We bought an 11 week old male Yorkie from a breeder last week and just recently found out that his little (in size) brother is now for sale. We’re trying to decide if we should get him – thoughts?
What sorts of trouble does it pose if they bond with eachother – especially if I am the WELL established Alpha "Dog" in their life? ![]()
The downfall to having two puppies in the same age (siblings or not) is that they will learn to bond with the other puppy instead of you. If you were to get two, you would have to make sure you spend plenty of time with each dog at seperate times. Otherwise i say go for it. I have two chesapeake bay retrievers within 5 months of each other and i love having two dogs. They always have someone to play with even when we are not around. Once we got our younger one, the older one just seems to be more happy all around because he has a buddy now.
The trouble with them bonding together is that you would not be the "alpha" dog as much as you would like to believe you are. They become so attatched that they don’t want to have as much to do with humans as they would each other.
