my wife and i have purchased two rott pups from the same litter. one boy and one girl. One mine one hers. I have stated to her that every thing that we do with the pups has got to be seperate. Seprate crates, feeding bowls, leashes everything and i mean everything. i know this cannot be stressed enough because we plan to protection train them. Is there any advise or was this the dumbest thing we could ever try to do. I've seen some of the advise given on this board. I suggested against it but my wife insists on no odd numbers. (what logic huh). well o.k. let me have it.
In the book "The New Knowledge of Dog Behaviour" by Phiffenburger(spelling) it comments on raising two pups fom the same litter as one always being unsuccessful in becomming a seeing eye dog. Unrelated pups don't seem to have this problem but it's unknow why. Having raised two litter mates together a number of years ago, the male became increassingly more dominant and the female became increasingly more submissive. That was just my expierience.
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Resist the temptation to allow them to continue to interact with each other for the next few years. A few times a week for a little while is ok, every day is not ok at all.
If it means choosing one dog as a kennel dog and one as a house dog, then so be it. You'll thank yourself for the hassle.
It will really help with bonding issues, it will really help with leadership issues, it will really help with obedience and motivation issues and you'll see those benefits bleed into protection work in the future.
I just want to note one thing--and this may come across as entirely ignorant but oh well.
My father raised two female rotts who were littermates in his home and one had no problems whatsoever. He kept them as pets and didn't focus a bunch on obedience and they were sweet dogs.
Speaking only after having seen this with my own eyes, and being ignorant as all hell--I think it's entirely possible to accomplish this without too much attention...
I tend to think that it boils down to the dogs themselves and how they take it/get along with each other...but I don't know. Just thought I would post this information to let you know that it can work out for some people who aren't even very knowledgeable in raising dogs.
edit: I think what you intend to do with the dog(s) also should play a role in how you handle this
Certinaly there are enough homes in this country and around the world that have 2 dogs that have been raised together. It can be done, but is it done in such a way that the dogs bond as well as they can with humans ? No ! Do these dogs look to humans as a source of their fun? No !! They look to other dogs.
So if you want to do this correctly you use dog crates and dont have any interation until the dogs are young adults and even then only when its supervised. There is a great deal wirtten on my web siute about this - anyone considering it needs to spend some time reading.
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