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I fostered two Pit x puppies at my parents' house over my christmas break. Someone had turned the entire litter in with no mum to the animal control I volunteered at, and I had the puppies from ~4.5 weeks old to 9 weeks old. When break was over and I had to go back to school (no dogs allowed where I live when in school) they were placed with a new foster mom in the rescue. My understanding was that she was going to foster the two puppies (both girls) until they were spayed (about a month longer), and then the rescue would start taking applications from potential adopters and both littermates would be adopted to different homes.
A few days after she got the puppies, she emailed me to let me know they (her husband and ~4 y/o daughter) had fallen in love with one of the puppies and would be keeping her. I was ecstatic: she works from home, feeds a decent brand of dog food, is on the board of her local dog park as well as familiar with the breeder of her 9toy breed) dogs and is a member of that regional breed club as well- pretty much everything you would want a potential adopter to be.
The girls are due to get spayed on friday, and she emailed me tonight and said that the potential adopter for the sister fell through, and she wanted to tell me that they had decided to keep both puppies.
I should be completely happy, but part of me feels that keeping two littermates as pets in the same home is usually a risky decision- compounded by the fact that both are female and Pit x's can become DA- (again, im not saying the breed is vicious and not trying to stir up the pit argument- just making a statement.)
I feel like it isnt in the dogs' best interest to be together permanently. She has 3 toy breeds + a male Labx + the two puppies for a total of 6 dogs. Again, I know she's a great owner- i just am wondering if she knows that two years down the line, she might have to end up with crate and rotate.
The issue is this: do I not mention anything to anyone, and simply be glad the pups have found a wonderful home. Or are the concerns I'm raising legitimate, and I should speak to her about making sure this is the right choice. I dont know her well enough to judge her current workload, but I would imagine that a business run from home + a small child + 6 dogs is already a big load, assuming there are no temperment problems in the future.
What would you do? I dont want to demean her, but I know most of her experience is with the toy breeds, and two female Pits from the same litter just worries me in general- and if a dog needed to be rehomed, it'd be much easier to adopt out one of the puppies now than two years down the road.
:redface: thoughts?
A few days after she got the puppies, she emailed me to let me know they (her husband and ~4 y/o daughter) had fallen in love with one of the puppies and would be keeping her. I was ecstatic: she works from home, feeds a decent brand of dog food, is on the board of her local dog park as well as familiar with the breeder of her 9toy breed) dogs and is a member of that regional breed club as well- pretty much everything you would want a potential adopter to be.
The girls are due to get spayed on friday, and she emailed me tonight and said that the potential adopter for the sister fell through, and she wanted to tell me that they had decided to keep both puppies.
I should be completely happy, but part of me feels that keeping two littermates as pets in the same home is usually a risky decision- compounded by the fact that both are female and Pit x's can become DA- (again, im not saying the breed is vicious and not trying to stir up the pit argument- just making a statement.)
I feel like it isnt in the dogs' best interest to be together permanently. She has 3 toy breeds + a male Labx + the two puppies for a total of 6 dogs. Again, I know she's a great owner- i just am wondering if she knows that two years down the line, she might have to end up with crate and rotate.
The issue is this: do I not mention anything to anyone, and simply be glad the pups have found a wonderful home. Or are the concerns I'm raising legitimate, and I should speak to her about making sure this is the right choice. I dont know her well enough to judge her current workload, but I would imagine that a business run from home + a small child + 6 dogs is already a big load, assuming there are no temperment problems in the future.
What would you do? I dont want to demean her, but I know most of her experience is with the toy breeds, and two female Pits from the same litter just worries me in general- and if a dog needed to be rehomed, it'd be much easier to adopt out one of the puppies now than two years down the road.
:redface: thoughts?