When you enter the kennel or pet store to find which puppy you want to take home, you may be tempted on many occasions to take more than one puppy home with you. You’ll see all their adorable faces and may not be able to resist the temptation to go home with more than one of them.
But you need to be cautious about the desire to have two new puppies around the house rather than just one. There are many negatives about raising two puppies at the same time. The first and the worst is that two puppies who grow up together will become very close. They’ll be closer with each other than either will be with you. That’s just a fact. They’re dogs, you’re not. We’re drawn to our same kind.
And because of this fact, you will have a difficult time training. When you are trying to set a rule and let the dogs know what is good and what is bad, they may not listen to you. Or if one does listen to you, you need to be prepared that if the other isn’t, then the one who does listen to you may quickly turn to continuing the bad behavior like its friend does rather than listening to what you’re saying. You get lost in the shuffle.
With one puppy you will be able to more effectively bridge that gap between dog and human much better than you would be able to do if there are two dogs in the house. With one puppy you can most easily train your dog to be the kind of dog you want it to be. You can teach it in whatever manner you want. But if you have two or more puppies to train at once, you’re more or less teaching them on their terms. You lose a bit of control.
Having two puppies in your home, however, does provide your pets with a playmate. These dogs can grow together and learn about life together. They'll explore each other and your home. They'll learn from each other. This can be good and bad. On one hand, if one puppy is learning how to be potty trained more quickly than the other, the other can get up to speed pe
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