Collie (8 weeks) Goldendoodle (10 weeks). How will they get along?

Question

So one & half days ago my family went to a pet store to buy a collie who's eight weeks and we ended up also getting a golden doodle that is 10 weeks. . Now before you say it.. I know what i've read about getting two puppies at the same time is a bad idea and now the deed is done. Now my family has a long history with the collies. They are both males.

We are a family of 5. Two adults, Two 19 year olds and one 14 year old. We normally have two - four people home everyday who would be very involved with the puppies. The golden doodle is everything you would want a puppy to be (least in my thoughts) Loving, smart, funny, loyal, etc. The 8 week old collie is very ..non social, smart (specially on a leash once he finally got used to it so far). We understand that we have to separate them from their crate they are now sharing since the little one is pretty much only seems to be bonding with the goldendoodle.

Our concerns are:

Can we automatically separate them in different rooms or should we start slow?
How much time apart should they spend?
What do we do when we need to separate them in the house?
How do we handle feeding them so they don't fight with the bowls?
how to avoid aggression during feeding?
How to avoid them turning aggressive against other dogs?
Should we buy the same toys for both of them?
Rare case of only one person:
How do we handle walking one right after nap time when the other might pee in cage?


Tips on training a goldendoodle?(he's our first goldendoodle)
How will they be older in their years?
Any tips at all?

Serious answers only please!

Thank you!

Answer 1

I agree with moondog. You are a terrible person for supporting puppy mills. You did not rescue the dog out of filthy conditions. You just freed up two spots for more puppy mill puppies. Also Goldendoodle is not a breed its a mutt that puppy mills and BYBs create to make money off of gullible people who think they are getting something special. There are 1000s of those mutts dying in shelters. No responsible breeder would have let you take two puppies at the same time. Its hard to train and socialize the both of them together.

Answer 2

Kristia did not deserve 2 thumbs down.



What a great combination. I've owned Goldens, a Poodle, and 3 Collies. All of them have had fabulous temperaments and I can't imagine yours will be any different. I would suggest you go to an obedience class with them, one run by an akc club if you can find one. Take both of them. I always trained 2 at a time and split the class session up to accomodate and only pay for one class.

Here is how to find a training club in your area; http://www.akc.org/events/obedience/training_clubs/

If you can't find one, or the price is too much, here is a good site on the web with training articles taught with positive training methods that you can use to train them at home. When first starting out, only take one at a time to where ever in the house that you will use for training. Once they learn a reliable down/stay. then you can take both of them together. Believe it or not, one dog will help train another, although that goes for good and bad training......LOL

http://www.dogtrainingbasics.com



Aggression should not be a problem. You should definitely have a crate for each of them.

Feed them in separate bowls, out of sight of each other, preferably in their crates.

No reason why they can't be both walked at the same time if you use the training article on the site I sent.



They can easily share all the toys.......I have 4 dogs and one toy box. No problem

Collies have very few health problems, and although most collie breeders told me their life expectancy was only 9 years all three lived to be 14.

Goldens and poodles however have many health problems, Goldens with hip problems, and poodles with diabetes and heart problems. Both of the breeds in your mix are very prone to Hypothyroidism so get that one tested when it is 3 years old and have the vet do a full panel sending the blood to Michigan State for evaluation. If normal, repeat the test in 3 years. Catching it early will prevent other problems, and treating it is cheap.

Don't worry about them getting along, if you let them figure out their relationship on their own you will have no problem, but if you interfere, thinking the play is getting too rough, you will be sending the message that play isn't good and that you don't want to do.

You are in for a wild ride........good luck, and what fun you will have with them.

Answer 3

How unfortunate that you chose to support puppy mills by buying dogs from a pet store. Pet stores source their dogs from puppy mills.



Since you already know the pitfalls of getting two pups around the same age I won't go any further with that. The answers to your questions will be revealed to you as the pups mature.



A Goldendoodle is not a breed, it's a cross bred dog and it remains to be seen whether or not he takes after a Poodle or a Golden Retriever.



Take the pups to obedience classes.

Answer 4

As long as they are raised together, and raised properly then you shouldn't have a problem with them getting along. All dogs are occasionally going to get angry with each other and fight, but you have to let them know that you are the pack leader and that they have to listen to you. I am a big fan of Collie's, that mainly all I have ever owned. They are smart, gentle, loving, and loyal. Their not much of a fighter, but they WILL fight for you. Why would you want to separate the dogs? Raise them together and let them play together, everything will be fine! When you go to feed them always keep their bowls separated so that you never have to worry about the other trying to fight over the food or hogging the food, if one of the dogs tries to take over both bowls then let them know its wrong each time until they know their not suppose to. The best away to avoid them being aggressive toward other dogs is for them to be around different dogs alot. I have a rottweiler, so we already had to go through this. The more their around other animals and people as a puppy the more gentle and open they are to everyone. Potty training is the worst, but with time and patience they'll be potty trained in about a week. Puppies go potty alot after every meal. So make sure you let them out for about 10 minutes every hour. Use only one word to say when you take them to potty "Go Potty" is the word I use. Say it multiple time's to the dog outside. Once they finally potty then don't say anything! Wait til their finished to congratulate or reward them to avoid distracting them. After you bring them in, keep a close eye on them. When ever you see that they are looking for a spot or about to go yank them up and put them outside and begin saying go potty and rewarding them when they are FINISHED. They will learn that if they go outside they will be rewarded. Be patient with them, their not human and their still babies. They have alot of learning to do!! Hope this helped!



Good luck

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Here a link to a crate training manual Enjoy! http://www.mywooddogcrate.com/crate-training-manual.html

Answer 7

good luck with your puppies! i wanted to offer my support , because of the rude comments you got from the rescue people . you have a right to get your puppies from the pet store , afterall they need homes too. some rescue people contribute to animal abuse by being so off putting , critical , mis informed , and rude.