Hello! I'm new here, this looks like a great forum with lots of answers! Hoping you guys can help me.
We brought home an 8 week old male hound mix last week. His mother is a bluetick/walker and they didn't know what his dad is. The pup and one brother came out looking exactly like a black & tan, the rest came out all or almost all black.
All the pups were hand raised by two women that rescued them from the mother's owner who was upset that his good hunting dog got bred and was going to kill all of them. They were about a week old. I think this has caused some good and bad qualities in our dog, as he's super friendly and loves people, but also seems to be bordering on separation anxiety and needs to be with us ALL the time. I've been working on crate training, which isn't going the worst, but nighttime is killing us as he wants to be with us and not in the crate and barks almost nonstop with maybe half hour sleep breaks in between. I'm also worried about when my kids go back to school in 2.5 weeks and I go back to work (part time during school year).
My husband would like to bring his last remaining littermate home too. Our boy was raised with one brother and originally there were four in this home and four in the other, but two died shortly after being rescued. So it was just him and his brother along with the woman's two adult dogs and two cats. He slept with his brother every night. She said the brother had a rough night the first night they were separated, but then she moved him in with the older dogs and he was ok. We're thinking what if we brought him home too so they could be together and keep each other company when we can't? Other than the separation issues, our pup has been really good (well, as "good" as a puppy can be) and I don't have a problem bringing his brother home. But I have never had two dogs at once before, and don't know if there are reasons we shouldn't consider it? Our only other pet is one cat, he's good with her, doesn't chase or anything but she snubs him so they don't interact much.
Do you think have the sibling pair would help keep them happy when we have to be away? Would you crate them together? At the woman's house, the pups were kept at night in one room in a pen with a large crate inside it, but from my understanding she never closed the door on the crate, just let them use it at will. We would likely have a kennel in the garage for when I'm at work as my days can be on the longer side, but they would be in the house with us the rest of the time.
Thank you in advance for any thoughts or advice!!! If we do get the other pup, we wouldn't be able to go get him for another week yet as it is quite a distance away.
We brought home an 8 week old male hound mix last week. His mother is a bluetick/walker and they didn't know what his dad is. The pup and one brother came out looking exactly like a black & tan, the rest came out all or almost all black.
All the pups were hand raised by two women that rescued them from the mother's owner who was upset that his good hunting dog got bred and was going to kill all of them. They were about a week old. I think this has caused some good and bad qualities in our dog, as he's super friendly and loves people, but also seems to be bordering on separation anxiety and needs to be with us ALL the time. I've been working on crate training, which isn't going the worst, but nighttime is killing us as he wants to be with us and not in the crate and barks almost nonstop with maybe half hour sleep breaks in between. I'm also worried about when my kids go back to school in 2.5 weeks and I go back to work (part time during school year).
My husband would like to bring his last remaining littermate home too. Our boy was raised with one brother and originally there were four in this home and four in the other, but two died shortly after being rescued. So it was just him and his brother along with the woman's two adult dogs and two cats. He slept with his brother every night. She said the brother had a rough night the first night they were separated, but then she moved him in with the older dogs and he was ok. We're thinking what if we brought him home too so they could be together and keep each other company when we can't? Other than the separation issues, our pup has been really good (well, as "good" as a puppy can be) and I don't have a problem bringing his brother home. But I have never had two dogs at once before, and don't know if there are reasons we shouldn't consider it? Our only other pet is one cat, he's good with her, doesn't chase or anything but she snubs him so they don't interact much.
Do you think have the sibling pair would help keep them happy when we have to be away? Would you crate them together? At the woman's house, the pups were kept at night in one room in a pen with a large crate inside it, but from my understanding she never closed the door on the crate, just let them use it at will. We would likely have a kennel in the garage for when I'm at work as my days can be on the longer side, but they would be in the house with us the rest of the time.
Thank you in advance for any thoughts or advice!!! If we do get the other pup, we wouldn't be able to go get him for another week yet as it is quite a distance away.