Im just thinking is there is any problems with this as im looking soon to get one preferably at the same time has anyone done this? is it ok to do so?
Cheers Steve
Not a good idea. The fact that you’re asking the question shows you don’t have much dog experience. If you did, you’d know how very, very time consuming it is to raise a puppy correctly. They need a lot of time devoted to them – training, exercise, training, grooming, training, playing, training. You get the idea.
And they will, as someone’s already said, become bonded with each other, not you.
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Not recommended.
Just one puppy is hard work. If you get two, everything from house-training to socialization would be twice as hard as they copy each others mistakes. If one starts peeing in a certain stop in the house, the other one will too. There is also the risk they won’t advance and develop at the same pace, which means one may lag behind. This means two sets of training at once – not a good idea. If you have no experience with having two pups, I’d suggest you buy one, train it, and then buy the other in a couple of the years. The first one can serve as a good example to the second.
But really getting two would be like having two rambunctious toddlers!
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Not good either have a german shappard or a rottweiler but not both
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Dogs do not discriminate between breeds, that is a human characteristic. So if you mean will they get on etc then yes maybe you should supervise them at first because they may try and discover who is dominant between them. although that will happen they need to be nice at first.
But like someone else said one puppy is hard enough never mind two!
I have just gotten a german shepherd pup he is nearly 10 weeks and is more or less house trained (likes to go outside but is "open" to the idea of peeing inside but not number two.
so in my opinion yes it would work but you should prepare yourself for a few weeks of sleepless nights, get your stuff chewed up etc
good luck
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well sort of. getting two dogs at the same time means that they will start focusing on each other and not focus on you, the master. they will think well if he isn’t doing it then i don’t have to do it. plus its very hard to train two together.
get a german shepard first, that’s what i would recommend because a german Shepard are slightly more calm then a rottweiler so it wont mind a bit of company. you should buy the rottweiler when the german shepard is almost fully grown (they grow quickly).
dogs love the company of each other, but if you do go to get the puppies then try to look in the animal shelters as there are far to many dogs there and i am sure you will find what your looking for. if you don’t then look for a dog else where.
good luck finding the answer to your question and have fun with your new puppies. hope i helped
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i work in a animal shelter
Not a good idea. The fact that you’re asking the question shows you don’t have much dog experience. If you did, you’d know how very, very time consuming it is to raise a puppy correctly. They need a lot of time devoted to them – training, exercise, training, grooming, training, playing, training. You get the idea.
And they will, as someone’s already said, become bonded with each other, not you.
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I have had puppies at the same time, it is not so much the breed. If they are raised together and socialized and trained correctly the breed difference shouldn’t be a problem. The problem is that it is very very hard work, the puppies will bond to each other which makes training even more difficult. If you are experienced with dogs and training and you have twice the time and energy to devote to them then it is certainly possible. However seeing as you asked mainly about the breeds of dogs says to me that you may be best getting one puppy, raising them to adulthood and then introduce a new puppy if you want two dogs.
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Yes. Alot of things wrong with two puppies together.
Why It’s a Bad Idea
I am constantly asked if I think it’s a good idea to buy two puppies and raise them together, or people ask what I think about getting their older dog a puppy to keep the older dog company.
My answer is simple – "NO!!! It’s a BAD IDEA!!!"
In fact, I will not sell 2 of my puppies to people that want to raise them together. This is a road to disaster. There are a number of reasons for this:
1. It’s hard enough to raise one pup and give it the socialization that it needs, much less two. Pups end up only getting 1/2 of the amount of time they need to be properly socialized.
2. Dogs are pack animals. This is a much stronger drive than the average pet owner understands. People think that their little puppy comes from an animal that has been socialized for thousands of years, so how could this have any negative effect on them.
3- When puppies are raised togther they become what we call DOGGY. This means they look at the other dog as their buddy and not the human that owns it. Dogs that are raised to run together NEVER develop the kind of human bond that they would have had if they had been raised in a one dog family.
4- These dogs are more difficult to train. Because they don’t have the strong human bond, they don’t have the desire to please. In fact they often become stubborn.
All dogs have a very strong pack instinct. The more dogs in a pack the stronger the instinct becomes. Raising 2 dogs together means an elevated pack drive, raising 3 dogs means an even higher pack drive.
Pack drive issues mean RANK ISSUES within the pack. Establishing RANK can often mean dog fights. Don’t kid yourself that your 5 pound little lap dog will not fight with its 5 pound littermate. This can become a big deal. This means dog fights when the dogs reach maturity (18 to 30 months of age). Read the article I wrote titled DEALING WITH A DOMINANT DOG.
If you wonder what the worse case scenario could be, read my article about a pack of 3 Rotts that killed an 11-year-old boy. The owner is now serving 12 years in prison for murder and I am proud of the fact that my testimony helper put her there.
So elevated pack drive means that one or more of the dogs is going to become the alpha dog. This means dominance problems with the other dogs, family members and guests. It results in dogs becoming more territorial and more aggressive.
MYTH: Since I’m planning on having two dogs eventually, it’s better to get them both at the same time so they "grow up together." Otherwise, they may fight later.
