More than 1 Dog

I can't afford my red emale staffy yet but I am looking to rescue one as soon as work pics up and the right dog comes along.
Just wondering with staffs not known for been a dogs dog. Is it easier/harder having more than 1?
Do they keep each other company or is it double trouble?

It helped Taz and me alot when i got Cassie they do keep each other company while i was away and i could rest cause they keep each occupied like down the allotments. I had to make sure though to spend time alone with each dog to reinforce training etc, while outside they won't leave each others side Taz got good recall so i call him over Cassie will come with him, When we first met Cassie Taz was the one who picked her not me. So if you go to rescue take your dog and ask to meet several females at once and see which one he likes the best atleast then you'll known they will have that bonde and that'll be one thing you don't have to work double on.
Also if i am honest before i got the crate i came back to twice as much chewed up mess after i first had them so double the trouble but also double the fun,watching them interact is fun to watch as well and learn you things from that. When Taz played to rough Cassie would refuse to play with him for a few hours and he has learnt not to be so rough with her now.

yea double the trouble but twice as much love

See I was wondering this sort of stuff too! But then figured it would depend on the dogs!

When it comes to keeping that bonde between dogs you really do have to listen to them, I really wanted Roxy their other sister but Taz chose for me and within hours of me deciding to keep Cassie, Roxy and Taz started to snap and fight at each, so its really lucky i didn't choose her but Taz knew who better suited him.I always made sure they were level as well Taz was quite dominant so a submissive Cassie was a good thing, I also made sure they could relax together after tiring themselves out.

All I seemed to have done the last few months is search the web for an older red female staffy. Think im getting obsessed

I will have to take Blue with me to make sure MissR as he is dog aggressive and only likes certain females.
Im hoping if I get a blanaced older staffy she will teach him how to socialise. I believe the reason why it gets heated most of the time as Blue doesn't know how to meet other dogs. You can see him getting nervous and his eyes nearly pop out of his head when they are sniffing him

it may be better getting pup blue

Why do you say that Steve

BlueStaffBlue wrote:All I seemed to have done the last few months is search the web for an older red female staffy. Think im getting obsessed

I will have to take Blue with me to make sure MissR as he is dog aggressive and only likes certain females.
Im hoping if I get a blanaced older staffy she will teach him how to socialise. I believe the reason why it gets heated most of the time as Blue doesn't know how to meet other dogs. You can see him getting nervous and his eyes nearly pop out of his head when they are sniffing him

Taz used to do that all the time until one time Cassie came over hip slammed him out of the way and was being submissive to other dog and inviting to play, but because because they do tend to feed off of each other and instead of Blue becoming more relax the female may become more like Blue lol The only way i have been able to curve that one was to let Cassie lead towards the other dog, calmest/submissive dog first etc.

Steve wrote:it may be better getting pup blue

Older females do tend to mother and teach younger dogs, if he gets a pup blue will just take charge and wont learn to be calm and nice introductions which are wanted.

my sam hate dogs the same size of him or bigger than him but hes alot better with smaller dogs, i would never bring a older dog here he would shock out a pup he would get used to it after a while. that how i would bring in another dog in the house.

I was under the impression that with an older balanced female, she will help Blue as he was never socialised and if I got a pup Blue would pass on his bad points to the pup, as the pup would look to him as the example setter.
Blue is alright with 80% of females it's just males I haven't managed to find one that he likes yet

u may be right. i just couldn't bring a older dog in the same house with my sam.

I only asked as im always open to more advice and information. It may be an idea if I find it hard to find a female staffy for Blue to get along with and I my find Blue is fine with a puppy. Maybe I shouldn't rule the idea out.

Steve wrote:u may be right. i just couldn't bring a older dog in the same house with my sam.

Not even a female? Thats really odd

BlueStaffBlue wrote:I was under the impression that with an older balanced female, she will help Blue as he was never socialised and if I got a pup Blue would pass on his bad points to the pup, as the pup would look to him as the example setter.
Blue is alright with 80% of females it's just males I haven't managed to find one that he likes yet

Thats pretty much how it would work

MissRogue wrote:

Steve wrote:u may be right. i just couldn't bring a older dog in the same house with my sam.

Not even a female? Thats really odd

he got attack by 2 boxer when he was young by a male and female. it's not odd at all

Blue why don't you take him to dog classes its hard work but worth the reward, he'll be around other dogs in a safe environment, and strengthen his commands while there's dog distraction

Steve wrote:u may be right. i just couldn't bring a older dog in the same house with my sam.

MissRogue wrote:Not even a female? Thats really odd

Not odd at all - Dempsey wouldn't allow another dog in the house either. When I looked after his friend Pneuma for a while it was pandemonium most of the time. I had to have eyes in the back of my head - even after 4 months he wouldn't accept her, although outside they'd play with no problems at all - still do as a matter of fact. It's just in some dogs' natures to be the only dog.

Marty wrote:Blue why don't you take him to dog classes its hard work but worth the reward, he'll be around other dogs in a safe environment, and strengthen his commands while there's dog distraction

This is also another option I have been looking into and will look into deeper once work picks up. Just managing to get by at the mo.....busy but jobs aren't paying as well
How does that work from the start though? cos sometimes it can take him ages to calm back down after he has seen a dog? Im still just trying to stay at a distance and treat....but as you probably know most times you don't get the time to get the distance from the other dog, we always seem to bump into them when the path goes narrow and their is no where to go lol

Steve wrote:

MissRogue wrote:

Steve wrote:u may be right. i just couldn't bring a older dog in the same house with my sam.

Not even a female? Thats really odd

he got attack by 2 boxer when he was young by a male and female. it's not odd at all

For a male not to like a female i find it odd what if the female was in season when they first met? and the bonded through that

it's not odd claire, he just dont like bigger dog after being attack plus i have plenty of dogs liek this.

