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Thanks for watching "Littermates Tips For Training 2 Puppies At Once". What are your pups' names? How are they getting along?
I went to buy one puppy and I saw his brother who was the runt of the litter was going to be left behind and I didn't want to separate bonded littermates what a mistake we got them in March and it's now November and in the interim I have become disabled I am in so much pain and absolutely miserable and wish to God I never got these dogs. I love them but I am out of work & practically bedridden. I have help during the week until 3:00 p.m. from then until 8 or 9 the next morning I'm on my own. I have two crates one large both of them can easily fit into and one small in case they needed to be separated. I have put a ton of Love Money time and attention into them and I'm going out of my mind………
help!!
Is there a certain amount of time the pups are supposed to be apart (training, playing) from each other during the day?
What if you have a third older dog who is independent
Also happens when you have a pup and kitten about the same age.
It is happening to us with our two juck russel girls. 6:02 they are now 6months they are being kind of difficult to listen to us mostly outside the house. They sleep in separate crates. One of them prefers to play with me an the ball. But the other one prefers to play with her sister. I think i will need a private trainer now. Thank you so much for this video
Living with a bonded pair of cats now, I love the idea of one day having a pair of Cavaliers that are also brothers and a bonded pair, but have a strong and loving relationship with their humans too like our cats do. I've lived with dogs before but never had primary responsibility for raising and training a puppy, so I need to do a lot of research first. My current house is not suitable for even one dog, though, so I have time to study up.
Do you really have to work with the puppies separately? I was working with my 8 week old husky/ shepherd pups together and they seem to be doing fine. They learned sit in like 5 minutes I swear. And it seems as if they’re kinda picking up on what the others learning .
omg thank you for this video. i rescued two 8 week chihuahuas, brother and sister and was keeping them in the same playpen. they were fighting ALL the TIME! stealing toys from each other, knocking the other down during potty, even pinning each other down and biting their faces!! – i thought it was something they had to go through and learn on their own. now i know to seperate them!
Or maybe you just fell in love with twins
Oh lordy! I have male and female mixed breed rescue litter mates coming next week 😮 I'm now very scared….
I wish I knew this 2 years ago when I was gifted 2 littermate puppies. It would great to have a video about my situation.
This. i'm getting an Australian shepherd pup. She'll need to share her life with my 10 year-old border Aussie. I considered getting a litter mate, and I'm so glad I watched this video and read the comments. It does seem like quite honestly a bad idea. And this common in particular… 10 years of heartache… really hits home.
I’m actually fostering two puppies who were on the kill list. They are being driven all the way from NC to MD where I am tomorrow. We are saving them! I’m so honored to be a part of their rescue. We have a dog and 3 cats. I’m so scared after seeing this video!!!! I am taking them both out of necessity, they are 8 weeks old.
We ended up adopting two abandoned puppies we found a month ago, they’re Littermates and probably around 3-4 months old now. Looking for any and all tips lol do you have any videos on getting a puppy (or two) and an older dog use to each other? We have a 14 year old shih tzu and any time the pups get close to her (mainly our hyper girl pup) and we aren’t sure how to keep her from snapping at her face (we think she’s trying to play) but our older dog stilk doesn’t like it.
If I always separate them to eat, how will I know if they have resource guarding issues to work on?
We adopted 10 week old littermates from our local humane society this is very helpful
Heeding the warning. I think one at a time will be best for me. I considered two so they don't get lonely, but maybe it will be better to do doggy daycare and dog parks for socialization. Thanks for the tips 🙂.
I didn't know to keep separate kennels
I got 3 puppies lol. Same litter. But they are foxhounds that came from our hunt club, they come from a bloodline that has been hunting and housed together for the past 175 years. So I will say genetics were definitely on our side..but on top of that we took the time to train them individually and get them exposure to lots of different environments and scenarios. It was hard work but so rewarding. However, I would never recommend anyone do this because most times it doesn’t end well.
