When our 13 year old dog died in January we vowed never to be without a dog again so bought our gorgeous Golden Retriever pup with the intention of getting a second one in a year or two. However...a friend of my Husband is involved in a rescue centre (family owned) and he has been in contact asking if rather than buying a second dog in a couple of years we would be willing to re-home a 15 month GR they have... He is a lovely boy, no issues with a kind temperment and has been castrated, just a bit 'lean, vocal and desperate for love' we've been told.
My main worry is would there be the same type of bonding issue that you get with littermates / same age puppies bought at the same time? Because our pup is new to our family (although bonded well and acts like he's always been here!) and the rescue dog is still young and will be new to us are the dogs likely to bond strongly to eachother and exclude us like littermates / young puppies do?
Also he would be alone (with pup) for 3 hours a day so I would be looking to put him in a crate following a good walk, play and breakfast- would this be cruel and traumatic if he'd never been in a crate (or perhaps had been in a crate in his former life and has bad associations???)
I may not get back on line until this evening but thanks in advance for any words of wisdom!
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needrawhelp · 18/04/2013 14:20
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