Good Evening All,
I am new to this forum and would like to express my appreciation for permitting me to be a part of it. Thank-you!
I have a question with regards to puppy development. We had a GSD for 11 years and first brought her home when she was 8 weeks old. She bonded closely with us as we did with her. Our upmost concern was that she would bond with our daughter who was 8 yrs. old. We are now searching for another GSD and believe we have found our new treasure, however, this particular litter consisted of only 2 puppies; 1 male and 1 female. My wife would not like to see them separated and now desires to bring both puppies into our family. We have 2 children aged 6 and 8 and we again want our new GSD puppy to bond closely with them as did our first GSD with our oldest daughter.
My concern is that by acquiring both puppies, they possibly might not bond as closely to our children as they will have each other to comfort and not depend on our children (and us) entirely for companionship as a single puppy would??? Does anyone have input or further information as to the advantages or disadvantages to bonding with family members when bringing home 2 sibling puppies?? Thank-you for your assistance and I look forward to your reply(ies). RobR
I am new to this forum and would like to express my appreciation for permitting me to be a part of it. Thank-you!
I have a question with regards to puppy development. We had a GSD for 11 years and first brought her home when she was 8 weeks old. She bonded closely with us as we did with her. Our upmost concern was that she would bond with our daughter who was 8 yrs. old. We are now searching for another GSD and believe we have found our new treasure, however, this particular litter consisted of only 2 puppies; 1 male and 1 female. My wife would not like to see them separated and now desires to bring both puppies into our family. We have 2 children aged 6 and 8 and we again want our new GSD puppy to bond closely with them as did our first GSD with our oldest daughter.
My concern is that by acquiring both puppies, they possibly might not bond as closely to our children as they will have each other to comfort and not depend on our children (and us) entirely for companionship as a single puppy would??? Does anyone have input or further information as to the advantages or disadvantages to bonding with family members when bringing home 2 sibling puppies?? Thank-you for your assistance and I look forward to your reply(ies). RobR