| Gome:
Only get a second dog if you and your husband want another dog. A dog can live a perfectly, happy, content, perfectly satisfactory life being the only dog in the house.
I recommend the second dog be the opposite sex--two dogs of the opposite sex generally have fewer issues getting along than dogs of the same sex.
If you want to train a puppy, get a puppy. If you want somebody else's rugs to have been soiled & somebody ele's stuff to have been chewed, get an older dog.
Have you thought about making dog #2 a rescue?
We have two bitches of our own, and always have a foster in residence. We typically only foster males to make things easier on our girls. The dogs get along because we demand they get along. |