can i keep three staffs

my sons dog sophie had seven pups, there are three left and i want to keep them, is it unrealistic,i work in the day time, i have a garden for them to run around in though.

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I think it would be a lot of hard work but it could be done. If you have experience raising dogs and had some one to help during the day that would be ideal.

If you are a first time handler with no help during the day I would advise against it. They will require at a minimum two one hour walks every day. There is also alot of training involved. There is also grooming and vet bills to consider. That would be too much IMHO for a first time handler who works during the day. That's a full time job in itself.

You would likely have to crate them if you were out. Leaving them in a yard is not a good idea. They are escape artists and could get loose.

thank s i sort of know the answer but cant pick one to sell , you see my son lives with me an half the litter are mine he sold his half an well i cant

I'm not saying that it can't be done. If you have soemone to help out during the day, fully know how much work keeping all three involves, have the space then you certinly can keep all three.

If not though it's best for all involved to find a good home for at least one of the pups.

We would love to get anothor dog but just don't have the room right now.

I'd always advise against keeping siblings, there are often problems.

Also, as jstaff says, there's treble the amount of training/feeding/exercising/vets bills.

If you're away all day then you'd have to crate them seperately or all hell could break loose! Then you'd have to consider whether you'd be giving them a good life, locked in a crate for most of each day.

Caryll wrote:I'd always advise against keeping siblings, there are often problems.

Also, as jstaff says, there's treble the amount of training/feeding/exercising/vets bills.

If you're away all day then you'd have to crate them seperately or all hell could break loose! Then you'd have to consider whether you'd be giving them a good life, locked in a crate for most of each day.

Agree with this,should a fight break out and no one is around you could be coming home to very seriously injured if not dead dogs, and don't think it won't or can't happen because it does.

My two are always seperated if we go out and at bedtime.

I would also not leave any dogs in agarden while I'm out, even for short periods. No garden is so safe that a dog can't be stolen!

The only way this would work is if you have specially built kennels & runs in the garden, and that's very expensive!

hmmmm it can be done but its not something i would want to even try......I no its disapointing but i think u would be more kind to all three pups to keep one and try 2 find the other two separate homes. x

I would say no dont do it I know its hard but it would be harder later on if you have to rehome but why did you breed the dog knowing that you had to make this desicion

gem wrote:I would say no dont do it I know its hard but it would be harder later on if you have to rehome but why did you breed the dog knowing that you had to make this desicion

Absolutely. If you didn't have firm buyers for the pups, you really shouldn't have mated her. Water under the bridge now, of course.

thanks for all the feed back ,will they definitely fight each other , is there a chance they ill get on . the money i will cope with ,half hour before work an an hour after, can be done, if there doctored do you think that could help,thanks

If you have someone that can pop in on them or you can take a few weeks off, you could potentially do it. The thing is it WILL be a big challenge, but can be done, you would have to be firm with them, spend alot of time training with them, and train them separatly, giving them all one on one time, if you REALLY want it to work you could do it. And no they wont definitly fight each other, but there is a possibility that this could happen.
Also, that would mean you have four dogs and that is quite a big responsibility, you would have to think about what you would do if it just wasnt working and you couldnt keep them all.

I have two from the same litter and they have been great fun but i wouldn't recommend two pups at once and i seem to have been lucky and avoided the problems with siblings. Also the cost of vaccination,neutering, etc etc times three? eek!! I almost took in another pup several weeks ago but i'm very glad i didn't. I'd say two should work but oh your life would be much easier with one.