too MANY DOGS AT ONCE????????

Question

SO I'M THINKING ABOUT GETTING FIVE DOGS (DIFF. BREEDS). BUT ONE IS MORE OF A GUARD DOG (CHOW). SO... I'M GETTING THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. THAT WAY, THE CHOW WILL GROW UP WITH THE REST OF THE DOGS... AND ALL WILL GO WELL. MY COUSIN DID THIS... SO I KNOW IT WORKS! BUT THATS NOT WHAT I'M ASKING UR OPINION ON.

THIS IS. WELL, I'D OF COURSE GIVE DIFFERENT NAMES TO ALL OF THEM.... SO WOULDN'T THEY GET CONFUSED??? IF I HAD ONE DOG NAMED ROCKY AND I CALLED HIM... THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF THEM I WAS CALLING! SO... WOULD THEY STILL LEARN THEIR NAMES? IS THERE AN EASIER WAY TO DO THIS???

THANKS IN ADVANCE! AND... SORRY FOR ANY SPELLING MISTAKES (I HATE SPELLING... ALWAYS HAVE SUCKED AT IT!).

Answer 1

Wow, that's a lot of dogs that you wish to get. It took my one dog forever to learn his name. You have to spend alone time with each dog in order to teach them commands. Don't teach them all at once, they'll never learn that way. Take them each one at a time and teach them separately. While you're with them for about 30 minutes every day, then you can get them used to their name. When you're teaching them to come here, for example, say Rocky come here. Make sure you mention the dogs name as much as you can so that he knows what it is and get's used to it. That way, they'll each learn their name while young and they'll get used to it! Hope that solves your dilemma!

Answer 2

Getting 5 dogs at once may “work,” but it is not at all fair to the dogs. Dogs aren’t like things. Think a little before you do this, for their sake. A new dog needs your individual attention to become a well-adjusted companion. Them learning their names is the very least of your worries. If you go through with this, you will most likely have major behavioral problems down the road. You may be able to pull it off with 2 at most, but 5 is simply too many. Not to mention the fact that a single new dog is more of a handful than most people realize. 5 at one is insanity, and frankly an extremely stupid, ill-considered idea.

Wait at least 3-4 months between getting the different dogs so each one can have more individual attention. They will adapt to each other. Getting 5 at once is the very worst things you could do for the dogs and for yourself.

Answer 3

Though this wasn't your question, I do hope you reconsider getting 5 pets at once. It takes alot of energy and care to be able to train one pet. It will need your undivided attention for the first couple of months especially. I'd say get the guard dog first and then get the other one maybe six months later. I personally wouldn't recommend having more than 2 dogs at once because that is usually what leads to neglect, because the owner can not afford to take care of them or simply lacks the time neccesary for providing a loving suitable home for a pet.

Answer 4

Teaching them their names is the easy part. I do it by singing little tunes to them even when they are all together and looking at and pointing to each dog's name when it is sung. Sometimes the little tunes rhyme with their names and you bet they now their names.
What is more concerning is whether you know what 5 dogs takes to feed and care for. That is a big commitment financially and care wise, if your not certain how they are going to learn their names, how are you certain you are up for that? Why not build up to it? These are different breeds your talking about, not a litter of puppies you kept so you do have some choices.

Answer 5

I have been training competitive dogs for over 50 years, and I am yet to see even one dog that has lived up to it's potential when this was done. You are far better off getting one pup at a time and giving it your undivided attention at least for the first 6 months of it's life.

Answer 6

I have seven dogs and all of them were purchased separately. I don't recommend getting them all at once. All of my dogs know their names and were trained individually. It is still difficult at times to have them follow commands when all together. They do much better one on one. I believe you train them individually and then slowly introduce them to commands as a group. I would also makes sure their names are not to similar in sound. I occasionally have problems because we kind of shorten the names at times Diesel (Deez) and Daisy (Daiz). It has caused confusion and we have made a conscious effort not to do it.

Answer 7

If you are not experinced< THEN DO NOT DO I
Truthfully i like most dogs, but i CAN ONLY LOVE pekingese
Itried to breed 5 of them but then I coulndt handle them
You will know which dog that you love the most in time
So, be careful or you will have many regrets

Answer 8

I really don't think you should be getting five dogs at once. By the looks of your question. You are to young to have 5 dogs at once...Don't think you can afford the upkeep of five dogs . With vet bills, food, licenses. I really think you better rethink your plan here and start off with one.

Answer 9

Don't do it. Get one dog at a time. Train the one dog then when it's following commands get another. You will drive yourself nuts if you try and train 5 dogs at once.

Answer 10

Dont do it. Every dogs are different from each other. They have own kinds of temperament. And its not easy to do training them all at once . This will only takes you longer.