in a neutral spot. Not your (your current dog's) house or yard
Posted on 9/18/16 at 6:00 pm to Mercy Percy
Getting a second worked out for us. My older mix has gotten a lot more exercise due to the younger lab.
We just added a 3rd lab to the mix. Everything is good so far.
We just added a 3rd lab to the mix. Everything is good so far.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 6:02 pm to Mercy Percy
I cordon them off to two different areas of the house pretty much always when I'm around. That's all you can really do if they won't get along.
Walking them together/at the same location in relation to you (idk if that makes sense) really does help a lot with them I use a dual leader for this. Just haven't been able to lately with all the shite going on and neighbors who let dogs roam, so they've had the run of the yard and I've noticed the aggression pick up.
Hopefully yours get along. My oldest has a strong prey drive and he didn't get fixed til he was 4 so that may be why. Definitely honor Bob Barkers legacy and spay/neuter both.
Walking them together/at the same location in relation to you (idk if that makes sense) really does help a lot with them I use a dual leader for this. Just haven't been able to lately with all the shite going on and neighbors who let dogs roam, so they've had the run of the yard and I've noticed the aggression pick up.
Hopefully yours get along. My oldest has a strong prey drive and he didn't get fixed til he was 4 so that may be why. Definitely honor Bob Barkers legacy and spay/neuter both.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 6:07 pm to Mercy Percy
Start out by fostering a rescue. That way you don't have to try to rehome the second dog if it doesn't get along with the first.
If the dogs become friends, you can adopt the foster dog.
If the dogs become friends, you can adopt the foster dog.
This post was edited on 9/18/16 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 9/18/16 at 6:17 pm to Jim Rockford
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They will sort out the pecking order themselves. Just watch them closely for a few days and don't let it get too rough. Some believe that two dogs of the opposite sex will get along better than two males or two females. There may be a little truth to that, but I think individual personalities have much more to do with it.
This. They will adjust and become a pack mates. Dogs are pack animals.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 6:18 pm to Mercy Percy
I have 2 dogs, 1 is just over 3 yrs old the other is just over 2 yrs old. The reason I got the second dog was because my other dog would never leave my side when I was home and just felt like he needed to have another dog to be around so this girl I knew, who got a dog for her little girl, was giving her dog away because she would have to leave the dog in the kennel 12-14 hrs during the day then at night.
She was high energy when we got her, she still is, but not like she was. Her and my first dog would run around the back yard chasing each other until they couldn't go anymore, I am glad I had a dog before getting her because she needed another dog and now they are attached to each other so I think you would eventually be happy that you got a 2nd dog.. if you did.
She was high energy when we got her, she still is, but not like she was. Her and my first dog would run around the back yard chasing each other until they couldn't go anymore, I am glad I had a dog before getting her because she needed another dog and now they are attached to each other so I think you would eventually be happy that you got a 2nd dog.. if you did.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 6:20 pm to Mercy Percy
Been thinking about doing this with my almost 3 year old German Shorthair after the new year. He bounces off the walls sometimes (but right now he's laying in the floor humping a blanket). We love him to death, but he's very needy when he's around me and my fiancé and we're together, so we'll put him in the backyard, but he goes crazy when he sees a squirrel or bird, so then he annoys the neighborhood. I'm hoping that a companion will take his mind off needing attention from me and my fiancé or birds and squirrels, and put it on hanging out and playing with another pup.
Posted on 9/18/16 at 6:21 pm to Mercy Percy
I've had 3 boxers at one time. They work much better in multiples than solo. They're stupid high energy and they can play with each other when you have 2+. We had 2 females then added a male rescue. We put the oldest one down a couple years ago so are down to 2 again.
If you're set on getting a puppy, I'd get a second female. Louisiana boxer rescue is a great organization where we got our adopted male. If you aren't set on a puppy, check them out.
If you're set on getting a puppy, I'd get a second female. Louisiana boxer rescue is a great organization where we got our adopted male. If you aren't set on a puppy, check them out.
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