Steve wrote: it's not odd claire, he just dont like bigger dog after being attack plus i have plenty of dogs liek this.

Its not odd in general but i find it odd as i'v not come across it scout was attacked as a result he attacked every dog that came near him, found beauty (stray) one day in season and they became inseparable. Though every dog is different.

i put i down him being attack by 2 boxer and he just protecting the pack (me,xena and billie) from bigger dog that why if i wanted to bring another dog in the house it would be better for me to get a puppy he love smaller dogs.

Im off work today so off out to the local RSPCA soon to see what dogs they have at the moment.
Opens at 11
Now I'll say this now my intension is just to look

Just found another rescue centre and like the look of Wendy in the lost and found section

http://www.hyndburnstraydogsinneed.co.uk/index.php?menu=strays

Love them all but Bianca and Cracker can move in any day I wish I could reccue more makes me sad seeing them in shelters, one day though x have a good day off x x x

BlueStaffBlue wrote:Now I'll say this now my intension is just to look

And we all believe that!

BlueStaffBlue wrote:Just found another rescue centre and like the look of Wendy in the lost and found section

http://www.hyndburnstraydogsinneed.co.uk/index.php?menu=strays

What a sweet looking girl she is!

Just got back from the RSPCA other rescue centre doesn't open until 1pm
We seen a few but they all said no cats and the RSPCA won't budge on that. The Mrs was worse than me she was after taking the lot home
There were 3 that looked like Moo the Mrs was going "I want it.....I want it I want it lol"

ANd this one with the leg missing was an absoulote stunner in the flesh.
So calm and friendly as well......but no cats arrrrrrrr

One min link not working
She is on here and called Tia
http://www.rspca-lancseast.org.uk/

They don't help themselves. 99.9% of staffies when assessed are deemed unsuitable with either dogs or cats. But Give them time most will be fine, as long as you the owner sets the bounderies etc.
Shame cos there are a few I would of liked Blue to meet but no point if they won't budge on the cat thing

BlueStaffBlue wrote:They don't help themselves. 99.9% of staffies when assessed are deemed unsuitable with either dogs or cats. But Give them time most will be fine, as long as you the owner sets the bounderies etc.
Shame cos there are a few I would of liked Blue to meet but no point if they won't budge on the cat thing

It does seem that way Blue I never thought our Lady would take to another dog I no she is not a staff but she has a temper, it took a few weeks but she then accepted Milly as you say with time, etc it can work.

Do they do this with all dogs are just staffs?

I get the impression they do a quick test to see how the act around the cats at the centre and then they say no cats if it seems iffy with it. But to be honest unless they are gonna test it with my cats they aren't going to know.
I mean Blue likes some dogs but not all. What happens if they test a simular dog with a dog it doesn't like? No other dogs? Silly really cos one of the dogs down there may be perfect but we won't get the chance to find out

If you feel confident enough in setting bounderies around the cats and dogs tell them you don't have any cats, if you got a family member or friends near have them take the cats for a few hours while your home gets inspected. If they do a surprise visit a few weeks in or month and they ask about the cats just say she loved being around our neighbours cats so we decided to get one or two.
Most of the people who work at these places don't know anything, Taz used to stalk didn't look like the playful kind either, chase play our cat or lunge at it but once close wouldn't hurt it just lick it to death.

BlueStaffBlue wrote:I get the impression they do a quick test to see how the act around the cats at the centre and then they say no cats if it seems iffy with it. But to be honest unless they are gonna test it with my cats they aren't going to know.
I mean Blue likes some dogs but not all. What happens if they test a simular dog with a dog it doesn't like? No other dogs? Silly really cos one of the dogs down there may be perfect but we won't get the chance to find out

How do they no that the dog is not just feeling stressed and tence with the situation when they do their test, christ I didn't like my OH when we first met but things in more settled situations change.

Tracie-Milly-Moos Mum wrote:
How do they no that the dog is not just feeling stressed and tence with the situation when they do their test, christ I didn't like my OH when we first met but things in more settled situations change.

Well thats a good point. It's not the easiest place to get the dog relaxed.
I went to the other centre which was a lost and found centre. They keep them there for a week and if no one claims them back you can adopt them. The little red one I seen has been claimed She looked a cracker
So no luck today, but no worries im not rushing into anything and I can always re check them now I know where the centres are

How do you go round them blue must be so hard tp pick i think id end up saying sod it ill have the lot

lol
The fact that they smell like you have your head in a bag of dog sh!t@ helps you not to stay too long to get attached

But there was a few that I loved the look of but "No Cats"

They are all either no cats or other dogs but how do they expect to re home them they should see what there like with every person who is interested dogs or cats then decide its daft

I agree. As long as the let them know the cat is higher in the pecking order they learn to leave them be. Don't see the problem myself. Shame cos there were a few who could of had a forever home if they just took the time to settle the dog into my house. But instead they are better placed in a concrete cell

It is such a shame

BlueStaffBlue wrote:I agree. As long as the let them know the cat is higher in the pecking order they learn to leave them be. Don't see the problem myself. Shame cos there were a few who could of had a forever home if they just took the time to settle the dog into my house. But instead they are better placed in a concrete cell

If you feel confident enough in setting bounderies around the cats and dogs tell them you don't have any cats, if you got a family member or friends near have them take the cats for a few hours while your home gets inspected. If they do a surprise visit a few weeks in or month and they ask about the cats just say she loved being around our neighbours cats so we decided to get one or two.
Most of the people who work at these places don't know anything, Taz used to stalk didn't look like the playful kind either, chase play our cat or lunge at it but once close wouldn't hurt it just lick it to death.