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Also, has anyone had any experience with neutering a male when keeping him with females? Do they still mark as those who are not neutered do? He will be neutered as soon as possible which would, I think, be in about 4-months. Thanks in advance! |
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Three should be easy. 
Raising siblings will be a challenge, especially when one of them is special needs (deaf), but as long as you know ahead of time that they need to be treated as individuals and not left to entertain each other (split them up and train them separately and take them places separately, and even assign various family members to do different things with them if you can), you'll get through it. Housebreaking can be harder with siblings (or multiple puppies for that matter) Pay special attention to that. Some males mark, some don't. They don't inevitably mark. I know intact males who don't and neutered males who had to be trained not to (mine! little pisser!) Neutering him before any resident girls come into season is wise, but there's a big, long discussion somewhere on what age is appropriate. Wait till he is six months old at least. OES girls tend not to come into season till they are more mature, but do keep an eye on that just in case (you'll know - he'll have his nose up her butt long before she is in standing heat). Three is easy. Maybe not so much when two are babies, but... If you own his mom you won't want to breed her again due to her producing deafness, nor his sister. It's an ongoing problem in the breed unfortunately. (have you already been told this 14 times? If so, I apologize for being repetitive). There are a number of people on here who have or are raising deaf dogs and who I'm sure will be happy to share what they've learned. Keep us posted! I'm almost to the 2 1/2 year mark with my siblings and I'm still standing (not as straight as I used to after Sybil plowed into me at lunch, but, oh well... ) Hang in there. 
Kristine |
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Housebreaking can be harder with siblings (or multiple puppies for that matter) Pay special attention to that. My two litter-mates are now 11 months old, and are just about 100% on their housebreaking. All the books said "your dog should be completely house broken by 6 months" and I felt like a complete failure from months 6 - 10 while we were still struggling with it. Here's the problem we had; the more dominant of our 2 pups would ask to do out, and her more submissive litter mate would go out then too. But she couldn't hold it as long as her dominant sister, and she never learned to tell us she had to go out herself. So in between, she's have accidents in the house. We turned to bell-training, which has helped alot. The submissive litter mate learned to signal when she has to go out, so she doesn't have to wait on her sister. Listen to Kristine; she knows what she's talking about! |
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