I suppose they will all be living together as house dogs? You will see some people on this board tell you that it can work in the right hands. The question is, how much of a chance do you want to take? You sound like you have a nice situation now. Adding another dog is adding a potential problem. By adding the third dog you are creating a dog pack and it is something that I never recommend to anyone and is something that you had better be prepared to deal with. Could all work out fine? Absolutely. But Barbara brings up a good point about mellow and dominant breeds. While a "dog pack" is a "dog pack" no matter what the breed, there is a difference between having 3 Golden Retreivers and 3 GSD's or Dobies.
Scott..you have a very workable situation now with two dominate breed type dogs. To add another dominate breed or another dog for that matter given the breeds you have would not be wise.
Keeping more than one dog of the same sex in the house can be tricky and anyone planning on increasing the number of house dogs should hope for the best outcome but always keep in the back of their mind that it might not work out. I currently have two dogs living in the house with me, but I am well aware that another two dogs might not work out. I have had dogs get along fine for year from puppyhood and then decide that the war is on. My two oldest females (they are 12 and 13) have never had a fight with another dog in their lives(other than each other)
but would quite cheerfully chew each other a new orifice if they ever got a chance. Dogs can hold a grudge until death!. I would say that dogs of different sexes generally can co-exist pretty well but with two dogs of the same sex you should hope for the best but build that kennel anyway.
I'll keep that in mind. I've got a couple of years to think about it anyway. The problem with some of us dog people is we never know when we have enough, eh? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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