With working/sport dogs as kennel dogs ... do you kennel them individually or double up certain dogs in runs?
I use to have my Malinois doubled up with an older German Shepherd (more for the Shepherd to have company than for him) but I was able to place her a few weeks ago so now he is by himself. I know he gets along with my Rottweiler female ... is it a good or bad thing to let your working dogs share a kennel run or perhaps run the yard together?
I noticed he is much cleaner when he is sharing a run and quieter.
Just curious as to the thoughts on this subject. I know theres been several discussions about working dogs as kennel dogs versus house dogs but thus far I couldn't find anything specific to having multiple working dogs kenneled together.
BAD DECISION in my opinion. No dogs should have to live together. Especially under small perimeters such as a dog run. I know there are some that do it but it's VERY risky.
Once upon a time ago I had dogs I could have out together and out the blue (while I was gone) one of the females almost mauled the other one to death.
So I don't need another $6k vet bill to teach me that working dogs shouldn't be contained together or left out together without CLOSE,CLOSE surveillance.
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I'd kennel em next to eachother where they can sniff eachother n not feel alone, but I wouldn't stick em both in the same kennel. My GSD got into a very large crate one day with my friends great dane, my GSD was OK with this for all of 60 seconds before he decided he didn't wanna share. Nothing bad happened, he was just a young pup n played rough with the great dane all the time, but that was a great example of how little tollerence a seemingly friendly social dog has when put together in a kennel with another dog, even though the great dane is a female.
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Working Dogs Kenneled Together
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