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Topic Dog Boards / Visitors Questions / another dog
- By Guest [gb] Date 19.01.05 12:25 UTC
hi i have a 6 month old gsd when is the best age to get another puppy
- By archer [gb] Date 19.01.05 12:29 UTC
It would be best IMO to wait until your first dog is at least 18 months old...2 years would be even better
Archer
- By Moonmaiden Date 19.01.05 13:12 UTC
I would say 2 as well
- By hairypooch Date 19.01.05 15:37 UTC
Agree with Moonmaiden and archer. don't even think about it until your current dog is 2/3 yrs of age. :)
- By premiercru [gb] Date 19.01.05 15:29 UTC
If you wait until your present dog is five or six years old the new pup will give your older dog a boost, the well-trained older dog will be a moderating influence on the young pup and accidents aside you will never be without a dog if you look for an eventual replacement for that young pup fives years on from then.
- By Moonmaiden Date 19.01.05 16:06 UTC
If you wait until your present dog is five or six years old the new pup will give your older dog a boost, the well-trained older dog will be a moderating influence on the young pup and accidents aside you will never be without a dog if you look for an eventual replacement for that young pup fives years on from then.

That's an assumption about an older dog needing a boost at 5/6 years of age, if a dog hasn't had experience of puppies/other dogs in the household  might not accept a puppy or another dog at all(I had to collect a puppy from just such a situation even though the older dog was fine outside the home with other dogs it would not accept the puppy & was aggressive towards it & I do mean aggressive, I have never seen such aggression towards a puppy by a bitch before & the puppy was a male)

Not eveyone wants to have such a big gap between their dogs as 5/6 years & the earliest I would advise a pet owner to get an addition dog is  years of age, young enough to adapt to a puppy & old enough to teach the puppy it's social manners & behaviour
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