We have been in constant contact with our previous breeder and someone who is linked to them and they have offered us a puppy. We had told them that we would be looking for next year and they called us when their litter arrived to say that they have exactly what we wanted but he would be ready at xmas....

Our boy is doing really well and the training we are doing now is just to keep his mind occupied...the question is what do you all think (i'm going to regret asking that aren't I lol)

just read that u have a new boxer.we pick ours up the wkend how exciting.just wondered if u can give me any tips or useful info,thanks

?? Not sure if you mis-read my post...we have a ckcs and are debating whether or not to get another ckcs

How old is your current boy ?

Lucy
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he is 9 months and would be 11 months when the new addition came home

Maybe a bit too young yet to introduce a newbie. Very tempting but I would wait. We got Dudley when Moose was 12 months old and it has been quite hard work with training ;)

Yes i must admit the training aspect was the sticking point...

I have contacted our training school though and they are happy for me to take our boy one night and the newbie another night, I am intending on doing agility also with our boy when he is 12 months. If the one we really wanted hadn't come along now we wouldn't even be talking about it as we weren't looking but now we are very torn about what to do.....:rolleyes:

I would say if you hadn't intended getting a pup now then don't do it. Planning to get another puppy should always be a long term thing and not on an opportunity basis really. If your own breeder is planning another litter when you had intended getting another then I would wait. Good things come to those who wait :D

Don't get me wrong we did want another puppy (wouldn't even consider something so important on a whim!) but we had planned on waiting until the spring of 08 as she had all her puppies booked but a little suprise one came along and as we were on her books already for this type of dog for the spring of next year (she has a couple of bitches) she called us to offer us first refusal. It is a bit of a compliment really as she normally only produces pups for her show/breeder friends but she has seen what we have done with our boy and we have impressed her!!

I didn't think it was a whim ;)

What ever you decide I am sure you will put a lot of effort into training them but be prepared for alot of hard work if you get one now ;) :D

We've got alot more talking to do and alot more things to think about but i will keep you all updated. We are being very sensible and not allowing our hearts to rule our heads which is a big reason why we haven't been to see the puppy yet!:rolleyes:

Hi Angels,

As you know, I have two Cavaliers and we brought our second into our lives when Harvey was 16 months old. Now Harvey has been fine but we have had to put a LOT of work into Alfie - not only seperate training sessions but also seperate walking - Alfie is now spot on obedience wise in most ways but still goes completely deaf to us on recall when they are walked together - its like follow my leader - Harvey being the leader. Most of the time in order to get Alfie back to us we have to call Harvey as Alfie sticks with him like his shadow - something we are still working on........Alfie is so into Harvey that we are second fiddle - don't get me wrong we get lots of love etc from them but we are second best. Its entirely up to you - if you have the time and dedication then do what you feel is right.

Good luck!

Hayley x

Hi Angels, if you particularly want a dog of this breeding, I would say, Go for it!
We had 2 GRs' 9 months apart in age, sadly we lost one at the age of 71/2, we now have a 9yr old and an 8 month old,
there's not really much difference, the 9 yr old, who is very obedient on her own is just as bad as the pup when they're together!
You do need time to train seperately, but if you have this luxury,
well when you see the two of them together it's worth it!

We have decided not to get this puppy, as much as we would love another dog or 10 lol i have alot of new things planned for our existing baby such as agility etc next year, we have actually decided to put off getting another one until at least 2009 after we have discussed it. I don't think the breeder was overly impressed but we aren't saying never just not now!:rolleyes:

Glad you have made that decision If the breeder is annoyed I would perhaps question their intentions. They approached you, you have considered all the options and have decided that it is not the right time ;) Any good breeder would understand this and would commend you :)

Lucy
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I think that she was a little dissapointed that we wouldn't be taking him as i think she thought we would but i never led her to believe which way we would go until we had talked it through. Anyway someone being a little upset wouldn't sway us to make a decision that wasn't right. If she isn't happy to wait until 2009 then we will look for another breeder nearer the time!

At least you have thought long and hard, and made the right decision for YOU, not the beeder.

have been having a few discussions with my hubbie and we wondered how it would affect our boy if our next dog were an older dog as opposed to a puppy?

If the older one were to be a bitch I doubt there would be a problem as he would expect to be bosses about

Introducing an older male would be introducing a usurper into his home, as the older male would naturally expect to be higher in rank than your boy.

On the other hand some dogs just take a liking to each other regardless of their ages and if neither is a bossy type then it may work, but I wouldn't risk it as there would be heartache and disruption for the dogs if it didn't work out.

This was the advice I gave to one of my puppy owners who lost theri elderly previous dog before the one from me was two years old.  They had always owned males, but with puppyhood still ringing loud in their ears adn being none too young themselves wanted to get an older dog to keep him company.  They tok my advice and took on a Champion bitch who was looking for a retirement home as she had a female kennelmate who disliked her intensely.

She was five years old to his two and took over the household and he was happy

I must admit whilst we aren't ready yet to take on another one i do feel that i would prefer to get an older dogand bypass the puppy years!:rolleyes:

A bitch would be fine but we would have to get a breed thats coat would not be affected being spayed as altough i can appreciate that you can live with both sexes un neutured if you are careful as we have young children i couldn't trust us not to have an accident!