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Alpha Dog
Forum Admin
USA
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 Posted - 07/19/2007 : 07:51:18 AM
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| I learned a lot from trying to find a second dog as a companion to a shy 5-year-old dog. Wanted to rescue a puppy mill dog, and talked to a VERY helpful volunteer, who said that puppy mill dogs tend to have the same issues of being timid and shy. She suggested a more outgoing female. I adopted a full-grown Maltese mix from a shelter -- she is a happy thing, spins around when she is happy, and has really brought out the best in the first dog, who has learned to be more trusting and outgoing! |
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Sheen91
PoochSite Beagle
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Posted - 07/20/2007 : 10:04:17 AM
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When you have one dog it sometimes gets very mischevious as it goes out trying to stur other dogs in the neighbourhood!
That is why I have 4 dogs, so they don't get into trouble!!!
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Alpha Dog
Forum Admin
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2007 : 4:28:18 PM
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| FOUR dogs! 2 boys, 2 girls? Different ages? |
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mad-rover
PoochSite Pug
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/21/2007 : 05:19:55 AM
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I had a male black labrador from an 8 week old pup, by the time he was 1 year old he had become a very large male lab with a taste for kitchen furniture. 
My wife and I had decided that it may be good to get him a companion as this may calm him down, we went back to the breeder who was looking to rehome a 3 year old lab bitch, we took the second dog on and it certainly worked, not overnight mind you.
Ben is now 2 1/2 years old and although he is still daft as a brush sometimes he is now a much more calm and self assured dog, Brittany who is now a little over 4 always was a very timid loving dog, and the boss of the pair !! 
It just goes to show that getting a second dog can help sometimes.
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Companion for shy male dog
