At the Cat&Dog Home Open Day we saw a male Weim about Morse's age and SB was quite taken with him also Satans Filly who visited him 6 times. Reluctantly we said no be strong and think of the practicalities... just wondering what the financial/training realities of having 2 dogs are and what expererience level is needed?

Not sure what breed you own but I have seen your posts referrring to teenage boy and recall and possibly a male weimaraner is not the best addition to your family with regard to both these issues (LOL). Obviously vaccinations, wormers, food costs are immediately doubled. Training can be an issue depending on the age and standard of the dog you already have. I have two dogs aged 3 and 2; this was not planned but I brought home a dog I assessed for rescue (LOL)! However my bitch (then aged 2) was already trained to an extremely high standard.

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Hi Tohme we have a Pointer aged about 10-11 months and a teenage boy ( Gothboy) aged 15 plus girls aged 11, 8 and 5. The dogs recall is better than Gothboy's I have to say. Common sense says not till Morse ( pointer) is 2 or 3. Being honest he is better trained than many older dogs I've seen about and a lot of the stuff you read is first dog owner nerves. I do feel there isnot enough age differencebetween the 2 dogs to settle leadership issues easily and it would be unfair on the dogs, so we'll wait and ensure the differences are clear form the start.

Hi - I'm no expert but I do have a 10wk old Weim. I believe many dogs are given up for re-homing when they reach those diffucult 'teens' - makes me sad and angry. Weim's can be extremely willfull and are people dogs requiring a lot of human contact, they can suffer terribly from seperation anxiety. We're working very hard at giving our Weim a really good start so we can avoid probems later on. I would look into the background of this dog, why he was given up, what kennel he came from, etc... All the best with whatever you decide to do :-)

Hi Skye all the best with your Weim:) We cant find out much about this one as he was a stray although the staff have had no problems with aggresion towards other dogs. He is expected to be rehomed quickly when he is eligible tomorrow so we feel in Morse (my dog) and his interests its best not to be tempted right now - too near in age.

We're having the same dilema. We are thinking of rehoming a companion for darcy as she loves playing with other dogs more than anything else.

We have considered the extra costs and can afford that but just wondered is it a case of 2 dogs, twice the work.

A lot of people have said that its 2 dogs, less work

as they entertain each other a lot more.

Have people on here with 2 dogs found that to be the case

R U thinking of the same breed as Darcy - she's a lab isnt she? I get confused as the Darcy here is a CKCS.

would be something similar yes as they would have to be similarly crazy to put up with her, she likes to play and fight constantly with other dogs so they have to be the same or she'd drive the poor thing mad!!!

I doubt I'll get a pure lab as in my experience they tend to be rehomed through labrador rescue who wont let me rehome a lab as I work. So am going through a different rescue so will probably be some sort of cross.

I have to be honest - I am absolutely sick of my 2 - they wind each other up. I've come home to the sofa, destroyed, again. I could cheerfully sell one, or both today.

Dont do it kid, you can get a new sofa out of the skip or Barnardos,( reccommend it as we've done it for years) but Willis and co are one of a kind. They're so cute when theyre asleep and snuffling arent they?

I'm considering re-upholstering the sofa in a nice brindle and blue daneskin... a touch of luxury for minimal cost ;) :D

After tonights fiasco at training class I could be wearing pied slippers with matching bag tomorrow...... why not get Changing Rooms and Dermot Gavin in to design a tasteful yet Dane-proof home?:)

there's no such thing... if I lived in an igloo they'd eat it :rolleyes:

;D:D:D:D

"Tasteful" is an unfortunate choice of words at the moment, Lorelei!! ;) :D

OOPs so it is ! Should have said aesthetically pleasing.:)

I have 3 dogs that happily live together, they are however have several years between them.
3 years ago we got tess our lab, a year later polly our springer (who we had to rehome earlier this year), they got along fine lots of play fighting though that as polly got older became less and less play fight, 6 months after we got polly we got toby our cavalier, a rescue dog who was 5 at the time, after polly was rehomed the house was quiet as we no longer had 'the whirling devil' go round 100mph chasing anything that moved :D or doing her wall of death around the living room :D :D, so we got jack a sprocker pup (who as i am typing this is in theprocess of wrecking the garden, bouncing of the doghouse and rabbit hutch :D ) he and tess play rough but they are only allowed to do this outside we learnt by our mistakes with polly and they have 'quiet time' the same as the kids do, toby tends to stay out the way, at night the dogs are crated seperatley, all but tess who has always disliked being crated, the dogs are also crated whilst we are out so that there are no accidents etc when they are unsurpervised (also because jack ate 3 pairs of shoes, a bead curtain and the contents of the bin when he was left for 4 hours whilst we were out at a bbq, first and only time he was left this long again :) )
having multiple dogs is fun and rewarding but it is HARD work, esp first thing in the morning when they all want to sit on your lap and share your coffee and their pigs ears :D :D

Two dogs :D We've got 6 & another stays on a regular basis

6 dogs & one spayed very much Alpha bitch lol from 12 years to 13 months in age & yes it is very hard work, but so very rewarding

Yes I use crates for them at times my collies let themselves in & out of theirs & use it as a bed & den

Moonmaiden, there is a power of difference between you having 6/7 dogs and us muddle along people thinking about having 2.:D When I've as much time with dogs under my belt as you I can have a pack, and probably will with each child aspiring to own its own dog all different breeds from whippets to Weims and Ridgebacks.

