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RebeccaH

RebeccaH

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Someone's gotta knock some sense into me before I go nuts here!
For whatever reason, even though I can think of reasons NOT to, I have my heart set on getting another puppy! I just really like the idea of 2 dogs... 2 dogs to play together, to keep each other company, to be buddies, to give more snuggles...

to make more messes, to eat more food, to take up more space, to make traveling with 3 kids and 2 dogs even harder than it is to travel with 3 kids and 1 dog.

And still, I'm on puppy find every day stalking the puppies that are on there. What is wrong with me?!!!:groan
 
I totally understand your feelings LOL We have 2 border collies!!!! Mom and daughter actually. When Dori gave birth to 7 cute puppies we decided to keep one and it was the best decision ever.
 
Dude, I have a 126 lb Lab/Mastiff mix and I sooo want another one for him to play with. But yeah, it's crazy! I hope someone else comes along to talk us out of it!!
 
Sorry I cannot think of another reason then the ones you already came up with yourself. Personally I think there are no other erasons not to so I guess maybe you should huh? LOL I know...I am bad!
 
I LOVE my two dogs to DEATH...but I am DREADING taking them into my new home!!! I am not ready for their nose prints all over my windows every day, their water drips all over my new wood floor after they drink their water, their dirty paws after coming in from our muddy yard that won't have grass grown yet...is that a few more things to convince you?! I also hate finding places for them during our vacations and the cost of vet and food on top of an already tight budget. OK - did I tell you I do love them and my kids love them and they love eachother?! See how torn I am. I do know though that I will not get another dog once I lose these two though.
 
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Wait until Dublin is two...that's supposed to be the optimal age difference between dogs.

Where's Julie? She is the two dog expert!
 
I thought when I had a second child that they would play quietly at my feet while I knitted and stuff.

Wanna know how that worked out?
 
IF you want 2, do it now. Not because of mess, or eade, or anything like that. But, because the bigger the age gap, the harder it is when you lose one :( Sorry, but that's a sad reality. Our first gap was four years, and as they got older, that made it hard to exercise them together. And when we lost Kate, Abby was 8. That gave us an 8 year gap when we got Roxy, and that was WAY too much. So, now Roxy and Aspen are a month apart, and it works perfect!

Sorry, not the most pleasant of subjects, but that's one of the hard realities!

Rebecca, something else to consider - Abby and Aspen were/are more loner dogs. Not sure if its a Weim thing or what, but Abby never truly warmed up to Roxy (might have been the age thing) and Aspen would probably prefer to have all the attention to herself. Something you might want to ask other Weim owners. Or maybe Roxy's just annoying :)
 
As you can see from my avatar - when we were hit with second puppy syndrome we totally caved. Love the puppy to death, but she is a mischief! Also, the older dog, who's 4 took a good four months to adjust to her. They're buddies now, but when we first got the puppy, the older dog went on strike - she wouldn't eat, shook a lot, and was generally pathetic. She's fine now, but for awhile there, it was almost heartbreaking how unhappy she was. All is good now, and I would totally do it again. There's nothing like a little puppy love!
 
well, you guys aren't really talking me OUT of it... maybe amanda gave it the old college try. :giggle

still, i feel obsessed with this idea of getting 2 dogs. my only real concern is how dublin will adjust. i don't know enough about weimaraner temperaments to know if he will feel like he's being invaded, or if he will feel like he has a buddy. i guess it could go either way. but in my idealistic brain, it will all be rainbows and butterflies, and they will love each other, and it will be wonderful. *haaa*
 
So when Joel and I first got married, we lived in an apt and couldn't get a dog, so we decided to get a rabbit. And because myhusband knkows my theory that a pet should always have a friend, he bought two of the cutest miniature rabbits for us. They. Were. Adorable.

But you know what? They never liked us. Why? Because they had each other. What if your two dogs have so much fun together that they don't want to hang out with you. It's risky.
 
Well over Christmas I talked myself out of even 1 dog. At Thanksgiving my mom had just bought the cutest little teddy bear breed and I fell in love with that little thing. I came home telling my husband that we should get one for the kids. Well, fast forward to Christmas while visiting my mom here comes little Bear and after he pooped and peed on the carpet I said, "Nope, never gonna have one of those." I'll just stick with my sweet, moody cat who would never dream of treating my carpets that way and that I never had to fool with potty training. I get enough of that with having 4 kids LOL. We did have a chocolate lab a couple years ago and she was a nightmare. She stayed outside but she ate my flowers, muddied up my sliding glass doors etc... so she found a new home :)

It's probably not hard to tell I am not a dog person!
 
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I have 1 dog and while I would love to get her a playmate I know its not going to happen. Pippi is a rescue dog and she was starved, terrified and neurotic when we got her. Even after 3.5 years of constant love if she sees another dog even walk past HER house she goes nuts! I tried socialising her at Obedience Training and after 6 weeks we both left the final class thanking God it was over! I guess where I am going with this is that it really depends on the dogs temperament at the end of the day and not if we would like another dog or not :) ...... so I'm on the look out for a cat (if I can sneak one in past my hubby ROFL) because Pippi doesn't mind cats LOL
 
I'd try but I think its a lost cause LOL! I myself am not a dog person at all - I don't like the way they lick your face...ewww. Anyway, it sounds like you just really want one :)
 
Julie, my friend's Weim (female) doesn't like other dogs, either. Which is unfortunate for their other dog, a mixed shelter rescue.
 
Angie4b1g said:
I thought when I had a second child that they would play quietly at my feet while I knitted and stuff.

Wanna know how that worked out?
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Haha.

People kept telling me that having two was easier - back when Nicholas was a toddler. I've never actually seen it proven in the field, though, so I determined it's a trick that parents of more than one kid play on parents of one child.

Anecdotally, in my family, each additional kid seems to contain higher and higher levels of pain in the a**.
 
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