To get another dog?

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I'm 25 and rescued a puppy 18 months ago. She is the light of my life, the best thing ever. I live with DP (owner jointly)

We work full time, I work from home 1-2 times in the week and the other days a dog walker comes in so she's never alone for more than 4 hours. She doesn't have any form of separation anxiety and just sleeps til her next walk.

There is an older dog (7) who needs adopting, she's lived a horrible life but is such a calm and gentle creature. She reminds me of my current pup and I want to give her a home. I thought that it was make my current pup happy having company. I'm worried if I'm wrong?

Current pup enjoys playing with the dogs she ends up around (parents/in laws) but not in the park etc. She is quite jealous and likes to get the attention. But she is always excited to see the other family dogs. She has met this dog and they just ignored each other and got on with themselves and had a sniff. Usually she'd be more timid so I think this is good?

Help! This dog we are considering spent 5 years on the streets (adopting from abroad) and I want to give her a good life.

No kids and no financial worries

Don't adopt from abroad. Donate money to a shelter abroad if you must.
Get a dog from the UK. Multiple reasons why.

I already have a dog from abroad and work with the charity as a volunteer and have for years. I will be getting a dog from abroad.

Can you take her on as a foster for a month to iron out any teething problems between them?

I have 4 dogs, 3 rescues and one from a pup. I have been very lucky that all of mine have got on but my 3rd rescue I wasn't sure how he would get on so took him on as foster and then kept him.

If you love the dog and your current dog can cope with her then go for it. As rescues I'm guessing they will both be spayed so shouldn't be too many issues. Would the rescue allow you to foster her for a while so you can see how they get on?

"Don't adopt from abroad. Donate money to a shelter abroad if you must.
Get a dog from the UK. Multiple reasons why."

Are dogs from abroad somehow less deserving of a home than dogs from the K?

I have three rescue dogs, so will always advocate for adding another dog, provided everyone gets along.

I recently added a French bulldog who came from a puppy mill. She is an absolute doll, but we had a couple of skirmishes the first couple of weeks with my terrier mix. All is fine now, they’re extremely bonded, but I guess I’m saying don’t expect everything to go completely smoothly if you’re adding an adult dog as opposed to a malleable puppy.

Thanks everyone, love the amount of rescuers here!

I feel like I could be damaging her / betraying her by doing it but not sure dogs think like that!

Just be careful about leaving the two of them unsupervised until you’re as sure as you can be, that they will get on. Is your little one cage trained? I would suggest caging her, when you’re out, until your certain the older dog won’t turn. As this is a street dog, the chances are she will have been in a few skirmishes over resources, so she might take you by surprise, especially with a young pup reaching maturity.

@anon2000000000 no we couldn't. She already had her family cancel on her as she was on a plane! She is now in foster and has others wanting to adopt.

Of course if it didn't work out, we could put her back up for adoption with the company which is the same thing really as fostering and then deciding not to adopt

You sound lovely, OP! We went through the process of adding new rescue dogs (all ex-street) to our existing lot a few times. The main thing was for someone to be at home for the first few weeks to deal with any settling in issues.

Hi op,try it!the little pup will learn some good manners off the older dog and the young one will give the older one some company,as long as she doesn't jump over him all the time.😊🐕🐶
We did the same but the other way round,the older rescue would sulk at the top of the stairs for a few days but gradually the pup would get closer and closer until they were side by side and they remain the best of friends cuddling up to each other,playing and having fun.