Hi, I’m new to this forum and was wondering if any of you guys have taken on sibling puppies and were willing to share your stories with me. I’d really lovely to hear some positive ones as all I seem to come across are the horror stories of having siblings. We have 2 girls Polly and Grace who are now 16 weeks old and they have been an absolute delight to have about so far, I must admit that it is hard work with 2 but as far as I’m concerned if you are willing to put the hard work in you will reap the rewards later. I want to do everything right by the girls, they have an understanding of basic commands, they are walked separately once a day and together in the evening and we are trying to do as much socialising with humans, other dogs and animals as is possible. I do flexible part time work for the family business so have plenty of time for them. We’ve already had a lot of comments on how well behaved they are but I do keep having recurring thoughts that sooner or later when they become teens it’s all going to go wrong and they will turn into the “evil demon bitches from hell!! So please, please would you share some happy sibling tales with me. Thnx
Hi there and welcome to the forum. We do have some members that have successfully raised sibling puppies, so hopefully you'll get some tips . It sounds as though you are well prepared though and taking care to put in the time to make a go of this !
Hi, I only have one pup but I've read on this forum that if you've got litter mates it's important to give them lots of time separately, for training and walking, so that their bond is more cemented with you, their owner, rather than with each other. My colleague's parents-in-law have litter mates and have done very little with them separately and if they are ever apart, overnight at Vet's for example, the boy really pines for the girl and becomes very distressed without her. But I have no expertise in this area so please feel free to ignore me! Sounds like you're having a lovely time with your girls .
We had brothers from the same litter & luckily they were equally happy with humans and each other. When Monty had to be PTS we worried how Simba was going to cope on his own. Luckily he seemed to cope pretty well & maybe even relish the attention being all on him, even his behaviour on the lead improved, as they would compete with each other to be in front. I think we were just lucky that they were pretty easy going dogs though. I don't think I would get siblings again but if I were to would make sure they were walked and trained separately
