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re: Two dogs better than one?
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:54 pm to stout
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:54 pm to stout
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You say naive elitist shite like this then wonder why no one here takes you serious or likes you and in your mind it's just people being jealous.
Dude you missed the most elitist part of his post!
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Maybe I'll buy him a $40K car too
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Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:54 pm to 911Moto
I've been told multiple times the second dog should be less Active and more submissive. I've been looking at getting another dog, so I'm keeping notes on what kind of breeds my current mutt plays well with.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:57 pm to 911Moto
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LOL at the haters. Congrats - you look tough walking your pit bull through your trailer park. My Yorkie is awesome. He's around 10-11 pounds and acts like he's five times that size. He's very much a terrier and loves to hunt critters in the yard - one of our rituals is going frog hunting every night. He'll play with and torment a tree frog for 10-15 minutes before I can bribe him away from it. He's every bit as active as the Jack Russells I've had. And I don't have huge piles of crap to clean up. Accidents in the house are mostly irrelevant. He's a total beast, and I love that little bastard like he's one of my kids. Maybe I'll buy him a $40K car too.
And LOL at you getting so defensive over that.
I was joking, you goof.
You need to take a step back from this place - you get too worked up.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:58 pm to Jcorye1
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I've been told multiple times the second dog should be less Active and more submissive.
You don't need to worry about that. They will sort out the chain of command themselves in short order. Just introduce them slowly and be careful about feeding them together. Some dogs don't mind, but others get territorial around food.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 1:03 pm to RummelTiger
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You need to take a step back from this place - you get too worked up.
He has to have little man syndrome or something. I have never seen someone so insecure.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 1:04 pm to 911Moto
Double the pleasure. Triple the fun!
Posted on 11/27/15 at 1:06 pm to stout
One dog is all that I can handle in a 2 bedroom apt. It costs us almost $50 for a two night stay to have him boarded
My "first" dog was a male. Never again.
My "first" dog was a male. Never again.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 1:06 pm to Jim Rockford
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I would watch a little puppy closely the first few days until they sort out the pecking order, then they should get along fine.
this is great advice. I had a 2 to 3 year old lab mix and then got a new puppy to go with him. Both are males but they sorted out pecking order and now they are great together and really have been since about a month in. just takes some getting used to.
If you go with adult dogs, it is usually better with a male/female combo and not two strange male dogs.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 1:16 pm to 911Moto
I have two. Never planned on getting the second one though. I have a Bullmastiff mix and then one day I found a little pit mix who was dying (heart worms). Got his worms fixed and now I have just kept him. He and the big dog get along great (even sleep in the same bed). Its nice cause when I have to study, they can just keep themselves entertained, but they mostly just sleep all day long but they hate being separated now. i was worried when I kept the other one if it would make the Bullmastiff jealous but he isn't. They are basically best friends now. The pit is one of the best dogs I could ever ask for. I took him tailgating and he got along with everyone and even let a puppy beat him up. A lot of kids came to see him too and he just licked them and laid down so they could rub his belly. I got lucky with my 2, but I have put a lot of time into training them and always showing them that I'm the leader.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 1:35 pm to 911Moto
Not a regret, but I wasn't prepared for the exponential increase in dog hair to clean up. I could sweep or vacuum once a week with one dog, but now it's hard to go 4 days without dog hair dust bunnies floating around. It has been really cool to have two completely different types of dogs. Their personalities are so distinctly different.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 2:14 pm to 911Moto
2 or more dogs do better. They learn to be housebroken from each other. They play together, don't feel abandoned when you are gone. I've had as many as 5 at one time ranging from shepherds, dachshunds, beagles, mutts...good for them, good for you. Better than burglar alarm service.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 2:17 pm to 911Moto
I have more than one dog and sometimes babysit another for a few hours. The most important thing is that never have two males. They mark and will mark over each other eleventybillion times ruining anything you own. I have females and they do establish a pack order. They play and keep each other company.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 2:21 pm to lsu480
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The only time they may not be is if you need someone to watch them at their house when you are out of town but if you have good friends it is really no biggie.
Even if you have to board them, most places will let two dogs board together. It's even better than just boarding your one dog because the two dogs can keep each other company in the pen/kennel/room they are boarded in.
You saw about all those pugs rescued from that puppy mill out here?? I was soooooo tempted to adopt one of those pugs but quickly decided that 2 is a better number of dogs for us than 3.
If you get a small dog/large dog combo (like what I have) it makes things easier if you like to walk your dogs and especially if it will be a female walking them.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 2:58 pm to lsunurse
Ya I saw all of those pugs, poor things. I love pugs but not enough to own one. If they were Bostons I would have rescued at least one.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 3:27 pm to Darla Hood
Mavrick, that was some of the best posting I've seen...
Right up until the point you went full retard
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We are now debating a new dog. I've never had a cat before and I'd love to try a couple of those.
Right up until the point you went full retard
Posted on 11/27/15 at 4:18 pm to stout
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You say naive elitist shite like this then wonder why no one here takes you serious or likes you and in your mind it's just people being jealous.
Do you honestly think that I give a shite what anonymous people, to whom I am anonymous, think about me on an internet message board? Oh my god - the irony. The few people in here who are talking about me getting "worked up" or taking this seriously are the few people in this thread who have 70,000-100,000+ posts. I come here for amusement, and have learned which buttons to push to sit back and enjoy the show. For you few, though, your life revolves around this site - and the boost to your self esteem that, sadly, an internet message board provides is just sad. The irony is simply uncanny.
This post was edited on 11/27/15 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 11/27/15 at 4:19 pm to 911Moto
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Do you honestly think that I give a shite what anonymous people, to whom I am anonymous, think about me on an internet message board?
Yes you do otherwise you wouldn't "ask for advice" every time you needed to make a purchase. They are thinly veiled brag threads on your part.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 4:23 pm to stout
Yeah, look at me, I can afford a dog. 
Yes, I honestly want to know about what people have experienced when introducing a second dog into the home. No, I don't care what you or anyone else "thinks" about it or me otherwise. And the feedback I get here will constitute about 5% of my decision on whether or not to add another dog. The other 95% will come from me reading up on actual "dog" websites, talking to my neighbor who is my veterinarian, and seeing how my dog interacts with my other neighbor's new puppy that I will occasionally sit for in the next month or two. But carry on and post another 10,000 times, by all means, while I go on with my life.
The overwhelming majority of what I post is about decisions already made or events that have occurred in the past. I post them in a certain manner to watch you monkeys dance. It's just how we amuse ourselves with the common folk.
Yes, I honestly want to know about what people have experienced when introducing a second dog into the home. No, I don't care what you or anyone else "thinks" about it or me otherwise. And the feedback I get here will constitute about 5% of my decision on whether or not to add another dog. The other 95% will come from me reading up on actual "dog" websites, talking to my neighbor who is my veterinarian, and seeing how my dog interacts with my other neighbor's new puppy that I will occasionally sit for in the next month or two. But carry on and post another 10,000 times, by all means, while I go on with my life.
The overwhelming majority of what I post is about decisions already made or events that have occurred in the past. I post them in a certain manner to watch you monkeys dance. It's just how we amuse ourselves with the common folk.
This post was edited on 11/27/15 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 11/27/15 at 4:56 pm to LateArrivalforLSU
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Quit overthinking things. Your current dog needs a companion. Get another dog.
this
Posted on 11/27/15 at 5:18 pm to 911Moto
My dog was always lonely when we left the house. I got a shelter dog so my dog would have a companion. Now, when we leave them at home by themselves for a week or two, I feel much better knowing my non step dog isn't lonely.
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