LOL at the dogs trying to dip pigs ears in your coffee! Never a dull moment at your place then?:)

not at all :D alls calm at the mo but it could be the calm before the storm :D

I have decided that as you would like 2 dogs, you can have one of mine...now, would you like the one that eats electrical cables (and doesn't mind getting a shock) or the one with a taste for conservatories? Go on, choose, you know you want to.... :D

Lol @Chloe. :D

LOL I'll have the conservatory eater as I havent got a conservatory! S/he has a bright future with us as Minibeast can ride the Dane home from school, and I have a vacuum cleaner I dont need to carry upstairs:)

Willis chewed through the network cable connecting jon's PC to the internet yesterday. He couldn't work out why mine was working and his wasn't...so he followed the cable and Willis had chewed right the way through it.

I predict one dead dog if he carries on the way he's going. Either that, or he'll be a dane with very spikey hair

Not a Great Dane size problem :D but having decided some months ago that Tara had stopped chewing, we got older dog a new bed and ordered a new kitchen :) Yesterday was the first time that the dogs had been left alone for a whole morning since the kids finished school/uni for the summer. Came home and found that Bramble's new bed had been eaten :( Just hope that this is a one off as we have already demolished part of the kitchen in readiness for the workmen next month and don't really want to cancel it :( Keeping everything crossed else I'm going to have to invest in a new, bigger cage.

Daisy

I've had a new run built outside...post and rail fencing to match the rest...

Willis has dug up the gate posts so they rock in their foundations, and he's intent on making them weak enough to push over. Phoebe has dug under one of the rails low enough to squeeze out. :rolleyes:

Electric fencing next <evil grin>

Wicked Mum :D

Daisy

Right :) Came home today to find that Tara had been chewing Bramble's bed AGAIN :( (It's one of those fabric covered foam things). I think that it is a protest at having people around for the last 3 months. Now, I don't really want to get a bigger cage and the one that she has at the moment is OK to leave her for 1/2 hour or so, but not all morning (they get left 3 mornings a week during term time). I am considering kongs - but can anyone who uses them for multiple dogs (2 in my case) tell me if they have any problems with the dogs doing this. Mine are OK with bones as long as they have at least one each :D I am just worried that they might squabble over the kongs. Also, I don't want to put too much food in them, as Tara is nice and slim and I want to keep her that way and Bramble could easily get over weight if he had the chance. What do people put in them that the dogs can lick rather than eat - ie peanut butter (but that's not very good for them is it ? ) ?

Thanks

Daisy

You could make up stock and freeze your kong which will make it last a long time and be calorie free; or frozen live yoghurt.

Excellent - they have yoghurt every morning so I could give it to them in the kong instead :) Thanks

Daisy

You'll have to rename him Sparky.
:D

Hi Alison,

Was good to see you on Sunday - I looked for you when I was leaving but couldnt see you or Morse so slipped out before Logan dragged me!

Not sure at all about the Weim that was in the home - he was undocked and still had dew claws attached so Im not convinced he came from a regular breeder although he did look in reasonable condition. Also, Im no expert on breed standard, but there were a few things "wrong" with his shape which makes me wonder if he was maybe a labrador cross or just came from an unintentional litter.

Either way, he did seem like a real sweetie and far better behaved than my little monster! The staff did say he was a barker and constantly jumped (up at people or over fences)! Good luck if youre brave enough to go for it!

Isla

There are several "regular" breeders who prefer not to dock their weimaraner puppies or take off their dew claws. If he was a x-breed I doubt very much if he would be the correct colour though:)

I also wondered about colour and am aware of some breeders that leave tails undocked, although I hadnt heard of any that left dew claws on. One of those things that I think we'll never know about! :)

Hi Isla, Logan is a wee sweetie isnt he? :)The weim?X was rehomed as soon as he became eligible but not to us! It was a lovely day and the kennel maid who gave us Morse was really pleased to see him. He had a great time touring the kennels and saying hullo to all the dogs and we met a GSP pup who was just super and had a lovely couple of lady owners. Apparently Dalkieth is Pointer city. How are you getting on with your dog walking practice?

Glad the boy went to a good home!! Dont you just love happy endings! We were really lucky with the weather (and I was even luckier that Logan behaved reasonable well in the ring!) - I couldnt believe how many people were there! Im sure Morse had the time of his life!

No progress on the dog walking practice - Ive done all I can for now, I just need to concentrate on saving pennies before I can give up my day job - should take 3-6 months depending on some factors outwith my control! :) Its all very exciting and scary at the same time! :D