Congratulation, how exciting. I keep asking about a brother or sister for Bailey, but get the same answer as @Naya and @Debs . Gotta love the name Teddy
We also planned to have our past dogs teach the next generation, but they both passed within 6 months of each other (very sad time of our lives). They both lived long lives, we also left things too late. This is probably the only real reservation I have with getting another puppy so close together, but I know that another puppy will be enriching for us and for Bear.
Haha, so many good names, I always struggle with a name. Whenever we say "come on Bear", it sounded like we are saying camembert...lol
The only name that's off the list is George. With Bear tipping the scales at 40kg's now, I am worried the introduction might go something like this:
How wonderful, I'm excited for you! I wanted to bring home two puppies when we got Jenny, but being not as young as I used to be (72 tomorrow) and two back surgeries with fusions, I decided one was enough for me to handle. Maybe when Jenny is a little older!?!?!?!
With time passing since the initial excitement of the decision, I have to admit I am a bit nervous about the fact that Bear is not yet that perfect adult dog that I know he will become (and at 8 1/2 months who could expect him to be), and I am going to be adding another puppy to the equation. I did the same thing with our previous dogs (Shadow and Storm where 9 months apart in age), so I know I can do it, but it's been so long since we went through a double puppy household that I have probably forgotten all the hard times that are ahead of me. I'm calling it "Pre-puppy jitters"
Ah, yes, I remember that well. They've not yet hit for the new puppy, but they will Bear is not the perfect adult dog. Willow and Shadow are not the perfect adult dogs, either. It will be a loooong time before they are But I don't think that really matters. I mean, I'm going to be training the puppy separately, walking the puppy separately. If I had to walk a puppy on the lead at the same time as my two from day 1, I think I'd be having a meltdown right now! It'll be fine. It will work out in the wash, as my mum would say
