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Post by lurchernut on Sept 1, 2014 17:57:07 GMT -5
A friend of mine is adopting mother and pup podencos, and the Spanish rescue who she is adopting from have asked her whether she would like a dog or a bitch pup to accompany the mother. I don't know if they have offered any advice or have just posed the question, but she is asking me as she knows I have access to some expert advice in the form of Lisa and all the Gappers. I do realise that not many of us have been put in the position of adopting a mother and pup, or having a pup being reared with a mother, but I'm hoping I can at least give her some advice on whether it's best to bring a male or female pup over with the Mum  so, ........hit me with some advice to pass on |
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Post by sharonhigh45 on Sept 2, 2014 1:48:40 GMT -5
Not really got any advice but personally and because I am soft I would want to keep the pup that has more need of it's mother together,not really advice just an opinion as there is always one in a litter that needs that little extra bringing on be it boy or girl!
Shzx
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Post by gazer on Sept 2, 2014 2:54:36 GMT -5
No experience of pups and Mums together but if it was me, I'd probably bring a boy as there may be problems with a growing girlie and Mum later, you know 2 girls together, it can happen, whereas if the boy is brought over, chances are mum will always be top dog. How exciting though 2 pods, lovely  |
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Post by emmajane on Sept 2, 2014 3:23:55 GMT -5
Don't do it is my honest advice. There are lots of reasons and not just because in my experience (limited I know) pods are the spawn of satan and have majorly short boredom thresholds and the thought of trying to train 2 at the same time sounds like an absolute nightmare. I suspect raising Mum and pup wouldn't be as difficult as 2 siblings, but I can imagine it isn't far off. She would have to be prepared to train each dog separately and them both together so the work is tripled, deal with the fall out of one being left behind while the other gets their 1-1 time, be prepared that mum might not want anything to do with pup as he/she gets older.
The sensible thing would be to take on just one as having two brand new rescues arrive at the same time would always be something I would avoid if at all possible (unless there was a particularly good reason) as the chances of the dogs bonding with each other and not with you would be high, and any issues that needed identifying and working through is much much harder when you can't concentrate on just one dog.
This has probably already dealt with but has she made sure that the rescue will be on hand to help her deal with any problems and be there to take one or both of the dogs back into their care in an emergency situation or is it a case of the dogs land in the UK and the rescue forgets about them?
After all my negativity I can honestly say I love love love the Pods and I suspect that I may always fancy having one around the house.
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Post by lurcherlot on Sept 2, 2014 4:24:00 GMT -5
I would agree with Emma wholeheartedly! And for all the same reasons she has mentioned. One at a time is, I believe, the only way to achieve the goal with training.
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