Raising 2 puppies from the same litter
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7Miller
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Depends on your experience level and if they're in they housed apart or together. Depends if you have other dogs. Depends how much time you have. Depends if they're both the same sex. Etc etc.
I have kept more than one from litters I've bred myself before, but make sure they're seperated once they reach around 12 weeks old. Mine are in a huge kennel block and have older, calmer, trained dogs that they then go in the kennel with.
The trouble is leaving them together they will develop a very strong bond and I want that bond and focus to be with me in the earlier days. You will never be as much fun as another dog to play with.
Once they're well on into training and all is well, say around 10/12 months old, then it doesn't bother me if they're then kennelled together, but I usually leave them with a differnt dog.
If they're both in the house living and being raised together, then that becomes harder.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it isn't doable, because it certainly is and many do it and are happy with the outcome, but if depends what people find acceptable levels of training are. My training standards of what's acceptable behaviour, how they work and respond in the field, is generally much higher than the average working dog owner.
I have kept more than one from litters I've bred myself before, but make sure they're seperated once they reach around 12 weeks old. Mine are in a huge kennel block and have older, calmer, trained dogs that they then go in the kennel with.
The trouble is leaving them together they will develop a very strong bond and I want that bond and focus to be with me in the earlier days. You will never be as much fun as another dog to play with.
Once they're well on into training and all is well, say around 10/12 months old, then it doesn't bother me if they're then kennelled together, but I usually leave them with a differnt dog.
If they're both in the house living and being raised together, then that becomes harder.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it isn't doable, because it certainly is and many do it and are happy with the outcome, but if depends what people find acceptable levels of training are. My training standards of what's acceptable behaviour, how they work and respond in the field, is generally much higher than the average working dog owner.
I kept 2 Borders from the same litter together. At three years old they both had a litter of pups at the same time. No problems, both fed each others pups. Six months later they for no reason exploded the one on my wife's lap left and attacked the one sat next to me.
This then happened a few times with each suddenly attacking the other. It ended up with the one being given to a friend, I would never again keep two sisters out of the samme litter.
This then happened a few times with each suddenly attacking the other. It ended up with the one being given to a friend, I would never again keep two sisters out of the samme litter.
John Gryphon
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I have often kept a few out of a litter that has been purpose bred for myself,not for making a quid. Breaking my last three in was easy,they also take prompts from each other and one must remember that they are actually pack animals. You can control them as a pack or as singles. They were sambar deer companion dogs/pointers and also worked extremely well on wild dogs/dingoes.
Did this for years of wild boar catching along with the usual side game,foxes,rabbits,cats etc
Stay,come,get the **** is all you need the rest is sssssss`s of different duration. Dogs will read a good owners mind...the old dogmen on here know what I mean.
Did this for years of wild boar catching along with the usual side game,foxes,rabbits,cats etc
Stay,come,get the **** is all you need the rest is sssssss`s of different duration. Dogs will read a good owners mind...the old dogmen on here know what I mean.
Thanks John
Just come back from Oz, forgot how good it is over there!
John Gryphon
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what did you do there,what state,did you hunt?
John Gryphon
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Suggest you do a write up rooey with pics,fellow Poms love that stuff.
Dan Newcombe
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We often keep a pair, it’s more of a pain but it’s very doable.
We make sure and seperate them plenty and take them on their own to avoid being dependant on each other but development wise having a pal certainly helps.
Train them separately and give them time 1:1 and you will be fine
We make sure and seperate them plenty and take them on their own to avoid being dependant on each other but development wise having a pal certainly helps.
Train them separately and give them time 1:1 and you will be fine
Two proper dogs and good training, should be OK, although there may be hierarchy issues.
Two shitterpoos is asking for trouble
Two shitterpoos is asking for trouble
Bo Diddley
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I did it with two Patterdale bitches... never again.... the fighting wasn't the problem as I was on top of that, it was the bond they had, when one died fairly young, the remaining bitch was never the same, the shine went, I think she got depressed tbh.
John Gryphon
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Depends on the individual pups in question. I had two German import Teckel pups, collected at 16 weeks that had their first fight (known to me) at the ferry terminal on day one.
They've had a love/hate relationship all of their lives, slept together 99% of the time then very occasionally erupt in an almighty fight.
These two had a really high prey drive. Probably completely different to having a pair of labs.
Steve, Finnbear had a couple of pups from me that are litter brothers, I did warn Steve beforehand but these are of a different line and less explosive. I believe all has been okay with them
They've had a love/hate relationship all of their lives, slept together 99% of the time then very occasionally erupt in an almighty fight.
These two had a really high prey drive. Probably completely different to having a pair of labs.
Steve, Finnbear had a couple of pups from me that are litter brothers, I did warn Steve beforehand but these are of a different line and less explosive. I believe all has been okay with them
Norfolk Deer Search
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Train them on their own, not together!
Hierarchy issues shouldn’t be a problem as your top dog, ingrain that into them from the word go and enforce it, they will get the message eventually
Install the ground rules and life should be reasonably simple.
Hierarchy issues shouldn’t be a problem as your top dog, ingrain that into them from the word go and enforce it, they will get the message eventually
Install the ground rules and life should be reasonably simple.
kenbro
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Hi,
We got two Aussie Terrier dog pups from the same litter, partly as company for each other as they had to spend time alone some days.
Mainly pets (Living in house) but bits of rabbit hunting.
Never saw them fight each other in the 16 years we had them. Great pair of dogs.
No more dogs!
After 2 years Wifey came home with Bro and Sis Jack x Manc Terrier.
They didn’t fight but the bitch was always (When are they not?) the boss.
A quick snap from her put wimpy dog in his place.
Bitch (16 again) had to be put to sleep in middle of night a few weeks ago and the dog doesn’t miss her because he is nearly blind and has dementia or acts like he has. He walks about the house most of the day and gets lost in the garden and need picking up and bringing back into the house. He pees in the house too, if we don’t put him outside enough during the day but as the weather is warming up we can leave the door open more for him to go out (Which he does) for a pee.
We got a Border bitch nearly 4 years ago in readiness for losing the older to dogs. She gets on fine with the old Jack and often he stand while she licks his face and eyes.
Can’t be too much longer now and I’m sure Belle (Won’t we all?) the Border will miss Clyde when he’s gone.
Ken.
We got two Aussie Terrier dog pups from the same litter, partly as company for each other as they had to spend time alone some days.
Mainly pets (Living in house) but bits of rabbit hunting.
Never saw them fight each other in the 16 years we had them. Great pair of dogs.
No more dogs!
After 2 years Wifey came home with Bro and Sis Jack x Manc Terrier.
They didn’t fight but the bitch was always (When are they not?) the boss.
A quick snap from her put wimpy dog in his place.
Bitch (16 again) had to be put to sleep in middle of night a few weeks ago and the dog doesn’t miss her because he is nearly blind and has dementia or acts like he has. He walks about the house most of the day and gets lost in the garden and need picking up and bringing back into the house. He pees in the house too, if we don’t put him outside enough during the day but as the weather is warming up we can leave the door open more for him to go out (Which he does) for a pee.
We got a Border bitch nearly 4 years ago in readiness for losing the older to dogs. She gets on fine with the old Jack and often he stand while she licks his face and eyes.
Can’t be too much longer now and I’m sure Belle (Won’t we all?) the Border will miss Clyde when he’s gone.
Ken.
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