In regards to two males one being 1.5years and the other an 8 week puppy. After the pup is crate trained and big enough to be left outside.
1. Can I let the two dogs run together in the same outside backyard kennel or is it better to have two seperate kennel areas (one for each) and just give them play time together?
I have two males about 8 months apart, they live and play together, but they do fight. I would house them separately but the older one cannot deal with being alone. I suggest, house separately, then let them play together during the day when you can be home in case something goes wrong.
At 8 Weeks, your pup is hardly a treat. But age and gender is not the only factors. What breed? How are the temperments? Do you do routine obedience training? Do they get along (otherwise)? Sometime dominance is not an issue with pups that grow up with an established adult.
I have a male and a fiesty female. But I've made it very very clear that they are not to rough house. Play fights are routine, but never aggression. Aggression = immediate correction. So they rarely rarely display aggression. That and lots of obedience training helps me to trust them on their own.
Still, two males, eh. Sigh, why chance it? Unless there is a huge huge advantage in keeping them together (unfixed), just separate them. Might help them from being too doggy too.
I've had as many as four males at once; and while I never tried all four out together, I could put any three together loose and they were fine. They were each separated by two years in age, and each was brought into the group as a pup, so the hierarchy was easily established. Each has his own kennel, but if I'm home, all three current dogs are out together, no problem. It all depends on the temperament of the dogs involved.
I have never seen too much problems with males that are raised together. My brother has two males only a month apart not related and they love eachother to death, always sleeping together and they wrestle all the time. My two males, the older was more like a mother dog than a male to the younger. He cleaned him and watched out for his saftey and let him chew on his neck all day long....I am sad he is gone now, but not as sad as my remaining dog who has never been an only dog before.
I am not an expert, but I have read in several books, that you should not leave an adult dog with a puppy with appropriate supervision. Several issues could be developed and could be corrected while you are there, otherwise, your adult dog might translate his anger or joy in a way it is beyond the strength of a puppy at this stage to handle. I have a 2.5 year GSD and three 7 to 8 months puppies, and till now, I would not leave them alone without supervision, things can go wrong pretty fast. Just an opinion.
Mine was a similar situation to yours - i had a 1 1/2yr old male gs and i introduced an 8 week gs pup into the mix. How it works will depend entirely on the temprement of you dogs.
In my situation my older was particularly gentle with the pup - however they were alway closely supervised. The pup is now about 8 months - and they get on well - they love to rough house each other but i stop this, no fights yet but theres always time, and presently i can leave them alone in the garden no problem but i choose not to. Every situations different though - just monitor to see how they get on - only then will you be able to decide whats best.
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