Can I adopt an adult dog to teach my puppies good behavior?
September 28, 2010 Leave a comment
I have two 6-month-old puppies who are crazy. I’ve always wanted to adopt a dog in need, and I’m wondering if that may help with training my puppies. If I were to adopt an adult dog who already knew basic commands, do you think it would help my puppies learn faster by watching him? Thanks!
Answer: No, and having two puppies at the same time is a very bad idea. The time you need to care for and train one puppy is significant. And puppies will re-enforce each others behavior – that is one reason you are having such a problem. You have to go to separate classes with them and train them separately.
What does the trainer that did your (NOT OPTIONAL) puppy kindergarten classes say?
Unless you take very strong action now, devoting way more time and effort , you are going to have worse problems as time goes by.
I see two choices: Place one puppy now or place both of them later.