We learned that with our St. Bernard. Fortunately, we boarded another Saint for some friends going overseas, then adopted a rescue Saint to keep our girl company.
Uhh... My household is going through that right now. We have a 6-year-old Springer Spaniel (son's dog) and two weeks ago added a 2-year-old Rottie/German Shepherd mix (my new dog). Its been... interesting working the two dogs in together.
That was my biggest mistake. We had probably to coolest dog ever, a shepherd/lab mix. Looked like a big black shepherd with floppy ears. He was goofy and playful as a lab, but had the smarts and protectiveness of a shepherd. We ended up getting a second dog a year later to keep him company. Best decision ever.
But a better one would've been to take two puppies. Had I known he'd be so cool, I'd have surely gotten two. He ended up getting sick and dying around age 9. I ended up getting a rescue yellow lab to replace him. I like having two. They are so different.
We've got 4 dogs currently. The newest one is our 1st male dog, a 3/4 Malimios,1/4 German Shepard. Looks and acts like a Malinois, got big like a German Shepard, 95 lbs. He might live to 12+ years, so I'm committed to living to 84+. I lucked out on the DNA lottery, so that went into the decision making process when we got him. I'm 6 foot, 225 lbs, so I rough house with him, keeps him happy and amused, keeps me in shape and coordinated. We've got 26 acres, surrounded by the neighbors 400 acres. We go on long romantic walks, well I walk, he'll run 25 to 100 yrd out, orbits around me. He's colored like and as big as a deer, so any time near deer season, he wears a hunting, blaze orange vest, with reflective stripes. The neighbor LOVES the big guy.
Trying to train a pair of litter mates is 10X more difficult than training either one of them.
ReplyDeleteSome years ago I had brother and sister Goldens. What a riot.
ReplyDeleteWe learned that with our St. Bernard. Fortunately, we boarded another Saint for some friends going overseas, then adopted a rescue Saint to keep our girl company.
ReplyDeleteUhh... My household is going through that right now. We have a 6-year-old Springer Spaniel (son's dog) and two weeks ago added a 2-year-old Rottie/German Shepherd mix (my new dog). Its been... interesting working the two dogs in together.
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The brown pne looks like our choc lab as a puppy.
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That was my biggest mistake. We had probably to coolest dog ever, a shepherd/lab mix. Looked like a big black shepherd with floppy ears. He was goofy and playful as a lab, but had the smarts and protectiveness of a shepherd. We ended up getting a second dog a year later to keep him company. Best decision ever.
ReplyDeleteBut a better one would've been to take two puppies. Had I known he'd be so cool, I'd have surely gotten two. He ended up getting sick and dying around age 9. I ended up getting a rescue yellow lab to replace him. I like having two. They are so different.
We've got 4 dogs currently. The newest one is our 1st male dog, a 3/4 Malimios,1/4 German Shepard. Looks and acts like a Malinois, got big like a German Shepard, 95 lbs. He might live to 12+ years, so I'm committed to living to 84+. I lucked out on the DNA lottery, so that went into the decision making process when we got him. I'm 6 foot, 225 lbs, so I rough house with him, keeps him happy and amused, keeps me in shape and coordinated.
ReplyDeleteWe've got 26 acres, surrounded by the neighbors 400 acres. We go on long romantic walks, well I walk, he'll run 25 to 100 yrd out, orbits around me. He's colored like and as big as a deer, so any time near deer season, he wears a hunting, blaze orange vest, with reflective stripes. The neighbor LOVES the big guy.