First real taste of owning 2 dogs...

[Scarlett_O']

My parents foster but have stubbornly stuck to one cat. I am the crazy one in the family..

HAHHA

My in-laws havent ever had an indoor dog(till they got their devil of a min-pin 1.5 years ago)....and here their oldest and I sit with 5 dogs and 2 cats sprawled around on the furniture with us!LOL


Oh and my Mum is gunning for HER 2nd Frenchie.....their 3rd.....but that wont happen till my sister moves out, so probably a 18 months or so!

[Makovach]

i agree with it being genetic! Growing up we always had 7-10 dogs. Sadly, my parents never kept anything except one poodle i think. and they were back yard breeders :/ I'm glad i didnt pick up on that part! I believe pets should be fixed and not bred. And i believe they last a life time. not two years. But i have a boyfriend that drew the limit on one rat, two dogs... lol if not for him i would rescue everything!

[Dude and Bucks Mamma]

Yeah, nothing reverses puppy fever like... a puppy. LOL. Good luck with him! He's a cutie.

Not in all cases... Hahaha. I have never had a "bad" puppy. Maybe I have just been extraordinarily lucky! Having Buck as a baby made me want to have another one. Even in the midst of the whole ... two weeks... it took me to housebreak him. Hmmm.. Well, maybe a NORMAL pup would cure it. Looking back, Buck was extremely easy. But, in any case, having a puppy made me want to ALWAYS have a puppy in the house. The only part I dislike about having a puppy is the time limit you have on being away from home. I really dislike this terrible twos stage Buck is in right now. I think I am like Abi. I was looking into getting a dane pup when Buck was only 5 months old.

And that last picture of him looking up is SO freaking cute!

[Dude and Bucks Mamma]

i agree with it being genetic! Growing up we always had 7-10 dogs. Sadly, my parents never kept anything except one poodle i think. and they were back yard breeders :/ I'm glad i didnt pick up on that part! I believe pets should be fixed and not bred. And i believe they last a life time. not two years. But i have a boyfriend that drew the limit on one rat, two dogs... lol if not for him i would rescue everything!

My boys are both intact. I don't find anything wrong with it. They will not, however, be bred. I just feel that there are so many pros and cons to both neutering and leaving them intact that I choose to just leave them intact. Of course, they never go outside without us and it does require a more watchful eye, but, when trained right, even a male around a female is completely controllable. Neither should be allowed to be off leash around each other (I, personally, like Linsey's two door policy) but a male can (and should) be trained to come back to you in the presence of an in heat female just in case the two were ever to cross paths.

I agree with you on everything else though! A dog is a 15 year (give or take a few) commitment. If you can't handle that... get a goldfish. And my hubby has yet to draw the line... We currently have two dogs, two green tree frogs, and three rat girls. We almost added another a few hours ago but I just don't want to keep getting up to four rats. I love them, but we don't have the space. We are mutually setting the rat limit to three for now and when the older girl goes it will be just two.

[eternalstudent]

Ah puppy fever, something that I suffer from but the SO does not, thats more dog fever.

I got in yesterday after walking the terrible twosome to fine the laptop open on the rescue page of our local shelter, and a conversation about taking in a 5 yo male rotti!!!! Nobel thought but might not be the best time.

I have to say though owning a dog and a puppy is definitely more than twice the work of owning one puppy (just in-case that helps anyone). I am hoping that two dogs are easier :-))

[kathylcsw]

I have 2 puupies right now with Lola at 8 months old and Buster 3 months old. Buster did add a lot more work than I was expecting just because I now know that Lola was an incredibly good, easy puppy! Even with the loss of sleep and extra work I am still reminding myself that when Lola's breeder has another litter in a few days that I WILL NOT GET ONE!!! I know that 3 is way more work than I want to put in because I have had 3 in the past. It is just so easy when looking at puppy faces to forget all that.