Question

[jada girl]

Ok ok ok i'm going to wait till after the baby to add another dog to my family. (if u dont know i was contiplating getting a one few weeks ago) well any way to the question at hand when i do get another apbt i wanna make sure i do it right i was wondering what set up people have when thay have more than one dog. for instance i live in a two bedroom/ two family home in north jersey with a decent back yard but it is not fenced in. i was just curious to see how other people with more than one dog are living i'm sure most have a single family house with a nice yard. does anyone live like i do and own more than one dog.

[semo]

My guess is that others will recommend a few things:


Fense in your backyard for them properly.
Crates are your friend.
Never leave the 2 dogs together unsupervised.
Make sure you can handle 2 dogs in your situation, i mean you have a baby coming...also you gotta consider how much of a responsibility 1 dog is , and how much physical activity they need on a daily basis.

Just my 2cents

[maryellen1]

do you own or rent the 2 family house? if you rent, you have to ask the landlord if you can fence the back yard first. when you have your baby, your time will be all spent on a newborn. forget a social life, forget putting on makeup for the first few months.. and you have to include your currrent dog in this equation tooo.. if the baby goes for a walk take the dog. if the baby is being played with show the dog attention as well. the most important thing to do from now until the baby arrives is get the dog used to the idea of a screaming , smelly wrinkly small child in the house.. start leaving baby clothes around, diapers, stuff like that. you wil have to prepare the dog for the child as well, so that the dog and the child can coexist . place treat jars all around the house , the changing room for the baby, the baby room, the living room, kitchen, etc.. this way, when you walk around w/ the baby, the dog will get treats for behaving. work on your dogs obedience as wellnow, firm up sit, stay, come, heel.. you dont want to be pushing a baby carriage with the dog pulling you into the grass to sniff.. there will be no time for a 2nd dog for a while .

your current dog will feel the different vibes in the house with a newborn, the stress level will go up for you, which in turn will feed the dog stress.. get lots of baby gates, so that you can baby gate the baby from the dog if need be.
never leave the baby alone with the dog even for a moment.
i would say wait until the baby is at least 5 or 6 before you consider getting another dog, as its hard to carry a baby and leash walk 2 dogs..


i have 3 dogs no kids. my yard is fenced, but i still have to take them to the vet, etc.. and out in public.. its hard to handle a baby and a dog, let alone 2 dogs and a baby..

[mikelia]

I have 2 dogs that are still learning to like each other, a huge backyard that is not completely fenced and 4 other people living in my house. I do have a pen in the backyard set up that I will use when I am home, it right by my bedroom windows so I can watch them when they're out there.
Its hard, doing the funky chicken dog dance. My dogs usually go out one at a time, unless I'm pressed for time then I'll chain one and pen the other. I keep both dogs in my room, one in a kennel, the other loose. I rotate depending on who was out last. I'll have them both loose in my room if I am going to be oin there for a while, I won't leave them alone even to run to the bathroom so I can't have them both loose running in and out of the room cleaning or whatever.
I also have cats and one of my dogs is a cat killer and the other is fine but I never leave her alone with them, for safetys sake.
My time at home is dedicated to my dogs. It is much more time to keep 2 than one. I know some people have many dogs in their house, and my aunt and uncle have 10-20 german shepherds in their house they have to rotate at any given time, so I've got it easy, but its still hard. Devoting enough time to excercise, train, house and take care of 2 dogs that you can't leave alone.

[jada girl]

the same mix as last time guys. LOL im not having the baby my girlfriend is put i thank u for the advive.

[TEXAS PIT DOGS]

the same mix as last time guys. LOL im not having the baby my girlfriend is put i thank u for the advive.lol,i was gonna say i thought your friend was having the baby.but they all gave you good advice,imo.