How Do You Care For Multiple Dogs In A Group?
Owning and/or caring for more than one dog can be a good experience. Multiple dogs can keep one another company while you’re away, and watching how each dog’s personality relates to the others can be fun. However, caring for multiple dogs means more food must be provided, more time must be spent at the vet’s office, and more training must be done. (When attempting to train dogs in a group, they often become more excited and/or anxious as they react to each other.) Avoid allowing your dogs to become dependent on each other. Spend time with each dog on an individual basis. Allow each dog to have personal space, such as his own dog bed or kennel. Introduce new dogs to the group by bringing them together in a place where no dog has a previous claim to the territory. Let the dogs sniff each other on a long leash. Have a friend walk one of the dogs while you walk the other. Each dog should be on his own leash. Allow older dogs to discipline younger dogs. This is sometimes done with nips, bar
