What's The Ideal Age Gap?

[jok]

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What are your experiences with age gaps between pups? Is there an ideal age the first dog should be before a new one is introduced to the family? Do puppies that are close in age cause more mayhem?! :- "

I remember two litter mates (went to same family) attending an obedience group i went too - they were v naughty! (w00t) (w00t)

I'd appreciate your experiences. We've only had one at a time in my family, except when my sister got her Whip x who was a rescue several years ago.

 

[Vicky]

For what i want them for (racing) i'd say 2 years is a nice gap, that means one's just at the right age to be racing and you have a youngster to be training too, in theory you would then only get a maximum of about 7 at any one time :lol: :- "

 

[Strike Whippets]

Our biggest age gap is 3 1/2 years .........Our smallest gap is nil as we kept 2 pup's out of our first litter ..........As for naughtiest etc .......the 2 pup's (1 year old now) are fab, it's our old girl who causes most of the havoc (w00t) lol

 

[jok]

The obedience trainer said that two puppies from same litter / close in age were usually more difficult to train than a single pup? After a certain stage do older dogs become intolerant to puppy behaviour and more reluctant to accept the new pup?

 

[Strike Whippets]

Depends on the pup .....My old girl has always shown EVERY pup we've had that she's top dog .....Depending on the pup/temprement depends on how much of a hard time Joanna gives them ........Over the years our easy, fall into line pup's have had an easy time from Joanna, yet the pushy dominant pup's have had a real hard time :- " .....As for 2 pup's together .....I bred my 2 and know the line and they were really, really easy to train (as a matter of fact they are my 2 most obedient) .......but I'm not sure how much of this is the fact that I know this lines strengths/faults and weaknesses ........2 pup's together often have a very strong bond with each other, this is what makes 2 together difficult to train as "YOU" should be the 1 the pup's bonded to .......but there are ways of over coming this ......just learn to be Alfa dog and have fun :thumbsup:

 

[jok]

Our current dog is extremely submissive and has often been beaten up by dogs a fraction of her size! (she's a 36kg Dobe, 2 1/2 years). When we get a new whippet baby i think she'll take it all in her stride and before long i very much doubt that she'll be top dog!

 

[*Lesley*]

The obedience trainer said that two puppies from same litter / close in age were usually more difficult to train than a single pup?  After a certain stage do older dogs become intolerant to puppy behaviour and more reluctant to accept the new pup?

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Our current dog is extremely submissive and has often been beaten up by dogs a fraction of her size!  (she's a 36kg Dobe, 2 1/2 years).  When we get a new whippet baby i think she'll take it all in her stride and before long i very much doubt that she'll be top dog!

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I have 2 litter sisters I think the obdience thing can be an issue because of concentration so I tended to seperate them to teach them things so they were each learning without the distraction of the other, I got Spry when mine were 8 months old and callie automatically has a partner in crime(callie has always been the naughty one of the two :devil: ) but I found they were both very tolerant of her pestering them and let her get away with practically anything, even Sienna who is generally not keen on puppies :unsure:

She's had the odd telling off, from the cat mainly :lol: but she's unfazed by much really, but i do think older dogs do make exeptions for babies they did in my case anyway :thumbsup:

Good luck with your new puppy :luck: :luck:

 

[JAX]

I had my first whippet when my greyhound was 5 years old , it gave her a new lease of life . after that theyve come in various age gaps . , Harvee and India are the first litter bro and sis ive kept , but mine all play together (w00t) and then some times they split into couples , eg India and Harvee ,then there`s Libbee and Mikkee . Mollee tends to do `her own thing` and just wants to chase crows , squrills and the like , Even Gt grandma Mayzee :wub: :wub: has the odd play :wacko: but the min they get too boisterious she gives them what for :lol: Lack of repect , thats what she says :thumbsup: