I’ll take two

Resist the temptation to buy two puppies just because they look cute. You need to be cautious here. There are many negatives about raising two puppies at the same time.

For one, they will get close to each other. They’ll be closer with each other than either will be with you. That’s because, they are both dogs and are drawn to their kind.

This means, training will be difficult. The bonding between them makes it difficult for them to obey you. When you are trying to set a rule and letting the dogs know what is good and what is bad, they may not listen to you. Or if one does listen to you and the other doesn’t, then the one who does listen to you may quickly disobey you like its friend. You get lost.

With one puppy, you will be able to more effectively bridge that gap between dog and human much better than you would be able to do if there are two dogs in the house. With one puppy, you can most easily train your dog to be the kind of dog you want it to be. You can teach it in whatever manner you want. But if you have two or more puppies to train at once, you’re more or less teaching them on their terms. You lose a bit of control.

The positive point is that it does provide your pets with a playmate. These dogs can grow together and learn about life together. They’ll explore each other and your home. They’ll learn from each other. If one puppy is learning how to be house trained more quickly than the other, the other can get up to speed perhaps more quickly by watching its friend and how it does it.

If your two dogs aren’t the same age, the older one typically takes a big sister role. The younger one will rely on the older one when learning to do basic things.

The other important thing to remember is that you will not be as close to either dog as they will be to each other. If you’re looking for a friend to cuddle up with, you may not get as affectionate as a dog, if you have two dogs in the house.

Finally, two dogs in the house could make the environment very noisy. Remember, they won’t always get along. There will be many times when your dogs will argue and fight and will bark at each other. You need to have the patience to let them work things out on their own, but still have the authority to step in if things get incredibly out of hand.