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Post by JCF on Jun 18, 2010 17:31:24 GMT -5
So hey, my family decided recently on a new pet. A puppy, to be exact. Now for us, we all love animals; I grew up with them and obviously love them. What we noticed recently is the dog we are taking has a sister in the same place and they get very upset when seperated. Ya know... this got me thinking. When we were there, I held the sister dog and you could tell how happy she was to be held and taken out. I'd hate for one dog to be taken and the other left alone. I got very upset in the place actually, because you could tell how upset one dog got when away from the other. This leaves me with a situation. I can take the sister dog. My parents take the brother and they aren't seperated. The sister dog seems to be overlooked by her brother which I also noticed. I've been saving personally, so I don't have a problem with buying her. Any advice? Anybody have any words for me?  |
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Post by OverTheEdge on Jun 18, 2010 18:38:49 GMT -5
If you're good with dogs, have the money and time required then I see no reason to split the two up. If anything, I'm sure you'd make them both much happier.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jun 18, 2010 19:48:18 GMT -5
You do realize that it's normal for pups to get upset when they're split up. It's not normal to keep them together so that they form a tighter bond with each other than they do to you.
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Post by Oskanowski on Jun 18, 2010 19:52:17 GMT -5
Yeah I usually feel bad when I do that to. It makes me think like if someone just came and took my brother away from me. It'd pretty much suck. I'm sure it's pretty different with animals, but Pups are usually crying and upset all the time anyways, like babies, as long as they haven't formed a bond and got to know it's siblings very long, I don't think it would matter.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Jun 18, 2010 19:56:32 GMT -5
I see where you are coming from JCF. However, this is merely short term. The pups are too young to really understand. In a week or 2, the new puppy will have no recollection of his siblings or parents. With dogs, its pretty unnatural for them to be kept together. Most of the times, they are separated.
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Jun 19, 2010 3:11:00 GMT -5
Get the little girl, man. If I get a doggy of my own [outside of the little girl we have now], I would get a little black lab girl....if there wasn't the situation like this. If you have the money, and it's not an issue, get her. I'm sure it would be a nice thing for the brother and sister doggies to see each other.
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Post by *Ricky Spanish* on Jun 19, 2010 3:44:02 GMT -5
what breed of dog?
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Post by Tasker on Jun 19, 2010 6:34:17 GMT -5
Just get it man,if you could tell her happiness to be held,it needs a home IMO.
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Post by TurboEddie on Jun 19, 2010 8:33:11 GMT -5
Take them both home. Keep them together, and give them both a loving home.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2010 8:42:56 GMT -5
Take them both home. Keep them together, and give them both a loving home. this exactly.you will feel much better because you will have done a wonderful thing man. |
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Jun 19, 2010 14:08:42 GMT -5
I see where you are coming from JCF. However, this is merely short term. The pups are too young to really understand. In a week or 2, the new puppy will have no recollection of his siblings or parents. With dogs, its pretty unnatural for them to be kept together. Most of the times, they are separated. We got our dog from a family friend, and he occassionally goes and visits his mother, brother, and sister, and from the way they act, it sure does seem like they remember each other. Of course, there's no way of knowing for sure, but he acts way differently around them than other dogs. |
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