Goodness I wish I could’ve seen this 1 year ago. I was going to get 1 dog but the litter mate hadn’t been adopted yet. So my husband thought it would be a great idea to take them both home. Well, the difficulty training, grooming, etc only became more difficult as they grew. 1 year later and we have to consider finding the other one a new home. We have done every mistake. Same crate, etc.. etc… they are both precious but they can’t be together and be successful.
Hey friend….what would I do without YOU?? THX SOOOOOO MUCH….all your years of advice….just 4 me!!!
Literally hit subscribe as you said it. We are bringing home brother poodles tomorrow😳😳😳
Well you told me too late I already have them and getting FRUSTRATED TO BEAT HELL
I don't think I can do it
And it makes me HATE MYSELF
Just learned something new.. thanx
my beagle (6) just had 5 half aussie pups 2 weeks ago. i am keeping 2. pray for me.
I have to brothers puppies when I put them in separate crates they whine. If they aren’t together how do I break that?
I’m so glad I’m seeing this now. My husband brought home 2 pups from the same litter for our boys. A male and female. They’re 12 weeks old and we’ve had them for a week. They learning how to walk on a leash still. They know how to sit and working on laying down. We have them go out to eat play and then eat and back outside. I’ve never had a dog and I want them to be happy and well mannered. Looking at getting another crate now and will work with them one on one.
Bringing two home tomorrow, best advice was separate space from the beginning. Fingers crossed, retired now so planning on dedicating the time.
I found 2 tiny 8 week old puppies in the street and had to keep them. A boy & a girl. It has been 5 days and now is when it is getting harder. They already learned to go on the pee pee pads but the playing is too rough. They often yelp from a bite. This has been very helpful and Im already exhausted thinking about what needs to be done lol.
Is there an age where you are in the clear and the dogs can start spending more time together? We are bringing home puppies that are 4 days apart but raised at the same place. We already planned on separate crates but didn’t know about the other issues. We are debating devastating our kids and just getting one and losing our deposit…
Ok so I have a puppy and my daughter had its brother she recently had a baby and is overwhelmed so I took the brother to lighten the load since I have no small children they were separated for about a month and bringing them together now was not what I expected how can I stop them from fighting the new puppy is being super aggressive even when my first pup is just playing help please
The thing is, I rescue a pregnant dog and have 8 babies. My bad luck is only 4, and the mom got adopted. I can't abandon them. I still post them on facebook and adopt fairs, but I have to train them as much as I can and pray I am looking for solutions, last time I rescued a pregnant dog all babies amd mom got adopted this time I have bad luck😢
I'm in an unfortunate situation. I had a litter of puppies before I was ready and at the moment I have 8 puppies who are almost 11 weeks old and have no prospects for homes. I have been trying as hard as I can to get the word out but unfortunately, during covid everyone got puppies and the market is very scarce. This was my first litter and overall it has gone well, other than the fact that I was not prepared to have to find buyers/homes so quickly. Right now, I have told myself that I need to act as if they will never be homed and think about what life looks like with all of them in a worst case scenario. I am confident in training as I have trained both of their parents, but I've always been big on littermate syndrome and I'm wondering if this is even possible. I plan on training them individually, I fortunately am off work for another two months so I do have the time to do it. My main concern was the crating. I live in a 1-bedroom apartment… I don't have the space for 10 large crate (they are mastiff mixes and will all be around 80-100 lbs) and that would also be incredibly expensive. I elected to build a larger enclosure then the one I am currently using. It will be 8ft x 8ft, and 4ft tall so they will have quite a bit of space and won't be able to escape. My main concern is that as they get older, the space will become less and less and it will be more likely that fights occur. I'm wondering if there is a point where I simply cannot keep that many puppies in a enclosed area, no matter how large it is. I do think it will work for the time being, but in a month or two I'm not sure if that's the case, what do you think?