Actually, the opposite is true. Sibling aggression is quite common in domestic dogs, especially 2 of the same sex (although opposite-sex sibling aggression certainly does occur). This type of aggression is far more common than aggression in a multi-dog household where no one is related. And since aggression doesn’t usually manifest itself until maturity (approx. 2 years of age), new puppy owners think it won’t happen to them. "They love each other! They don’t want to be away from one another. They would never fight." Often, they do. And by the time it starts to get bad, (or worse, deadly) the humans are attached to both dogs and will have a hard time rehoming one. If the aggression is pronounced, rehoming is often not even an ethical option. It’s far better to prevent problems than have to fix them later.
If the pups don’t actually fight, there is probably still some tension between them, often over resources (food, toys, furniture, human affection) or space. One will almost always "dominate" or "bully" the other at least some of the time, which is no picnic for the "victim." Or, one will become intensely possessive of the other, and be unable to be separated from him/her. This makes vet visits or other necessary separations very difficult. It is not healthy for sentient beings to become overly dependent on one another. What happens if one dies?
It is far, far easier to acquire the one pup, train it well and let it get settled into the home and become well-behaved and relaxed, then add an unrelated companion later (preferably several months, at least). Dogs are mostly very congenial, and when socialized and trained, can accept most other dogs without question, especially if a few simple directions are followed.
MYTH: Oh, what the heck-raising 2 at once can’t be that much more work than raising one. Plus, I have a fenced yard, so I won’t have to actually "walk" them.
I am not a mathematician, but I can assure you that, unlike raising two kittens at once (which is actually preferable to raising one in most circumstances), raising 2 puppies at once is somehow more than twice the work and difficulty. Having two pups to care for is definitely more expensive, but in the context of time, it seems to quadruple the workload, rather than just double it. (And the whole "I have a fence, so they don’t need walks" is just wrong.)
The pups must be crated separately-no exceptions-and crating does not end when housebreaking is finished. They must be walked to potty separately until they are housetrained, and walked on leash-not just "let out" to do their business. They must be played with separately, and often must eat separately (to make sure each gets enough food). Each must be socialized separately, trained separately, and spend time with family members separately. In order for them to not become too dependent upon each other, or too closely bonded to one another at your expense, they need to spend more time apart than together. This requires much more work than the standard family has time for…especially a family with children.
MYTH: Since I’m not home much, having each other will mean they’ll get plenty of exercise and companionship.
While it is true that puppies playing will burn up energy, their time together will not be enough (see above) to meet all their exercise needs. You must be involved in exercising them, and guess what? Some of this must be done separately. Also, two left unsupervised for even a few minutes can get into twice the trouble as one can, make twice the number of spots on the carpet (and who was the culprit?), and frustrate you twice as much as one can.
Raising a puppy correctly takes time, money and energy. Most people find out the hard way that they don’t have enough of these resources for just one puppy, let alone two. If you aren’t home much, even one puppy is not the right pet for you, anyway.
The hassle of owning two may not faze you now-you are in love! Many people shrug off the warnings that two together will quadruple their workload, but once reality sets in, what will happen to one (or both) of the pups? Even if time or money is not an issue, the propensity for later aggression or dominance issues is a real threat and should not be taken lightly. Which dog are you willing to part with if they are fighting?
Set yourself and your new family member up to be the best you both can be. Stack the deck in your favor by choosing the one puppy that is best for your family and raising it right. Owning a pet is a privilege, but it should also be an enjoyable experience. Your pup’s brothers and sisters will all go to new homes where they, too can have the best start.
Don’t buy a pup before 8week old!
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http://leerburg.com/2dogs.htm
http://carpek9.com/siblings.htm
http://ascpbr.blogspot.com/2009/02/two-puppies-at-once.html
The major reason not to buy — supporting the industry
You may wish to "rescue" a pet shop puppy. That’s completely understandable. We all feel sorry for them.
But your good intentions will backfire, because you are feeding the industry by rewarding it with money.
You’ve emptied one cage, yes — which creates demand for yet another litter to be produced to fill that cage. Even if you’re very, very lucky, and your one individual puppy turns out okay, a large percentage of the others will not — and YOU provided the incentive for them to be born by buying the one who came before them.
So what seems like a simple, isolated purchase actually contributes to:
The misery of adult females who spend their lives in a cage, being bred again and again to provide puppies that you and others can buy
The misery of these future puppies born with health and temperament problems
The misery of future families who buy these puppies and then try to cope with the health and temperament problems
The misery of animal rescue groups trying to deal with the flood of pet shop puppies dumped on their doorstep because families gave up on the health and temperament problems
I hope it’s clear that when you buy one of those cute puppies in the pet shop window, you buy more than the puppy. You buy the budding physical and behavioral problems created by the bad genes passed on by untested parents whom you never get to see and evaluate.
Worse than that, you buy into a profit-hungry industry that is hurting innocent animals. Simply out of good conscience, a pet shop should not be anyone’s choice as a source for a puppy.
It’s not a problem at all!, raising two dogs isn’t any harder than having one. If you raise them at the same time it’s better one will establish their dominance and things will be fine. People who are saying it’s hard work clearly don’t know alot about dogs and are not giving facts. Real dog owners would know this.
I’ve had lot’s of german shepherds in my life and have been trained in protection. I did have one rottweiller with two living german shepherds they all got on fine but had a little scrap every now and then. But yeh nice dog breeds you’ve chose there.
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