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Post by romansmom on Apr 4, 2006 16:51:30 GMT -5
Roman only has one littermate left that is still at Hinsdale and has not retired. I'm keeping tabs on him because I'd like to know when he retires (future 2nd grey possibly? mayyyybe ). But does it really matter if they're littermates? I love Roman's temperment but have often heard that personality can vary between littermates just as much as it can vary between human siblings! What do you think? Is it worth it to get a littermate, or does it really make a difference?
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meganm
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Post by meganm on Apr 5, 2006 13:02:50 GMT -5
Rachel, I dealt with the exact same thing when i was looking for my second one...... look at it like people though, some siblings get along better with each other and some don't. the sibling thing is mostly for the owners of the pups to have a cool story to tell I would go for the pup who fits into your family dynamic and who steals your heart......
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Post by sdsandiford on Apr 5, 2006 14:16:39 GMT -5
Hi Racheal. We have three boys who share no relation. I agree with megan above. It's much more important to find a second who will get along well with Roman (If that happens to be a sibling then that's great). It's equally important that when you decide on a second, that you take Roman to the kennel to help make the choice. We ended up returning our first choice at a second dog, because he and Jack were equally dominant (and accomodating two squabbling dogs is stressful). In our current pack, there is a clear alpha (Jack), beta (Dave) and gamma (Stuey), and they get along really well! They adore and respect one another, which is more important than whether they share blood.
Good luck! Shelley
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Post by jiffer on Apr 9, 2006 13:03:12 GMT -5
I have three littermates. Icarus and Atlas share a bond like I've never seen between two dogs, Orion is still trying to figure everything out. Echo, our non-relation, owns the three boys. They are her "puppies" and she treats them so. I love having the littermates but it's more that they get along that I like. We don't have any problems unless someone tries to sit, step or lay on top of Echo. The boys don't care who is sitting on them... LOL If you want Roman's littermate and he comes to GRA, let them meet and then decide. What have you to lose? If they don't compliment, then look at someone else To be honest, the first time Icarus and Atlas met, they didn't seem to like each other. Freddie told me that sometimes littermates just don't work very well. But we came back and tried again 3 months later.. and the rest is history
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Post by catti on Apr 13, 2006 23:36:44 GMT -5
I just adopted Eagle, littermate to Sting. It was a bit of a spur of the moment decision. I'd been thinking of chipping ever since I brought Sting home a year ago, and thought it would be cool to find one of his siblings, but it was not a high priority. What brought this on was that out of the blue I received an email from the owner of Sting's sister in the US, and after that I checked GRA and found Eagle was waiting for a home! I decided right then and there that if Eagle and Sting got along, I'd bring Eagle home. Sting and Eagle have two brothers who are still racing, Bobo and Cosmo. However, if Sting and Eagle hadn't got along, I'd just have brought home one of the other dogs Bill had at the time, and would not have bothered waiting until Bobo or Cosmo came off the track. I am not THAT fussy about whether my dogs are siblings. While the idea of having siblings is great, my personal belief is that it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. I'm sure Sting and Eagle probably don't even know they're related. It so happens that they look alike, so I get lots of folks asking me if they're related. But, to me it doesn't matter all that much, it's just icing on the cake when I can say "yes, they're littermates" and people are impressed because I was able to find these two brothers and have them live in the same home. Despite the fact that they're littermates, they are actually very different in many ways. And I could just as easily have adopted one of Sting's pure fawn littermates (not fawn brindle like Sting and Eagle) and nobody but me would have known they were related! On the other hand I could have found an unrelated fawn brindle and people would have assumed there was some relation between that dog and Sting. My advice to anyone looking for siblings is, sure, go for it if you have the chance, but if you don't get the opportunity to adopt that sibling, or if the two siblings don't get along, you should still seriously consider adopting another unrelated grey. After all, they all need homes, and if you have room for a second grey, it shouldn't matter whether or not they are related. The dogs won't care either, believe me!
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